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SCHEDULE                                                                     CONTENTS
SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY                                                        Welcome................................................... 2
8:30          NEXEN Tyre Mazda Racing Series          Qualifying
                                                                            Toyota GAZOO Racing FT-60.......... 3
              TradeZone GT3/GT4                       Qualifying
                                                                            Castrol Toyota Racing
              Pirelli Porsche Championship            Qualifying
                                                                            Series Drivers.......................................... 5
              ENZED Central Muscle Cars               Qualifying
              TradeZone GT1/GT2                       Qualifying            Castrol Toyota Racing Series.......... 10
              Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship        Qualifying            RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes
              RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Championship          Qualifying            Championship.......................................13
              BNT V8s Championship                    Qualifying            Best Bars Toyota
              Castrol Toyota Racing Series            Qualifying            86 Championship.................................14
              LUNCH BREAK                                                   Pirelli Porsche NZ Championship......16
12:05         ENZED Central Muscle Cars               Race 1
                                                                            BNT V8s Championship.....................19
              Pirelli Porsche Championship            Race 1
                                                                            TradeZone GT1/GT2.......................... 20
              TradeZone GT3/GT4                       Race 1
              NEXEN Tyre Mazda Racing Series          Race 1                TradeZone GT3/GT4...........................21
              TradeZone GT1/GT2                       Race 1                NEXEN Tyre Mazda Racing Series...23
              Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship        Race 1
                                                                            ENZED Central Muscle Cars............24
              RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Championship          Race 1
              BNT V8s Championship                    Race 1
              Castrol Toyota Racing Series            Race 1
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              ENZED Central Muscle Cars               Race 2
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SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY
8:50          Pirelli Porsche Championship            Race 2                PROGRAMME CONTRIBUTORS
              Castrol Toyota Racing Series            Qualifying 2          Freddy Foote
              TradeZone GT3/GT4                       Race 2                Jordie Peters
              NEXEN Tyre Mazda Racing Series          Race 2                Tayler Burke
              TradeZone GT1/GT2                       Race 2                Matthew Hansen
              Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship        Race 2                Bruce Jenkins
              ENZED Central Muscle Cars               Race 3                John Cowpland
              BNT V8s Championship                    Race 2                Geoff Ridder
              RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Championship          Race 2                Craig Lord
              Castrol Toyota Racing Series            Race 2
              LUNCH BREAK 0:30                        Lexus Circuit Rides
13:30         Pirelli Porsche Championship            Race 3                PROGRAMME DESIGN
              TradeZone GT3/GT4                       Race 3                Kaz - Design . Brand . Web
              NEXEN Tyre Mazda Racing Series          Race 3                07 823 4932
              TradeZone GT1/GT2                       Race 3
              Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship        Race 3
              ENZED Central Muscle Cars               Race 4                ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES
              BNT V8s Championship                    Race 3
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              RYCO 24.7 V8 Utes Championship          Race 3
17:00         Castrol Toyota Racing Series - New Zealand Grand Prix

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WELCOME
                                     F
                                              irst of all, we want to thank all of the volunteers who have worked tirelessly this
                                              season in what have been extremely hot and challenging weekends. We as a sport
                                              couldn’t do anything without those volunteers who provide marshalling and a
                                      variety of other vital functions around the track and during a race weekend. To all the
                                      officials, category volunteers and those who work hard behind the scenes to make these
                                      events possible, we also say thank you. And of course, we should also thank the teams
                                      and the drivers – and their sponsors – who lead the charge and give us the action.
WAYNE CHRISTIE                        There is plenty to look forward to this BP Ultimate MotorSport NZ weekend at
President, MotorSport New Zealand
                                      Manfeild. The best of our club and domestic championships, some great cars and
                                      undoubtedly there will be some great action on the track for us all to enjoy once again.
                                      The Grand Prix meeting is always a special one and we always seem to see more
                                      intense action and drama than usual. It should be fantastic again this weekend. We’re
                                      all looking forward to seeing Kenny Smith start an amazing 49th New Zealand Grand
                                      Prix too. A legend if ever there was one.
                                      It’s been a fascinating first championship season for the Castrol Toyota Racing Series
                                      with the new Toyota FT-60 and the races have produced – as usual – some thrilling
                                      action and some passing moves worthy of the finest drivers in the world. And that is
                                      what this series is really all about – building the champions of tomorrow and preparing
                                      them in the best possible way for the season and the seasons ahead. We are the envy
                                      of the motorsport world in that regard, as our premier single seater series attracts
                                      the very best of the junior champions from around the world. The FIA see that too,
                                      and has increased the amount of Super Licence points awarded to the winner of this
                                      championship to 10, which makes it a very significant series in world motorsport.
                                      Our champion Liam Lawson has been mighty once again this season and has excelled
                                      in a field as good as any we have ever seen in New Zealand motorsport. Hot on his
                                      heels is the king of eSports and a very handy driver in the real world, Igor Fraga. Igor
                                      is one of the best Brazilians to emerge in recent years from a country that has a rich
                                      heritage in motor racing icons. We wish him and Liam well as they bring a splendid
                                      championship to a close – may the best man win!

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TOYOTA GAZOO
                                                                                                                       RACING FT-60

                                                                                        Toyota GAZOO Racing New Zealand’s FT-60 has
                                                                             attracted a lot of attention and will bring full grids in 2020.

TOYOTA’S NEW GLOBAL PLAYER
Toyota GAZOO Racing’s new FT-60 – the car that will take the Castrol Toyota Racing
Series into its 16th season and third generation – is the most important single seater
to grace the tacks of New Zealand for a considerable period of time.

W
             ith 10 FIA Super Licence points on offer              with the New Zealand Grand Prix, one of only two events
             to the top championship runners and a                 outside of the Formula 1 category officially permitted to
             specification that more than matches the              use the phrase ‘Grand Prix’ by the world governing body of
car with other global F3 regional series, the five weekend         motorsport, the FIA.
championship has been guaranteed to be on the racing
                                                                   The new car features all of the key recent safety initiatives
radars of the world’s biggest teams and single seater
                                                                   developed by the FIA in conjunction with Formula 1. The
racing community. That means drivers can bank points
                                                                   design incorporates a ‘halo’ driver protection system to
towards an F1 licence as well as gaining significant
                                                                   protect the driver from side, top and frontal impact from
track time in preparation for other major single seater
                                                                   debris in an accident and also features the very latest in
championship campaigns.
                                                                   side and front impact technology in the chassis itself. Twin
The FT-60 is a state-of-the-art racing machine that is more        wheel tethers are included in the design to prevent wheels
like a scaled down Formula 1 car than either of its                flying off in the event of a crash, another feature straight
two predecessors, the FT-40 and the FT-50.                         out of Formula 1.
Designed like the previous two series cars by Italian              Also all new is the Toyota motor that powers the nineteen
manufacturer Tatuus, the chassis is similar to that used in        cars racing this weekend. The engine in the car is a two
other global junior formulae, but uses a new engine that           litre, turbocharged, direct injection unit. It is based on the
packs a powerful 280 horsepower making it one of the best          8AR FTS engine used in both Toyota and Lexus models,
performing junior cars on the FIA’s recognised pathway             but has been developed into a full race engine by the same
to Formula 1. That pathway includes four tiers of racing           NZ engineers that were involved in the development and
machinery with FIA Formula 2, the official feeder to               maintenance of the previous 1.8L engine used for the
Formula 1, sitting as the Tier 1 category on that pathway.         FT-40 and FT-50.
In the ladder of performance, the Toyota Racing Series
                                                                   Despite the exotic materials and processes used in the
car will sit squarely in Tier 3 along with categories like the
                                                                   car - it features a chassis, bodywork and front and rear
FIA Formula Regional European Championship and the
                                                                   wing packages manufactured solely out of carbon fibre
Formula Renault Eurocup.
                                                                   composites - the FT-60 falls within the FIA’s own cost
The TRS series runs the same format championship as it             restriction parameters with known costs for replacement
always has with five consecutive weekends in January and           parts a critical element in ensuring the category isn’t just
February taking in five circuits located on New Zealand’s          accessible to international drivers but also to up and coming
North and South Islands. The series ends this weekend              Kiwi racers.

