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Edwards wins in Taupo to take North Island Mazda Racing Series lead

by Velocity News
November 25, 2024
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Rex Edwards took the Round 2 victory of the Nexen Tyre New Zealand Mazda Racing Series at Taupo International Motorsport to take the lead of the North Island championship.

Edwards placed second, third and first across the three races to win the round from Aucklanders Sam Dashfield and Karl Gaines after a weekend of drama, action and superb racing on the programme as part of the NextGen New Zealand Championship, Presented by Repco.

Edwards, the series 2022/2023 champion, now leads the series points from Gaines and Callum Pratt. Gaines took Masters (Over 50) honours for the round while Mac Templeton was the top rookie despite a troubled weekend. 

Rex Edwards came up big in Taupo. Image: Geoff Ridder

Edwards took the Racetech Pole Award in qualifying and was involved in a huge battle with Templeton in the opening race, leading initially before Templeton squeezed past to hit the front. Edwards then ran wide chasing him, allowing Dashfield into second.

Templeton greeted the flag in front but subsequently received a five second penalty for exceeding track limits for his move on Edwards which dropped him to third behind Dashfield and Edwards.

Callum Pratt, tenth the previous day, had pole for the top ten reverse grid race over twelve laps on Sunday morning and led all the way to take his debut series win from Gaines and Edwards, who crossed the line side by side. Jesse Gould was fourth ahead of Aucklander Leo Bult and Dashfield. Templeton was 14th after experiencing fuel surge issues.

Pratt said his car was “a rocket ship,” while second and third was that close that Gaines admitted he thought Edwards had beaten him to the flag.

Callum Pratt took his maiden race win. Image: Geoff Ridder

The final race over 10 laps on Sunday afternoon saw Edwards lead all the way to win from Dashfield with the now Australia domiciled Stiaan Kriel taking third. Templeton and Bult had tangled at the start after Bult’s car experienced a problem getting off the line, an incident that brought out the safety car. Edwards led away at the restart opening a good gap before Dashfield closed the margin in the second half of the race. 

Stu Lawton, who arrived at the round second in the points and looking to take advantage of the absence of series leader Arthur Broughan, had a horror weekend. He retired from the first race with an ECU problem before reappearing on Sunday in the ex-Simon Baker championship winning car, coming from the rear of the grid into the top ten in both of Sunday’s races.

The next round of the series takes place from 17-19 January at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in North Waikato.

Tags: Callum PrattMac TempletenMazda Racing SeriesNextGen New Zealand ChampionshipRex EdwardsSam Dashfield

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