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Title favourites on form at Hampton Downs ahead of fifth round

Friday testing for the penultimate round of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship saw all the title protagonists setting or near the pace. Three test sessions during the day – held in warm and sunny conditions on the National specification circuit at...

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Bridgestone GR86 battle set to resume at Hampton Downs

Battle resumes for championship honours in the inaugural Bridgestone GR86 Championship this weekend around the Hampton Downs National Circuit – and it’s a crucial weekend with just two rounds to go. The impressive Hayden Bakkerus is playing the...

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Brown unstoppable in New Zealand Grand Prix

Australian Will  Brown put his name in the record books with a fine victory in the 69 th New Zealand Grand Prix this afternoon. He became the first Australian since Warwick Brown in 1975 to win, steering his Giles Motorsport Toyota FT60 to a two...

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Johnson avoids Race 2 drama to take first win in NZ

American Nikita Johnson avoided a chaotic start to the second race at Highlands Motorsport Park today to take his first win of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Nicholas Monteiro and Shawn Rashid finished second and...

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Morton and iMac aiming to turn heads in fourth season together

Will Morton is the latest driver to confirm a full campaign in the forthcoming Bridgestone GR86 Championship and the 22 year old Auckland racer is aiming big in his fourth season of racing. Three seasons of the Toyota 86 Championship saw Morton...

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Hugo Allan first to lock in GR86 campaign

Twenty year old Hugo Allan, a race winner in the Toyota 86 Championship, is the first driver to confirm  a full campaign in the new Bridgestone GR86 Championship. Allan – who made his racing debut with an impressive performance at Taupo in the...

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