Bakkerus spreads wings with season in Toyota 86 Championship
Formula Ford class winner Hayden Bakkerus is making the switch to the Toyota 86 Championship for the forthcoming season as he aims to open up motorsport career opportunities outside of single seaters. The Auckland 18 year old won the North Island Formula Ford Class 1 Championship...
Fifth for Leitch/Orr-West/Miles Dayle ITM Lamborghini in Highlands 6 Hour
All three drivers of the #141 Dayle ITM Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO teammates were somewhat pleased yet reflective after finishing fifth in the 10th Anniversary Highlands 6 Hour endurance race at the Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell on Sunday. The combination of Brendon Leitch,...
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...