Racer Products to run two Hyundai cars in New Zealand

Racer Products announced its campaign in the inaugural TCR New Zealand with two Hyundai i30 N cars.
The team will be run by experienced motorsport manager Mark Petch and lead driver Gene Rollinson; one of the cars, formerly raced by Target Competition, is due to arrive in New Zealand mid-October, together with a spares package that includes a complete spare body shell. Petch brought in the team’s first Hyundai earlier this year to compete in selected endurance events. That car has been sold to Christchurch businessman Rhys Gould, who will partner Rollinson in all four of the SIERDC South Island three-hour endurance races later this year. At this stage Gould has committed to the endurance races only, with the team on the lookout for a young driver to fill the seat for the full TCR New Zealand championship.

"I am really looking forward to driving with Rhys as he has shown in testing that he is fast and fiercely competitive even though he has done no actual racing, he has done a lot of laps in his Mustangs at all of the South Island circuits racing against the stopwatch,” said Rollinson. “I am thrilled to be able to get so much more seat time in the run up to the TCR New Zealand championship as I am going to have to be right on top of my game against the top Aussies that are slated to be coming over for our inaugural championship. Five race weekends back-to-back is going to be a tough ask for anybody, so I need as much seat time as possible leading up to the first race at Highlands in January.”