Maiden NZ Round a Success
The SRO SpeedSeries program's event sharing method at Hampton Downs has been hailed as a success.
The opening round of the 2025/26 Repco NextGen NZ Championship doubled as the finale of the GT World Challenge and GT4 Australia titles.
- In GT4, Max Geoghegan and Tom Hayman held off Rylan Gray and George Miedecke in a last-lap thriller.
- In GT World Challenge, Brad Schumacher and Broc Feeney stole the crown from Jaxon Evans and Elliott Schutte amid late drama.
Local categories, including the Bridgestone GT86 Championship, provided entertaining Kiwi racing, with Arthur Broughan defeating defending champion Hugo Allen by 0.0024s.
Zach Blincoe also achieved victory in his respective category.
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Author's summary: Successful NZ racing event at Hampton Downs.