Blair Orange, the leading racing driver of the country in the past seven years, will be wearing the Silver Fern again at the World Driving Championship (WDC) in November (WDC) in Recent Zealand.
It will be the second World Cup of Orange after representing the country in Europe in 2023.
As a quarter of this country, he has over 2900 career victories in the history of this country, including three Recent Zealand trophies with a copy (twice) and Cruz Bromac.
The drivers from 10 different countries that will compete at the WDC were announced this evening at a function on the Addington Raceway.
It is the first time that Recent Zealand has been the only host in the championships since the beginning of 1970.
The 10 drivers (in alphabetical order) are:
Brett Beckwith (USA)))
Matten djuse (Sweden)))
Gary Hall jnr (Australia)))
James Macdonald (Canada)))
Michael Nimczyk (Germany)))
Blair Orange (Recent Zealand)))
Santtu Raitala (Finland)))
Antonio Simioli (Italy)))
Jaap van Rijn (Netherlands)))
Pierre cruysse (France)))
This year's championship will return to two former masters. James Macdonald, based in Ontario, won the title in his home country of Canada in 2017, while Pierre Kruysee did the same in 2013.
Jaap van Rijn from the Netherlands was hard to have won the last two world championships in 2019 and 2023 after Countryman Rick Ebbgee.
The Australian representative Gary Hall Junior is known on both sides of the Tasman. The 42-year-old has over 4,000 career victories with 69 on group 1, including three inter-dominion victories with the large (im) Themightyquinn.
“This is a great thrill,” said Hall Jr.
“Personally, I am thrilled that it is in Recent Zealand where I feel comfortable when I drive.”
The American representative Brett Beckwith is twenty years of Halls junior. At the age of 22, he was a fourth generation rider who lives in Saratoga County, Recent York. He wants to be the first American to win the world championship title since Dave Magee in 1995.
Six Recent Zealand drivers won the WDC. You are Tony Herlihy, Maurice McKendry, Dexter Dunn, Mark Jones, Robert Cameron and Kevin Holmes
This year's championships will take place at four event locations in November – Kaikoura, Cambridge, Winton and Addington – and culminated in the last heat, which will be held on Tuesday, November 11th, the greatest occasion of the sport, the Recent Zealand Cup of Sports.
A dedicated WDC website is now also in operation. It can be found at: WDC25.NZ
Out of Recent Zealand races
