Mark Baker
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The pitched battle that has raged for four weeks between Marcus Armstrong and Liam Lawson took on an edge this afternoon at Manfeild with a sublime performance from Armstrong.
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This weekend the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series reaches an exciting conclusion at Manfeild near Feilding in the Manawatu, North Island of New Zealand.
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Marcus Armstrong clocked the fastest time during free practice today, but Liam Lawson edged him off pole to set up a dual Kiwi front row for Saturday's 20 lap first race.
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Christchurch teen race driver Marcus Armstrong has sprinted ahead of his rivals to take a commanding lead in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
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Christchurch teen race driver Marcus Armstrong has taken a five point lead in the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
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Christchurch teen Marcus Armstrong is looking forward to the more ‘European’ style of the 2.63 km Hampton Downs circuit as the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series arrives at its 'home' circuit, Hampton Downs, the mid-point of the championship.
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Christchurch driver Marcus Armstrong has won the first race at round two of the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, maintaining a clean sweep of Kiwi winners across all four races to date.
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In his first race drive at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell, Marcus Armstrong has taken provisional pole for the first race of the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series with a sensational 1:28.252, going .200 of a second clear of second placed Raoul Hyman with fellow Kiwi Liam Lawson third.
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Battle-hardened after a full year in the FIA European Formula Three Championship and with the Macau Grand Prix Rookie title in hand, Marcus Armstrong is home and aiming to win the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
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From one era of F3 racing to the next, Prema Racing is proud to announce that Ferrari Junior driver Marcus Armstrong will remain with the team to contest the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
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European Formula 3 ace Marcus Armstrong has scored a place at the end of season GP3 test in Abu Dhabi.
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Consistent speed, a strong team and the right race car took Pukekohe driver Carl Ruiterman to the 2018 ORANZ Offroad Racing National Championship title on Sunday at West Melton near Christchurch.
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Team managers and talent spotters gather to view this year’s racing elite Kiwi teen is part of favoured five car team Christchurch’s Marcus Armstrong has been selected to race at the annual Macau Grand Prix next month.
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Kiwi Marcus Armstrong is in the midst of a maelstrom of talented single-seater racers, all desperate to make their mark before the FIA Formula Three Championship ends.
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Christchurch racer Marcus Armstrong has finished fourth in the wet-but-drying opening race of the weekend at the Red Bull Ring (Spielberg) in Austria and retains his third overall for the championship.
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An all-new track faces the fastest drivers in New Zealand offroad racing when they arrive in Kurow for a last shot at points in the 2018 New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship over September 15 and 16.
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At the forefront of what may be the most fiercely contested Formula Three championship ever, Christchurch teenager Marcus Armstrong has put in a strong fightback to lever his way into title contention.
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Marcus Armstrong has work to do this weekend as the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship arrives at the Nurburgring, nestled in the Eifel forests.
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There was disappointment for Kiwi Marcus Armstrong as Ralf Aron took the third race of the Formula 3 European Championship round at Misano.
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Christchurch teenager Marcus Armstrong is on the fightback this weekend at what many consider his ‘home’ track, Misano.
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Historic result: Christchurch driver Bob Uttridge has scored the Dual Crown of offroad racing, double - winning both the GT Radial New Zealand Offroad Endurance Championship and the UTV Bits New Zealand Offroad Racing Short Course Championship title for 2018.
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LET BATTLE COMMENCE It’s a whole day of no-holds-barred racing action to decide the champion of stadium short course racing.
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Formula 3 rookie Marcus Armstrong has wrested back the championship points lead in the premier FIA European Formula Three Championship.
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A win, one second place and one third place – good enough! Marcus Armstrong is the new leader of the 2018 FIA Formula 3 Europe championship.
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Formula 3 rookie Marcus Armstrong has taken a sensational double pole and maiden race win as he fights back into contention in the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship.
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Marcus Armstrong has taken pole in qualifying for this weekend's third round of the 2018 FIA Formula 3 Europe championship.
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Aucklander John Morgan may have seen victory in Sunday’s endurance race evaporate like the fumes in his fuel tank on the second day but his dominant run in the Mainland Challenge short course heats has extended his southern region lead.
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The focus of the 2018 ORANZ New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship shifts to West Melton near Christchurch this weekend as racers take on the second southern round of the championship.
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Racing in his first full year of offroad competition, Tauranga driver Mark Goldstone has fought off all comers to take the northern region championship title.
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Northern racer John Morgan has won the 2018 Ruff'n'Tuff 250, the opening southern round of the 2018 ORANZ New Zealand offroad racing championship.
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New Zealand driver Marcus Armstrong has put his preparation behind him and is ready to do battle as the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship opens this weekend at Pau in France.
