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Motorsport 28 Mar 2022
Allan makes it three new TR86 race winners at Taupo

TAUPO — Hugo Allan became the third winner for the weekend after dominating the final race of the fifth round of the Toyota 86 Championship.

Hugo Allan showed superb pace to take Race 3 victory and the round at Taupo. Picture Bruce Jenkins.

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Motorsport 25 Mar 2022
Motorsport Australia acknowledges TR86 with Supercars licence points

Motorsport Australia has recognised the high quality of driving in the New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship and its status in domestic Kiwi motorsport by awarding Supercars Superlicence points to the championship’s top performers.

The Toyota 86 Championship has been recognised with Supercars licence points by Motorsport Australia.

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Motorsport 13 Feb 2011
Daniil Kyvat wins 2011 Dan Higgins Trophy

PALMERSTON NORTH — Red Bull Junior team driver Daniil Kyvat has won the 2011 Dan Higgins Trophy at Manfeild near Palmerston North today, becoming the first Russian driver to have his name inscribed on the historic trophy.

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Motorsport 15 Feb 2010
Bamber elated with New Zealand Grand Prix win

PALMERSTON NORTH — Wanganui driver Earl Bamber made the most of a late-race safety car period to win the New Zealand Grand Prix today at Manfeild.

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Motorsport 11 Feb 2010
Evans aims to be youngest ever New Zealand Grand prix winner

PALMERSTON NORTH — Auckland schoolboy Mitch Evans aims to become the youngest ever winner of the New Zealand Grand prix when the Toyota Racing Series comes to Manfeild near Palmerston North this weekend.

Mitch Evans at Hampton Downs

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Motorsport 7 Feb 2010
Evans wins first ever TRS race at Hampton Downs

WAIKATO — Auckland schoolboy racer Mitch Evans has turned pole position into a race win in the first competition outing for the Toyota Racing Series at Hampton Downs race circuit.

Mitch Evans at Hampton Downs

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Motorsport 6 Feb 2010
Stakes go up as silverware comes out

WAIKATO — Auckland schoolboy Mitch Evans took the final test session honours at Hampton Downs today, but the race weekend is wide open as the Toyota Racing Series takes to the track for its first competition outing on the new circuit.

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Motorsport 19 Apr 2009
Stanaway goes two from two on Toyota Racing Series debut

HAMILTON — In his category debut, Tauranga student Ritchie Stanaway has won both Toyota Racing Series races at the Hamilton 400.

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Motorsport 18 Apr 2009
Stanaway wins on debut

HAMILTON — Two pole positions, one race win, one lap record to TRS rookie.

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Motorsport 16 Mar 2009
Cunningham wins New Zealand Motor Cup

PUKEKOHE — Auckland driver Mitch Cunningham chose a spectacular way to win the 2008-2009 Toyota Racing Series at the final round, held at Pukekohe during the weekend: he took the title despite a high speed spin in one race, then capped his weekend with victory in the 20-lap New Zealand Motor Cup.

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Motorsport 15 Mar 2009
Burdett takes first points at Toyota Racing Series final

PUKEKOHE — He's aiming to finish the series on a high, and Michael Burdett has started the weekend on a winning note.

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Motorsport 12 Mar 2009
Cunningham faces final TRS title test

AUCKLAND — Mitch Cunningham, Auckland, faces his final test – three races – in his drive to win the 2008-2009 Toyota Racing Series.

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Motorsport 2 Mar 2009
Gaunt wins 100th TRS race

PALMERSTON NORTH — Two-time Toyota Racing Series champion Daniel Gaunt won the TRS sprint race at Manfeild this morning, holding off a charging Earl Bamber and the current series leader Mitch Cunningham.

Daniel Gaunt in action

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Motorsport 1 Mar 2009
Bamber wins Dan Higgins Trophy at Grand Prix event

PALMERSTON NORTH — "The best race I've had in years" - an elated Earl Bamber summed up his race win in the 20-lap Dan Higgins Trophy Race at Manfeild today.

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Motorsport 25 Jan 2009
Two poles, all three races and the Trophy fall to Auckland driver

TAUPO — Pole positions in two races and victories in all three TRS races have delivered Mitch Cunningham the TRS International trophy, a consolidated lead in the main points race, and put his name on the prestigious Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy.

