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Friday, 16 July 2021, 2:02 pm
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing New Zealand has welcomed the
news that the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship winner
will also win a Supercar test with the ultra-successful
Triple Eight Race Engineering team.
Champion Rowan
Shepherd says the Triple Eight test prize will be an awesome
opportunity for the next Best Bars Toyota 86 Championship
winner. Picture Bruce Jenkins.
The prize is being
made available to the championship winner by the Tony Quinn
Foundation and is recognition that the TR86 series is now
the premier saloon car championship in New
Zealand.
The Foundation is a new initiative aimed at
supporting young Kiwi drivers with the talent and