Richie Stanaway has sensationally declared he’ll quit racing, following today’s Supercars season finale in Newcastle. The 28-year-old Kiwi is out of a drive following a torrid season with Garry Rogers Motorsport, which itself is leaving Supercars. Stanaway missed three events during the year with injury and was benched on the Gold Coast last month for […]

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While much of the focus has been on relative performance between manufacturers and teams so far in 2019, battles between team-mates have also been raging. A dozen races into the campaign, clear trends have emerged throughout the field; some one-sided and others closely fought. With the intention of highlighting raw speed, we’ve focused our comparison […]

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Richie Stanaway won’t be a Tickford Racing driver in 2019, the Ford squad confirming it has split with the rookie after a challenging first Supercars season. Following weeks of speculation over the young Kiwi’s future, it’s now clear that he won’t continue with the team next season. That was communicated in a brief statement from […]

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A seat at Tickford Racing has emerged as the most likely chance for Lee Holdsworth to remain on the Supercars grid in 2019. Holdsworth is being replaced by Mark Winterbottom at Charlie Schwerkolt’s Team 18, ending a four-year association between the team and driver. A three-time race winner, the 35-year-old has competed full-time in Supercars […]

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Supercars’ five-strong contingent of New Zealanders, including title rivals Scott McLaughlin and Shane van Gisbergen, have helped launch November’s ITM Auckland SuperSprint. McLaughlin, van Gisbergen, Fabian Coulthard, Andre Heimgartner and Richie Stanaway were on hand at Eden Park in Auckland on Thursday, getting kicking tips from All Blacks legend Grant Fox. The 1987 Rugby Union […]

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The group of 26 drivers that will contest the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship is complete. Tekno Autosport’s long-awaited confirmation that Jack Le Brocq will replace Will Davison rounds out a set of announcements that had been expected since the Coates Hire Newcastle 500 weekend last November. Led by 2017 title protagonists Shell V-Power Racing and Triple Eight, just […]

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Cameron Waters and Richie Stanaway have scored their first Supercars career wins with a faultless performance in the Wilson Security Sandown 500. The polesitting Prodrive young guns delivered on their promise to upset Supercars’ powerhouses, taking the Melbourne-based team’s third win of the season. Click here for full Sandown 500 results. Taking over the car […]

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Cameron Waters fended off Scott McLaughlin in the second ARMOR ALL Race for the Grid to record pole position for tomorrow’s Wilson Security Sandown 500. Starting the second qualifying heat third thanks to the efforts of co-driver Richie Stanaway in the earlier encounter, Waters shot to the lead at the first corner. McLaughlin also made […]

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With New Zealand drivers up and down pit lane for this year’s Bathurst 1000, there’s a good chance of at least one of them standing on the podium on Sunday. David Long runs his eye over the nine Kiwi drivers. Shane van Gisbergen Car: Holden, Red Bull Racing Australia Number: 97 Partner: Alex Premat Age: 27 […]

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The World Endurance Championship has stuck by its promise to maintain a stable calendar for 2017. An unchanged schedule of nine races has been unveiled for the sixth season of the re-born WEC. Each of the nine races takes place on the corresponding weekend to 2016, with the exception of the already-announced Nurburgring date in […]

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