Battle Resumes In Nexen Tyre Mazda Racing Super Series

Battle resumes in the extremely hard-fought 2025/2026 Nexen Tyre Mazda Racing Super Series when Round 3 takes place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend.

Alex Canty of Auckland leads the points by the barest of margins as the series heads south. He has a one-point margin over fourteen-year-old Ajay Giddy of Silverdale with Stu Lawton of Paraparaumu just four points behind Giddy with Callum Pratt of Auckland just two points further back. Dunedin driver James Black sits fifth, just five points adrift of Pratt. That means as the much- anticipated action arrives at Teretonga Park the top five drivers are within twelve points of each other.

Spectators are bound to see another weekend of frantic and exciting racing in a series which delivers a great spectacle every time it hits the track.

Canty has the series lead due to good consistent results at both opening rounds whereas Giddy, after a troubled run at Round 1, surged into second in the points after a dominant clean sweep at the second round. Lawton is always competitive and holds third ahead of Pratt who won the opening round before he too struck problems at the second round. Black, in fifth is the only other driver apart from Pratt and Giddy to have taken a race win to date.

There are so many more top contenders on the grid this season. Sam Dashfield of Auckland and former champion Simon Baker of Kapiti both missed Round 1 at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon but were right in the mix at Round 2 held at Hampton Downs. Stephen Brown of Auckland, rookie Tomas Climo of Hamilton, and Bryan Walker of Christchurch plus several others will ensure that the twenty-two car grid provide super-exciting racing.

Brown leads the Masters (Over 50) points coming to Teretonga Park from Nigel Edger of Hamilton, who is not entered this weekend, with Anthony Tork and Phil Clemas next while Giddy leads the rookie standings from Black and Climo.

In the series Teams Championship, the Two and a Half Drivers team of Black, Pratt and Walker lead.

After practice on Friday competitors have a 15-minute qualifying session at 11.10am on Saturday with their first race of the weekend over 10 laps at 3.24pm that afternoon. On Sunday a 12-lap reverse top ten grid from Saturday’s race results starts at 8.30am with the finale over 10 laps at 1.16pm.

The weekend’s action is part of the Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International, a round of the Repco NextGen New Zealand Championship.

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For point standings in our various series go to Season Points / | Mazda Racing Series

CALENDAR 2025/2026 NEXEN TYRE MAZDA RACING SUPER SERIES

24-26 October 2025:

Round 1 – Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding

22-23 November 2025:

Round 2 – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato

23-25 January 2026:

Round 3 – Teretonga Park, Invercargill

30 January -1 February 2026:

Round 4 - Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell

14-15 March 2026:

Round 5 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato

28-29 March 2026:

Round 6 – Taupō International Motorsport Park, Taupō

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