Speedsport Scholarship Charitable Trust
Speedsport Scholarship Charitable Trust, is beginning its 2016/17 National Series fund raising campaign.
Nationwide
New Zealand's most successful young driver development scholarship is seeking support for the 2016/17 National Championship Series.
Launched in 2000, the SpeedSport Scholarship has provided a valuable kick-start for many of this country's most sucessful young race car drivers.
The Speedsport Scholarship is launching its 2016/17 fund raising program, our target will allow us to give 2016 Winner Dylan Smith the best chance of success in his Scholarship Season.
If the Trust can raise $15,000 - or $2,000 per month - Dylan Smith it will allow Dylan to compete at the highest level in the 2016/17 New Zealand Formula First championship
Included among the drivers to begin their careers with the SpeedSport Scholarship are Shane van Gisbergen (V8 Supercars), Richie Stanaway (World Endurance for Aston Martin & GP2), and Nick Cassidy (Japanese & European Formula 3). The full list of graduates is listed below.
Speedsport Scholarship Winners
2001 Nic Jordan
2002 Joshua Hart
2003 Mark Russ
2004 Shane Van Gisbergen
2005 Andrew Waite
2006 Alastiar Wootten
2007 Richie Stanaway
2008 Nick Cassdiy
2009 Aaron Hodgson
2010 Hayden Pedersen
2011 Malcolm Finch
2012 Aaron Marr
2013 James Webb
2014 Brook Reeve
2015 Liam Lawson
2016 Dylan Smith
More about us
The SpeedSport Scholarship Charitable Trust was established in 2013 as a platform for the long-term future of a young driver development program.
For the past 15 years the SpeedSport Scholarship winner has been coached by co-founder Dennis Martin and driven a Formula First single-seater in Martin's Sabre Motorsport team.
Sabre Motorsport has a 16 year history in successfully running Formula First cars in the New Zealand Championship.
Over 200 young drivers have entered the SpeedSport Scholarship since it was founded in 2000 was a joint-venture between Dennis Martin and Grant McDonald, publisher and founder of NZ SpeedSport magazine, which ceased publishing in 2010.
Since then, the Scholarship program has relied largely on donations. The Trust is hoping to find a new naming rights partner.
SPEEDSPORT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
2001 Nic Jordan
2002 Joshua Hart
2003 Mark Russ
2004 Shane van Gisbergen
2005 Andrew Waite
2006 Alastair Wootten
2007 Richie Stanaway
2008 Aaron Hodgson
2009 Nick Cassidy
2010 Hayden Pedersen
2011 Malcolm Finch
2012 Aaron Marr
2013 James Webb
2014 Brook Reeve
2015 Liam Lawson
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