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 speed tolerance margin returns to 10km/h above the open road limit today after another drop in road deaths this summer.

I'm surprised there aren't more deaths on our roads given our appalling attitudes once we get behind the wheels of our vehicles, writes Kerre McIvor.

Having a former Formula One world champion rock up to the annual Toyota Racing Series with his son is not unusual.

Up to 50,000 jobs are at risk as General Motors says it will stop making Holdens in Australia by the end of 2017.

Drivers who crash on open roads during the Christmas and New Year holidays are more likely to be injured than at other times of the year.

Australia's automotive and aviation industries appear to be on the brink of collapse, writes Liam Dann. Holden is considering pulling its manufacturing operations out of the lucky country.

Drivers in Auckland City yesterday did not appear to be paying attention to the summer speed threshold, with five drivers pulled over in about 30 minutes.

GM looks set to shut down its Holden plants in Australia from 2016, joining Ford in pulling out of the country.

Police have arrested a man in relation to a terrifying carjacking where a pistol was pointed at a driver's back and his $65,000 car stolen.

A carjack victim has described the terrifying moment a pistol was pointed at his back after a young woman at a McDonald's carpark duped him into giving her a ride.

No team orders. No dirty tactics. Just clean, wheel-to-wheel action.

Drama in lapped traffic handed American sprintcar legend Sammy Swindell victory at Western Springs in Auckland on Saturday night.