New Zealand, Invercargill
Teretonga Park
A 2.62 km circuit in Invercargill. Timed layouts, lap times and what you need to know before a track day here.
Going to Teretonga Park?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
Going to Teretonga Park?
See which corner costs you the most time.
Record the session on your phone. Vetkuro splits the laps, times every sector and shows where the gap to your best lap opens.
Filming your laps?
Put speed, delta and lap time on your onboard video.
Overlay the data from the same session on the footage, synced automatically. One file to watch back, or to share.
Driving with friends?
Find out who is faster, and in which corner.
Overlay two laps from the same day and see exactly where the gap opens, not only the final number.
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Teretonga Park lap times
Timed from GPS on real track days, not typed in. Compare within one layout and one vehicle class, because a motorcycle lap and a car lap are not the same thing.
No recorded laps on Full Circuit yet.
Record a session on this layout and your lap becomes the time other drivers in your class compare against.
Track day guide
Track day at Teretonga Park
Weather by month, who runs the days and what to put in the car. Written for a first visit.
Who runs track days here
What to bring
- Helmet that meets the organiser's standard
- Long sleeves, long trousers, closed shoes
- Tyre pressure gauge, since pressures rise fast on track
- Removable towing eye fitted or in the car
- An empty boot: loose items out before the first session
- Your phone in a rigid mount, recording with Vetkuro
Weather by month
Now, in November: 15°C by day, 10°C at night, rain on 16 days. Warmest in February, 18°C by day on average. Coldest in July, 7°C at night. Fewest days with rain: February.
Rain: days with rain per month. Climate: NASA POWER, daily data 2016–2025. Monthly averages, not a forecast. Check the organiser's calendar for open dates. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division.
Elevation profile
Teretonga Park elevation
Elevation change 3 m. That is within the margin of the terrain model, so Teretonga Park counts as flat and there is no profile to draw.
From a terrain model, sampled every 10 m along the track line and smoothed over 100 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
Going to Teretonga Park?
More to do with the session than the lap time
About Teretonga Park
Overview
Teretonga Park is a motor racing circuit at Sandy Point, about 8 km west of Invercargill in Southland, reached via Otatara along Dunns Highway and Sandy Point Road. The circuit is owned and run by the Southland Sports Car Club, which has been active since 1948 and keeps its clubrooms and administration office at the track. The name means "Swift South" in Māori. Until 2023 Teretonga was the southernmost FIA-recognised circuit in the world. Its season mixes national championship rounds, club race days, classic and historic meetings and hire days for other clubs and driver-training providers.
Technical Specifications and Track Features
The circuit is 2.62 km long, surfaced in bitumen, and licensed as an FIA Grade 3 and National Grade 1 venue. Race grids are limited to 42 starters for saloons and enclosed sports racing cars and 34 for single-seaters and open-wheel cars, and the club applies a noise limit of 95 dBA. The lap is built around a main straight of about 800 m and a very fast loop with several apexes, and the site is exposed to a strong sea breeze. The outright lap record of 51.206 seconds was set by Greg Murphy in a Formula Holden Reynard 92D in November 1998. The fastest saloon lap, 54.428 seconds, came from a McLaren 720S in the South Island Endurance three-hour race in 2022, and Lance Stroll holds the Toyota Racing Series record at 53.109 seconds.
Facilities and Specialized Areas
The pit paddock has a limited number of power connections, which must be arranged in advance with the administration office. Food and refreshments are sold on every race day and on practice days before major events. Fuel is not sold at the track. The clubrooms hold a display of motor racing memorabilia. Alongside circuit racing, the club runs a ClubSport programme of motorkhana and autocross events for road cars, open to drivers from 12 years of age, and the venue also hosts sprints. The club also holds drift practice days, and other organisations hire the track for motorcycle racing, driver training and the HPTO Fest weekend, which combines cruise, speed, roll-racing and drifting sessions for road cars.
History
The Southland Sports Car Club entered international motor racing in 1956 with a race on a road circuit at Ryal Bush, and that event led to a permanent track. Teretonga Park opened in November 1957 as the second purpose-built motor racing circuit in New Zealand, on a 2.414 km layout whose lap record was set by Jim Clark in a Lotus 32B during the 1965 Tasman Series. The circuit was extended to its present configuration in December 1966. Teretonga held Tasman Series rounds from 1964 to 1975, bringing drivers such as Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and Chris Amon to Southland, and in the 2000s it hosted the New Zealand Grand Prix. The club marked 75 years of motorsport in 2023 and has recorded its story in several books, one of them covering 2007 to 2023. The circuit hosts the South Island Endurance Series, the NextGen NZ Championship Series with Formula Regional Oceania and GR86 races, the Classic Speedfest, Southern Thunder and the George Begg Festival.
Address
86 Sandy Point Road, Otatara
Invercargill
New Zealand
Contact
teretonga.org.nz