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CASTROL TOYOTA
RACING SERIES DRIVERS

                                                   Age: 78                                                                                 Age: 20
                                                   DOB: 11.08.41                                                                           DOB: 29.12.99
                                                   New Zealand                                                                             Switzerland
                                                   GILES                                                                                   GILES
                                                   MOTORSPORT                                                                              MOTORSPORT

                  KENNY SMITH No. 49                                                                 GRÉGOIRE SAUCY No. 26

A     mazing as it sounds, veteran racer Kenny Smith starts his 49th straight
      New Zealand Grand Prix meeting this weekend as he continues on his
relentless march towards the big 50.
                                                                                        S   wiss junior formulae racer Grégoire Saucy is hoping the 2020 Castrol
                                                                                            Toyota Racing Series will be a big start to a successful 2020.
                                                                                        The 19-year-old from Bassecourt joins Giles Motorsport for the championship.
His 48 Grand Prix starts is almost certainly a record that will never be broken         The FIA recognised the growing stature of the series, increasing its Super
anyway, but as we all know, you can’t stop Kenny and he’ll be out again this            Licence points tally to 10 for the championship winner and Saucy sees it as a
weekend in a brand new FT60 with Giles Motorsport aiming to show the                    great opportunity to start his 2020 campaign in the best possible way.
youngsters a thing or two about a good lap at Manfeild.                                 A busy season racing in Europe in Formula 4 in 2019 saw the 19-year-old
Let us not forget Ken has won this race no fewer than three times, in three very        racer compete in the ADAC Formula 4 championship in Germany, the Italian
different types of car and in last year’s dramatic race, he brought his car home in     Formula 4 championship and four races of the Formula Renault Eurocup.
the top 10. He’s been driving the old FT50 frequently this year to get his eye in       He drove for R-Ace GP in all three categories, placing ninth in Germany and
for the big weekend too, as well as competing almost every weekend in Formula           20th in Italy. He has been racing in junior formulae since 2016 and, like most of
Open and Formula Ford.                                                                  his competitors in the TRS series, has a strong background in karting.

                                                   Age: 25                                                                                 Age: 20
                                                   DOB: 04.04.94                                                                           DOB: 18.10.99
                                                   Sweden                                                                                  Germany
                                                   GILES                                                                                   GILES
                                                   MOTORSPORT                                                                              MOTORSPORT

              HENNING ENQVIST No. 4                                                                      LIRIM ZENDELI No. 44

L  MP2 and LMP3 endurance race driver Henning Enqvist is an intriguing
   addition to the 2020 Castrol Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand.                    2  018 German ADAC Formula 4 Champion and Sauber Junior Team
                                                                                           driver Lirim Zendeli races for Giles Motorsport in the 2020 Castrol
                                                                                        Toyota Racing Series.
The Swedish driver is with Giles Motorsport for the 2020 TRS campaign.
This will be the 25-year-old Stockholm based driver’s first single seater               The Bochum, Germany-based Zendeli competed in the 2019 FIA Formula
campaign since competing in the four rounds 2017-2018 MRF Formula 2000                  3 Championship as part of the Sauber programme with the Charouz Racing
series. Henning is more widely known as an endurance driver in the LMP3 and             System team and also took part in one of the Formula Regional European
LMP2 categories, having competed in the 2017 and 2016 V de V Endurance                  Championship rounds with US Racing in Mugello, taking two podiums from
Series. He then went on to compete in the European Le Mans Series for 2018              three races over the weekend.
and 2019.                                                                               The 20-year-old began his racing career in karting back in 2011 and in 2013
Last year was Henning’s first LMP2 season in European Le Mans series and                finished third in the ADAC Kart Masters in KF3, winning the KFJ ADAC
included his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours, racing for ARC Bratislava in the            Kart Masters series in 2014.
LMP2 category.                                                                          He made his circuit racing debut in 2015 in ADAC Formula 4, taking a
His best performances came with French team Duquiene Engineering racing                 podium his debut season. He finished fourth overall in 2017 before winning
its LMP3 car in the 2017 VdeV Series. Enqvist’s first full season included wins         the title in 2018 after a run of 10 wins, 13 podiums and seven pole positions.
in the 4 Hours of Paul Ricard and third place in the 4 Hours of Magny Cours.            Lirim is a solid bet for a podium finish or better in any of the weekend’s races.

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                                                   RACING SERIES DRIVERS

                                                     Age: 16                                                                        Age: 17
                                                     DOB: 30.04.03                                                                  DOB: 13.12.02
                                                     Switzerland                                                                    United States
                                                     KIWI                                                                           KIWI
                                                     MOTORSPORT                                                                     MOTORSPORT

                      AXEL GNOS No. 7                                                        SPIKE KOHLBECKER No. 5

T  he Lausanne-born racer competed successfully in karting championships
   in Switzerland and in Europe before moving to circuit racing in Italian
Formula 4 in 2018.
                                                                                 A     merican F1600 sensation and former karting standout Spike will race
                                                                                       for Kiwi Motorsport in his first championship challenge in a wings and
                                                                                 slicks formula.
He took part in six races over two rounds with a best result of 16th at Imola.   The St. Louis, Missouri native who just recently turned 17 years old, has
In a busy 2019 season prior to his trip to New Zealand, Gnos competed in         amassed a huge amount of F1600 experience over the past 18 months
three Formula 4 Championships for Jenzer Motorsport and G4 Racing.               competing in the Toyo Tires series in Canada where he took two wins and
                                                                                 eight podiums on his way to third place overall in his first full championship
This included his first full season of Italian Formula 4, as well as
                                                                                 campaign. He followed that up with a season in the New Zealand F1600
Spanish Formula 4 and selected rounds of the ADAC German
                                                                                 championship which was notable for seven podium finishes across 11 races.
Formula 4 Championship this season.
                                                                                 Kohlbecker then headed to the United Kingdom to compete in the highly
He achieved several top 10 finishes in Spain and Italy and a podium
                                                                                 competitive 2019 UK BRSCC Avon Tyres National FF1600 Championship
finish in Spain with third in Jerez.
                                                                                 where his run of success continued with four wins, 11 podium finishes
                                                                                 including impressive wins at the legendary Brands Hatch circuit on his way
                                                                                 finishing as series Vice Champion.

                                                     Age: 15                                                                        Age: 16
                                                     DOB: 26.01.04                                                                  DOB: 27.05.03
                                                     Netherlands                                                                    Argentina
                                                     KIWI                                                                           KIWI
                                                     MOTORSPORT                                                                     MOTORSPORT

         TIJMEN VAN DER HELM No. 13                                                        FRANCO COLAPINTO No. 43

F   ifteen-year-old Tijmen van der Helm had to wait until the third
    round of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series before he was old enough to race
in New Zealand.
                                                                                 A    rgentinian racer and Spanish Formula 4 champion Franco Colapinto will
                                                                                      begin his 2020 racing season in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
                                                                                 The 16-year-old from Buenos Aires was the sensation of the Spanish
Van der Helm has already won in Formula 4, taking one win in the 2019 UAE        championship this year, winning 11 races plus taking 13 podium positions and
Formula 4 Championship as well as three podiums and will be one of a number      nine pole positions on his way to the title for the Drivex Team.
of racers in the 19 car field that have junior formulae race and championship    Colapinto will bring five years of karting experience, as well as seat time in
wins on their resume. A dual 2019 campaign in the Spanish Formula 4              Formula 4, Euroformula Open and Formula Renault Eurocup to his campaign.
championship also produced impressive results, with the young Dutch racer
                                                                                 A fine performer in all catergories he has competed in, Franco is mentored by
taking fourth overall.
                                                                                 non other than two-time F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso.
New Zealand motorsport rules meant he had to be 16 before he could race
one of the new Toyota FT-60 cars. With his 16th birthday on January 26th
he missed the series’ first two rounds at Highlands Motorsport Park and
Teretonga. He made his debut at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park at the
Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy meeting behind the wheel of a Kiwi
Motorsport-run car.

