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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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Armstrong ready for next Formula 4 challenge

June 8, 2017
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Building on a podium finish at the previous round, Christchurch racer Marcus Armstrong says he is ready to do battle…
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John Morgan takes maiden Woodhill 100 title

June 5, 2017
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Spectacular crashes, wildlife incidents claim top contenders After 200 km with a misbehaving engine, John Morgan has won his first…
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Clash of Offroad Titans in store for Woodhill

May 31, 2017
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Star-studded entry for 37th Woodhill 100 Lotto millionaire Trevor Cooper (pictured)and 2016 champion Mike Fraser headline the entry for the…
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Harker joins Yardley in Trans-Tasman Toyota 86 battle

April 19, 2017
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The Kiwis are coming: Reid Harker will join Ryan Yardley to race in the 2017 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series….
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Ryan Yardley confirms Australian 86 racing campaign

April 11, 2017
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Current Toyota 86 Champion Ryan Yardley has announced he will contest the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series, which begins at…
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Armstrong starts as he means to continue

April 4, 2017
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A top qualifying performance stood Kiwi racing driver Marcus Armstrong in good stead at the opening round of the FIA…
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CareVets team-mates deliver perfect result in Toyota 86 Championship

March 12, 2017
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Christchurch drivers Ryan Yardley and Jack Milligan have handed CareVets team owner Keith Houston the perfect championship result. The team-mates…
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Alexander sets his mark on Toyota 86 Championship final round

March 11, 2017
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Tom Alexander (pictured), stepping in for a ‘cameo’ drive at the final round of the Toyota 86 Championship, has stepped…
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Christchurch teen Yardly aims for Toyota 86 title

March 8, 2017
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Let battle commence: this weekend at Hampton Downs in the northern Waikato, Christchurch teenager Ryan Yardley plans to win the…
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Harker goes three from three in Toyota 86 Championship

February 12, 2017
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Christchurch driver Ryan Yardley is still in control of the 2016-2017 Toyota 86 Championship, but hard-charging Reid Harker has significantly…