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Karting Auckland Mt Wellington Daylight Savings Club Day Recap 🏁

What a mixed day for racing, but such a fun one! I loved getting out in the rain, I loved the changing conditions, and I loved having good battles out on track.

Starting the day on wets and a rain suit moving to slicks and no rain suit was always going to be interesting with lots of changes, and I'm so glad my dad got my kart working well for me.

And how good to have my first race after getting my T1 license!

Heat 1: 9th
Heat 2: 11th
Heat 3: 10th
Heat 4: 12th
Finals: 11th
Overall: 11th

Big thank you to all my sponsors for keeping me out on the track, and everyone who continues to support me. Each time I get out there I improve a little more!

🏁 Teejay Basra - Real Estate
🏁 AA Auto Centre Takanini
🏁 The Cheesecake Shop NZ
🏁 Oxford Pies
🏁 Wraptrade
🏁 Eastern Lawncare Services

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For anyone coming to the track this weekend, the club has managed to get the other end of Prices Road opened, instructions for getting there 👇

To access Prices Road you need to:

📍 Turn off SH20 onto Roscommon Road (Exit 3 Airport/Cavendish Drive coming from either North or South)
📍 Turn right onto Vogler Drive
📍 Turn left onto McLaughlins Road
📍 Turn right (second exit) at the roundabout onto Prices Road
📍 Go straight through the roundabout and into the Colin Dale Motorsport Park

The road is only open on:

📆 Saturday 3 October between 8am and 6pm
📆 Sunday 4 October between 6am and 6pm

The road is open to both competitors and spectators, so head that way to save yourself a car wash trip at the end of the weekend 🧼🚗

REMEMBER, parking is in the MAIN Colin Dale Motorsport Park carpark - its only a short walk to the Sir Colin Giltrap Raceway from there.

It's a race weekend again 🏁 this time back at my home track Karting Auckland Mt Wellington

📆 Sunday 4 October
⏰️ Engines start, 9am
📍 Sir Colin Giltrap Raceway in the Colin Dale Motorsport Park
💰 FREE Entry

Come and watch some epic racing, it's sure to be a great day.

Shout out to my incredible sponsors who help me get out on the track each and every time

🔥 Teejay Basra - Real Estate
🔥 AA Auto Centre Takanini
🔥 The Cheesecake Shop NZ
🔥 Oxford Pies
🔥 Wraptrade
🔥 Eastern Lawncare Services

ROOKIE STEGHS SHOWS PROMISE AT BLOSSOM 57!

Lucas Steghs from KartSport Auckland Mt Wellington ventured south to Hawke’s Bay for his first-ever big event - The Hawke’s Bay Heavy Haul Blossom 57! 🏁

Taking on the Vortex Mini Rok class in his Praga chassis, Lucas showed some fine racing skills and, more importantly, plenty of determination and persistence throughout the weekend.

A huge 10-race weekend is no small feat for a rookie, but Lucas tackled it all with admirable composure and kept pushing right through to the finish. There was even a little bonus adventure along the way, with Lucas earning himself a free ride on the 007 Paintball Recovery vehicle after a wee mishap! 🏎️💨

What a way to make your first big-event debut, Lucas! Great to see you out there, we’re looking forward to seeing where the karting journey takes you next! 😁🏁

🌸 Blossom 57 Race Recap 🌸

I never thought that in the year I started karting that I would be heading away to my first tiered national competition only 6 months and 13 days after taking part in my first race, so this weekend was a dream for me.

My main goal for the weekend was to learn what it's like to race in a national competition, what I need to do, what tech looks like, and what its like to race in that next level - and I did exactly that.

I am proud that on Saturday in one of the races my fastest lap was only 900th of a second behind the fastest lap. I am proud that I was racing amongst the pack. And I am proud that other than 1 race I had a very clean weekend.

