Police are taking a zero tolerance approach on overzealous drag-meet fans who do their racing away from the track and on the roads.

The evergreen king of New Zealand motor racing, Kenny Smith, will be marking the 40th anniversary of the opening of Manfeild by competing in his 40th season at the Feilding circuit.

Kiwi endurance driver Jono Lester and his teammate Fariqe Hairuman have an outside chance this weekend of winning the Japanese Super Taikyu Championship.

Cabinet has approved lowering the blood alcohol limit from 80mg per 100ml of blood to 50mg for drivers over 20.

The Government is reviewing a voluntary code of conduct for wheel-clamping, which Labour and the Automobile Association want made mandatory, with a maximum $50 fee.

A police officer has been accused of hiding behind a pole to catch drivers who travelled just over the speed limit in an Auckland street over Labour Weekend.

People trying to sell their homes may have to fork out an extra $230 to have the property listed on Trade Me - on top of fees they already pay.

Paying $190 a month for a parking space did not exempt Jonathan Macdonald from finding his car clamped as he rushed to meet teachers at his son's school.

A dealer who advertised a car on Trade Me as having an MP3 input, parking sensors and reversing camera has been reprimanded after the car turned out to have none of these features.

An Auckland car dealership has been rapped over the knuckles and ordered to pay compensation for trimming a year off the age of a car it sold through Trade Me.

Jenson Button has called on the FIA to increase the minimum weight limit for next year's Formula 1 cars.

The gravel bashers have arrived in the Wairarapa for the last round of the Goldstar Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship.

IndyCar driver Scott Dixon is in Houston, Texas, this weekend and is hoping to emulate his success in Toronto, Canada.

Auckland drivers are justified for bemoaning the city's gridlocked roads - a study has found the traffic slows to a stop more often than notoriously congested Los Angeles.