Thousands of motoring enthusiasts descended on the Melbourne Showgrounds over the weekend for the inaugural Motors & Masterpieces automotive festival, with a brilliant 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL E9 claiming overall Best of Show honours from a field of over 200 premium vehicles spamming from the vintage to modern supercars. Owned by Max Roberts, the ‘Batmobile’ stood out from the field, resplendent in its BMW white, blue and red livery. Among the other major winners of the event, presented by the Vehicle Transport Group, the Spirit of Motors & Masterpieces award was presented to a magnificent 1910 Willys Overland Model 40,

A spectacular weekend of entertainment on and off the track is promised when the 2024/25 NextGen New Zealand Championship, presented by Repco, gets underway at Taupo International Motorsport Park this weekend. The championship will feature not only exceptional racing but also a world-class broadcast team that promises to bring the action to viewers nationwide. Aussie fans can watch for free via the www.stuff.co.nz/SpeedHub website Leading the team are some of the most respected names in New Zealand motorsport, including Stephen McIvor, Greg Rust, Andrew Waite, and Ronan Murphy. The team will be overseen by David Tunnicliffe, former Head of Broadcast

The stage is set for the inaugural Motors & Masterpieces automotive festival, which opens tomorrow at the Melbourne Showgrounds and runs until Sunday afternoon. Held largely indoors, the event opens to the public from 10am to 5pm daily, with visitors to be greeted by over 200 brilliant machines spanning 120 years of automotive change, from the vintage through to modern supercars. Starting with a 1904 Fabrique Nationale motorcycle, the premium collection covers generations of engineering and styling evolution, culminating in 2024 build modern marvels such as the incredible Porsche 911-based Singer DLS. At the festival's heart will be cars and

THE EVOLVING crossover between Porsche Motorsport organisations on both sides of the Tasman will continue to grow this weekend at Taupo Motorsport Park. The Porsche Endurance Trophy New Zealand will return as part of the 2024/25 Summerset GT New Zealand Championship which gets underway at Taupo International Motorsport Park November 22-24. 2023 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia winner and 2024 Carrera Cup rookie Marco Giltrap will compete this weekend, while newly-crowned Carrera Cup Australia champion Harri Jones will feature in the paddock as part of his evolving race team business, Jones Motorsport. Jones’ will support young-gun Hunter Robb’s campaign this

BAYLEY HALL has sensationally stolen his sixth Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia race win, passing Dale Wood in the final corner of race two on the streets of Adelaide today.  Hall was a slow starter from the outside of the front row in the second race, however a race-long fight with Dale Wood for the lead came to a head in the final turn when the McElrea Racing driver pounced on a hesitation from his EBM rival - who was lapping a slower car - to dive down the inside of the Connected Spaces entry and take a sensational