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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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Wood and Wharton shine in Friday practice

A fired up Ryan Wood grabbed fastest time in two of today’s three practice sessions at Taupo ahead of the second round of the 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy. Wood, taken out of the final feature race last weekend at Hampton...

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Rain Gods unlikely to dampen Sri Lankan spirits

Rain and wet conditions proved to be the order of the day as cars took to the track for the first time during the collective test at Taupo for Round 2 of the 2026 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy. Both of the day’s sessions around th...

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