Penny bringing master skills to Bridgestone GR86 Championship
Reigning Master champion John Penny is back for the Bridgestone GR86 Championship and the evergreen racer is focussed as always on taking the fight to the country’s best young racers. Penny has been a race winner on occasion in the previous TR86 Championship and on...
New car and new team excites old hand Allen
Toyota 86 stalwart Justin Allen has a new car and a new team heading into the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship, and the multiple race winner is raring to go. Allen has been a regular race winner and top three contender in recent seasons in New Zealand’s...
Learning and improving the key to success for Broughan
Former karter Arthur Broughan is aiming to make a big statement in the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship this season and make a significant step forward in a career inspired by Shane van Gisbergen. The Marlborough Boys High School student started his racing career in karts back...
Orr-West aiming to put experience to work in Bridgestone GR86 Championship
Christina Orr-West – one of the finest racing women NZ has ever produced – will run a full season in the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship. The Whakatane veteran – who has raced in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series, Indy Lights and GT3 during a long and...
Byers next major talent to confirm GR86 campaign
Sixteen year old Caleb Byers – another of the country’s hottest young motorsport prospects – will compete in the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship which begins at Taupo Motorsport Park next month. Byers, from Christchurch, will run with James Marshall Motorsport in the new championship, which will...
15-stage Central Machine Hire Otago Rally route set for 2025
The draft route for the 2025 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally has been released, offering competitors nearly 280 kilometres of gravel stages. As the opening round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the rally will be based out of Dunedin on the...
Hill switches to circuit racing and aims to win in GR86
Still a student at the Kristin School in Albany, 17-year-old Cameron Hill will make the step into circuit racing with the Bridgestone GR86 Championship next season. It’s a significant step up for the kart racer but he’s had plenty of support to ensure he will be...
NextGen New Zealand Championship details announced
The New Zealand summer of motorsport is about to have a green light with the National Racing Group Promotions introducing the NextGen New Zealand Championship. For generations, Motorsport New Zealand’s Premier Race Championship lead by the Toyota Racing Series (now Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Series)...
Mallard relishing challenge to be GR86 front runner
Seventeen year old Aucklander Thomas Mallard is back for a third season in New Zealand’s leading one make one model championship and will be aiming to pick up his first season in the Toyota GR86 where he finished last season – as one of the...
Simon Hunter aiming for big first season in Bridgestone GR86 Championship
Versatile Christchurch racer Simon Hunter is the first master class racer to be confirmed for the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship, and the former Formula Ford racer is aiming to be the first to finish in the top three overall. Hunter – 38 – has a huge...