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TEENAGER WINS NZ GRAND PRIX

Monday, February 14, 2011

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Auckland racer Mitch Evans, 16, has won the 2011 New Zealand Grand Prix, becoming the youngest driver to ever win the prestigious title. Today’s win is believed to put him in the history books as the youngest person to ever win an FIA-recognised Grand Prix. Evans put in a dominant performance to control the 30-lap race from [...]

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EVANS FIGHTS BACK TO WIN TERATONGA TOYOTA ROUND

Monday, January 17, 2011

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Three winners in three races. That was the result of the opening weekend of the Toyota Racing Series at New Zealand's Teratonga circuit. Australia's Scott Pye started the weekend in fine form edging out local hero Mitch Evens to take the opening race. But Evans recovered to take a a great come from behind victory in he 20 lap feature race. Evans led home team mate and fellow Kiwi Nick Cassidy with another local youngster in Damon Leitch making it a 1-2-3 for the New Zealanders. Pye was a steady fourth, just 4.3s off the lead while Nick Foster finished back in ninth. England's Alex Lynn became the third different race winner of the weekend, leading from start to finish in the wet 12-lap finale at Teretonga.

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AUSSIE PYE TAKES TERATONGA TOYOTA THRILLER

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Australian Scott Pye snatched a late victory from Mitch Evans in a dramatic start to the International Toyota Racing Series at Teretonga today. Evans lead the field through two restarts behind the safety car only to lose out with a couple of laps to go when a missed gear change forced him to run wide. Pye who started alongside Evans on the front row, seized the late opportunity to sneak ahead and finish 0.9s in front. Nick Cassidy crossed the line in second place only to be penalized 10 seconds for being out of position during the final restart. The penalty dropped Cassidy to ninth place. Cassidy’s demise gave third place  to young Russian driver Daniil Kvyat. In qualifying on Saturday morning both Cassidy and Kvyat were relegated three places on the grid after they both went off in separate incidents on the same lap causing a red flag delay.

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TRANS TASMAN BATTLE FOR TOYOTA CROWN

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

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As Australian Motorsport goes into a bizarre Summer hibernation across the Tasman the New Zealand scene is already in full swing. A highlight of the season is the annual Toyota Racing Series. This year the battle will be between the young hot shots of New Zealand and a group of slightly older Aussies making the step up from Formula Ford. Initial interest will centre round 2010 Champion and Australian Formula 3 runner up, local driver Mitch Evans. The 16-year-old New Zealander will again be racing for Stephen Giles Auckland-based team alongside yet another talented young Kiwi in 16 year old Nick Cassidy from Auckland’s North Shore. Evans will compete for the first time in an identical car against 20 year old Aussie Scott Pye, the 2009 TRS Rookie Champion and current British Formula Ford champion. Pye, who made a strong impression in Britain this season, will be teamed with Wellington teenager Jamie McNee in the Australian-based ETEC team run by Trevor Shuemack. Both Evans and Pye will soon announce plans to race in major European single seaters championships later in 2011 and will have high expectations for the New Zealand races. Evans already has the support of Australian Formula One star Mark Webber and is expected to race for Webber's team in GP3 in 2011. Also confirmed for the series will be 18 year old Australian Nick Foster who finished third overall in this year’s Australian Formula Ford Championship. Two other young Australians will also test at Manfeild this week in preparation for the series. Jordan Oon, a 19 year old from Perth finished third in the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific series in Asia, while 19-year-old Jordan Skinner from Wallaroo in South Australia, has just returned home after winning the National Formula Ford 1600 title in Britain.

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PERCAT POWERS ON AT WINTON

Saturday, May 2, 2009

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  Nick Percat continued his dominance of the Australian Formula Ford Championship when he took out race one of round two at Winton Motor Raceway three hours north east of Melbourne this afternoon. Percat came home ahead of Chaz Mostert and Sonic Racing teammate Geoff Uhrhane. After being challenged in the early stages of the race by Queenslander Mostert, Percat pulled away in the last laps to an unassailable lead to take his fourth race win for the season. "That pretty much went to plan," Percat said. "I was a bit shaky off the start but had the inside line on Chaz so I managed pull through that ok ... once I found some space I just concentrated on looking after my tyres for tomorrow's races." Percat also posted the race's fastest lap with a 1min26.39secs. Spectrum pilot Mostert will be searching for some more speed tomorrow if he is again to challenge Percat for line honours. "I was giving it a good go out there today but unfortunately the car just wasn't in it," Mostert said. "My tyres held out until about half way through and then they just went off really quickly and I was fighting massive understeer for the rest of the race". Scott Pye and Mitch Evans rounded out the top five after defending their qualifying positions. In a race devoid of any of the carnage that marred round one's race at the Australian Grand Prix, all 21 entries will again line up to do battle for races two and three tomorrow.   SOURCE: Australian Formula Ford Media Release  

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