News | Motorsports
2 Mar 2026 19:15
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Sports > Motorsports

    Kiwi driver Scott McLaughlin's made a bright start to the new IndyCar season in Florida

    Kiwi driver Scott McLaughlin's made a bright start to the new IndyCar season in Florida


    McLaughlin's recorded the fastest time in the first practice session around the St Petersburg track.

    Marcus Armstrong's been seventh quickest, with Sir Scott Dixon 15th.

    After a mediocre 2025 McLaughlin outlines his goals for the 2026 season.



    The opening race is Monday morning.

    MOTORSPORT WITH CRC FIVE FIVE SIX.  NEW ZEALAND'S TOOLKIT IN A CAN.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Motorsports News
     02 Mar: Tyler Reddick has held off a charging Shane van Gisbergen to make Nascar history
     02 Mar: To Indycar action, and misfortune for Scott Dixon on the streets of St. Petersburg
     02 Mar: To the opening lap of the Indy Car season at St. Petersburg
     01 Mar: Shane van Gisbergen has dominated the closing stages of NASCAR's second division series race at the Circuit of the Americas
     01 Mar: Motor racing royalty Sir Scott Dixon has suffered another blow ahead of tomorrow's opening IndyCar race in Florida
     28 Feb: New season, new engineer, new attitude
     26 Feb: Scott McLaughlin is confident he can put last year's poor IndyCar results in the rear-view mirror
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    A new job for Kiwi rugby coach Wayne Pivac More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Foodstuffs is again trying to bring its North and South Island operations under one roof - after failing two years ago More...


     Today's News

    		 Accident and Emergency:
    A man's been taken into custody after armed police attended a family harm callout in Waikato's Parawera, southeast of Te Awamutu 19:07

     Cricket:
    Black Caps coach Rob Walter is grateful their subcontinent travels at the T20 World Cup are not done yet 18:57

     Rugby:
    A new job for Kiwi rugby coach Wayne Pivac 18:37

     Living & Travel:
    Last total lunar eclipse until 2029 is coming tomorrow – don’t miss it 18:17

     International:
    Iran's next supreme leader may have been waiting for this moment to rise 18:17

     Rugby League:
    Warriors halfback Luke Metcalf has declared his comeback to the NRL on track but is refusing to narrow down a date 18:07

     National:
    Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow 18:07

     Business:
    Foodstuffs is again trying to bring its North and South Island operations under one roof - after failing two years ago 18:07

     Law and Order:
    St John wants harsher penalties for assaults against first responders - after a weekend of attacks and threats towards staff - and damage to ambulances 17:27

     Health & Safety:
    Criticism of Bay of Plenty's Opioid Treatment Service - after a man died six weeks after being rapidly cut off from methadone 16:17

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2026 New Zealand City Ltd