Eckersley Racing Team

💥 Wellington saloon champs💥

Sadly wasn’t our night. Started grid 4 made my way into 1st and sadly the car died.

Congratulations to Sean, Calvin and Jabin on making podium.

Time to pull the engine out and open it up to see how much damage we have. Hopefully we will be back racing in a few weeks🤞🏻

Thanks to Dad, Mum, Matt, Brad, Ollie, Holly and Mark.

Massive thanks to all my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•The Vault Self Storage
•Indoor Raceway Porirua
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Fine Signs

💥 North Island saloon champs💥

On Saturday we made the trip to Stratford for North island saloon champs. With 2 heat races and a 1 race final.

Race 1- started grid 15. Cars sitting side by side most of the race made it hard to pass but managed to make my way to 9th.

Race 2- started grid 2. Clean race finishing in 2nd.
Finishing with a 9th and a 2nd gave me grid 7 for the feature race.

Feature race- started grid 7. Had a great start making my way up to 4th. Dropped a few spots due to a lapped car that nearly put me in the wall. Finished 5th overall at the North Island champs. Super happy with how the weekend went.

Massive thanks to my brother Matt for setting the car up great for each race. Big thanks to Dad, Mum, Callum, Ollie and Thanks to Kendall and Ryan for letting us stay for the weekend😊

Thanks to all my sponsors:

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•The Vault Self Storage Upper Hutt
•Indoor Raceway Porirua
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Fine Signs

Our merch will be up to pre order in a few weeks👀

Cheers Amy

After 3 years Matt was finally back out on the track!

Few problems with both the cars in the first race but managed to get it fixed for the 2nd and 3rd race. Overall was a good night doing a few laps.

Massive thanks to Dad, Mum, Rick, Ollie and all the sponsors

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•The Vault Self Storage Upper Hutt
•Indoor Raceway Porirua
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Fine Signs

Next meeting for Amy will be on the 9th of December in Stratford for the North Island Saloon Champs.

🎆 Fireworks night 🎆

Saturday night didn’t go our way. Went out for race one and sadly didn’t even start the race as the gear box lost 2nd and 3rd gear.

Next meeting will be on the 25th of November in Wellington.

Massive thanks to all my sponsors:

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•The Vault Self Storage
•Indoor Raceway Porirua
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Fine Signs

Cheers Amy

✨Wellington opening night ✨

Here is the design for the 2023/24 season
Massive thanks to Russ for always making my car look great! Few sponsors to still be added to the car.

Results for the night- 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st

Massive thanks to Matt for setting the car up every race, dad, mum, Ollie, Wade and Callum.

Also big thanks to my sponsors:

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•The Vault Self Storage
•Indoor Raceway Porirua
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Fine Signs

Cheers Amy 😊

💥 2022/2023 season done and dusted 💥

This season was successful when the weather decided to be on our side.

On Saturday we had an end of year prizegiving. I was awarded with 3 trophies.
•Best Presented Saloon
•Saloon Top Points
•Wellington saloon champ

Here’s a few Highs of the Season
• 2nd at Wellington champs(first Wellington car home)
• 1st at King/Queen of the mountain Saloon champs in Stratford
• 1st at East Coast saloon champs in Napier
• Qualifying for the top group in my first New Zealand champs

Massive thanks must go to my brother Matt for his endless help in setting my car up every race making it easy to drive. To my dad for spending every night in the shed getting the car ready for racing. To mum, Ollie and the Gregory family for their support throughout the whole season. None of my racing would be possible with out them and I appreciate it a lot.

Big thanks to Rick Wheeler for an awesome engine throughout the season.
Thanks to Russ from signs by Russ for making the car look the part.

And of course none of this would be possible without my amazing sponsorship:

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Always on the look out for sponsorship so if you would like to be apart of our team feel free to message me to discuss sponsorship.

Cheers Amy

💥 Last meeting of the season 💥

On Saturday we had our last meeting of the season. Finishing on a high 🏁

Race 1- I started grid 4. Track was mint. Had a great first race set up. Made a few passes to put myself into first. Managed to pull a decent lead and lap a couple of cars. Finishing the race in 1st 🏁

Race 2- I started grid 1. Got the jump off the start into the lead. Managed get myself a big lead with over half a lap ahead of 2nd place. Also lapped everyone but 2nd place. Finishing in 1st. 🏁

Race 3- I started grid 5. Track was very wet. Had a bad start just wheel spinning off the start but managed to make my way into 1st. Again pulled a decent lead and lapped a few cars. Finishing in 1st 🏁

Again a Massive thanks to my brother Matt for setting my car up each race. Wouldn’t be able to do it without him. Also big thanks to Dad, mum, Ollie and Callum.

