International Motorsport
IMS RACING - The Team of Champions
We are one of New Zealands largest professional race teams.
The History
With all the time spent working on cars during the day at Archibald's Garage in Christchurch and the evenings spent preparing speedway cars, I was involved with a lot of people who were very passionate about Motor Racing. We all wanted to go faster but sometimes our lack of preparation let us down. The opportunity to work with some amazing cars and drivers at such a young age was a gr
13/08/2024
Well done mate you deserve a gold medal yourself what an amazing achievement for a kiwi you are the best looking forward to hearing all the stories regards
The one that got away for sure!
Eventful 3hr race for us...the list is to long to repeat 🤣 end of the day...Sammo and DG came home in P3 with Luke and James home in P4.
Not 100% on what the means in the championship yet, but will fill you in once we know.
Thanks for all your support over this series, congrats to James Marshall Motorsport on the win today...mega effort lads!
See ya in the South!!🤜🏽💥🤛🏽
Sammo in for wets...20 mins left in his stint then DG takes over to bring her home. Currently P1 with Luke sitting in P3 after doing the same.
15/06/2024
No good Barry!
Puncher for car #222
15/06/2024
Crazy end to the 1hr with rain turning up in the last 5 mins and everyone on slicks🤣 GC home P10 which is a rad effort considering. I think that gives him P5 over all in the championship which is also an awesome effort! Congrats to Joel, Ricky and the team for the win!
3hr about to kick off👌🏽
14/06/2024
3rd and final round for the North Island Endurance Series at Hampton Downs.
3hr Quali results:
Sammo and DG - P1
Luke and James - P2.
1hr race now underway with GC starting off P10.
3hr race kicks off at 1:45.
WHAT.A.DAY!!..Let's start with the lows shall we.
Seb P1 in the 1hr only to lose it to a technical infringement...don't ask🤦🏽
Sammo and JR had a solid day until 15 minutes to go (having battled for P1 for well over an hr) a rain shower comes through...chucking everything out the window, JR had lost coms, and with a couple of moments on a damp track couldn't keep up the fight and dropped back to finish 4th.
Now for the positives.
GC had a mega time out there...ending up actually P6 in the 1hr race, so with a PB in quali, he's smiling all the way home.
Luke and James struggled for pace all weekend..but hung in there all the way to the end to come home P2👌🏽
Good or bad we do it as a team...we live to fight another day!💥
Luke out James in...Sammo out JR in...1:10 to go.
On the board please JR...copy...smash the board🤦🏽...don't tell Lyall.
25/05/2024
Seb coverts his P1 in quali to his first win👌🏽 GC, solid again coming home P8
04/05/2024
Debut win for Luke and James ...mega drive by both the lads. JR and Sammy home P2.
Congrats to the Wolfbrook boys also...doing a good job lads.
Audi top three👌🏽 bring on Taupo.
Sammy out JR in to bring it home.
Luke out James in to do the same.
Mega job by both the lads...now we see what the AM drivers have🤣😉
Not sure what's gone on here... yet...but Seb is unfortunately out of the race after being hit under/behind the safety car with 8 mins left in the race...
On a better note, GC has come home P7..great drive by the young fella👌🏽
Seb in for his stop from P1...20 mins to go.
03/05/2024
Little Sam doing the damage!
03/05/2024
Boom!!...what a lap by Sammy!
P1 for the lads with Luke and James also having a day of it P3!..it's going to be all go at the Easter show...there are some fast cars and drivers out there.
1hr race kicking off in just over 30 mins.
03/05/2024
Mate!...P1 for Seb in the 1hr and GC with the monster effort coming in at P7👌🏽
3hr quali up next.
Live link attached kids...enjoy.
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Yo!...race day baby!..first round of the North Island Endurance Series @ Hampton Downs
Plan for the day:
Q1 1hr 10:20
Q2 3hr 10:45
1hr Race 11:40
3hr Race 13:45
Mint day...fast cars...bacon and egg burgers 💥👌🏽
Better living everyone 😉
19/02/2024
The faces of - the fellas who make it all possible 🏁
17/02/2024
MANSON P1 🏁 Luke brings home another P1 in the first half hour of the day in the 992
#222
17/02/2024
What’s better than a lock out? Absolutely NOTHING. 🏁 IMS P1, P2 & P3 🏆 We line up and go again tomorrow morning for the 2 30minute races.
GT OPEN:
P1: Luke Manson
P2: Sam Fillmore
P3: Rick Armstrong
P9: Paul Southam
GT4:
P6: Sam Cotterill
16/02/2024
P1 for Rick Armstrong in the GT OPEN 🏁 We head into the afternoon and the one-hour race here at Highlands.
P2: Luke Manson
P6: Paul Southam
DNS: Sam Fillmore
GT4:
P6: Sam Cotterill
GT New Zealand Championship
📸: Shots By TayB
16/02/2024
Welcoming Paul Southam to the IMS stable 🐎 The boys are geared up and ready to qualify down here at Highlands 🏔️ for the GT New Zealand Championship
28/01/2024
A huge effort from the team today with some unreal results. Up team !
27/01/2024
P1! Manson drove the 222 entry into P1 in the GT Open class, race two, followed in by The Sly Ginger Fox, Sam Cotterill, bringing home the top spot in his AMG in the GT4 class 🏁🔥
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GT New Zealand Championship Super Sprint NZ
27/01/2024
After a bit of a shunt yesterday in the open class, the boys put in the hard yards and got all 3 992’s back in fine form 🏁 - An unfortunate end to yesterday’s race, but this morning the guys are in fighting form for todays double header!
The GT’s are live from 10.30 - tune in on SkySport to catch all the action from the Super Sprint NZ GT New Zealand Championship
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26/01/2024
Day Two Qualifying is a wrap 🏁 GT New Zealand Championship
GT4
Sam Cotterill: P5 - 1.12.045
OPEN
Sam Fillmore: P4 - 1.06.571
Rick Armstrong: P5 - 1.06.717
Luke Manson: P7 - 1.07.268
The 1-hour race is live at 1:52pm on SkySport 5
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The History
With all the time spent working on cars during the day at Archibald's Garage in Christchurch and the evenings spent preparing speedway cars, I was involved with a lot of people who were very passionate about Motor Racing. We all wanted to go faster but sometimes our lack of preparation let us down.
The opportunity to work with some amazing cars and drivers at such a young age was a great training ground. Cars such as the Mark II Jaguar taught me so much about the technical side of race car preparation. This era also taught me so much of the attention to detail that was required in order to be successful. I had a belief that if a company focused on absolute detailed preparation of a race car and matched this with driver talent that would be successful in winning races. This was the founding principle of International Motorsport and remains our commitment to drivers and sponsors today.
So with the encouragement of the late Formula One champion Denny Hulme, I started International Motorsport. Denny stayed actively involved with this team until his untimely death at Bathurst in 1992. I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the world's greatest drivers and top car brands; from the golden era of Motor Racing in the 60's and 70's until today, where we are currently experiencing a wonderful resurgence in Motor Racing in New Zealand. We have prepared cars and teams to race in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, South Africa and America.
Fifty years after Denny's encouragement and, thanks to passionate drivers and engineers who've believed in International Motorsport and the sponsors and public that have supported our efforts, I am extremely humbled and encouraged by the future for the team.
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