Mitch Cunningham in action

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Motorsport 25 Jan 2009
Cunningham wins Toyota Racing Series International Trophy

TAUPO — With victory in both of yesterday's Toyota Racing Series races at the Taupo A1GP event, series leader Micth Cunningham has won the TRS International Trophy with a race to spare.

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Motorsport 25 Jan 2009
One Day to remember for OpShp lead singer at Toyota Racing Series

TAUPO — Opshop lead singer Jason Kerrison takes to the track this morning with the Toyota Racing Series for a lap of the Taupo race circuit.

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Motorsport 24 Jan 2009
MacNeill and Pye share pole positions for Toyota Racing Series at A1GP Taupo

TAUPO — Palmerston North racer Sam MacNeill has taken his first pole position of the 2008-2009 Toyota Racing Series, and starts the first race tomorrow alongside series leader Mitch Cunningham.

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Motorsport 22 Jan 2009
BNT V8s champ McIntyre hops into a Toyota in Taupo

TAUPO — Two-time BNT V8s champion John McIntyre will leave his V8 Ford in the garage and race a Toyota Racing Series single-seater at the A1GP meeting in Taupo over this coming weekend (23-25 January, 2009).

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Motorsport 11 Jan 2009
Early lead in International Trophy goes to young British racer

TIMARU — British racer William Buller is celebrating his first ever single-seater race win after a hard fought Race One victory in the Toyota Racing Series at Timaru.

William Buller

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Motorsport 8 Jan 2009
Record international entries for Toyota Racing Series

TIMARU —  A record five-strong international entry and race commitments from the current Formula Ford points leader and the defending NZV8 champion driver promise unparalleled racing excitement as New Zealands premier single-seater racing championship roars back into action.

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Motorsport 1 Dec 2008
Pye wins Wigram Cup

CHRISTCHURCH — Australian racer Scott Pye took a flag-to-flag victory in the Wigram Cup race today at Ruapuna near Christchurch.

Pye leads Wigram Cup

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Motorsport 1 Dec 2008
Australian drivers set up Trans-Tasman tussle

CHRISTCHURCH — Australians Scott Pye and Nathan Antunes and Hamilton racer Michael Burdett have set up a classic trans-Tasman tussle in the opening round of the Toyota Racing Series this weekend at Ruapuna.

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Motorsport 1 Dec 2008
Pye tops early time sheets at Ruapuna

CHRISTCHURCH — Australian Scott Pye has topped the timesheets in free practice sessions for the opening round of the Toyota Racing Series at Ruapuna near Christchurch today.

Scott Pye

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Motorsport 24 Nov 2008
Top talent in action in toyota racing series at Ruapuna

CHRISTCHURCH — New Zealand’s premier single-seater racing championship roars back into action this weekend (November 28-30) at Ruapuna near Christchurch.

Burdet

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Motorsport 7 Nov 2008
Irish racer commits to Toyota Racing Series

The International Trophy held over three rounds of the Toyota Racing Series continues to attract overseas race drivers keen to make their mark.

Announcing the entry of new Irish race driver William Buller in the international rounds of the 2009 Toyota Racing Series

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Motorsport 11 Oct 2008
Toyota Racing Series announces revised series calendar

CANTERBURY — Premier single seaters will race at every New Zealand circuit.

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Motorsport 21 Apr 2008
Bamber takes clean sweep at Hamilton 400

HAMILTON — Earl Bamber has scored a clean sweep of the Toyota Racing Series events at the Hamilton 400.

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Motorsport 18 Apr 2008
Bamber fastest in testing and first qualifying at Hamilton

HAMILTON — Wanganui teenager Earl Bamber has topped the early running in testing and qualifying for the Toyota Racing Series at the Hamilton V8 Supercars.

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Motorsport 10 Mar 2008
Knight scores long-awaited Toyota Racing Series title

INVERCARGILL — Andy Knight drove a perfectly-judged pair of races today at Teretonga near Invercargill to become the 2008 Toyota Racing Series title.

Andy Knight on his way to the 2008 Toyota Racing Series

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Motorsport 10 Mar 2008
Harford wins race two at Teretonga

INVERCARGILL — Ben Harford won today’s first Toyota Racing Series race at Teretonga, while behind him the championship title fight played out between Andy Knight and 17 year old Earl Bamber.

