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The CannonBall Run 2011


The CannonBall Run 2011 was our biggest event yet, with over 175 cars and over 600 competitors it was a laugh a minute.

We did everything from horsing around with the police, invading a pirate ship and tearing up a rugby field to Giving away a free Helicopter ride (which also helped us film the event from the air) and taking over a golf course for our massive afterparty.

I could sit here and write out 500 pages of awesome craziness but like they say a picture is worth a thousand words (or in this case 500 pages worth) so below is a teaser video for our DVD and also a monster photo collection of the day.

A big congratulations to Mike and Neen in their Holden Calais for taking out the big prize….. Also known as the Channel 4 News Team on the day.

 




Mike and Neen's CannonBall Run Video.

The CannonBall Run 2010


The CannonBall Run 2010 was our first major event, with around 130 cars.  The event was pretty basic back then all we had for mission packs was a collection of flyers nothing like the big books and packs competitors get now.  We still had an amazing collection of cars including a Ferrari and a brand new Corvette plus a tonne of HotRods and Japanese performance cars. The team from GVI Cars bought down a brand new Lexus that was a crowd favourite and the guys from Performance Car Mag where in a rocking Demon Energy Truck with 22 inch rims.


A big "High Five" to the guys in Car 53 for taking out the competition in their custom Toyota V8 powered HotRod.


 

Jobs


Think you can add value to what we do?  We want to hear from you.

We are always looking to "up our game" and if you have some skills that you think could help us, we'd love to hear from you.

Graphic Artists, Video Editors, Event Planners, Marketing Experts, Sales Guys....  and more, you're all welcome.....


The whole Auckland Motorsport staff are all volunteers, they do it for the love of the sport ( or the awesome bragging rights that you work with Auckland Motorsport and The NZ CannonBall Run )

So if you just love motorsport to the teeth and everything about it and are willing to put in some hard yards to help us put on some awesome events and help grow the motorsport scene in NZ then we want to hear from you.


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Videos










SnowBall Run 2010 - The Burnout




AMS at the Fathers Day Drags 2011




Nick Burridge cutting loose on the SnowBall Run 2010.

If you listen carefully at 0:16 you can hear him clip the fence at which point he floors it....




Mike and Neen's awesome SnowBall Run photo montage.













Another Mike and Neen special....  Did we mention they won the CannonBall Run 2011








Track Sessions


Hampton Downs Track Session 29th May 2011

It was an awesome day, sun was blasting for the whole day and more importantly of all the wicked fast cars that turned up no one destroyed their ride.... Even though a few of you did try.

 

 

For more photos check out ...... Freshly Whipped

Here's a few FaceBook photo albums....

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About Us


Auckland Motorsport has been operating a few years now and have managed to take the Motorsport Scene by the horns and come out on top. Our first New Zealand CannonBall Run was one of the biggest street legal events held in the country and bought together every type of car fanatic including Exotic Supercar lovers and Japanese Drifters.

Here at Auckland Motorsport we pride ourselves in thinking outside the box. Our events are always original, unique and have a fair share of surprises. 

New Zealand has a huge motorsport industry, its competitors are some of the best talent in the world, but there is not much out there for your average enthusiast. Sure if your car is race prepped with a roll cage, bucket seats, fire suit and etc you can race on the track but what about the young guys with a limited budget. To them their cars are performance cars. 

We are out to provide track, drift and street legal race orientated events for a safe driving alternative to illegal street racing and making it fun at the same time. There is a lot of controversy at the moment with the whole "Boy Racer Act" and all the fines and penalties that are involved when getting caught with one of these new laws. Our intention is to address the problem at its source, by running legal and cheap motorsport orientated and related events for car enthusiasts. There are a lot of drivers that want to race their cars, so why not direct them to an event that is safe, and legally organised with police approval and participation. Let’s face it there are big kids out there too so our events are not limited to just “Boy Racers”. 

With new and innovative events coming up from us be sure to stay tuned...