27/08/2026
HOSS Junior Championship - Round 2 Race Afternoon!
We've just wrapped up our second Junior Race Afternoon here at HOSS for our July Leaderboard, and it was a banger!
Leo Swaney overcame the demons of Round 1 to claim an overall victory with 3 Wins and a 2nd Place! He also leads the overall drivers standings with 184 Points.
Chase Kelly was neck and neck with Leo for the whole round, but could only pull of 1 Race Win. 3 more 2nd places was easily enough to claim 2nd on the night. He's just 20 Points behind Leo in the overall standings, it's still all to play for!
Jonah Daly grabs another round podium after his impressive consistency landed him 2 3rd and 2 4th Places. He narrowly beat out his brother Joash by 4 points. He sits 5th in the overall standings, but not too far behind the podium spots.
The leaderboard for August is just a few days from ending, but that's still plenty of time to get your laps in!
https://hoss.co.nz/pages/under-15-kids-school-hot-lap-challenge
26/08/2026
HOSS Winter League 2026 - Post Round 6 Update!
Shaun Rooney still leads the way, but his lead has shrunk to just 7 Points! The title race is very much on!
Our reigning Champion Darren Sullivan has leapfrogged into 2nd place, hungry for the 3-Peat. 7 Points to make up over 4 Rounds, very very possible.
Regan Powell may have dropped a position in the standings, but he's still closing the gap to the leader, now just 13 Points behind.
Reminder: Everybody has one drop round that we've yet to begin calculating, so there's a few players that may appear like they're out of the race, that will be very much in the mix come the final round.
Josh Rooney takes out the Round 6 CTP. With an awesome 1.8 Meters, landing just inside the gimme circle and earning himself a Birdie, and a sleeve of balls.
Round 7 at Kauri Cliffs and Round 8 at Shinnecock Hills are available now, and close on the 3rd of September and 14th of September respectively. Come on in and set your scores!
25/08/2026
HOSS August Leaderboards - FINAL WEEK
Just one week to go for our August Leaderboards!
Andrew Bruce and Dallas Redhead currently hold the honours for our two Monthly Awards, can anyone challenge them?
See all the stats, and year long points here π
https://hoss.co.nz/pages/leaderboard-championship
Book a Motorsport Hotlap session here π
https://hoss.co.nz/collections/motorsport-simulators
22/08/2026
HOSS BIG PERSON LITTLE PERSON 2026!
Another incredible edition of what has become our favourite event of the year!
Sold out for the third year in a row, we just might have to increase this event to TWICE per year!
We saw lots of laughs, heaps of great racing, only minor crying (kitch) and plenty of brand new faces!
Taking out the big honours this year was once again Lyndon Galbraith and Korban Winter! They won 3/4 races and came home with a substantial points lead over 2nd!
For our Tier 2 group we had relative newcomers Steve and Hamish Brown take first! They've been in to HOSS a few times to have a crack in F1 Cars at Spa but this was their first race event, and they nailed it!
A special shoutout to our Most Improved Driver, Mackenzie Heywood! She's been improving at breakneck speed, it's only a matter of time before she's faster than her dad Gareth!
Another special shoutout to the team with the Largest Age Gap between team mates, Calvin Gabites and Joash Daly! 61 Years! Can anyone beat it next time?
Thank you to everyone that came this year, it's been an excellent event, and these events really can't happen without your ongoing support. Hopefully we will see you all next year! Or maybe sooner π
In the mean time, we've got an awesome duo of leaderboards this month, as well as our Junior Championship 3rd Round. Come on in and bank some laps!
Cheers everyone!
13/08/2026
HOSS DRIVERS CHAMPION 2026 SEASON 1 - BRAYDEN CARROLL
It's been a season to remember, with more ups and downs than a rollercoaster, but these 80s Big Bangers delivered some excellent racing, and we've arrived at the finish line with a brand new Champion!
Brayden Carroll arrives at the finish line in style (usually very sideways) with a stonking 2718 Points! 28 Race Wins, 34 Podiums, he was almost unstoppable! He also never missed a round, making full use of the 3 drop rounds. Unreal performance Brayden, well done.
Dylan Dalrymple came home in a hotly contested 2nd place, with 2484 Points. 24 Podiums, 2 Race Wins, the lone XE Falcon runner was consistent and stayed collecting points, no matter the track or sim selection. The Vibin Detailing Falcon served you well, Dylan. Excellent job.
Blair Gabites was only 34 points behind in the end, on 2450. After a strong run to end the season he came home with 20 Podiums and 6 Race Wins. Blair also never missed a round, and improved greatly from the start of the season to the end. He's definitely one to watch for the future. Well done, mate.
As for the rest of the table:
4th: Paul Latue - 2250 Points
5th: Ray Cotton - 2084 Points
6th: Paul Lancaster - 1798 Points
7th: Mitch Hamilton - 1580 Points
8th: Chris Little - 998 Points
9th: Alex King - 712 Points
10th: Ben Gormack - 696 Points
11th: Scott Kinder - 518 Points
12th: Billy Manson 384 Points
Big Thank You to everyone that participated this season. We had some of the best racing I've ever seen in here, genuinely.
An Extra big Thank You to Brendan Nichols and Paul Lancaster for your continued expertise on the mic for our broadcasts, you guys really make the experience special week in week out.
As we say goodbye to the Big Bangers, we usher in some new blood. Our August Leaderboards are well underway at TaupΕ and Townsville, in the 2003 V8 Supercars and Toyota Racing Series Formula Cars! Book a hotlap session and lock in your leaderboard times! https://hoss.co.nz/pages/monthly-leaderboards
Coming up next Friday is our biggest event of the year, Big Person Little Person! We've still got some tickets left, so if you've got an Auntie, a Grandson or anybody you know that's 20 Years north or south of your age, grab yourself a ticket and come on in and get practicing! https://hoss.co.nz/pages/big-person-little-person-race-night
Thanks everybody, see you all for the next one!
-Billy, and the HOSS Team