Fresh from his podium finish at the final round of the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series Championship, young Stanmore Bay resident Alastair Wootten has now confirmed that he will be a starter in the Trophy races for the championship single seaters at the Hamilton V8 Supercar event over the weekend of April 17, 18, 19.

“I’m really pleased to be going to Hamilton” Wootten commented from his Whangaparaoa home today. “The chance to race in front of a big audience like the Supercars bring out is a real buzz, as well as the fact that I’ve never raced on a street circuit before will make it a big challenge. Running close to the walls, and over the bumps that you get on a public road will make it really interesting. Its always cool to get out there and really show what a modern single seater racing car can do and just like me I know that the other guy’s in the series will want to put on a really good show for the fans”.

Since the finish of the Toyota Racing Series Championship at Pukekohe in March, Wootten has been kept busy and having just been appointed to the team of personal trainers at The Leisure Centre at Stanmore Bay he made an appearance with his ‘Radio Hauraki Racing’ Toyota Championship car at the Rodney Soap Box Derby event held at Stanmore Bay.

“The Rodney Soap Box Derby was an awesome event and it was great to bring my car out and support the Leisure Centre. We had a prime position right by the finish so there always seemed to be heaps of kids, Mums, Dads and helpers around. The big talking point seemed to be about my age and competing at this level as I think a lot of the kids found my racing to be very inspiring especially as it wasn’t that long ago that I was building trolleys with my mates in the garage at home. “I signed a ton of posters for all sorts of people as well as getting the opportunity to meet our Mayor, Penny Webster and our local MP, Lockwood Smith,” said Alastair.

Prepared by JETCOM for and behalf of Alastair Wootten/ Radio Hauraki Racing/ DART International Ltd. For more information on Alastair Wootten he can be contacted by email at: info@dartnz.com or by phone on 021 253 8394.