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Quick Quiz: show us what you know about Pukekohe Park Raceway, and be in to win!

6 October, 2015

Pukekohe Park Raceway is widely considered to be the home of New Zealand motorsport. For many, it’s the location where their love affair with all things fast first kicked off — many a fan quick to proclaim that they know everything about the place they lovingly refer to as ‘Puke’.

But how well do you know Pukekohe Park Raceway? We’ve assembled a list of questions about the sacred grounds at the southernmost point of Auckland, and, if you take the quiz, you’ll be in to win an awesome V8 Supercars ITM 500 Auckland, 6-8 November prize package consisting of two three-day Platinum Reserved Grandstand tickets, as well as two Paddock passes — all adding up to a total value of over $500!

To enter, all you need to do is complete the quiz below, then fill out the form underneath with a few of your details, and your quiz score. It’s as easy as that! 

Pukekohe Park Raceway: take the quiz and be in to win

Racing Mazdas

12 June, 2026

Both Rod Millen and Ron Kendall were rotary racing kings, emanating from the North Shore of Auckland, where I grew up. And the ultimate rotary techno guru was Bill Shiells, who developed the engine into a rocket ship while working out of Gulf Mazda in Takapuna from 1969, and later in his own business, Rotorsport. He began to extract some phenomenal horsepower from the enigmatic rotary engine. Bill was one of the first to race the Mazda RX-2 Coupe in 1971 and achieved immediate success, causing others to sit up and take notice, particularly the North Shore’s racing elite. They included Robbie Francevic, Rod Millen, Ron Kendall, John Woolf, John Le Feuvre, and Rex Findlay.

Range Rover CSK — the original SUV

5 June, 2026

The Range Rover, thanks to Charles Spencer King, went into production in 1970 boasting an iconic shape that would last until 1996. The vehicle that would create the SUV moniker came about because Rover decided it was time to add a bigger four-wheel-drive vehicle, one with a 100-inch wheelbase, to the model range. Land Rover made a 109-inch wheelbase model but the standard vehicle had a 88-inch wheelbase.
The new model would be more suitable for road use than the existing Land Rover, which was considered to be predominantly for rural use. To make sure it could cope on any road it came standard with the Rover 3.5-litre V8 engine. The body design was originally sketched by King and went into production with only a few minor touch-ups by the Rover styling team.
According to King, “The idea was to combine the comfort and on-road ability of a Rover saloon with the off-road ability of a Land Rover. Nobody was doing it.”