Wigram Motor Racing: The First Decade

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Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 5 Racing at Wigram began on a January weekend in 1949, with intermittent drizzle…

Look back in History: Buller wins in Timaru (2009)

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Two British drivers came over to NZ compete in the 2008/09 Toyota Racing Series (3/5 rounds).  William Buller and Will…

Wigram – The Motor Racing Circuit

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Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 4 Following the conclusion of World War II there was a renewed interest in…

Motor sport of another kind – Wigram

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Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 3 As a harbinger of things to come, in 1928 Wigram (at that point…

At First a NZ Air Force Base – Wigram

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Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 2 Flying took off early in Canterbury under the drive and encouragement of Henry…

HF Wigram’s vision that produced a motor racing circuit

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Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 1 It all started during The Great War (1914-18). The man with the vision…

We now have a serious series

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The announcement that Austrian driver Lucas Auer will contest the 2019 Toyota Racing Series is fantastic news and immediately raises…

New Asian Formula 3 series puts pressure on TRS

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The pressure is on at New Zealand’s premier single-seater category ahead of its five week, 15 race 2019 season with…

When one door closes, another one opens

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It was the news we were all dreading, and even now it seems a little surreal, but Hayden Paddon’s omission…

Good, better, best of 2018

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I copped a bit of flak from some quarters last month for naming Toyota’s Prado VX Ltd the 4WD of…