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                                                 Age: 17                                                                             Age: 17
                                                 DOB: 11.02.02                                                                       DOB: 21.03.02
                                                 New Zealand                                                                         France
                                                 M2                                                                                  M2
                                                 COMPETITION                                                                         COMPETITION

                  LIAM LAWSON No. 1                                                              EMILIEN DENNER No. 21

R   eigning Castrol Toyota Racing Series champion and Red Bull Junior Liam
    Lawson defends his title in 2020 with M2 Competition.                          F   rench karting champion Emilien Denner is taking his first steps in circuit
                                                                                       racing in New Zealand in 2020 in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
Lawson was a sensational winner of the 2019 Castrol TRS championship after         The 17-year-old Strasbourg driver starts the southern hemisphere series on
a thrilling battle with fellow Kiwi Marcus Armstrong, which was only resolved      the back of an impressive season in karting in KZ2 in which he won the
in the final race of the championship, the New Zealand Grand Prix.                 FIA Karting KZ2 International Supercup during the FIA Karting World
Following his breakthrough championship win, Lawson was snapped up                 Championship held in Italy in Sept.’19 and the 30° Trofeo Andrea Margutti, as
by the Red Bull Junior programme and headed to Europe to compete in                well as finishing second in the FIA Karting European Championship with the
both the European Formula 3 Championship and the Euroformula Open                  win of FIA Europe Round 2 in Sarno in what is considered as one of the best
Championship for Red Bull.                                                         and epic FIA Final of the last years.
Despite a challenging year - which still saw him take two podiums in his debut     He was also third in the 2018 CIK-FIA European KZ2 Championship and is
season in FIA Formula 3 and four wins and seven podiums in his parallel            widely regarded as one of the best young karting talents in the world.
Euroformula Open campaign - 17-year-old Lawson’s circuit racing career
statistics remain some of the best amongst the up and coming junior single         He is completing his first championship in circuit racing with multiple Castrol
seater drivers in the world today with 36 wins from 144 races. He finished         Toyota Racing Series champions M2 Competition.
the 2019 season on a high, with an impressive seventh place finish around the
streets of Macau.

                                                 Age: 18                                                                             Age: 20
                                                 DOB: 16.08.01                                                                       DOB: 26.09.98
                                                 Israel                                                                              Brazil
                                                 M2                                                                                  M2
                                                 COMPETITION                                                                         COMPETITION

                     IDO COHEN No. 6                                                                  IGOR FRAGA No. 17

I do races for M2 Competition in this season’s Castrol TRS series. He is
  managed by ADD Management, who are no strangers to entrusting
their drivers to the category having previously placed Martin Kodric,
                                                                                   B  razilian ace Igor - fresh from a top three finish in the 2019 Formula
                                                                                      Regional European Championship - begins a busy 2020 racing season with
                                                                                   M2 Competition in New Zealand.
Lando Norris and James Pull in the championship.                                   Fraga’s worldwide experience includes seven karting championships in Japan
The 18-year-old from Tel Aviv started single seater circuit racing in 2018.        between 2004 and 2008 and the Asian karting championship title in 2008.
That followed four years in karting, competing in a variety of international       He started circuit racing in Brazil in 2014, winning on debut at Interlagos and
Rotax Max Junior and Rotax Max Senior karting championships and events             breaking the Formula 1600 lap record. He remained in Brazil for the domestic
around the motorsport world.                                                       Formula 3 Championship in 2015, and won that title in 2017.
His first foray into circuit racing was with BWT Mücke Motorsport in               A move to the United States the following season saw him compete in the FIA
the 2018 Italian Formula 4 Championship. He dove-tailed that effort with           NACAM Formula 4 Championship where he finished second. In 2018 he was
an ADAC Formula 4 campaign - again with BWT Mücke Motorsport                       fourth in his rookie season in the highly competitive USF2000 series and this
- in Germany.                                                                      year he took third overall in the F3 regional championship with four wins and
He stayed in both championships for 2019 but switched to rival outfit Van          11 podium finishes.
Amersfoort Racing, securing a podium in ADAC Formula 4 and three more              He is also a successful eSports racer and won the inaugural FIA Gran Turismo
in Italian Formula 4 on the way. He also completed four races for Carlin           Nations Cup in 2018 and a few months later, also won the McLaren Shadow
Motorsport in 2019 the highly competitive Euroformula Open Championship.           Project to become part of the team. In 2019, Igor won the FIA Gran Turismo
Most recently, he won the qualifying race at the inaugural FIA                     Manufacturer Series representing Toyota, becoming the very first driver to
Motorsport Games.                                                                  obtain both titles (Nations Cup and Manufacturer Series).

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                                                  RACING SERIES DRIVERS

                                                                                                                                        Age: 17
                                                    Age: 20                                                                             DOB: 03.04.02
                                                    DOB: 23.09.99                                                                       Brazil
                                                    Angola
                                                                                                                                        MTEC
                                                    M2                                                                                  MOTORSPORT
                                                    COMPETITION                                                                         - ENGINEERED BY
                                                                                                                                        R-ACE GP

                  RUI ANDRADE No. 99                                                                    CAIO COLLET No. 23

R    ui is the first Angolan to race in the 16 year history of the championship
     series. He made his circuit racing debut in 2018 - and his debut on the
international racing scene - in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship for Drivex
                                                                                      B   razilian young gun and Renault Sport Academy star Caio Collet is opening
                                                                                          his 2020 racing account in TRS.
                                                                                      The 17-year-old from São Paulo comes to New Zealand on the back of a
where he scored a solid 43 points in 14 races.                                        successful season in the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup where he took six
During a busy 2019 season the 20-year-old raced in three series - Euroformula         podiums on his way to fifth place in the championship and the Rookie title
Open and 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup with Drivex and the UAE Formula                 for R-Ace GP. For his Kiwi campaign Collet will join the affiliated mtec
4 Championship with Dragon Racing. He secured six podium finishes and two             Motorsport - Engineered By R-Ace GP team.
fastest laps in the UAE series.                                                       Joining the 2020 TRS grid was an easy choice for Caio and his management
During the year he also finished fourth best rookie on his debut around the           team given that the series will run the same cars and tyres as the 2020 Formula
challenging streets of Pau in Euroformula Open.                                       Renault Eurocup in which Caio will also compete with R-Ace GP.
Fearless and spectacular, he is a welcome edition to the field this season.           An impressive track record in recent seasons racing in junior formulae gave
                                                                                      Collet the French Formula 4 Championship in 2018 with seven wins and
                                                                                      11 podium places, marking him as one of the best young drivers to emerge
                                                                                      from Brazil in recent years. A dominant season saw him defeat a field that
                                                                                      included Arthur Leclerc, the younger brother for Formula One star Charles.

