NAC Motorsport

Daynom Templeman – D1NZ Round 4 Mt. Smart

For NAC Motorsport team member Daynom Templeman, driver of the NAC RX-7, it was a drama filled weekend at Round Four of the Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship held on a custom track at Mt Smart Stadium. After a small fire during practice on Friday, the car also suffered from...

Australian Rotax Pro Tour. Todd Road Melbourne – Jan 27th to 29th

Having never raced overseas before and on the advice of Australia’s number one karter, David Sera (who we met last year at the NZ North Island Champs), we decided to start the year racing one of the fiercely contested Australian Rotax Pro Tour Series races. This was the second round...

Brent Curran Blog Update 18/01/2012 – Remembering 2011

We had the best weekend ever at the 1st Competition Meeting on the 12/13 November at Fram Autolite Dragway. With only one run on Saturday because of the rain I played it safe and just drove it down the track with some power applied past half way it still went...

Ray Griffen Blog Update – 12/12/2011 – Western Springs Speedway + video

We have had a few ups and downs at Western Springs over the last few weeks. The Heritage Shield was held on November 19 and so far with only limited track time the team thought it was a good night to play around with set-ups on the car, since most...

Castrol Edge D1NZ Round 2 Results

Castrol Edge D1NZ round two took place at Pukekohe Park Raceway over the weekend, after two days of carnage – mostly at the hands of the infamous sweeper – Curt Whittaker in the Whittaker Motorsport R34 took the well-earned first place over Cole Armstrong in the V R34, while D1NZ...

Dan Connor Blog Update – 18/11/11 – Tokoroa Anniversary Meeting

Tokoroa Anniversary Meeting 13th November Since Daniel started karting one of our favourite places to race is the Tokoroa kart track. In the three and a half years we have been racing the local club has done a fantastic job extending its short but fun track to almost double the...

Ray Griffen Blog Update – 15/11/11 – Opening Night Over and Out

Opening night over and out The NAC Insurance/Champion Oils Sonic Motorsport #11 Maxim Sprintcar hit the track for opening night at Auckland’s prestigious Springs Speedway. After two successful weekends of practice runs, things were going as planned till late in our first heat race when we had engine troubles. The...

Brent Curran Blog Update – 7/11/2011 – First testing for the season.

Sorry for the delay in getting the blog up, it’s been a VERY busy few weeks for us! We had our first testing for the season on October 29th at Fram Autolite Dragway. Unfortunately we only got one pass in, and the engine had a lean backfire which resulted in...

Daniel Connor Blog Update – 26/10/2011 – The Kartsport North Island Sprintkart Championship

The Kartsport North Island Sprintkart Championship held on Labour weekend is the last major meeting of the year for us. This year it was held at the Hawke’s Bay track in Hastings. This is not our favourite track as the last time we raced there, the 2010 Nationals, we struggled...

Ray Griffen Video Update – 26/10/2011 – Sprint Car

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Ray Griffen Blog Update – 21/10/11 – Lead Up to the Sprint Car Unveiling

Saturday October 22nd is our first practice at Western Springs Speedway and the car’s unveiling. Ninety percent of the hard work has been done in the last two weeks with the engine being completed and then started red-neck style, a complete check over and deemed to be perfect. A few...

Daynom Templeman Video Blog – 19/10/11 – NAC Drift Nationals Update

Check out the below video update from Daynom after the NAC Drift Nationals on the event and the upcoming season....

Brent Curran Blog Update – 12/10/11 – video from NAC Drift Nationals 2011

Hi all, not too much to report at this stage, still counting down the weeks now to our first private testing day which is on October 29 at Fram Autolite Dragway. Car was teched last week, put on a new set of Mickey Thompson tyres from Segedins – all set...

NAC Insurance Drift Nationals 2011 Video

Here’s a video of all the action from the 2011 NAC Insurance Drift Nationals!...

Dan Connor Blog Update – 6/10/11 – Final Round of the Rotax Max Challenge

Last month we raced the sixth and final round of the Rotax Max Challenge series held at the new Rotorua track. There had been three winners from the five previous rounds, Andy Schofield round 1, Daniel Kingsman rounds 2, 4 & 5, and Kane Taylor round 3. Although Daniel has...

NAC Drift Nationals 2011 Results

A big congratulations to Mad Mike Whiddett for taking out the NAC Drift nationals for 2011. For those who braved the wind and cold to stand trackside were rewarded with non stop action from go to whoa. Here’s how the qualifying and top 16 played out. #1 Andrew Redward 93.67...

Ray Griffen Blog Update – 3/10/11 – Lead up to Opening Night

A lot has been happening in the last couple of weeks and, with just over a month till opening night at Western Springs, things are coming together nicely. Since our last update our maxim roller is finished, the diff is in place and full of oil, brakes have been bled...

Daynom Templeman Video – 23/09/11

Daynom Templeman Video 23/09/11 Click the above link to check out our chat with NAC Motorsport Team Drifter Daynom Templeman, in the lead up to the NAC Drift Nationals next weekend....

Brent Curran Update – 20/09 – Gearing up for the new drag racing season.

Well the off-season has come and gone and we’re gearing up for another season’s drag racing. The off-season gave us a chance to go over the car. The first thing we did was pull the motor out and apart. I was really looking forward to this as it had done...

Dan Connor Update – 14/09/11 – Podium finishes over the last 2 months

In the last two months we have raced at four meetings, achieving podium finishes for the NAC Insurance Kart at each. They were the National Schools Championship at Hamilton, rounds 4 and 5 of the Rotax Max Challenge series at Auckland and Hamilton, and the first race day at the...

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