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SILVER SPONSOR: HARRIS RACE RADIOS

Harris Race Radios was created out of frustration being unable to purchase or rent good quality Motorsport Radio Communications equipment at reasonable prices.  Founders Rex and Aaron Harris are qualified expert Motorsport Radio Engineers, and Motorsport Race Engineers and define themselves as “racers who support other racers”. They supply world class professional radio communications and data management to endurance race teams …

DE-MYSTIFYING THE NIERDC 2 HOUR RACE

This race was created to cater for club and class cars so they have a chance at being at the pointy end rather than continuously looking in their rear vision mirror for GT3 cars.We can also cater for classes who usually do sprint races and can field at least 5 cars, and we will make their own class. Imagine a …

ANOTHER GREAT DRIVER HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR THE 2021 SEASON

Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes has entered the 1 hour race for the North and South Island Endurance Series this year and he will be driving his new car, a Porsche Cup car 997 gen.  2021 will be his 5th season in the endurance series. He has previously won class 2 in the North Island in 2018, in the South Island in 2020 and won the …

FIRST FEMALE RACER CONFIRMED FOR THE SEASON: STEFF CHAMBER

Steff Chambers has confirmed her entry to the North Island Endurance Series. She will be driving her Porsche 996 GT cup car in the one-hour endurance race this season. She has been involved in motor racing for 5 seasons now and it will be her 2nd season driving this car. Steff has done many laps around Pukekohe and Hampton Dows …

COMPETITOR ANNOUNCEMENT: GLEN REID

Glen Reid has entered the new 2 hour clubman race and will be driving a 1982 Mazda RX7 Group C replica. “I’ll be driving a 1982 Mazda RX7 Group C replica. The car is new, I haven’t raced it yet however I have raced in 2K Cup for a couple of seasons. My background is rallying so I’m fairly new …

NIERDC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT CARS THAT EXCEED ITS PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

MEDIA RELEASE Faced with renewed and growing interest in Endurance racing in New Zealand, NIERDC have received a number of enquiries about eligibility of non-GT3 homologated race cars, for their 4 round North Island series. NIERDC’S President, David Dovey said, “Whilst its great that we have so much interest in this year 2021 North Island Series, this has raise some …

2021 DATES ANNOUNCED

ROUND ONETaupo –  Friday 16th – Saturday 17th April 2021 ROUND TWOPukekohe – Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th May 2021 ROUND THREEHampton Downs – Friday 28th – Saturday 29th May 2021 ROUND FOURManfeild/Pukekohe – Friday 18th – Saturday 19th June 2021 Want to enter? Click here to register and secure your spot! Please enter ASAP so we can organise trophies and categories. NEW TWO-HOUR RACE FOR CLUBMAN CARS The …

NIERDC will include a new two-hour clubman’s race in 2021

In 2021 North Island Endurance Series will be expanded to accommodate a new two-hour race for clubman cars. The two-hour endurance race will run on the same day as the existing one- and three-hour endurance races. However, it will instead be exclusive solely for cars whose best lap time at Hampton Downs and Pukekohe does not exceed 1m13.0s. President of …

Competitor announcement: Rob Williams & Phil Blythe

We are back for another crack in the 3 hour series & to defend our title. The Porsche GT 3 Cup car #24 is rearing to go! During the off season we have had a engine rebuild by James Marshall Motorsport so we are hoping for a mechanically incident free series with good reliability Our sponsors are back on board …