                                                                                                                                        Age: 17
                                                    Age: 19                                                                             DOB: 16.10.02
                                                    DOB: 11.05.00                                                                       Czech Republic
                                                    Japan
                                                                                                                                        MTEC
                                                    M2                                                                                  MOTORSPORT
                                                    COMPETITION                                                                         - ENGINEERED BY
                                                                                                                                        R-ACE GP

                YUKI TSUNODA No. 33                                                                      PETR PTACEK No. 9

N   ineteen-year-old Japanese hot prospect Yuki Tsunoda is a member of
    the Red Bull Junior Team. Tsunoda, also part of the Honda Formula
Dream Project, runs with M2 Competition in a Red Bull liveried car for his
                                                                                      S   eventeen-year-old Czech Republic driver Petr Ptacek returns to
                                                                                          New Zealand in 2020 for a second shot at the Castrol Toyota
                                                                                      Racing Series.
New Zealand campaign.                                                                 Two podiums and eighth overall in the Formula Renault Eurocup
From Kangawa in the Kanto region of Japan, Tsunoda began karting in 2010,             championship last year highlighted a 2019 that also included the MRF
beginning with the JAF Junior Karting Championship, then moving to the                Challenge series in India and an impressive victory on his Asian F3
regional class in 2013 and to the national class in 2014. He started circuit racing   championship debut at Suzuka in Japan, as well as his TRS campaign.
in 2016 in Japanese Formula 4 and immediately impressed, claiming his first           A karter from the age of seven, Prague-based Ptacek came into last season’s
podium with second on debut at Suzuka for the Sutekina Racing Team.                   TRS campaign on the back of a Rookie Cup-winning season in the Italian
A full campaign in 2017 saw him secure fourth in the championship before              F4 Championship.
his dominant 2018 season yielded eight pole positions, seven victories and the        For the coming season he will run with mtec Motorsport engineered by
championship title. The Japanese F4 championship is regarded as one of the            R-ace GP.
toughest junior formulae series to win.
                                                                                      With circuit knowledge and an understanding of the Tatuus chassis that
Last season he competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship and in the                  underpins TRS as well as the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Asian
competitive Euroformula Open series winning a race in each category with              F3 championship, Ptacek has been moving up the grid so far in New Zealand.
Jenzer Motorsport and Motopark.

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CASTROL TOYOTA
RACING SERIES DRIVERS

                                                  Age: 17                                                                              Age: 18
                                                  DOB: 01.01.03                                                                        DOB: 10.09.01
                                                  Australia                                                                            Sweden
                                                  MTEC                                                                                 MTEC
                                                  MOTORSPORT                                                                           MOTORSPORT
                                                  - ENGINEERED BY                                                                      - ENGINEERED BY
                                                  R-ACE GP                                                                             R-ACE GP

               JACKSON WALLS No. 11                                                             LUCAS PETERSSON No. 88

U   p and coming Aussie single seater racer Jackson Walls returns for a second
    season in New Zealand’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series.                          L    ucas - who was based in Dubai before moving to the United Kingdom -
                                                                                        began his racing career in karting in 2008. After multiple wins over several
                                                                                    seasons, he was crowned Junior Max class champion of the United Arab
He races with the mtec Motorsport team - recently rebranded and restructured
as mtec Motorsport - Engineered By R-Ace GP - for his 2020 campaign.                Emirates Rotax Max Challenge in 2017. He then decided to step up to single
                                                                                    seater racing cars, moving into the FIA F4 UAE championship.
Walls took part in the championship in 2019, but was forced to miss the first
round due to being too young. When he joined the action from the second             He adapted to cars quickly, taking two wins, a pole position, five podiums and
round at Teretonga Park he impressed with both his speed and press on style         three fastest laps in his first season and ended 2018 fourth in the championship
and quickly established himself as the quickest Australian in the championship,     standings. For 2019 he moved to the hugely successful Carlin Motorsport team
coming close to a top ten championship result.                                      and a campaign in the BRDC British Formula 3 championship.
With the New Zealand series under his belt, he ran a second season in the           During a highly competitive season he took one win and a fastest lap at the
CAMS Australian Formula 4 Championship where he took a win. He also                 second round at Snetterton.
took part in the Asian Formula 3 Championship for the highly regarded
Hitech Motorsport team, taking two podiums in the competitive series.
He has a win to his credit with victory at Pukekohe last weekend.

                                                  Age: 19
                                                  DOB: 21.11.00
                                                  Denmark
                                                  MTEC
                                                  MOTORSPORT
                                                  - ENGINEERED BY
                                                  R-ACE GP

           OLIVER RASMUSSEN No. 10

D    anish Prema Powerteam Formula 4 racer Oliver Rasmussen joins mtec
     Motorsport engineered by R-Ace GP for this year’s championship.
The 19-year-old from Mougins, France steps up to the more powerful
Toyota FT-60 that will be used in the 2020 NZ series after two seasons
racing in Formula 4.
He began his circuit racing career with Jenzer Motorsport in the Italian
Formula 4 Championship in 2018 before joining the highly-regarded
Prema squad for 2019.
During a busy season, Rasmussen completed both the ADAC German
Formula 4 championship and a second season in the Italian series.
4 podiums and an overall classification as 7th in the Italian Formula 4
highlighted the season.
Like many of the up and coming single seater racers aiming for the top
levels of the sport, Rasmussen began his racing career in karting and
competed in 2017 and 2018 in the WSK series, KZ2 class.

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CASTROL TOYOTA
RACING SERIES

 The TRS field.

     ALL TO PLAY FOR IN
     NEW ZEALAND’S GRAND PRIX
      It’s game on in the final round of the 2020 Castrol Toyota Racing series this weekend
      at the Grand Prix and as in previous years, the race for the title is almost certainly
      going to come down to the big race itself.

     T
              wo have shone in this year’s series - a Kiwi and a       for if you’re a championship contender or one of the gun
              Brazilian and both have bright futures ahead of them     drivers competing in the Grand Prix this weekend.
              in international motorsport.
                                                                       These young drivers in this category are the best up and
      Kiwi Liam Lawson - the reigning champion - and                   coming racers of their age in the world right now and
      Brazil’s Igor Fraga are the two protagonists fighting for the    more than one could make it all the way to Formula One.
      title. Lawson is a Red Bull Junior who is well known to          Nowhere else in the world has a championship that brings
      Kiwi motorsport fans. Fraga is a racer who also has a huge       together the best of the junior formulae champions each
      following in the on-line world of eSports racing, where he       year. This time around the series has multiple champions
      is the world’s best at the iconic Gran Turismo experience.       from karting, Formula Ford and Formula 4 as well as junior
      Both are also destined to compete in the European Formula
      3 championship after the Toyota series concludes.
                                                                         Liam Lawson has
      It was Lawson who stole the early initiative with wins at          narrowed the points
      Highlands Motorsport and Teretonga but Fraga was right             to Igor Fraga.

      behind him and then won at a dramatic Hampton Downs
      weekend a fortnight ago. Last weekend at Pukekohe Park,
      Lawson won the first race on Saturday and then dominated
      the feature race. Fraga was spun out by a rival and had
      to race back through the field to limit the damage to his
      points tally for the weekend. Nevertheless, Lawson heads
      into this weekend with an eight point advantage in the
      championship table.
      It’s going to be a stunning weekend. And it’s all to play

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Igor Fraga, cool,
                                  calm, composed
                                        and quick.

