Winmax Brake Pads and Paddon Racing Group have joined forces again in 2022 to offer the future stars of motorsport a chance to be part of the Winmax Junior Driver scholarship.
In 2022, Jordan Grant, Jackson Clendon and Bryn Jones will be given tutorship from Hayden Paddon to advance their driving careers along with free brake pads for the season. All three are rising stars of the sport, campaigning in Category 2 of the New Zealand Rally Championship.
For Paddon, these candidates were hard to pick from the range of applications. But believes in the future of all three drivers.
“It’s really exciting to see the youth of New Zealand rallying coming through. Maybe the strongest it’s ever been. We know from our experiences that any help and support you can get from people around you helps to fast track the learning process. That’s exactly what we will try and help Bryn, Jordan, and Jackson with. Three talented drivers who we look forward to seeing how they perform.”
All three drivers will run on Winmax Brake Pads while Hayden will offer his time and advice to the candidates. For the youngest of the line-up, Bryn Jones, he sees it as an opportunity to develop early into his career.
“To be able to work with Hayden Paddon who has WRC experience and has been someone I have looked up to from a young age. Giving me a great opportunity to advance my learning and become a better driver in the future” Comments Jones.
Jordan Grant, who showed strong pace consistently in 2021, will use this experience to attack for a National Title this year.
“This is an awesome way to start the season and will be a massive opportunity for me to gain knowledge from Hayden. It’s cool for Hayden to be actively involved in developing us younger guys and giving us access to such high specification Winmax brake pads. I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can from Hayden.”
Jackson Clendon though, still looking to be competitive, will draw from Haydens experience in left hand drive as he campaigns the popular M-Sport R2t recently used in the Junior World Rally Championship.
All three drivers will begin their New Zealand Rally Championship campaign at Otago Rally in April and intend to line up at the returning WRC Rally New Zealand in September.
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