• Since 1948, the
Southland Sports Car Club Inc. has been one of the leading Clubs in the country. The Club entered the International motor race series in 1956 with the fastest-ever motor race on a road circuit at
Ryal Bush. This led to the construction of Teretonga Park in 1957 at Sandy Point, the second purpose-built motor racing track in
New Zealand. It was extended to its present configuration in December 1966. • In the
golden age of NZ Motor Racing in the '60s and '70s, Teretonga hosted many of the world's greatest drivers for example, (Stirling Moss),
Jim Clark,
Graham Hill,
Jackie Stewart,
Jack Brabham,
Bruce McLaren,
Denny Hulme,
Chris Amon,
Phil Hill, the list goes on. There is a fine display of memorabilia in the Clubrooms. • Since 1981, the club has been actively engaged in the New Zealand Rally Championship. • On 29 November 1998, the current outright lap record was set by
Greg Murphy in a
Formula Holden Reynard 92D The time was 0:51.206 at an average lap speed of . • The
New Zealand Grand Prix was first held on Teretonga in
13 January 2002. A record number of entries were received for this event, and it had been held at Teretonga for 6 years until
13 January 2007 • On 16 February to Sunday 17 February 2008, the "Leitch Motorsport/Southland Times Speed Fest", which was one of the events of
Southern Festival of Speed, was held at Teretonga. == The circuit ==