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Taylor Mitchell Wins CareVets Seat For Toyota 86 Trophy Series
Friday, 3 April 2026, 10:19 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Taylor (18) impressed on the run and the gruelling 10 minute Wattbike endurance test, before excelling in a tough interview scenario and then impressing engineers and driving judge Tom Alexander with his track and set-up skills. More >>
Allan Pounces In As Last Lap Drama Denies Giddy
Sunday, 1 March 2026, 5:28 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Reigning champion Hugo Allan lucked in after a dramatic last lap moment cost teenager Ajay Giddy his maiden victory in the Bridgestone GR86 Championship feature race at the penultimate round at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon. More >>
Allan Wins With Champion’s Drive At Manfeild
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 7:39 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
A fantastic first two corners gave reigning champion Hugo Allan the lead in the first race at Manfeild and he never looked back as he raced away to an impressive win in the penultimate round of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. More >>
Giddy Hits Top Form In Manfeild Qualifying
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 2:25 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Ajay Giddy – the youngest driver in this year’s Bridgestone GR86 Championship – proved once again he has the pace to win with a massive qualifying performance. More >>
Crucial Round For Championship Leader Chris White
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 2:14 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Bridgestone GR86 Championship leader Chris White will be hoping for another strong weekend as the series heads into its penultimate round at Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon this weekend. More >>
CareVets Ready To Supercharge One Young Driver’s Career Again This Year
Monday, 16 February 2026, 12:23 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
The CareVets Scholarship programme - which boosted the careers of drivers like Callum Hedge, Ryan Yardley and Brock Gilchrist – returns once more to give a flying start for one rising star in New Zealand motorsport. More >>
Zack Attack! - Scoular Storms To New Zealand Grand Prix Win
Sunday, 1 February 2026, 8:19 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Zack Scoular produced the finest drive of his career – in his last ever single seater race – to win the 70th New Zealand Grand Prix at Highlands Motorsport Park today. More >>
Bethune Holds Off Inspired Zeltwanger To Win Highlands Thriller
Sunday, 1 February 2026, 4:29 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Josh Bethune won an absolute thriller of a second race in the Bridgestone GR86 Championship’s fourth round at Highlands Motorsport Park. More >>
King Arthur Rules In Highlands Qualifying
Saturday, 31 January 2026, 5:22 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Arthur Broughan put himself in the best possible position – pole – to relaunch his title attack in the Bridgestone GR86 Championship at Highlands Motorsport Park this morning. More >>
Championship Battle Even Tighter As Slater Takes Another Win
Friday, 30 January 2026, 7:39 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Freddie Slater kept his hopes of winning every championship he has ever competed in well and truly alive after a fine win this afternoon at Highlands Motorsport Park – venue for the final round of the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy. More >>
Broughan Fight Back On The Cards At Highlands
Friday, 30 January 2026, 7:37 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Arthur Broughan – who was the man to beat back in November at the first round – showed he will be a force to be reckoned with this weekend at Highlands for the fourth round of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. More >>
High Speed And High Drama In Highlands Practice
Friday, 30 January 2026, 4:57 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Times were very quick in the first practice with Hitech’s Nakamura and TJ Speed’s James Wharton within four one hundredths of a second of eachother at the top of the time sheets. More >>
Battle Of Bridgestone GR86 To Recommence At Highlands
Friday, 30 January 2026, 11:48 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Leading the charge is Christchurch racer Chris White, who is showing pace and resilience against exceptionally strong opposition and in a field of drivers covered by hundredths of a second on pace. More >>
Scoular And Ugochukwu Top Times At Highlands Collective Test
Friday, 30 January 2026, 8:30 am | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Ugo Ugochukwu, Freddie Slater, Jin Nakamura and Louis Sharp all had plenty of pace as the fastest drivers quickly went under the 1 minute 30 second benchmark lap time for the Trophy cars around the challenging Cromwell track. More >>
Grand Prix And 2026 Trophy Champion Decided This Weekend
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 12:50 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
The M2 Competition young gun – heading to FIA F3 later this year – holds a slender lead of 22 points with 125 still to be won over team mate Freddie Slater. T More >>
Sceats Secures Late Deal To Try For NZ GP Victory Number Two
Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 4:05 pm | Toyota New Zealand
2024 New Zealand Grand Prix winner Liam Sceats will be back on the grid for this weekend’s 70th running of the race, and he’s focussing solely on winning the country’s biggest single seater race for a second time. More >>
Ugochukwu Takes Firm Grip Of Trophy – Wood Now Second Overall
Sunday, 25 January 2026, 6:39 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Championship leader Ugo Ugochukwu was back in the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy winner’s circle with a dominant victory in the second race of the rain-affected weekend at Teretonga Raceway. More >>
Allen Splashes To Fantastic Teretonga Win
Sunday, 25 January 2026, 6:25 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Justin Allen survived the drama of a wet Teretonga track and a reverse top eight grid to win the second race at round three of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. More >>
Slater Wins And Rovanperä Stars In Teretonga Rain
Saturday, 24 January 2026, 5:00 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
A fine drive in a rain and Safety car interrupted race saw Britain’s Freddie Slater race away to an impressive first win in the 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy. More >>
Ajay Giddy Dominates Wet Qualifying At Teretonga
Saturday, 24 January 2026, 4:51 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
The youngest driver in the Bridgestone GR86 field – Ajay Giddy – showed his considerable wet weather skills around a soaked Teretonga Park this morning to take pole position for both the first race and the Sunday feature race. More >>