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Bethune from Allen in Hampton Downs qualifying

by Velocity News
March 22, 2025
in New Zealand, NextGen Championship, Toyota GR86 Championship
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Man of the moment Josh Bethune continued his great form in the Toyota GR86 Championship with a scintillating lap in qualifying for the fifth round at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park this morning.

Right on the sweet spot on his first flying lap, he set two purple sectors to pip Justin Allen and prove he’s the man to beat in the championship currently. He will start the afternoon’s first race of the weekend from pole position.

Josh – in his Right Karts By M2 Competition entry – was the first to unleash a quick lap with a 1 minute 14.080 on his first effort.  Allen – back in his regular car after a significant post-Highlands rebuild – was only four-hundredths of a second behind.  

Josh Bethune. Image: Bruce Jenkins

On an ever-warming track, they would prove to be the best efforts of the 20-minute session despite the top 22 cars in the 23-car field being covered by just nine-tenths of a second.

In the early stages, the championship’s top three were in the top ten, but only Hugo Allan was able to make the most of a third flying lap and move onto the second row for the afternoon’s race.

Championship leader Hayden Bakkerus was further back in seventh, and Chris White – who had set the pace during Friday testing – was two places down the order in ninth. 

Chris White. Image: Joel Hanks/NextGen NZ

Cooper Barnes and Harry Townshend were also on the pace in qualifying, pushing themselves into third and fourth inside the first five minutes before Allan bagged his quick lap. They ended the session in third and fifth respectively.

Zach Blincoe was another to put his best time in early in the session and took an outside third-row starting position for the first race, ahead of Bakkerus, the ever-improving Mason Potter in eighth, White in ninth and Jett Murray in tenth.

Series debutants Mac Templeton and Jack Westbury—the latter a regular competitor in the Australian GR86 series—did well to clock the 12th and 14th best times, respectively.

2024-2025 Toyota GR86 Championship – Round 5 Hampton Downs Qualifying

PositionCar NumberDriverBest TimeTeam
132Josh Bethune1:14.080Right Karts by M2 Competition
299Justin Allen1:14.119Syndicate Motorsport
3186Cooper Barnes1:14.123Right Karts by M2 Competition
417Hugo Allan1:14.197CareVets Racing
573Harry Townshend1:14.289Mackenzie Motorsport
690Zach Blincoe1:14.294Mackenzie Motorsport
720Hayden Bakkerus1:14.314Mackenzie Motorsport
847Mason Potter1:14.314Syndicate Motorsport
988Chris White1:14.370James Marshall Motorsport
1037Jett Murray1:14.427Action Motorsport
11222Arthur Broughan1:14.466Mackenzie Motorsport
1292Mac Templeton1:14.467Neale Motorsport
1343Cameron Hill1:14.505Right Karts by M2 Competition
144Jack Westbury1:14.560Action Motorsport
1581Cormac Murphy1:14.562Race Lab Academy
1642Simon Hunter1:14.608Race Lab Academy
1735Hayden Lines1:14.656Right Karts by M2 Competition
1830Emerson Vincent1:14.866Action Motorsport
198Thomas Mallard1:14.906Race Lab Academy
2033Caleb Byers1:14.952James Marshall Motorsport
2110Ajay Giddy1:14.986Mackenzie Motorsport
2255Christina Orr-West1:15.042Dayle ITM Racing
2311Will Morton1:15.338iMac Engineering

Header Image: Bruce Jenkins/Toyota Gazoo Racing

Tags: Bridgestone GR86 ChampionshipChris WhiteCooper BarnesHampton DownsHarry TownshendHayden BakkerusHugo AllanJack WestburyJett MurrayJosh BethuneJustin AllenMac TempletonMason PotterNextGenNextGen New Zealand ChampionshipToyota 86 ChampionshipZach Blincoe

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