                                                                     2020 DRIVER
                                                               2020 Castrol         STANDINGS
                                                                            Toyota Racing Series Entry
                                                         NO      POS DRIVER
                                                              DRIVER                    TEAM                             POINTS
                                                                                                                     COUNTRY           PTS
                                                         1    Liam Lawson               M2 Competition               New Zealand       286
                                                         17   Igor Fraga                M2 Competition               Brazil            278
representation from several Formula 1 teams.             43   Franco Colapinto          Kiwi Motorsport              Argentina         239
                                                         33   Yuki Tsunoda              M2 Competition               Japan             214
There are some genuine global talents in the TRS         26   Grégoire Saucy            Giles Motorsport             Switzerland       197
field this year. Aside from Fraga and Lawson,            9    Petr Ptacek               mtec Motorsport              Czech Republic    185
sixteen year old sensation Franco Colapinto              44   Lirim Zendeli             Giles Motorsport             Germany           183
is an Argentinian racer with no less than two            23   Caio Collet               mtec Motorsport              Brazil            161
time world champion Fernando Alonso in his               6    Ido Cohen                 M2 Competition               Israel            139
corner. Caio Collet is a Renault Junior and was          10   Oliver Rasmussen          mtec Motorsport              Denmark           136
one of the favourites for this year’s title but he       11   Jackson Walls             mtec Motorsport              Australia         125
has endured some bad luck and had an awful               88   Lucas Petersson           mtec Motorsport              Sweden            91
Pukekohe weekend. He’ll be looking to go                 21   Emilien Denner            M2 Competition               France            70
out on a high as will the popular Aussie racer           4    Henning Enqvist           Giles Motorsport             Sweden            68
                                                         99   Rui Andrade               M2 Competition               Angola            65
Jackson Walls who took his first major single
                                                         5    Spike Kohlbecker          Kiwi Motorsport              USA               63
seater race win last weekend at Pukekohe on
                                                         7    Axel Gnos                 Kiwi Motorsport              Switzerland       46
Sunday morning. Watch out too for Grégoire
                                                         13   Tijmen van der Helm Kiwi Motorsport                    Netherlands       44
Saucy, Red Bull Junior Yuki Tsunoda and Petr
                                                         32   Jose Blanco               Kiwi
                                                                                Provisional    Motorsport
                                                                                            driver standings as at   Puerto   Rico
                                                                                                                          26/01/2020   41
Ptacek. All three are fast and brave and definitely      62   Chelsea Herbert           Giles Motorsport             New Zealand       10
have something to prove this weekend as the              49   Kenny Smith               Giles Motorsport             New Zealand       0
championship winds up.
Nineteen cars will take place in this weekend’s        so long, and in an unbroken run, is a feat unprecedented at any level of
big season climax. That’s one more than the            any racing code in the world and Kenny is determined to make it 50
earlier rounds and that’s because evergreen Kiwi       and move the on-going record into the realms of unbeatable. The fact
legend Kenny Smith is back - yet again - aiming        that it probably is already is immaterial - this is a pure bred racer who
to start and finish his 49th New Zealand Grand Table                                     5:57-p.m.
                                                       loves to compete and is still - still                                       26/01/2020
                                                                                               very strong in a single seater racing
Prix. Competing in a country’s premier race for        car and quite capable of holding his own.

    Liam Lawson leads
    the series but not
    by much.

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RYCO 24•7 V8 UTES
                                                                                                                         CHAMPIONSHIP

Iconic Kiwi racer Paul
Manuell is the man
to beat in this year’s
RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes
Championship.

     EVERGREEN MANUELL OUT FRONT
     Pukekohe’s Paul Manuell extended his lead in this season’s RYCO 24•7 V8 Utes
     Championship after a strong performance at the second round at Hampton Downs
     that included two pole positions, two wins and a fourth place finish. And he heads
     into this weekend’s Grand Prix meeting very much as the man to beat in this season’s
     four round championship.

    M
               anuell has a lead over Glen Collinson in the                Rookie Roger Nees also excelled, grabbing 10th in the second
               championship of 22 points at the halfway point              race to secure his first top ten result in the category after a fine
               of the championship season. In his 28th season of           drive. Champion Spratt is unavailable for this round and his
     racing Manuell was the dominant force from the opening laps           seat will be filled by ute owner Jake Stoneman.
     of qualifying on Saturday morning at the last round, quickly
     asserting himself with a pole position lap that was close to the             RYCO 24•7 V8 UTES CHAMPIONSHIP
     V8 ute record at Hampton Downs. He backed that up with a                        POSITIONS AFTER ROUND 2
     comfortable win in the afternoon’s race heading home Andrew            POS NO        DRIVER                  CAR                     PTS
     Porter in his Ford Falcon FG and 2019 champion Matt                    1      15     Paul Manuell            Holden                  195
     Spratt and Collinson for the win in what were blisteringly hot         2      17     Glen Collinson          Ford                    173
     conditions at the North Waikato track.                                 3      3      Andrew Porter           Ford                    157
     Collinson has won a race at each of the first two rounds and           4      1      Matt Spratt             Ford                    140
     is unbeaten this season in the Sunday morning reverse top ten          5      69     Peter Ward              Holden                  113
     race. A mistake in the first race at Hampton Downs where he            6      11     Liam Porter             Ford                    106
     stalled cost him points, but he’s still right there and one bad        7      10     James Parker            Holden                  106
     result for Manuell will benefit the Hamilton racer significantly.      8      94     Simon Ussher            Ford                    100
     Andrew Porter, in a Ford Falcon FG for this season, is also in         9      90     Stu Monteith            Holden                  96
     with a shot and will likely win soon given his ever increasing         10     82     Shaggy Lowe             Ford                    91
     pace in his new car. A win or wins this weekend is not out of
                                                                            11     811    Roger Nees              Ford                    83
     the question.
                                                                            12     999 Matt Griffin               Holden                  73
     Watch out this weekend for the spectacular Peter Ward in his           13     57     Paul Fougere            Holden                  72
     Holden. Long-time racer Brett Rudd is back having missed               14     23     Greg Kroef              Ford                    66
     Hampton Downs and Manfeild will also see the return of                 15     99     Brett Rudd              Holden                  65
     Geoff Spencer, who like Ward has been a V8 ute racer since the
                                                                            16     84     Brent Main              Ford                    49
     category began. Liam Porter is one to watch. He bagged two
                                                                            17     54     Joe Farre (USA)         Holden                  42
     eighth places and a sixth in his Ford Falcon BF to win the Hard
                                                                            18     39     Bruce Gay               Ford                    14
     Charger Award at Hampton Downs while Brent Main had one
     of his best weekends of V8 ute racing with an 11th, a 10th and         19     22     Geoff Spencer           Holden                  0

     an eighth place to bounce back from a first round engine failure.      20     1      Jake Stoneman           Ford                    0

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BEST BARS TOYOTA
86 CHAMPIONSHIP

   The battle between Jaylyn Robotham, Peter Vodanovich
  and Jaden Ransley will rage on this weekend.

   THREE WAY BATTLE RAGES ON
   After three rounds of the 2019-2020 Championship - and some of the tightest
   and most competitive racing the category has ever seen - the Best Bars Toyota 86
   Championship arrives this weekend in Manfeild at a key moment in the championship.

   W
             ith two rounds to go, the championship                last one after a last gasp move by Miles Toyota’s Ransley
             is shaping into a three way battle. One               saw him sneak by for the win.
             driver from Australia and two drivers from
                                                                   Opportunity has been Ransley’s big friend this season,
   New Zealand are in the title hunt.
                                                                   and combining that with consistent speed at every round
   Jaylyn Robotham in his Eastern Automotive supported             he’s been one of the key players. The 23 point deficit
   86 has been one of the season’s sensations. Sixth in his        to Robotham is close, but even that margin is probably
   home country’s equivalent championship last season, and         unreflective of just how good Ransley has been.
   the winner of the Asian TA2 championship for big V8
   racers, Robotham looks every inch a future prospect for         In short, any of the three could take the title and it’s really
   V8 Supercars. He won in the NZ championship first time          too close to call as they move to this weekend’s Grand Prix
   out at Pukekohe Park, got himself into the mix at the           meeting. One thing is for certain, however. A retirement for
   technically challenging Highlands Motorsport Park and           any of them or all of them during the weekend could open
   was the round winner again at Teretonga Park last month.        the door to the pack behind in what has been a fiercely
                                                                   competitive field.
   As a result he has a six point lead over principal Kiwi rival
   Peter Vodanovich in the championship table, and a 23 point      In fourth, fifth and sixth place in the championship –
   buffer over the other Kiwi in the title race, Jaden Ransley.    Campbell Stewart in his Total Oil car, Connor Adam in
                                                                   his Post Haste machine and Brock Gilchrist in his NEXUS
   Vodanovich has been simply sensational this season so
                                                                   Logistics car have had contrasting seasons.
   far. A late deal with NEXEN DTM secured his entry
   in the championship and he has made the most of the             Stewart is another to have turned heads this season. By
   opportunity. He got his championship off to a solid start at    the third round he had joined the trio of front runners as a
   Pukekohe, but was almost invincible at Highlands, winning       pace setter and this form is likely to continue this weekend.
   two of the three races over the weekend and only losing the     Adam and Gilchrist have had their moments too and could

