What an incredible night celebrating our 2025 Winter Series.

It was great to see so many there to recognize the hard work and dedication of our amazing drivers.

This year's event was especially poignant, as it was our first prizegiving without Rusty. While it certainly wasn't the same without him, we know he would have been proud of the incredible effort everyone put into making the night a success..

A massive congratulations to all our winners. Your skill and perseverance on the track this winter truly paid off. And to everyone who participated, thank you for making this series competitive and fun.

The sportsmanship and camaraderie on display were what it's all about.

WINTER E-SERIES – Garage 5 MX5 Shop

1st Place: Cooper Prout (395 pts)

2nd Place: Ayven Dunn (335 pts)

3rd Place: Matthew Smith (246 pts)

FORMULA FIRST – Peter Long Collision Repairs

1st Place: Yoshi Comeskey (840 pts)

2nd Place: Koby Gooch (725 pts)

3rd Place: Cooper Insley (635 pts)

FORMULA FORD – Peter Long Collision Repairs

1st Place: Marco Manson (780 pts)

2nd Place: Campbell Owens (689 pts)

3rd Place: Keith Miller (647 pts)

MX5 CUP – HEL Performance / Tremaine Energy Centre / Hankook Tyres

1st Place: Dom Fransen (753 pts)

2nd Place: Tim Wilde (593 pts)

3rd Place: Connor Cleland (593 pts)

RS CUP – Danny’s Auto Services / SAFEngineering

1st Place: Nick Kacouris (782 pts)

2nd Place: Greg Wilson (698 pts)

3rd Place: Keith Pfeffer (615 pts)

SF CUP – Geartech Automotive

1st Place: Greg Browne (753 pts)

2nd Place: Tessa Field (692 pts)

3rd Place: Spencer Morris (634 pts)

IB CUP – Coresteel Buildings Manawatu

1st Place: Dennis Young (759 pts)

2nd Place: Nick Stewart (710 pts)

3rd Place: Dave Burroughs (498 pts)

CLASSICS CUP – BT Advisory

1st Place: Richie Arber (634 pts)

2nd Place: Ben Boyden (591 pts)

3rd Place: Jonathan Hogg (565 pts)

SALOON TROPHY – Max Tarr Electrical

1st Place: Layton Hammond (803 pts)

2nd Place: Don McIntyre (541 pts)

3rd Place: Mike James (524 pts)

GT CUP - GT-B (1.15 +) – Ernie’s Engineering

1st Place: Ryan Ku (649 pts)

2nd Place: Russell Chapman (556 pts)

3rd Place: Brett Thomas (547 pts)

GT CUP - GT-A (Under 1.15) – Ernie’s Engineering

1st Place: Waka Nathan Harris (719 pts)

2nd Place: Jamie Potts (638 pts)

3rd Place: Josh Smith (393 pts)

GT CUP OVERALL CHAMPION – Ernie’s Engineering

1st Place: Waka Nathan Harris (719 pts)

2nd Place: Ryan Ku (649 pts)

3rd Place: Jamie Potts (638 pts)

Special Awards & Trophies

Trudy Ann Trophy: (RS Cup Fist Place Finisher in Race 2 of Round 3) - Nick Kacouris

Otago Car Club Cup (Best Performance by Female Driver in Round 1) - Tessa Field

Archer Memorial Trophy (Highest Scoring Female Driver for Series) - Tessa Field (692 pts)

The Cabbie’s Trophy - Steen McGhie

Champion of Champions Trophy - Dom Fransen (753 pts)

Winter Series Spirit Award – Jodie Bell 'Gotcha!'

A special shout-out to our incredible sponsors, including Huw & Kathy Allen from Feilding Auto Electrical.

Peter Long Collision Repairs, Max Tarr Electrical, BT Advisory, Danny’s Auto Services, SAFEngineering, Geartech Automotive, Coresteel Buildings Manawatu, Garage 5, H.E.L Performance, Hankook Tyres, Tremaine Energy Centre, and Ernie’s Engineering. Your support makes this all possible.

And of course, a huge thank you to our tireless volunteers and event organizers, especially Jodie Bell and Jeff Braid, for putting together another fantastic series.

A special mention to Jill Hogg for organizing another wonderful evening, Jamal and his team from Salesyard Café for the delicious meal and to our talented photographer Jarrod Carruthers for capturing all the magic on and off the track!