Leach hoping winter testing pays big dividends
A busy winter testing programme should push Tim Leach up the grid in his second season of the Toyota 86 Championship. Leach finished in 17th place overall in his debut season in the Toyota 86 Championship, improving steadily as the season progressed and as he...
AMG GT4 Entry for James Sax
James Sax will compete in a Mercedes-AMG GT4 in the upcoming season of the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship when racing gets underway at Taupo later this month. The AMG entry will be somewhat of a family affair, where it is hoped that James will...
Production champion Denize one to watch in Toyota 86 Championship
Improved Production champion Ryan Denize could be one to watch this coming season as he steps up to a full campaign in the Toyota 86 Championship. The 17-year-old doesn’t come from a classic karting background, having cut his racing teeth in grassroots club racing taking...
Crosbie on the grid for FR Oceania Championship
Up and coming Formula Ford champion Alex Crosbie is the first Kiwi confirmed for the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Hot on the heels of 2019 champion Liam Lawson’s impressive debut run in Formula One, Crosbie is aiming to be the next Kiwi name...
Saxon Sheehan back for season two in Toyota 86
Queenstown’s Saxon Sheehan will start a second season in the Toyota 86 Championship and after a tough rookie year is aiming to make the top eight overall in 2023-2024. A year 13 student at Wakatipu High School, Saxon has kept his eye firmly in with...
Liam Sceats wins TQF Shoot-out for CTFROC grant
Auckland teenager Liam Sceats outshone two other finalists to win $70,000 from the Tony Quinn Foundation towards next year's Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship, New Zealand's international single-seater racing series in identical Toyota-powered cars. "Over the moon is an understatement. It's just good to...
Fecury heading back to NZ for second Castrol Toyota FR Oceania campaign
Rising Brazilian star Lucas Fecury has been confirmed as the first driver for the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Fecury competed in the 2023 New Zealand-based championship, learning the circuits and the FT-60 car with Kiwi Motorsport but will move to another of...
Simpson set to add spice to Toyota 86 Masters class
Auckland’s Noel Simpson will put years of Targa rally and Porsche circuit racing experience to good use when he steps aboard his TR86 racer for a campaign in the Toyota 86 Championship class this coming season. The 52-year-old company CEO will take on two of...
AMG Return for Joel Giddy in GT New Zealand
Joel Giddy will return to the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship aboard his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT4 when the new season gets underway at Taupo in November. Giddy finished sixth overall last season despite missing the first round, but stringing together a handful of strong results in...
From Rally to Tarmac – Porsche Entry for Raana Horan
Raana Horan will swap his Skoda Fabia R5 Evo rally car for a Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup car, with an entry into the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship which begins in November. Having recently finished second in the 2023 New Zealand Rally Championship, Horan steps into...