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Mark Baker has been working in automotive PR and communications for more than two decades. For much longer than that he has been a motorsport journalist, photographer and competitor, witness to most of the most exciting and significant motorsport trends and events of the mid-late 20th Century. His earliest memories of motorsport were trips to races at Ohakea in the early 1960s, and later of annual summer pilgrimages to watch Shellsport racers and Mini 7s at Bay Park and winter sorties into forests around Kawerau and Rotorua to see the likes of Russell Brookes, Ari Vatanen and Mike Marshall ply their trade in group 4 Escorts. Together with Murray Taylor and TV producer/director Dave Hedge he has been responsible for helping to build New Zealand’s unique Toyota Racing Series into a globally recognized event brand under category managers Barrie and Louise Thomlinson. Now working for a variety of automotive and mainstream commercial clients, Mark has a unique perspective on recent motor racing history and the future career paths of our best and brightest young racers.

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Connor Adam hangs on to Toyota 86 Championship lead

January 14, 2018
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Halfway through the Toyota 86 Championship, the title could go to any one of a half dozen drivers. Jack Milligan,…
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Jordan Baldwin a racer on a fast track in Toyota 86 Championship

December 19, 2017
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A relative late starter in motorsport, Howick’s Jordan Baldwin is making up for lost time. Baldwin (19) currently leads the…
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Connor Adam races into Toyota 86 Championship lead at Taupo

December 3, 2017
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Three race winners, three changes in the points lead: the Toyota 86 Championship has a new name at the top…
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Scott dodges gathering storm to win Toyota 86 Championship race at Taupo

December 2, 2017
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Aucklander Michael Scott has converted pole position to his first win of the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship at Taupo today…
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Alexander looks lethal as Toyota 86 Championship comes to Taupo

November 28, 2017
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With two outright wins at Pukekohe and the early points lead, returning champion Tom Alexander is shaping as the danger…
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Albany racer Reid Harker steps up to Castrol Toyota Racing Series

November 16, 2017
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Albany’s Reid Harker is ‘hugely’ excited by the prospect of stepping up to the single-seater Castrol Toyota Racing Series in…
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Marcus Armstrong takes aim at Castrol Toyota Racing Series title

November 8, 2017
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Fresh from his biggest year of motor racing yet, Marcus Armstrong (17) has confirmed he will contest the 2018 Castrol…
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Alexander takes early Toyota 86 Championship lead at Pukekohe

November 5, 2017
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Bombay’s Tom Alexander has set his mark of the opening round of the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship, taking an early…
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Milligan and Alexander share first race honours at Pukekohe

November 4, 2017
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In unpredictable weather two masters of the Toyota 86 Championship are showing their form: Jack Milligan and Tom Alexander have…
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Dry-wet qualifying revs up Toyota 86 Championship

November 3, 2017
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New names and returnees share pole for two of the weekend’s three races as the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship kicks…