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V8 Supercars: Coulthard ready for title push
After a five-week break the V8 Supercars are back in action this weekend in Darwin for round six of the 2014 championship.

Drivers to wear blood test cost
Drivers who get a blood test at a roadside police check will have to pay for the cost of the procedure even if they are under the criminal limit, MPs say.

Tips for campervan comfort
If you fancy a jaunt around some of New Zealand's great sights in a campervan, Megan Singleton has some handy tips.

Tourists call for better driving tips
Car rental companies and airlines could do more to advise tourists about driving in New Zealand, say a visiting American couple.

Director killed in Ferrari crash
A Ferrari driver who died yesterday after hitting a wall on a race track was estimated to have been driving at 190km/h at the time.

Aircraft flight number on plates
Personalised number plates bearing the flight number of the Malaysia Airlines ghost flight have been sold since the jetliner vanished on March 8.

Seeing red
I don't suffer from road rage; it's the lights that get me going. Or not going.

Motorsport: Pukekohe will test drivers' mettle
The grand old lady of New Zealand motor racing circuits, Pukekohe Raceway, put on one hell of a display in welcoming back the V8 Supercars circus last year after a five-year hiatus.

Motorsport: Iceman focuses on Florida
IndyCar driver Scott Dixon arrives in Florida this weekend for the second round of the 2014 championship fourth on the table after the opening gambit in Saint Petersburg.

Murphy's new motorsport show
One of New Zealand’s favourite sporting sons calls a spade a spade and likes to win, discovers Louise Smith.

Motorsport: Paddon driven to succeed at top level
Hayden Paddon describes himself as competitive, making it harder for him to limit expectations as he ponders his debut campaign in the World Rally Championship.

Motorsport: Repeat sensor issues fuel Red Bull's confusion
Two weeks on from Red Bull's controversial disqualification in Melbourne, there remains a distinct possibility of history repeating itself in today's Malaysian Grand Prix.

Motorsport: Whincup reigns amid controversy
Reigning V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup has risen above controversy and crashes to win both races in an action-packed day of racing at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.

Motorsport: Kiwi battlers ruled the world
If there was a 'Won't Be Seen Again' category at the Halberg Awards, an unlikely speedway triumph 35 years ago would go close to winning.