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Posts tagged with "Dorothy Smith Memorial Cup"

More drama in New Zealand as Lawson wins GP and title Singleseater

More drama in New Zealand as Lawson wins GP and title

February 10th, 2019621 Liam Lawson is the 2019 New Zealand Grand Prix winner and the Castrol Toyota Racing Series champion after a dramatic finale at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon this afternoon in the Manawatu. In a race peppered by Safety Cars, race stoppages and penalties, Lawson emerged through it all to take both prizes. A devastated Marcus Armstrong...
A point in it as masterful Armstrong wins Singleseater

A point in it as masterful Armstrong wins

February 9th, 2019207 Marcus Armstrong put in a polished performance to win the first race of the final weekend of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series, beating series leader Liam Lawson into second place and reducing his compatriot's lead to one point with just two races - including the 64th New Zealand Grand Prix - to go. Lawson now has 309 points to...
King Kenny rides again Singleseater

King Kenny rides again

February 6th, 2019323 New Zealand racing legend Kenny Smith will make his 48th New Zealand Grand Prix start this coming weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. Smith - 77 - will join the field of sixteen up and coming single seater racers that include his latest protégé, championship leader Liam Lawson. The speedy septuagenarian will drive a Toyota...
Lawson and Armstrong in pitched battle for series lead Singleseater

Lawson and Armstrong in pitched battle for series lead

February 4th, 2019174 In a weekend when the Toyota Racing Series lead see-sawed back and forth between two of the fastest New Zealand drivers to ever contest the series, Liam Lawson wrested back the points lead and Marcus Armstrong put his name on the Denny Hulme Memorial Cup. The fourth round of the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series comprised three...
Dominant Taupo weekend gives M2 Competition TRS Teams’ title Singleseater

Dominant Taupo weekend gives M2 Competition TRS Teams’ title

February 4th, 2019142 M2 Competition became Toyota Racing Series Teams’ Champions for a record-breaking fifth straight season as four of their drivers shared the wins at Taupo. While Marcus Armstrong won the showpiece Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy to keep the battle for the Drivers’ title finely poised, his chief rival Liam Lawson, Lucas Auer and...
Armstrong win sends title showdown to Manfeild Singleseater

Armstrong win sends title showdown to Manfeild

February 3rd, 2019314 Marcus Armstrong ended a challenging weekend with a dominant performance in the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy race in Taupo on Sunday afternoon, narrowing the gap to series leader Liam Lawson to just five points with it all to play for at the 64th New Zealand Grand Prix next weekend. After qualifying second, Armstrong made a perfect...
Revenge for Muth as Belgian grabs first win Singleseater

Revenge for Muth as Belgian grabs first win

February 3rd, 2019194 Belgium's Esteban Muth took a fine victory on Sunday morning at Taupo, resisting immense pressure from New Zealander Brendon Leitch and series leader Liam Lawson to take a well-deserved first victory in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series. With the grid based on the finishing order from the Saturday afternoon race and the top six...
Auer on pole for Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy race Singleseater

Auer on pole for Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy race

February 3rd, 2019122 Lucas Auer has maintained the form he showed in winning Saturday’s second race at Taupo by claiming pole position for the big feature race of the fourth weekend of the Castrol Toyota Racing Series – the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The four TRS teams sent their cars out earlier than in previous qualifying sessions, with around 11...
Lawson grabs lead as Auer wins race Singleseater

Lawson grabs lead as Auer wins race

February 2nd, 2019177 Austrian Lucas Auer grabbed his first win in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, fighting off Liam Lawson for the win as championship leader Marcus Armstrong suffered a suspension failure which left him five laps behind and out of the points. The latest twist in an intriguing championship in New Zealand saw Lawson grab back the...
Liam Lawson leads from lights to flag in Taupo Singleseater

Liam Lawson leads from lights to flag in Taupo

February 2nd, 2019155 Liam Lawson dominated Saturday's first race at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo to narrow the gap to Marcus Armstrong in the Castrol Toyota Racing Series title race to just 26 points. Lawson was never troubled after sitting it out into turn one with a fast starting Armstrong, holding a tight defensive line around the first...
Pole for Lawson in Q2 at Taupo Singleseater

Pole for Lawson in Q2 at Taupo

February 2nd, 2019126 He left it late, but Liam Lawson took pole position for Race 2 at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park this morning, while Castrol Toyota Racing Series rival Marcus Armstrong took a last gasp third on the grid. In another close qualifying session, Lawson put in his best lap with thirty seconds of the session remaining to take pole,...
Lawson pips Armstrong to Taupo pole Singleseater

Lawson pips Armstrong to Taupo pole

February 1st, 2019167 Liam Lawson topped Friday afternoon qualifying at the Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park to get his weekend - and a continued challenge for the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series title - underway in the best possible manner. After Armstrong dominated the earlier practice sessions, it was Lawson who found the sweet spot in the first of three...
Home duel leaving rivals playing catch up Singleseater

Home duel leaving rivals playing catch up

January 30th, 2019133 With eight races down and seven to go, the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series has created an intense rivalry. It’s a rivalry that is pitching two Kiwis - the more experienced Marcus Armstrong and the sixteen year old fearless young gun Liam Lawson – in an intense and exciting battle that has left some of the world’s top up and...
Manfeild NZGP ticket promo a hot deal Singleseater

Manfeild NZGP ticket promo a hot deal

January 28th, 2019206 IMPETUS by the New Zealand Grand Prix’s promoter to deliver an astoundingly sharp ticket price for the country’s biggest national motorsport event has delighted the chief executive of host venue Manfeild, who says motorsport fans would be crazy not to take full advantage. A promotion by Speed Works Events specific to the February...
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"Generally, I chose not to gamble on any risky moves and preserve the points, but I did make a good move for second in Race Four and it’s nice to come away leading the championship ahead of the final round.”

Liam Lawson - 2019 Toyota Racing Series

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