New Zealand youngster Scott McLaughlin had a dream first season in the V8 Supercars Championship last year.

The New Zealand Grand Prix is the first race on the FIA's international motorsport calendar.

This year's eighth running of the International Rally of Whangarei has confirmed Czech Republic Skoda factory personnel will be among the nationalities involved in the two-day gravel competition that will swell the region's population in April.

Former V8 Supercars champion Russell Ingall has agreed to a deal with Holden outfit Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to contest his 19th straight season.

A man who crashed his drag racer at 200km/h - flipping at least four times - says he's "sweet", despite bending the steel steering-wheel column with his chest on impact.

Singaporean driver Andrew Tang was grinning from ear to ear as he left the Hampton Downs racetrack last night as the points leader in the Toyota Racing Series.

The clock is ticking on Western Springs as a speedway venue, with the popular sport "almost certain" to move from the historic Central Auckland venue.

Michael Schumacher is gradually being woken from his coma and is responding 'positively' to the treatment, according to a French newspaper.

A coroner is calling for more safety measures at raceways after a 19-year-old motorcyclist died almost a month after he lost control at high speed and slammed helmet-first into a tyre barrier.