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An unlimited-class showdown is brewing at the opening southern round of the 2018 ORANZ Offroad Racing Championship.
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Local racer Nick Hall has taken control of the 2018 ORANZ New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship after round two at Puhinui in Manukau.
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High speeds, spectacular action: American-style short course offroad racing fires up at Colin Dale Park this weekend as the 2018 ORANZ New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship rolls into Manukau.
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The 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship comes down to the wire this weekend at Hampton Downs in the northern Waikato – and the margins are close.
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A late starter in motorsport, Howick’s Jordan Baldwin is making up for lost time.
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Peter Vodanovich joins the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship with a mission.
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Christchurch driver Ryan Yardley has become the fourth New Zealander to enter the 2018 Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
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With two outright wins at Pukekohe and the early points lead, returning champion Tom Alexander is shaping as the danger man in the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship.
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Albany’s Reid Harker is ‘hugely’ excited by the prospect of stepping up to the single-seater Castrol Toyota Racing Series in January.
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Fresh from his biggest year of motor racing yet, Marcus Armstrong (17) has confirmed he will contest the 2018 Castrol Toyota Racing Series with one aim: to be champion.
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New names and returnees share pole for two of the weekend’s three races as the 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship kicks off this weekend.
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His rivals made him work hard for it - but Tauranga's Ben Thomasen has 'done the double', winning the punishing Polaris NZ 1000 in September and now the 2017 Polaris New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship.
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Ferrari junior driver Marcus Armstrong has secured the 2017 Italian Formula 4 title with two races to spare.
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Christchurch teen Marcus Armstrong is ready to do battle for the Italian Formula 4 title as the championship arrives in Monza for the final round.
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Nelson’s reputation as a motorsport mecca takes a step forward this weekend as the assembled might of the offroad racing national championship thunders into town.
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A triple podium finish at the penultimate round has propelled Christchurch driver Marcus Armstrong closer to the Italian Formula 4 title.
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Marcus Armstrong extends his points lead and draws closer to the Italian Formula 4 title with a share of pole for this weekend's races at Mugello and second in race one, banking valuable points.
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Jack Milligan (Toyota 86 Championship Rookie of the Year 2016-2017) has scored a fifth and third overall in the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series at Bathurst.
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With a formal ceremony this morning, Toyota Racing New Zealand has officially opened its new purpose built headquarters at the Hampton Downs motor racing circuit in the north Waikato.
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Invercargill race driver Brendon Leitch, 21, is the first signing for the coming Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
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Title decided in last race of weekend Kiwi teen pipped at the post by team-mate Christchurch’s Marcus Armstrong saw his German Formula 4 title hopes dashed yesterday when his team-mate came through to win the title by a narrow margin of just 4.5 points.
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Latest podiums in Germany bring narrow lead to Kiwi teen Prema wins German Formula 4 Teams’ title for second year Christchurch’s Marcus Armstrong has become the first driver to lead both the German and Italian Formula 4 Championships.
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Three top New Zealand race drivers converged on the spectacular Circuit of the Americas in Texas over the weekend, but only two came away with victory.
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Every Kiwi racing driver’s dream will become reality for Jack Milligan when he races a Toyota 86 sports coupe at the Bathurst 1000 next month.
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New Zealand’s biggest offroad race has once again broken its own entry record.
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From a high to a bruising low – and back again.
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Southland race driver Brendon Leitch is celebrating an ‘unbelievable’ breakthrough race winning weekend in the FIA Formula 4 USA Championship having won the rain-affected opening race at the Mid Ohio circuit and taken podiums in the following two to win the weekend outright.
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Pukekohe student Liam Lawson will be the CareVets Racing Team’s scholarship driver in the coming 2017-2018 Toyota 86 Championship.
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Marcus Armstrong continues to show race-winning form in the Italian Formula 4 Championship with a win and a second placing at the latest round – and has increased his championship lead despite a frustrating third race.
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Brendon Leitch is wrapping up a successful race weekend at the Mosport circuit in Ontario, Canada, with points on the board and the satisfaction of having completed three races with a fast and consistent car beneath him.
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Marcus Armstrong (TRS 2017) has added another win and a second placing at the latest round of the ADAC (German) Formula 4 Championship, cementing his third place at the championship midpoint.
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After a tough initiation in the Formula 4 United States Championship, New Zealand race driver Brendon Leitch arrives in Canada today confident of showing good form in the third round.
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Christchurch's Wayne Moriarty, one of the fastest and most experienced offroad racers in New Zealand, has once more scooped the Mainland Challenge trophy.
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Otago’s Donald Preston wheels out his new racer Brownlees and Powell back into the fray Spectacular action certain at West Melton The fastest unlimited-class racers come together this weekend at the 2017 Hydraulink Mainland Challenge, a two-day championship race event at West Melton.