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Motorsport 10 Mar 2008
Burdett wins first Toyota Racing Series race

INVERCARGILL — Rookie Michael Burdett, 17, took his first win in the Toyota Racing Series on Saturday afternoon at Teretonga Raceway near Invercargill.

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Motorsport 8 Mar 2008
Rookie Burdett on pole for all three races at Teretonga

INVERCARGILL —  Knight and Earl Bamber are eyeball to eyeball at the final round of the Toyota Racing Series, and neither dares to blink.

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Motorsport 7 Mar 2008
Burdett and Knight top testing timesheets at Teretonga

INVERCARGILL — Toyota Racing Series Rookie Michael Burdett continued his late-series solid form when he topped the timesheets for the first testing session.

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Motorsport 2 Mar 2008
Championship will be won at final round

TIMARU — Earl Bamber made it three from three at Timaru’s Levels Raceway this weekend and surged into the Toyota Racing Series points lead.

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Motorsport 2 Mar 2008
Multiple re-starts as rain causes chaos

TIMARU — Christchurch driver Andy Knight saw his Toyota Racing Series lead slashed to just five points in a rain-affected race at Timaru this afternoon.

Earl Bamber

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Motorsport 1 Mar 2008
Munro and Bamber top TRS timesheets at Timaru

TIMARU — A newcomer to the 2008 Toyota Racing Series, Mark Munro, scored a psychological advantage in the first testing session at Timaru”s Levels race track today.

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Motorsport 17 Feb 2008
Bamber closes in on Toyota series leader Knight

CHRISTCHURCH — Earl Bamber has closed in on Toyota Racing Series leader Andy Knight with victory in the feature race at Manfeild Park near Christchurch.

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Motorsport 17 Feb 2008
Tourism Minister Damien O’Connor gets tour of Manfeild

FEILDING — The Minister of Tourism, Damien O’Connor, got the ride of his life today at Manfeild Park near Palmerston North.

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Motorsport 10 Feb 2008
Championship race heats up at Manfeild

FEILDING — Heading into the Dan Higgins Trophy race at Manfeild, Toyota Racing Series leader Andy Knight is preparing to defend his championship points lead at a track he says complements his driving style.

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Motorsport 20 Jan 2008
Ben Harford wins the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy

TAUPO — Lower Hutt driver Ben Harford won today's Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy race for Toyota Racing Series cars at the Taupo A1GP event.

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Motorsport 20 Jan 2008
Earl Bamber wins second race as Storey stalls

TAUPO — Lower Hutt's Ben Harford spun out of the lead of the second Toyota Racing Series ten lap race at Taupo on Saturday.

 Earl Bamber on his way to winning race two for the Toyota Racing Series at Taupo.

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Motorsport 17 Jan 2008
Knight aims to build Toyota Racing Series lead at A1GP

TAUPO — New Zealand Grand Prix winner Andy Knight of Christchurch is heading for Taupo keen to extend his series points lead at the A1GP race meeting this weekend.

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Motorsport 13 Jan 2008
Close-fought race dashes hopes of defending champion

PALMERSTON NORTH — Christchurch racer Andy Knight took a flag to flag victory in today's Toyota New Zealand Grand Prix, extending his lead in the 2008 Toyota Racing Series.

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Motorsport 12 Jan 2008
Knight takes New Zealand Grand Prix pole

PALMERSTON NORTH — Christchurch driver Andy Knight has taken pole position for Sunday's New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild near Palmerston North.

2008 Toyota New Zealand Grand Prix to be held at Manfeild near Palmerston North tomorrow

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Motorsport 11 Jan 2008
Bio-fuel Grand Prix a world first

PALMERSTON NORTH — The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix is a world first.

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Motorsport 11 Jan 2008
Bamber tops timesheets in testing

PALMERSTON NORTH — Wanganui race driver Earl Bamber topped the Toyota Racing Series New Zealand Grand Prix testing timesheet at Manfeild Autocourse this afternoon.

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Motorsport 10 Jan 2008
Drivers prepare for biggest challenge of the year

PALMERSTON NORTH — Toyota Racing Series heads for New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild running Biofuel Grand Prix a world first.

Sponsors of TRS

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