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be considered solid prospects for podiums and a                   BEST BARS TOYOTA 86 CHAMPIONSHIP
good bet for a race win at some point during the
Grand Prix weekend.                                   POS NO       DRIVER                 TEAM                            CO.     PTS

Just behind those three in the championship           1    29      Jaylyn Robotham        Jay Robotham Racing             AUS     608
chase is Justin Allen, the familiar Battery Town
                                                                                          Peter Vodanovich
supported driver a Manfeild specialist and            2    84      Peter Vodanovich                                       NZ      602
                                                                                          Motorsport
enjoying a solid second season in the category.                                           Jaden Ransley
He’s also a wet weather specialist. If the stars      3    53      Jaden Ransley                                          NZ      579
                                                                                          Motorsport
align for him this weekend, he could be a
                                                      4    97      Campbell Stewart       M2 Competition                  NZ      434
contender for a first win in the category. One
thing’s for sure, he’ll definitely be towards the     5    9       Connor Adam            Post Haste                      NZ      433
front of the action.
                                                                                          Brock Gilchrist
                                                      6    10      Brock Gilchrist                                        NZ      369
The Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship racers                                               Motorsport
have four sessions on track over Saturday and         7    99      Justin Allen           Allen Racing Team               NZ      341
Sunday. There’s qualifying and one race on
Saturday and two further races on Sunday, with        8    17      Ryan Wood              Ryan Wood Motorsport            NZ      316
the final race a little longer than the first two.                                        Richard Peasey
                                                      9    37      Richard Peasey                                         AUS     310
                                                                                          Motorsport

                                                      10   86      James Wilkins          Kaizen Racing                   AUS     301

                                                      11   21      Andrew Jackson         Darkhorse Racing                NZ      290

                                                      12   43      Brayden Phillips       Phillips Motorsport             NZ      290

                                                      13   98      Leo Bult               Darkhorse Racing                NZ      224

                                                      14   18      Tayler Bryant          CareVets NZ                     NZ      216

                                                      15   95      Connor Davison         M2 Competition                  NZ      155

                                                                                          International
                            Consistency has been
                                                      16   222     Todd Foster                                            NZ      152
                                                                                          Motorsport
                            key for Jaden Ransley
                                so far this season.   17   8       Flynn Mullany          Tony Richards Toyota            NZ      46

                                                                                   Local racer Justin Allen will have the fans on his
                                                                                           side as he goes for a first Toyota 86 win.

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PIRELLI PORSCHE NZ
CHAMPIONSHIP

                                                                                                                Porsche 997 and 996
                                                                                                                 machinery will likely
                                                                                                                    lead the way this
                                                                                                               weekend at Pukekohe.

  PIRELLI PORSCHES BATTLE ON
                                                                                 PIRELLI PORSCHE NZ CHAMPIONSHIP
   Some of Porsches finest and most iconic
                                                                          NO    DRIVER                CAR
   racing machines will be in action over this
                                                                          11    Brian McGovern        Porsche 997 GT3
   weekend at Manfeild and what the Pirelli
   Porsche Championship field lacks in quantity                           19    Struan Robertson      Porsche 997 GT3

   is more than compensated for with quality.                             36    Marin Vujcich         Porsche 944 S2

                                                                          42    Steff Chambers        Porsche 996 GT3

  A
            collection 997 GT3 machines, three 996 GT3s, five             78    Sean Kirkpatrick      Porsche 997 GT3
            944S2s and a single Cayman GT4 car make up the field,
                                                                          86    Keith Miller          Porsche 996 GT3
            with Cam McCormack heading the pack in the points
   as they enter this, the second round of the championship in his        91    Mike Wilkin           Porsche 996 GT3
   Porsche 996 GT3 racer. The field remains a diverse window on           94    Jim McKernan          Porsche 944 S2
   Porsche’s racing history. The 996 GT3 and 997 GT3 racers are
   part of the long line of GT3 racers.                                   116   Chris Barendregt      Porsche Cayman GT4

                                                                          224   Daniel Angus          Porsche 944 S2
   The GT3 has had a successful racing career in the one-make
   national and regional Porsche Carrera Cup and GT3 Cup                  356   Tony Houston          Porsche 944 S2
   Challenge series, as well as the international Porsche Supercup        449   Matt Burton           Porsche 944 S2
   supporting the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. It has
   won championship and endurance races, including the GT                 999   Robert Dong           Porsche 997 GT3

   class of the American Le Mans Series seven times, first overall
                                                                         Watch out too for two drivers who have stepped up to
   in the 24 Hours of Daytona, and first overall at the 24 Hours
                                                                         GT3 machinery this year with Struan Robertson driving
   Nürburgring six times. The cars racing at Manfeild are Cup
                                                                         a 997 GT3 and Steff Chambers, who leads the MSNZ
   specification cars, but the DNA remains the same as the illustrious
                                                                         championship driving a 996 GT3. With Cam McCormack
   GT3 counterparts.
                                                                         leading Class C – but not entered this weekend at Manfeild
   The 944 S2s are based on the front-engined, rear-wheel drive          - Robert Dong has a chance to move up even higher in the
   mid-level model while the Cayman GT4 is one of the latest             points in his ex-Michael Neville 997. Marin Vujcich makes
   racing Porsches.                                                      the running at this stage in Class E in his 944 S2.

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BNT V8S
                                                                                                                    CHAMPIONSHIP

The BNT V8s line up this weekend for round
three of the Championship at Manfeild.

     BNT V8S LINE-UP FOR MANFEILD
      The BNT V8s line-up again this weekend for the third round of their Championship
      at Manfeild.

     L
            ast weekend at Pukekohe saw Australian-based,                lying at the bottom of the points table former champion
            Kiwi Supercar driver Andre Heimgartner retain the            Nick Ross will be looking to bounce back this weekend
            championship lead with three class wins across the           aboard his Nissan Altima. Ross struck trouble at Round
      weekend. Starring over the weekend was Australian driver           One, and at Round Two suffered overheating issues with
      Alexandra Whitley, who claimed three second place finishes         his Nissan Altima, failing to make the start for races two
      across the weekend’s three races in just her second round          and three. The BNT V8s Open class is headlined by
      aboard the Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry.                  Collins and he will be joined by the Holden Commodores
                                                                         for Hennephof and McDonald. Also look for the BNT
      “I worked a lot with my engineer this weekend to make
                                                                         V8 Lites Championship contenders Shane Whitley, Justin
      sure we came out firing,” she explained. “It was great to be
                                                                         McIlroy, Nigel Karl, Tony Rutherford and Ted Jarvis.
      rubbing shoulders with Andre and we even managed to
      beat him off the line in that final race. It was also great to     The BNT V8s will have three races over the weekend.
      get three podiums for the team, and even better for me to
      improve every time I got in the car.”                                         BNT V8S CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
                                                                          POS NO NAME                    CAR                   PTS
      The unrestricted BNT V8s Open class was won by Sam
                                                                                         CLASS 1 CHAMPIONSHIP
      Collins of Cambridge, who took his wild Ford Mustang to
                                                                           1   85    Andre Heimgartner   Holden Commodore       375
      three race victories over the weekend, ahead of the Holdens
                                                                           2   6     Alexandra Whitley   Toyota Camry           321
      of Eric Hennephof and Blair McDonald. Fans will love the
                                                                           3   73    Brad Lathrope       Ford Falcon V8ST       270
      Mustang this weekend – it’s a car you cannot fail to hear or
                                                                           4   51    Rob Wallace         Holden Commodore       256
      enjoy listening to.
                                                                           5   84    Lance Hughes        Holden Commodore       187
      Also lining up on the grid this weekend will be                      6   43    Brayden Phillips    Ford Falcon V8ST       180
      Heimgartner’s teammate, Lance Hughes in the second                   7   7     Nick Ross           Nissan Altima          67
      Hamilton Motorsports entry. Sixteen-year-old south                                 CLASS 2 CHAMPIONSHIP
      island racer, Brayden Phillips lines up in his Ford Falcon           1   18    Shane Whitley       Ford Falcon            142
      SuperTourer and will be on double duty this weekend                  2   25    Justin McIlroy      Holden Commodore       135
      racing in the Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship round                 3   172   Nigel Karl          Ford Falcon            67
      too. The youngster is quickly getting to grips with his V8           4   80    Tony Rutherford     Ford Falcon            54
      powered machine – an ex-Craig Baird car - and he might               5   82    Ted Jarvis          Holden Commodore       0
      just spring a surprise or two at Manfeild. Brad Lathrope                               INVITATION CLASS
      returns in his Ford Falcon SuperTourer for what is his third         1   77    Sam Collins         Ford Mustang           375
      season in Class One of the Championship. Tauranga’s Rob              2   57    Eric Hennephof      Holden Commodore       301
      Wallace will also line up in his ex-Greg Murphy Holden               3   50    Blair McDonald      Holden Commodore       268
      Commodore SuperTourer.                                               4   39    Grant Hannah        Chevrolet Camaro       174
      Having had a terrible start to his Championship campaign,            5   25    Justin McIlroy      Holden Commodore       152

