Billy Frazer and Connor Adam have won the Best Bars Toyota 86 endurance round at Hampton Downs in the weekend.
A combination of rain, sun and everything in between made race track conditions testing even for the long standing series drivers, let alone those making debuts in the Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Endurance Series on Saturday (2 x 60min races).
Adam, a veteran of the TR86 Champs teamed up with current NZ Formula Ford champion Frazer and held out a hard charging Christina Orr -West / Rowan Shepherd entry in the Dayle ITM 86, crossing the line for the chequered flag on a drying track.
“Rowan (Shepard) was coming at us fast in that second race,” commented Adam. “We were most likely quite lucky that it had been shortened to 50 minutes and not the hour as other wise he would have caught us. Billy did a great job for his first real race event in the car and overall we were a strong team so very happy with the weekend.”
Early Adam and Frazer finished second in the opening One Hour race with the win going to Daniel Gaunt/Tayler Bryant.
“It was awesome to have the opportunity to be part of Connor’s team and equally run under the International Motorsport banner,” said Frazer. “With Connor starting the races it meant I got delivered the car in a great position in the race and for me then it was a matter of bringing it home. It was very enjoyable even when it got close in race 2. I am really looking forward to the next event next month at my home track of Pukekhoe.”
This all new two round Toyota Gazoo Racing 86 Endurance Championship will now move on to its final round at Auckland’s historic Pukekohe Park Raceway on 4 – 6 December with two more 60 minute enduros.
These events are stand alone and fall outside of what will become the Best Bars 86 Championship series during the summer of 2020/21 hosted by SpeedWorks Events.
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