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White makes it five winners from six races with feature win

A gripping race for the podium places and top ten results was not of interest to Chris White as he put a weekend illness aside to race home to his first win of the season in the Bridgestone GR86 Championship. The Neale Motorsport driver led from...

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Barnes resists intense pressure for Race 2 win at Hampton Downs

Cooper Barnes became the fourth driver in five races so far in this season’s Bridgestone GR86 Championship after surviving a spirited attack from the championship’s youngest driver to take the chequered flag. With the grid a reverse of the top eig...

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Dates for second Toyota 86 Trophy Series confirmed

Dates for the second Toyota 86 Trophy Series have been confirmed and organisers TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand are aiming to attract quantity as well as quality for the autumn and winter competition. Following last season’s successful introductio...

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Townshend wins but Trophy Series prize goes to Zeltwanger

Lee Zeltwanger followed up his earlier win with another podium finish to become the inaugural Toyota 86 Trophy Series champion and secure the next step in what is proving to be a promising career. A conservative third place finish in Sunday...

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All Ugo as American wins Hampton Downs feature race

American Ugo Ugochukwu completed a clean sweep of the action on Sunday at Hampton Downs, backing up pole position and a morning win with another victory in the afternoon’s Dorothy Smith Memorial Cup. It gave the M2 Competition driver the early lea...

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No stopping Ugo as American races to first CTFROT win

American Ugo Ugochukwu finally got a win on the board at the first round of the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy, racing away to take the chequered flag in race 3 at Hampton Downs. Ugochukwu has been the outright fastest young driver...

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