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TRADEZONE
GT1/GT2

                                                                                      De Veth will be hard to beat but there’s plenty of
                                                                                       opportunity over the weekend for others to win.

 RELEASE THE BEASTS!
  The TradeZone GT1/GT2 series is set for another weekend of racing some of the
  country’s fastest machinery at Manfeild. This weekend marks round three of four for
  the series’ 2019/2020 season.

 I
    n the opening round of the season at Pukekohe Park            of New Zealand’s fastest machinery take to the track with
    in December, it was a mixed affair with three different       the GT1 class having no limit on lap speed. Whilst those in
    winners from three races. Cameron Jones and his               the GT2 class will see cars capable of setting lap times no
  home-built machine pipped John De Veth and his Daytona          faster than 1:10.000s around Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon.
  Prototype spec racer in the opening race of the season.
                                                                           TRADEZONE GT1/GT2 ENTRY LIST
  Brian Gray took the win over the usual favourites in race
                                                                  NO     NAME                   CAR                       CLASS
  two whilst Nigel Snow won race three.
                                                                   4     Terry Jones            Nissan Skyline R32        GTRNZ 2
  A fortnight ago at Hampton Downs, De Veth took the               7     Cameron Jones          Mazda RX666               GTRNZ 1
  opening two races of the weekend. Despite starting well          10    Brian Gray             Mazda RX7                 GTRNZ 1
  down the order due to the handicap in the second race,
                                                                   17    Shane Whitley          Ford Falcon               GTRNZ 2
  once De Veth got the lead on lap nine of ten, he never
                                                                   23    Nigel Snow             Toyota Synergy 86         GTRNZ 2
  looked back and backed up his earlier win with another
                                                                   27    Scott Carswell         Mazda RX7                 GTRNZ 2
  show of strength. De Veth wasn’t able to make it three-
  from-three though as Struan Robertson won the final              29    Hans Ruiterman         Nissan Silvia             GTRNZ 2
  reverse handicap race convincingly in his GT3 Porsche.           33    John De Veth           Crawford DP03             GTRNZ 1
                                                                   62    Brendon Sole           Chevrolet Camaro C5       GTRNZ 2
  It’s no surprise that De Veth is the highest placed
                                                                   68    Adam Newell            Crawford DP03             GTRNZ 1
  GT1/GT2 car in the overall standings in second with
                                                                   78    Sean Kirkpatrick       Porsche 997.2             GTRNZ 1
  Hans Ruiterman just two points behind him in third
  overall. Cam Jones and his popular homebuilt weapon sits         81    Struan Robertson       Porsche 998               GTRNZ 2
  just 41-points adrift of Ruiterman.                              84    Kerry Jones            Chevrolet Camaro C5       GTRNZ 1
                                                                   112   Marvyn Towers          MG BGTV8                  GTRNZ 2
  The GTRNZ series features four different classes spread
                                                                   211   Shaye Freeman          Nissan Silvia S13         GTRNZ 2
  across two different grids. The basic philosophy of the class
                                                                   445   Bernard Verryt         Ford Mustang              GTRNZ 2
  is to provide everyone with an opportunity to race within
  their budget and skill set. The GT1/GT2 grid will see some       777   Bob Sievwright         BMW M3 GTR E46            GTRNZ 2

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TRADEZONE
                                                                                                                        GT3/GT4

                                                                                          Richard Wagstaff is a class act in his Toyota MRS
                                                                                                – how will he go this weekend at Manfeild?

FUN, FAST AND FURIOUS
The TradeZone GT3/GT4 series is set for another weekend of racing some of
New Zealand’s best homebuilt racing cars. The third round of the four-round series
takes place at Manfeild this weekend as part of the biggest event of the year, for
the category!

I
   n the opening round of the season at Pukekohe Park in                  TRADEZONE GT3/GT4 ENTRY LIST
   December, it was Logan Childs who struck first, taking
                                                                NO    NAME                   CAR                        CLASS
   the opening race despite encountering a mechanical issue     00    Layne Collier          Ford Mustang               GTRNZ 3
which caused him to slow dramatically at the end of the         12    Robin Greenland        Austin Mini Cooper          GTRNZ 4
race. Nigel Karl took his new car to victory in the second      15    Hayden Gare            BMC Leyland                 GTRNZ 3
GT3/GT4 race of the weekend. Brian Hamilton then took           16    Peter Begovich         Holden Commodore            GTRNZ 3
out the reverse handicap race three, holding off a last-lap     18    Shane Whitley          Ford Falcon                 GTRNZ 3
surge from Karl which culminated in a close finish.             19    Logan Childs           Mitsubishi Lancer EVO       GTRNZ 3
Round two, held a fortnight ago at Hampton Downs, again         22    Sean Browne            Star Car Holden             GTRNZ 4
threw three different winners. Nick Jones took the opening      26    Jordyn Wallace         Star Car Touring            GTRNZ 4
race of the weekend with Hayden Gare and Richard                027   Norm McLeod            Star Car Ford Falcon        GTRNZ 4
Wagstaff not far behind him.                                    42    Scott McCaskie         BMW E46                     GTRNZ 4
                                                                46    Jason Feck             Toyota Corolla              GTRNZ 3
In the second race, it was Dallas Green who reigned             48    Nick Jones             Nissan 180SX                GTRNZ 3
supreme, taking a victory in the handicap race. Drew Jeffrey    49    Andrew Stewart         Datsun 1200 Coupe           GTRNZ 3
took out the final race of the weekend where the hot battle     50    Tony Christiansen      Star Car Commodore          GTRNZ 4
was for second place between Nick Jones, Ken Hunter and         58    Garry Carswell         Mazda RX7                   GTRNZ 3
Anthony van den Berg.                                           82    Brian Hamilton         Ford Capri                  GTRNZ 4
                                                                87    Ben Boyden             BMW E30 Coupe               GTRNZ 4
Heading into the penultimate round it’s Brian Hamilton
                                                                88    Ken Hunter             Chevrolet Lumina            GTRNZ 3
in the GT4 class who leads the overall GTRNZ points
                                                                91    Ryan Jury              Holden Commodore            GTRNZ 3
table. The closest rival from the GT3/GT4 field is
                                                                93    Mark Allan             Vauxhall Firenza            GTRNZ 3
Robin Greenland who sits sixth overall, just under
                                                                96    Jamie Potts            Toyota Corolla              GTRNZ 3
100-points behind.
                                                                98    Anthony van den Berg   Star Car Holden             GTRNZ 3
The GTRNZ series features four different classes spread         111   Toby Annabell          Panoz GT                    GTRNZ 3
across two different grids. The basic philosophy of the class   118   Drew Jeffrey           Honda CRX                   GTRNZ 4
is to provide everyone with an opportunity to race within       119   Michael Marsh          Ford Cosworth Sierra        GTRNZ 4
their budget and skill set. The GT3/GT4 grid will see some      123   Jeff Sharp             Star Car                    GTRNZ 3
of New Zealand’s best homebuilt cars take to the track with     147   Louis Kuriger          Star Car Ford               GTRNZ 4
the GT3 class having to set laps no faster than a 1:15.000s.    166   Geoff Boyden           BMW 325 Coupe               GTRNZ 4
Whilst those in the GT4 class will see cars capable of          169   Martyn Todd            Star Car Holden             GTRNZ 3
setting lap times no faster than 1:18.000s around Manfeild      323   James Byron            Webb Star Car Holden        GTRNZ 3
Circuit Chris Amon.                                             619   Richard Wagstaff       Toyota MRS                  GTRNZ 3

