05-07-2025
Zeltwanger Completes Dominant Day With Race Win
Lee dominated practice and qualifying at the Manawatu track before fighting off Harry Townshend by just a couple of tenths of a second in the first of the weekend's races. Zeltwanger and his Skunkworks team are now hot favourites to win the inaugural series title.
Townshend's strong run increased his lead in the Winter series class for Bridgestone GR86 runners in the Trophy Series. Chief class rival Ajay Giddy made contact with Harry in the heat of battle for third on lap five between turn 1 and 2, swiping the tyre barriers and putting him to the back of the field. Thankfully for him he was able to continue.
Surprise of qualifying, Nathan Grammer backed up his front row start with a podium finish for Mackenzie Motorsport but was unable to maintain the blistering pace of the two leaders and came home four seconds behind Townshend at the flag.
CareVets Scholarship winner Corban Sprague was next up a couple of seconds behind the impressive Grammer and he had his mirrors full of Matt Day throughout the ten lap race. Toby Elmiger was next up with a healthy margin over Giddy by the end.
Two more races on Sunday could see the impressive Zeltwanger take a big step towards securing the title and a pathway into the 2025-2026 Bridgestone GR 86 Championship.
Toyota 86 Trophy Series – Round 3 Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon – Race 1
Pos
Car # Driver name
Trophy / Winter
Team
1 22 Lee Zeltwanger Trophy Skunkworks Racing
2 73 Harry Townshend Winter Mackenzie Motorsport
3 50 Nathan Grammer Trophy Mackenzie Motorsport
4 84 Corban Sprague Trophy iMac Engineering
5 100 Matt Day Trophy Dayle ITM Racing
6 74 Toby Elmiger Trophy Action Motorsport
7 10 Ajay Giddy Winter Mackenzie Motorsport
2025 Toyota 86 Trophy Series
Rd1 9-10 May 2025 Hampton Downs - NZIGP Finale
Rd2 21-22 June 2025 Taupo Int. Motorsport Park - Taupo Winter Series
Rd3 5-6 July 2025 Manfeild – Circuit Chris Amon - Manfeild Winter Series
Rd4 26-27 July 2025 Taupo Int. Motorsport Park - Taupo Winter Series
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