ROUND TWO of the Repco NextGen NZ Championship kicks off the busiest period in Antipodean motorsport all year, with four massive events back-to-back starting this weekend at Hampton Downs.
Three different support categories to the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy will also be on track this weekend.
Bridgestone GR86 Championship
A WIN, a third and a fifth-place finish in the opening three races of the Bridgestone GR86 Championship has Mackenzie Motorsport’s Zach Blincoe leading the standings heading into Round 2 this weekend at Hampton Downs.
It will be a restless field ready for combat this weekend following a nine-week gap following the opening round at the Waikato circuit in mid-November during the Repco NextGen NZ Championship opening weekend.
Three highly combative races highlighted an intense opening round of the championship, which also saw one of the closest finishes in series history.
Blenheim’s Arthur Broughan took his debut win in the opening race after front-row starters Chris White and Hugo Allan were each penalised for jumped starts. Blincoe then claimed race two following a last lap pass on Aussie driver Cooper Barnes to make it two from two for the Mackenzie team.
Broughan then claimed his second win of the weekend in a thrilling finale, that saw he and Hugo Allan go side-by-side across the line to win by 0.02 seconds.
The one-make Toyota Gazoo Racing NZ championship will again contest three races this weekend.
GTRNZ
ENORMOUS grids will take to Hampton Downs for the third round of the GTR NZ Series this weekend.
35 cars will race in the ‘big-banger’ GT 1 and GT 2 classes, including Taranaki driver Glenn Smith’s stunning McLaren 650S and Grant Brennan’s thundering Corvette, among others. GT 2 includes a huge array of machinery from McLaren, Ginetta, Nissan, Honda, Mazda’s and even a Mini Cooper.
40 cars will compete in the GT 3 and GT 4 classes ensuring two full grids this weekend.
NZ Porsche Racing Championship
A 21-STRONG field of Porsche’s of all shapes and sizes will line up for the third round of the NZ Porsche Racing Championship, having put on a show last time out at Hampton Downs in November.
Daniel Angus and Duncan McCrostie split the wins last time out, while Nick Cutfield will make a return to the championship this weekend having claimed victories in the series’ opening round at Manfield last year.
The NZ Porsche Championship grid includes Porsche GT3 Cup Cars, GT4 machinery, Porsche Cayman and Boxter entries and even classics like a Porsche 944.
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