Massive thanks to my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Full Season recap to come

Cheers Amy 🏁

Wow how awesome is this sash!👸🏼It arrived in the mail today.

Massive thanks to Stratford Speedway for going out of their way and getting this sash made for me.

On Saturday we made the trip to Palmerston North to race.

Race 1- I started grid 1. Track was very wet and i had a big push in every corner. Managed to pull a decent lead even after hitting the wall in turn one. Luckily i didn’t break anything finishing the race in 1st 🏁

Race 2- I started grid 14. I managed to get the car on the high line and made my way up to 4th to finish there.

Race 3- I started grid 1. After being top on points fastest starting off the front. I had a good start leading for a few laps until getting passed by 16s. Finishing the feature in 2nd

Again a Massive thanks to my brother Matt setting my car up each race. Wouldn’t be able to do it without him. Also big thanks to Dad, Mum, Cory, Callum and Michael

Massive thanks to my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Next meeting for me will be in Wellington on the 22nd.

Cheers Amy 🏁

💥East Coast Saloon Champs💥

On Saturday we made the trip to Napier to race in the East Coast saloon champs.

Race 1- I started grid 4. Made some passes up the in side and around the outside making my way to 1st. Finished in 1st 🏁

Race 2- I started grid 8. Track was challenging but again made a few passes sitting in 4th until the last corner going around the outside of 3rd place to finish the race in 3rd.

Race 3- I started grid 2. I was sitting 1st equal on points with two other cars. Lead the race from start to finish. Finishing in 1st 🏁

Overall we finished 1st on the podium making us The East Coast Saloon Champion🥇. Congratulations to Jeremy and Josh on their placings.

Again a Massive thanks to my brother Matt for an amazing set up each race. Wouldn’t be able to do it without him. Also big thanks to dad, Donald, Cullen, Jamie and Callum

Massive thanks to my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

📸- Wayne Stewart

Cheers Amy 🏁

Awesome little write up from king of the mountain champs🤴🏼

Gisborne driver takes out champs on Stratford track There were plenty of thrills at the North Island Superstock champs.

💥King of the mountain Saloon Champs🤴🏼💥

On Saturday we made the trip to Stratford to race in the king of the mountain champs.

Race 1- I started grid 2. I was very nervous sitting on the dummy grid as I had never race at Stratford before. I had a great start leading the race from start to finish. Finishing in 1st 🏁

Race 2- I started grid 7. Had a clean race but didn’t make many passes finishing in 5th place.

Race 3- I started grid 6. I was sitting 1st equal on points I knew I had to make passes to be able to podium. Had a really good start putting myself in 2nd place by lap 2. I then passed 16s for the lead and finished the race in 1st🏁

Overall we finished 1st on the podium making us “Queen” of the mountain 👸🏼. Congratulations to Bradley and Andrew on their placings.

Big thanks to Stratford speedway for putting on a great meeting and to the local saloon drivers and drivers rep for making us feel welcomed. We will definitely be back.

Massive thanks to my brother Matt for an amazing set up each race and also big thanks to dad, mum and the Gregory family.

Massive thanks to my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Also big thanks to Keegan from Capital sign for making us stickers.

Next meeting for me will be in Wellington on the 1st of April.

Cheers Amy 🏁

We were back at Wellington speedway on Saturday.

Race 1- I started grid 2. I had a good start leading the race from start to finish. Lapping a few cars and leading by over half a lap🏁

Race 2- I started grid 6. Track was a little wet for the first couple of laps but slowly made my way through the field to finish in 1st 🏁

Race 3- I started grid 4. Once again had a really good start making passes on the first lap finishing the race in 1st 🏁

Race 4- Sadly a few drivers weren’t able to race the 4th race. I started grid 3. Had a really good battle with Noel 19w for 1st and 2nd. Noel went wide leaving me a gap for me to pass him for the lead🏁

Massive thanks to my brother Matt and Dad for setting the car up perfect for every race. Also Thanks to mum and ollie.

Massive thanks to my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Next meeting for me will be in Stratford on the 25th of March for King of the Mountain saloon champs. I have never raced there so looking forward to it.

