Matt Dodd Motorsport

Solid weekend staying consistent and clean, P3 for the weekend which is a good result.

Wraps up the South Island series, P2 overall for the 2024/25 season.

Thanks to our family team, Al & Toby Marsh and Nexen Tyres

Also a big thank you to all of the series sponsors 🤝

Last weekend collected some good points, finishing mid pack, and the car got a little dirty 😅

Thanks to the team for all of the fixing and cleaning over the weekend.

Cromwell now for the final round of the South Island series, and round 2 of the NZ Championship.

Live streamed on Stuff with the times below :)

Racing at the Southern most racetrack in the world this weekend, see attached schedule, and televised on Stuff

Been a bit slack on the reporting!

Few weeks back we were racing at Ruapuna, where we lacked any practice and were a fair way off with car setup meaning we struggled all weekend. Not much more to report on that!

We went away with some work to do, which Will and Dad spent many hours sorting out the shocks and getting the car nice and balanced.

This weekend just been, we were at Timaru and it was like driving a completely different car, so it took a couple session of growing some confidence back.

We had a few issues in practice and then race 1 with the throttle disappearing and needing to turn the car off to re-set everything, but we managed to avoid any further issues for race 2 and 3 and coming away with P2 overall for the weekend.

Big thanks to our family team for all the hard work, Mr Al Marsh, Mr Toby Marsh, Mum for the club sandwiches and a special thanks to Mary-Anne for spending her birthday weekend at the track with us boys 😅

Next meeting is late January in Invercargill, which will be round 1 of the NZ Championship, and we hope to get some more laps in before then to improve the guy behind the steering wheel.

See you in Jan 🫡

Round 1 this weekend at Ruapuna, and fingers crossed the schedule runs to plan so we are home for Bathurst! 🤞🏎️

It’s time. Round 1 of the South Island Championship is this weekend. Great program. Free entry at Ruapuna. Last race on Sunday to 12:30. Getting you home in time for Bathurst. Bring in the Mazda Racing Series.

Weekend complete ☘️

Started race 2 off pole, about lap 4 the oil hose decided to give way, running over my own oil and spinning me out and getting collected by another car in the process. (Sorry for spilling oil everywhere)

The team worked hard between races to fix the damage done, and thankfully the engine was still okay.

Meant race 3 starting p24 and come up to 16th, was a lot of fun and just happy to put it on the trailer with no more issues.

Thanks to our team, especially dad for his organising and towing of the car up and down the country 🏎️

Saturday report 🎬

Qualified P8, race 1 finished P10, so a good days racing 🏎️

Reverse top10 tomorrow means we are starting P1 for race 2. Catch it on sky sport to see if i can make it to turn 1 in the lead! Will be a big job with the fast guys right behind us and few cars very good at their starts 🤣

📸Geoff Ridder

Practice day done ✅

Bit wet in practice 1 and a power steering issue in practice 2. Not as many laps done as we would have liked, but the car is all fixed and feels good, so we have a decent package to work with tomorrow!

Coverage on sky sport this weekend, photo of the race schedule for MAZDA RACING SERIES

Hopefully tomorrow is not as moist 💦

Also a happy birthday to the YTG team mate crew chief Kitch senior! 🍻

📸Geoff Ridder

1 ferry, 681km drive and a 5km run clocked off today 🤝

Parked up for the night in Taihapi!

Tomorrow we will head to Hampton Downs for round 3 of the MAZDA RACING SERIES national championship 🏆🏎️

Mazda Racing Series heads north for Hampton Downs showdown - VelocityNews The Nexen Tyre NZ Mazda Racing Series has provided some of the best motor racing action of the summer this season, and that level of excitement looks set to continue at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park this weekend as a field of 27 competitors battle it out in Round 3 of both the New Zealand and […]