Blossom was exactly what I hoped it would be, a chance to learn, a chance for more seat time, a chance to see another track, a chance to challenge myself and a chance to make friends. I walked away from the weekend with new skills, new ideas and solid friendships that ill take with me for life. Oh, and a new axle and hub after ending up in an incident Heat 7 🙈

Heat 1: P13
Heat 2: P14
Heat 3: P14
Heat 4: P14
Heat 5: P15
Heat 6: P13
Heat 7: DNF
Heat 8: P13
Heat 9: P14
Heat 10: P14
Overall: P14

This weekend would not have been possible without the incredible people and businesses that got me there and those who put in mega support over the weekend by helping with my kart, travelling over 3 hours to watch me race or watching SpeedHive to see how I was going:

Teejay Basra - Real Estate
Oxford Pies
AA Auto Centre Takanini
The Cheesecake Shop NZ
Wraptrade
Eastern Lawncare Services
Mahia Service Centre
Candy in a Can
KERBY - Karting Hub NZ
Ashley, Alan and Jake, Brad, Brenden, Nana and Grandad, Oma and Opa, Aunty Rach, Aunty P, Uncle Leon and Levi, Annette, Sheryl, Nixon, Kobi, Robin, CJ and Sam, Dan, Sam, Dom and Jac, Roberta and Leighton, Uncle John and Aunty Noleen and of course Mum and Dad.

Happy Fathers Day to my Dad. Thank you for everything you do for me. Not just with racing, but with everything every day. Thank you for giving up your father's day to be 5 hours from home, spinning spanners and spraying brake cleaner all weekend so I could come and race at Blossom.

I am about to head away to Karting Hawke's Bay to compete in my first ever National karting competition, and I am really excited.

Me being able to attend wouldn't be possible without the help of some pretty incredible people and businesses though, I want to say thank you for helping me get to Blossom to...

✨️ Teejay Basra - Real Estate
✨️ Mahia Service Centre
✨️ Candy In A Can
✨️ Kerby Creative
✨️ Dominic Dale Evers Racing and the Evers
✨️ Leighton Leevard Motorsport & Roberta
✨️ Nana & Grandad
✨️ Oma & Opa
✨️ Aunty Rach
✨️ Aunty P, Uncle Leon & Levi
✨️ Uncle John & Aunty Noleen
✨️ Annette (Milne)
✨️ Sheryl
✨️ KoRoNix (Forster Fam)

And also a massive thank you to my sponsors who continue to support my racing every time I hit the track

🏁 Teejay Basra Real Estate
🏁 AA Auto Centre Takanini
🏁 The Cheesecake Shop NZ
🏁 Oxford Pies
🏁 Wraptrade
🏁 Eastern Lawncare Services

Thank you to Ormiston Junior College for allowing me to be part of this incredible opportunity

I cannot wait to do you all proud this weekend.

It's race weekend in Auckland - Sunday 30 August 2026 at Sir Colin Giltrap Raceway.

Engines start at 9am. Free Entry.

This one is going to be a good one with the Clubsport 120 and the Karting Auckland Mt Wellington Club Class racers driving to win the Tony Bennett Memorial Trophy.

If you're around Auckland this weekend, come down and watch some epic racing, and remember, its okay not to be okay 🤟

Thank you to everyone that has said they will support me. I will be closing this off tomorrow night and sending the shirt off to print on Wednesday. I am so excited to be heading to my first national competition 🙌

Can you help me get to my first national competition?

8 months ago Mum and Dad said yes to me starting my karting journey, and they thought it would be slow and steady. Turns out I'm not too bad at this and I managed to get my Tier 2 license in my first 6 months of karting, which means I can compete in my first national competition, so tonight I signed up to head away to Kartsport Hawkes Bay to race at Blossom at the beginning of September.

This will be my first proper away race, and with 3 days of racing its going to cost Mum and Dad a bit, so I decided I would try and raise some money to help go towards my race weekend.

If you can, I would love for you to make a donation of any amount to help get me to Blossom. For every person that donates you will get your name, or your business name, printed on a T Shirt that I will wear for the whole weekend so everyone can see who helped get me there.

Spaces are limited, and as soon as they're filled the t shirt will go to print. Please comment below, message my page or message Mum/Dad if you would like to make a donation so they can pass on how to pay.

Thank you 🏁