The V8 Supercars will be the main curtain-raiser to the F1 cars this weekend at the Australian Grand Prix. For the all-new IRWIN Racing AMG Mercedes outfit the non-championship races in Melbourne will be critical in the development of the all new V8.

Having hit-TV show Top Gear film on Ninety Mile Beach will give the region publicity that would be worth millions of dollars, the Far North District Council says.

The Porsche Carrera Cup series will be on-track this weekend as part of the Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park in Adelaide. Two-time Bathurst winner Steven Richards will be one of the favourites against a host of Porsche and former V8 stars.

One of the world's biggest tyre companies may have the answer to puncture problems - a tyre that doesn't need air.

The stars of the worldwide-hit show Top Gear are in New Zealand and are expected to start filming today on one of our most famous beaches.

A Hawke's Bay woman has been left in a coma after a car travelling in a boy racer "chain" crashed on Saturday morning.

Auckland and Wellington carpark costs will shoot up 50 per cent, a lobby group claims, if proposed changes to fringe benefit tax go through.

There may not be many of the new generation NZV8 cars contesting this year's championship, but that doesn't make Jason Bargwanna's job any easier as he arrives in Taupo for round five of the national championship.