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Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Hayden Paddon will race in September’s Polaris NZ 1000 offroad endurance race in his home country.
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Building on a podium finish at the previous round, Christchurch racer Marcus Armstrong says he is ready to do battle at the coming round of the ADAC German Formula 4 Championship Austria.
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John Morgan has taken his first Woodhill 100 win, adding his name to the 36 others on the trophy and giving his Desert Dynamics Chev two-seater its first major title.
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A tough run for Marcus Armstrong in the second round of the ADAC F4 Championship.
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There were crashes and rollovers in every race, but the new wave of 'side by side' or UTV drivers once more injected excitement into the sport of offroad racing at the Nelson round of the national championship over the weekend.
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Current Toyota 86 Champion Ryan Yardley has announced he will contest the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series, which begins at the Phillip Island Racing Circuit in Victoria on April 21-23.
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New race trucks go wheel to wheel in unlimited class Adams and Hellier take top points in mud and slush Muddy mayhem at Meremere Little and large: the smallest race car and one of the biggest four wheel drives share the early points lead in the 2017 Polaris Offroad Racing Championship.
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Let battle commence: this weekend at Hampton Downs in the northern Waikato, Christchurch teenager Ryan Yardley plans to win the 2016-2017 Toyota 86 Championship.
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New race trucks go wheel to wheel in unlimited class Youth racers boost record Meremere entry UTVs swarm to 2017 championship The spectacular sport of offroad racing takes another step forward this weekend as 75 race drivers contest the opening round of the 2017 national championship.
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Christchurch 16-year-old Marcus Armstrong has confirmed he will contest the Italian and German Formula 4 championships with leading race organisation Prema Powerteam.
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Christchurch teen dominates fourth round of championship Aussie Randle takes the overall championship lead Going into the fourth round and fifth overall on points, Marcus Armstrong had decided the 2017 Toyota Racing Series title was out of reach.
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Pukekohe driver Taylor Cockerton is reflecting on a challenging weekend at his ‘home’ circuit and planning a strong finish to his 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing Series campaign.
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Thomas Randle has become the first Australian driver in four decades to win the New Zealand Motor Cup, winning from pole through two safety car episodes at Hampton Downs in New Zealand’s North Island.
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Christchurch driver Marcus Armstrong has been named to join the elite Ferrari Driver Academy, a fast track programme that delivers racers into the top categories of international motorsport.
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Christchurch driver Marcus Armstrong, 16, has confirmed he will return from Europe to contest the 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing Series.
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Albany's Mike Fraser is the new national offroad racing champion, taking the title in dominant fashion as North Island offroad racers scooped the top three positions in the Polaris New Zealand offroad racing championship final round at Twizel during the weekend.
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Young New Zealand racer Marcus Armstrong (pictured above with Dad Rick) has once more impressed in his second-ever single-seater race weekend.
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Albany's Mike Fraser is the new national offroad racing champion, taking the title in dominant fashion as North Island offroad racers scooped the top three positions in the Polaris New Zealand offroad racing championship final round at Twizel during the weekend.
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Christchurch-born race driver Marcus Armstrong returns to 'wings and slicks' single seaters for his second Formula Renault championship race weekend.
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Christchurch-born race driver Marcus Armstrong, 16, has achieved all his goals in his single-seater debut at the daunting Nurburgring in Germany.
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Christchurch racer Marcus Armstrong is preparing for his first Formula Renault race in Europe, taking on the long fast straights and sweeping turns of the Nurburgring Formula One circuit in Germany this weekend.
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- Three way tie for top points at Feilding offroad race - Changing conditions a challenge for 60-strong field - Northern racers dominate Three northern racers have raided the trophy cabinet at Feilding, taking top points and dominating the points race in the 2016 championship.
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The fastest offroad racers in the country converge on Feilding for a one-day battle for championship domination at the end of August.
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The Kiwi Driver Fund is now seeking applications from rising Kiwi race drivers planning to contest the 2017 Toyota Racing Series.
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From seventh on the grid to the chequered flag in rain, sleet and even snow, Nelson’s Nevil Basalaj was not to be denied victory in the third southern region round of the 2016 Polaris New Zealand Offroad Championship.
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The 2016 Polaris New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship returns to the rocky tracks along the banks of the Waimakariri River next month for a southern showdown.
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Canterbury’s newest offroad racer takes first championship win Local drivers made the most of their home round and surged to the front of the 2016 Polaris New Zealand Offroad Racing Championship at West Melton near Christchurch.
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Muriwai local Mike Fraser is that latest to put his name on New Zealand offroad racing’s oldest trophy.
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