WCS NZ Off-Road Grand Prix
Sunday 29 November 2026

Entries close at 11:59pm 29th November, 2026

If you are feeling unwell please stay at home.

Head out of Palmerston North towards Ashhurst, look for Raukawa Road on your right approx 8km from PN. Once on Raukawa Road, look for Innerwell Lane on your left after approx 250m, then turn in and look for pit entry sign.

Heaps of pit space for trailers, caravans, campers and cars.

Free spectator entry

0700 Gates Open Track Open for Practise
0830 Track Closes
0845 Briefing
0900 Racing starts

To make the NZ Off-road GP work we need more than 20 cars per class. We will run if less but maybe in a reduced format.

The time has come for RC racing to change. No more 3 lap seeding, no more 5 minute qualifying, it's time to emulate full sized motorsport, and what better to emulate than F1.

Q1.
All drivers in the class have a 20 minute session to set their fastest single lap. Drivers may leave the stand, start late, make changes then rejoin but must try not interfere with laps of any other driver in the group. After 20 minutes, the fastest 12 drivers move to Q2, while the remaining drivers go to the consolation races with their best single lap time setting the grid spots from 13 backwards. LiveTime calls positions as drivers cross the timing loop.
Q2.
The Top 12 drivers move through to Q2 and all previous times are deleted. The drivers now have 4 minutes to set their fastest single lap. Drivers may start late, leave the stand, make changes and rejoin in the 4 minute period but must not interfere with laps of any other driver in the group. The top 6 move to Q3, while positions 7-12 are the starting positions for the NZ Grand Prix race. LiveTime calls positions as drivers cross the timing loop.
Q3.
Top 6 drivers have times reset and have 2 minutes to set their fastest single lap time to set grid positions 1-6 in the Grand Prix. Drivers may start late, leave the stand, make changes and rejoin but must not interfere with laps of any other driver in the group.

Drivers may only enter 2 classes to ensure we have marshalls covered for each class/race.

2WD Buggy
4WD Buggy
2WD Trucks (ST & SCT)
Ebuggy.

We welcome Junior, new or experienced racers to enter, the Q1 session will set you into speed associated groups.

Tires are open in all classes

Julian Hardy 0274 434343

Please pay online to
We Cut Shapes 01-0755-0265226-01
EFTPOS or cash on day.

Practise will be from 7am to 8.30 am.

Grand Prix Qualifying is intense. 1 lap gets you through to the next stage if you can put it together. Drivers need to make room on track to complete that singular lap. Slower drivers need to look out for faster drivers on hotlaps. Drivers may come and go from the stand throughout Q1, Q2 and Q3 and make changes, whether they be tire, suspension or battery, or something different. And at the end of Q1, grid positions 13 and lower are set by the single laptime achieved.

The NZ Off-road Grand Prix will consist of one 35 lap race, for each of the 4 classes.
Consolation races will be 15 laps and up to 12 drivers for those that did not qualify through to the Grand Prix.

Consolation races grids for Positions 13 backwards will be set by the fastest lap achieved in Q1 in 12 car heats until all races are full.

For the NZ Grand Prix qualifying and races a driver may
- Make stops to change battery
- Make stops to change tires
- Have a pit crew to effect these changes for them in a designated pit area on track
- Make any adjustment to the car in the designated pit area, repair breakages, step away from the drivers stand and re-enter as necessary.
- May drive the full 35 laps non-stop to achieve the race length.

Buggy's must adhere to NZRCA technical rules for that class.
Combined Trucks must adhere to NZRCA technical rules for the type of truck you enter.
EBuggy must adhere to NZRCA technical rules for that class.
NZRCA Battery voltages/cells for each discipline must be followed.

Trophies will be presented to the Winners of the 4 Grand Prix classes

AMB 4.3 which allows AMB, MRT transponders.

Marshalling will need to shared by other classes during Qualifying and the NZGP races.

Pits have power, water, limited tables and gazebos available.

Bring your own

We will advise if weather could effect the meeting on facebook.
www.facebook.com/rir.nz

None

We have the right to amend or update rules and regulations as we get closer to the event, after we do more testing.

Should a class entry exceed 40 cars, Q1 maybe split into smaller groups and then a reduced number of drivers from that group will go forward to Q2. However, the times set in each split group will not be combined with the fastest 12 going through, IT WILL BE the top 6 from each group moving to Q2 to make up the next 12.