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Champion Returns To Defend Best Bars Toyota 86 Title
Friday, 3 September 2021, 4:57 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Champion Rowan Shepherd returns for a title defence. Picture Bruce Jenkins. Christchurch racer and current Best Bars Toyota 86 Champion Rowan Shepherd will defend his title next season. Rowan will race a Toyota 86 entered by race promoter Speed Works Events ... More >>
Four From THoR For Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship
Monday, 2 August 2021, 10:16 am | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
A huge four car team from racing philanthropists The Heart of Racing will provide opportunity for up and coming young racers to win big in next season’s Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2108/f16cf92d4fc61e42ac4b.jpeg" ... More >>
TGRNZ Confirms New Role For Caillol
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 2:00 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has announced that Castrol Toyota Racing Series Category Manager Nicolas Caillol will also assume the role of TGRNZ Motorsport Manager from August 1st. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/a8449adccc81a53176ad.jpeg" ... More >>
New Toyota Kiwi Guardians Site Takes Number To Over 110 Across Aotearoa
Monday, 19 July 2021, 11:21 am | Toyota New Zealand
The latest Toyota Kiwi Guardians adventure site at Wooded Gully Campground was unveiled at a special event in North Canterbury last week. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/5e1c9d645b9beac7c856.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> The Kererū Loop Track, a 2.45-kilometre ... More >>
TGRNZ Welcomes Supercars Test Prize For Best Bars Toyota 86 Champion
Friday, 16 July 2021, 2:02 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has welcomed the news that the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship winner will also win a Supercar test with the ultra-successful Triple Eight Race Engineering team. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/aaa387e3f464b298c369.jpeg" ... More >>
Gaunt Is Castrol TRS King Of Stats
Friday, 9 July 2021, 5:34 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
As the clock counts down towards the 2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series and its 18th season, some number crunching at TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand of the previous 17 championships has revealed some outstanding high achievers – none more so than ... More >>
2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series Taking Shape – South Island Return Confirmed
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:46 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Plans are taking shape for the 18th season of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ has this week confirmed the championship will begin mid-January and will include a return to the South Island. The 2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series ... More >>
Summer Of Adventure For Kiwi Kids As Toyota Kiwi Guardians Participation Soars
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 11:58 am | Toyota New Zealand
Participation in Toyota Kiwi Guardians is reaching new heights with more kids than ever earning their Toyota Kiwi Guardian medals In the first quarter of 2021, 9,851 Toyota Kiwi Guardian medals were claimed, the highest number ... More >>
Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship Interest Unprecedented As More Hopefuls Test
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 3:55 pm | Toyota Racing
A busy week of testing activity at Hampton Downs for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing saw four more young up and coming racers try out the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship car - and all were left impressed by the car's abilities in the challenging track conditions. ... More >>
Douglas Completes Successful Tests And Confirms US F4 Debut
Friday, 18 June 2021, 4:58 pm | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Impressive youngster Jacob Douglas will head to the US next month. Picture Bruce Jenkins Jacob Douglas enjoyed his second day of testing with the Toyota FT60 putting in around 80 laps in both wet and dry conditions at Hampton Downs yesterday in preparation ... More >>
Best Bars Toyota 86 Champ Keen For More After Prize FT60 Test
Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 9:58 am | Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand
Kiwi racer Rowan Shepherd has completed a full day of testing in Toyota’s FT60 TRS car at Hampton Downs, impressing TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand engineers with both his speed and his rate of improvement throughout a rainy and difficult day. ... More >>
Toyota Disappointed In Misinformation Around Electric Utes
Monday, 14 June 2021, 3:42 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Toyota New Zealand has confirmed today that it has no plans to bring in an electric Hilux in the next 18 – 24 months. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/49fb0e15a438f20551a0.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> “I’d like to reiterate that ... More >>
Class Victory For Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand At Nurburgring 24hrs, Powered By Motul
Friday, 11 June 2021, 12:30 pm | Toyota Racing
Thailand, June 10, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand battled severely adverse weather conditions to take an emphatic win at the ADAC Total 24 Hours of Nurburgring 2021. Motul's top-line product 300V was the motor oil of choice ... More >>
Focus On Decarbonising The Fleet, Not Just On EVs
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 1:33 pm | Toyota New Zealand
The journey to an eventually decarbonised transport fleet in New Zealand will be driven by a range of low carbon-emitting powertrains including hybrid engines and not by a reliance on battery electric vehicles, according to the world’s largest ... More >>
New Toyota Highlander Headlines Hybrid Options
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 4:29 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Toyota is continuing to drive towards lower emissions for New Zealand customers with a fuel-efficient and environmentally conscious new Toyota Highlander line-up for 2021. Following the success of the RAV4 hybrid, the 2021 Highlander becomes the ... More >>
TGRNZ Confirms More Toyota FT60 Test Dates
Monday, 24 May 2021, 2:03 pm | TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has confirmed an extensive list of test dates at Hampton Downs with its current Toyota FT60 TRS car over the coming months as it continues its programme ahead of the 2022 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2105/e5ac494cb19146885067.jpeg" ... More >>
FT60 Leaves Drivers Wanting More After Ruapuna Test
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 10:57 am | Toyota Racing
The Castrol Toyota Racing Series made a giant step back to normality this week when it welcomed its first international driver since the pandemic for an official test of its FT60 car – and a successful day left all eager for more track time. Aussie ... More >>
Ruapuna And TR86 A Winning Formula For Test Day Drivers
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 10:59 am | Toyota Racing
A dozen of the country's top young racers enjoyed their first taste of the Toyota 86 at Ruapuna today and all left impressed and in no doubt why the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship remains one of the most hotly-contested in the Southern hemisphere. ... More >>
Kiwi Young Guns Join Aussie Star For Ruapuna FT60 Test
Monday, 3 May 2021, 11:17 am | Toyota Racing
Three of New Zealand's best single seater prospects – including the champions of Formula Ford – will join one of Australia's young guns and step aboard Toyota's FT60 for the car's first run at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch tomorrow. ... More >>
TOYOTA GAZOO TR86 Test Day At Ruapuna At Capacity
Friday, 30 April 2021, 9:24 am | Toyota Racing
High demand for Toyota 86 testing on the South Island has meant a capacity 12 up and coming drivers are locked and loaded for the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship test next Tuesday at Ruapuna. The demand comes off the back of a fantastic 2021 championship, ... More >>
