2021 TCR New Zealand to be run on a single event

COVID-19 continues to impact all motorsport categories and forced Motorsport New Zealand to reduce the inaugural season of the TCR New Zealand championship to a single event, at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell on 23/24 April 2021. 

“The plan was to run a three-event series starting next weekend at Timaru, but as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, logistics from Europe have meant that several cars just would not make the grid in time. The timing is too tight to run the first two events, so to be fair on all competitors, the Highlands round at the end of April gives everyone more time. We have lot of interest, but several competitors are still waiting for parts to arrive from Europe, and some of these were ordered well before Christmas,” commented category manager Lindsay Dodd.

The events that have been cancelled are those at Timaru’s Levels Raceway (5/6 March) and Teretonga Park (20/21 March); the season opener at Manfeild (23/24 January) had been also cancelled.
At Cromwell, TCR New Zealand will share the grid with the Production Racing Championship.
The recently announced prize of free entry into any of the remaining 2021 TCR Australia events, including the Bathurst International, for the winner of the TCR New Zealand title, is still on offer.