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NEXEN TYRE MAZDA
                                                                                                             RACING SERIES

                                                                                      There’s nothing to choose at the top of the
                                                                                     RX8 points table, so expect some fine racing
                                                                                         this weekend around the Manfeild track.

CLOSE AT THE FRONT
IN MAZDA RACING
It’s the fourth round of the NEXEN                                  NEXEN TYRE RACING SERIES POINTS
Tyre Mazda Racing Series this weekend                         POS        NO        NAME                             PTS
                                                                                      RX8 CUP
at the Grand Prix meeting, and one of                         1          22        Keith Wilkinson                  350
the country’s biggest and fastest one                         2          45        Matt Horne                       326
make series is back in action and ready                       3          115       Thomas Hannaford                 323
                                                              4          24        David Atkins                     305
to thrill.
                                                              5          50        Nigel Edger                      298

K
                                                              6          72        Kevin Richards                   279
        eith Wilkinson sits out front on the points in the    7          17        Paul (Weeman) Hinton             250
        huge RX8 Cup class but he’s far from having a         8          11        Simon Baker                      225
        comfortable lead with Matt Horne sitting in second    9          77        Adrian Redding                   184
position just 24 points behind. Thomas Hannaford is just      10         76        Simon Teagle                     183
three points behind him and has David Atkins just one         11         28        James Parker                     136
good result away from him. So it’s all to play for in the     12         7         Steve Spear                      134
screaming RX8s this weekend. Expect a field of 20 plus        13         97        Roger Beuvink                    114
though it will be touch and go if Simon Baker makes it        14         14        Darren Leith                     105
to the race weekend after a spectacular crash at Hampton      15         27        Russell Burgess                  105
Downs at the last round.                                      16         28        Elton Wichman                    104
                                                              17         12        Paul Leith                       95
As well as being the fourth round of the NEXEN
                                                              18         79        Lance Sutherland                 74
Tyre Mazda Racing Series, the Manfeild weekend also
                                                              19         51        Scott Davies                     62
doubles up as the second round of the annual national
                                                              20         30        Mark Stockton                    54
championship organised by the country’s top racing
                                                              21         98        James Beckett                    40
Mazda enthusiasts. It’s a simple format with one round
                                                                                      RX7 CUP
on the South Island and one round on the North Island.
                                                              1          9         Alex Corpe                       225
And it means fans get to a rare chance to see the best of     2          99        Rowan Shepherd                   225
the racers from the other side of the Cooke Strait.           3          99        Brad McDonald                    225
Wilkinson leads the way on points in this one too, and is
                                                                                      MX5 CUP
the reigning champion.                                        1          19        Mark Smith                       403
There should be a mixture of RX7 racers and MX5s              2          777       Jeremy Hoskins                   266
in the field as well this weekend. There’s a three way tie    3          62        Ricky West                       234
for the lead in the RX7s and Mark Smith currently heads       4          13        Scott Topham                     225
the MX5 points table.                                         5          987       Conrad Healey                    187

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ENZED CENTRAL
MUSCLE CARS

                                                                                                    Fogg and Perkins will lead the
                                                                                                   noise and the charge in ENZED
                                                                                                              Central Muscle Cars.

  MUSCLE CAR MONSTERS
  SET TO ADD DRAMA
  The penultimate chapter for the ENZED Central Muscle Cars 2019-2020 season is
  both unpredictable and unmissable. Early on it looked as if there would be two cars
  running away with the Group 1 and Group 2 titles but those suggestions were thrown
  out the window as round after round produced highs and lows for the entire field.

  T
         he teams and drivers return to Manfeild Circuit                                     GROUP 1
         Chris Amon for a second time in this calendar            POS   NO    NAME               CAR                       PTS
         season. And after a two-stop adventure in the South      1     81    Dean Hansen        Holden HQ                 955
  Island it is Dean Hansen who leads Group 1 and Shane            2     45    Dean Perkins       Ford Falcon               879
  Holland who is back on top in Group 2.                          3     11    Angus Fogg         Ford Mustang              852
                                                                  4     66    Steven Ross        Holden Commodore          793
  While points are always changing as a season unfolds it         5     48    Tony Boyden        Holden Commodore          769
  is the dramatic turnarounds which have peaked people’s          6     8     Clarke Hopkins     Holden Torana A9X         686
  interest this season. Most surprising is Angus Fogg             7     88    Tristan Teki       Chevrolet RS Camaro       685
  dropping to third with five-time Champion Dean Perkins          8     135   Brendan Mason      Chevrolet Camaro          369
  putting himself back in contention and slotting himself into    9     98    Cam Crawford       Mercury Cyclone           326
  second on the points table. Both Fogg and Perkins have          10    777   Ross Graham        Holden Commodore          320
  been on a rollercoaster ride while Hansen in the #81 yellow     11    50    Andy Knight        Oldsmobile Starfire       254
  Monaro has remained consistent. And it’s consistency that       12    77    Duane Ingley       Dodge Challenger          204
  wins championships.                                             13    73    Shane Wigston      Holden HQ                 203
                                                                  14    61    Hugh Gardiner      Chevrolet Camaro          196
  If Hansen is able to continue on his path and others make       15    19    John Midgley       Ford Falcon XE            191
  mistakes or have problems around him he is in with a very       16    87    Steve Doughty      Chevrolet Camaro          190
  good chance of increasing his current lead of 76 points. In     17    151   Michael Wallace    Chevrolet Monza           188
  the CMC category, however, it is never that easy, given that    18    429   Greg Honnor        Ford Mustang              188
  two of their four races are reverse grid handicaps and the      19    11    Brendon Neiman     Chevrolet Camaro          185
  club also has a strict 50 point penalty rule for any on-track   20    17    Bruce Anderson     Ford Mustang              181
  infractions. That simply means that you must not only be                                   GROUP 2
  fast, but you also have to be smart.                            1     168   Shane Holland      Chevrolet Camaro          985
                                                                  2     167   Steve Noyer        Ford Mustang              906
  It will be a slightly different matter in Group 2, with Shane
                                                                  3     41    Bruce Kett         Chevrolet Camaro          817
  Holland looking to simply cement his strong position at the
                                                                  4     68    Paul Boden         Chevrolet Camaro          639
  top of the table.
                                                                  5     2     Andrew Sinclair    Holden Commodore          557
  It should also be noted that Perkins took three of the four     6     888   Janine Douglas     Holden Commodore          388
  wins at their last Manfeild outing – and he will be looking     7     9     Mike Oldham        Ford Mustang              190
  to repeat that performance.                                     8     55    Greig Running      Holden Commodore          56

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