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Allen Aiming To Step Up From Contender To Champion
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 10:19 am | Toyota Racing
Justin Allen – now one of the most experienced Toyota 86 racers in the New Zealand Championship – is aiming to make the leap from contender to champion and intends to enjoy every moment of his 2023-2024 season. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/d885c701f413dff23511.jpeg" ... More >>
Huge Off-season Effort Likely To Push Mallard Into Contention
Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 10:17 am | Toyota Racing
Intense preparation on and off the track in the off-season could put the ever-improving Thomas Mallard in the frame for a title challenge in the 2023-2024 Toyota 86 Championship. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/2e844538b0636967b83c.jpeg" ... More >>
Orr-West Set For Bathurst Return
Monday, 2 October 2023, 10:07 am | Toyota Racing
Toyota 86 veteran Christina Orr-West is heading to Bathurst for the first time in 14 years and will race at Supercars’ big weekend in the final round of the 2023 Toyota GAZOO Racing <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2310/5753705648173a7e3cdf.jpeg" ... More >>
Summer Bringing Sunny Outlook For Toyota 86 Championship
Friday, 29 September 2023, 10:46 am | Toyota Racing
It may be her first major New Zealand circuit racing championship, but Gold Coast rookie Summer Rintoule is optimistic that racing a Toyota 86 is going to help her make major career gains in a busy 2024. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/091d0adc3cc124a19325.jpeg" ... More >>
Morton Targeting Top Ten For Third TR86 Campaign
Monday, 25 September 2023, 7:10 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Top ten is the target for Will Morton this season. Bruce Jenkins Auckland’s Will Morton is aiming to make a big step forward as he enters his third season of the Toyota 86 Championship. “One of the big areas I am aiming to improve is my qualifying ... More >>
Horan Ready To Put Wide Skill Set To Work In Toyota 86 Championship
Wednesday, 20 September 2023, 10:09 am | Toyota Racing
Auckland’s Brooklyn Horan has his sights set on being the top rookie in the forthcoming Toyota 86 Championship and he’s had one of the busiest off-seasons of any driver competing in 2023-2024. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/37abea7d85376c19d56e.jpeg" ... More >>
Lawson Is F1 Hot Property - Caillol
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 7:05 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Liam Lawson shone under the Singapore floodlights. Picture Red Bull Content Pool TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand motorsport manager Nicolas Caillol, who saw Liam Lawson’s skills evolve in two seasons of the domestic Castrol Toyota Racing Series, ... More >>
Blenheim’s William Exton Is Confirmed For A Second Season In The Toyota 86 Championship
Monday, 18 September 2023, 10:04 am | Toyota New Zealand
Blenheim’s William Exton is confirmed for a second season in the Toyota 86 Championship and the 19 year old former karting champion is aiming high. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/fbbf94f7089ec6055a66.jpeg" width="720" height="345"> William Exton is aiming high ... More >>
Hunter Stalking Rookie And Overall Titles In 2023-24 Toyota 86 Fight
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 11:11 am | Toyota Racing
Sixteen-year-old Hunter Robb is targeting a big year in the 2023-24 Toyota 86 Championship, which begins in November at Taupo International Motorsport Park. Confirming his entry into the 2023-2024 championship this week, Robb says he’s living and breathing ... More >>
Rooney Wants Rookie Honours – And More
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 11:06 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Jackson Rooney is targeting rookie honours and more - Supplied Hot on the heels of his big win in the Hampton Downs Academy Shootout last week, Hawke’s Bay driver Jackson Rooney has today confirmed his first season in cars will be in the 2023-2024 ... More >>
Bryant First Off The Mark For 2024
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 3:10 pm | Toyota Racing
The race for the 2024 Toyota 86 Championship has begun with drivers already signing up and aiming to put their names on one of the country’s most sought after motorsport trophies. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2309/f1f76b36365b54b449f5.jpeg" ... More >>
TGRNZ Dream Of Finding Next Kiwi World Champion One Step Closer
Monday, 28 August 2023, 6:07 pm | Toyota New Zealand
Kiwi Liam Lawson made his long-awaited F1 debut over the weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix and in the process helped TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand take one step closer towards one of its great ambitions. Helping to find New Zealand’s next world champion ... More >>
Gilchrist And Gray Want More After Promising GT4 Debut
Friday, 11 August 2023, 7:03 pm | Toyota New Zealand
A great end to a great season for Gilchrist and Gray. Picture supplied Toyota 86 Champion Brock Gilchrist and top rookie Rylan Gray are both keen to do more GT4 racing in Europe following their impressive prize weekend performance at the ADAC GT4 Germany ... More >>
Gilchrist And Gray Finish Fine GT4 Debut In The Points
Monday, 7 August 2023, 1:09 pm | Toyota Racing
Brock Gilchrist and Rylan Gray capped a good weekend on debut in the ADAC GT4 Germany event at the Nürburgring with a fine top ten finish in the concluding one hour race. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/198486d6a78387a74c0c.jpeg" ... More >>
Lady Luck Deserts Fast Gilchrist And Gray
Monday, 7 August 2023, 12:04 pm | Toyota Racing
Two bits of bad luck with a Safety Car and the weather put paid to any chances Brock Gilchrist and Rylan Gray had of a top six finish, but they still showed plenty of pace on their recovery to 20th in the first race of the weekend at the ADAC GT4 Germany ... More >>
Great Start For Gilchrist And Gray At The Nürburgring
Friday, 4 August 2023, 11:01 am | Toyota Racing
Toyota 86 top guns Brock Gilchrist and Rylan Gray have made a great start to their prize weekend at the ADAC GT4 Germany event at the Nürburgring, ending the test day solidly in the top ten on times in the competitive GT4 field. The champion and ... More >>
Countdown On For Gilchrist And Gray As Nürburgring Beckons
Friday, 28 July 2023, 6:45 pm | Toyota New Zealand
The countdown is on to Brock Gilchrist and Rylan Gray’s international GT4 debuts at the Nürburgring and the two Toyota 86 champions are looking forward to the biggest weekend of their motorsport careers so far. Final preparations are almost complete ... More >>
TGRNZ Reveals Nürburgring Livery For Toyota 86 Champs
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 6:32 pm | Toyota New Zealand
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has revealed the livery for the GR Supra GT4 EVO that will fly the flag for New Zealand and the Toyota 86 Championship at the iconic venue next month. War machine – The Gilchrist and Gray GR Supra GT4 EVO will look ... More >>
Gilchrist In Dreamworld After Successful Triple Eight Supercar Test
Monday, 17 July 2023, 6:45 pm | Toyota New Zealand
In the hot seat! Gilchrist in the Camaro ready to go. Picture supplied 2023 Toyota 86 Champion Brock Gilchrist showed why he’s one of New Zealand’s hottest prospects for the Australian Supercars after a successful test with Triple Eight Race Engineering ... More >>
Elite MotorSport Academy Welcomes Toyota’s Fantastic Four
Monday, 29 May 2023, 6:05 pm | Toyota New Zealand
No fewer than four drivers from the 2023 Toyota 86 Championship have been selected for New Zealand’s 2023 Elite MotorSport Academy, the most ever in the ten-year history of the popular series. Top guns Clay Osborne and Dion Pitt (pictured above) ... More >>