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Join the club: Hampton Downs GT membership
“If you love track time as much as we do, then a GT Membership should be right up your alley? ” View fullsize Just over

Hooning Havana in an 850hp trophy truck
View fullsize If you’ve seen Recoil one to three, then you will know exactly what to expect from the fourth instalment of BJ Baldwin’s video series.

Wild weekend: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day four)
If the days leading up to the weekend of Repco Beach Hop 17 were where the relaxation was to be found, the weekend provided the

Cruisin’ thunder: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day three)
Traditionally, Friday has been the most favoured day on the Beach Hop calendar, playing host to a mass cruise out to the coastal town of

The Stude Dude’s latest
Studebakers aren’t common on New Zealand soil, and modified ones are even less common. In fact, we’d say there’s one man responsible for more of

Life is beachy: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day two)
The Thursday of Repco Beach Hop 17 showed the most evident change to the status quo, with the former Tairua cruise destination completely forgone in

Dragged up: the 49th NZDRA Nationals
The 49th New Zealand Nationals was hosted by New Zealand Drag Racing Association (NZDRA) over the weekend of March 7–8 at Masterton Motorplex. The weather

Waikato invasion: AutoFest 2017
Many people toy with the idea of curating their ideal car event, and some even put their money where their mouth is, but it’s a

Bulk muscle at the American Muscle Car Show
View fullsize While Santa and the Easter Bunny may get us excited once a year, the American Muscle Car Club’s show only happens once

The warm-up: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day one)
The Go Waihi Warm Up Party marks the official start of Beach Hop every year, and things were no different for this year’s Repco Beach

Water-fuelled madness at the Altherm Jet Sprint Champs
View fullsize Round four of the Altherm Window Systems Jet Sprint Champs was held on March 12 at the Riverside Jet Track in Crownthorpe,

American Fever grips Taranaki
View fullsize I can’t remember a time when major changes in the American political landscape created as much interest in New Zealand as they

A redneck’s wet dream: punching up at NASCAR
Sinking watery beer, watching cars go ‘round and ‘round in circles, and praying for a good ol’ punch up is, as the title suggests, a

Get your Enzed Central Muscle Cars news fix right here!
“Keep up to speed with New Zealand’s most exciting race series — Enzed Central Muscle Cars” Group2 tussle View fullsize It’s been a stellar

Dunedin turns American
Dunedin — known as the Edinburgh of the south, largely due to its Scottish heritage — is well known not only in New Zealand, but