Thanks to Danny Wood Photography NZ for the amazing photos📸

Cheers Amy 🏁

Been a while since we have raced but we were back at Wellington speedway on Saturday.

Race 1- I started grid 7. I made a few passes putting me into 3rd place. After the yellow light I was pushed back to 5th but made my way back up to 3rd to finish there 🥉

Race 2- I started grid 4. I was in 2nd place by lap 2 and made the pass on the leader to put me in 1st to finish there with a half of lap lead🏁

Race 3- I started grid 1. Lead the race from start to finish🏁

Race 4- Matt set my car up differently to try it out. I started grid 1 and finished 1st with a decent lead🏁

Overall had a really good weekend of racing setting the fastest lap in every race.

Massive thanks to my brother Matt and Dad for working on my car all week in the shed to get the car ready for racing and for setting the car up well every race. Thanks to mum, Ollie and Jesse.

Massive thanks to my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Sadly we have had to withdraw from the battle of the sexes this year. Our next meeting will be in Wellington on the 18th

Cheers Amy 🏁

💥 Saloon New Zealand Champs💥

We headed up to Tauranga to compete in my first NZ title. The format was run out of 5 qualifying races to determine where you started in the one race final.

Day one:

Race 1: I had grid 12. First time ever racing on this track we struggled with set up a bit only making my way to 10th to finish there.

Race 2: I had grid 6. I made a couple of passes but racing with the top guys I was also passed putting me back to 6th place to finish there.

Race 3: I had grid 15. I moved forward to finish in 8th place.

Day 2:
After day 1 I was sitting in 26th place on points. With only top 20 cars going through to the final I knew I had to pass a few cars to make the top 20.

Race 4: I had grid 10. Matt had the car set up well making it easy for me to drive. Made my way up to 4th and finished there.

Race 5: I had grid 3. Matt made some changes to my car as the track changed through out the night making it easy for me to drive and finished I in 1st.

My points were then added up making me 13th over all which made me start grid 13 in the feature.

Final race: I started grid 13. Sadly this race didn’t end well for me. I was coming around to complete my 2nd lap when a car spun in front on me on turn 3. I had no where to go and I hit the spun car. This ruined the whole right front of my car. Ending this race with a Dnf.

A massive thanks must go out to my brother for setting up my car all weekend. Big thanks to dad, mum, Donald, Emma, Claudia, Cullen, Rose and fossil for all their help/support over the weekend.

Thanks to my sponsors:
•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

💥Wellington champs💥

Bit slack on the updates but we have had a few weeks off with no racing due to the track conditions. Boxing Day We had a decent field of 14 cars. 12 in the grid and 2 off the back

First race I started grid 4 managed to make my way into 2nd by lap 3. Sitting in 2nd I hit a rut and bounced out letting 27p get passed me but managed to follow him as he passed 22w for the lead putting me back into 2nd to finish there.

Second race I started grid 10. I knew I had to make up some places. Managed to make my way up to 5th sadly I couldn’t get passed the car in front of me as I kept getting cut down on. Finishing in 5th. But sadly After myself and the other car coming into contact with each other the referees deemed me to be in the wrong and I got relegated 2 spots Finishing in 7th.

Third race I started grid 6. After being relegated I was sitting 4th on points going into the last race I knew I had to do some passing. I managed to make my way in to 1st place to finish there. Also got the fastest lap on the night.

This meant I had done enough to finish 2nd overall in the Wellington champs🥈

Congratulations to 27p Josh Smith on 1st place and 22w Dan Hole on 3rd place

Big thanks must go to my crew:
• Mum
• Dad
• Matt
• Ollie

Also a massive thanks to all my sponsors:

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

My next meeting will be in Tauranga at bay park speedway on the 13th/14th of January for my first NZ title.

Cheers Amy

✨ Wellington Fireworks night✨

First race I started grid 7. Once again we were up race 1 with a very wet and difficult track to read and very average driving from myself I only managed to make a few passes finishing in 4th.

Second race I started grid 3. Had a really good start sitting in 2nd by lap 2. Holding my race line trying high and low to pass the car in front but my race line kept getting taken therefor making it impossible for me to pass. Finishing the race in 2nd place.

Third race I Started grid 5. Making a few passes I made my way up to 3rd to finish there with the fastest lap of the race.

Massive thanks to Russ for coming over Saturday morning to fix the sign writing to keep the car looking mint.

Big thanks to all my sponsors:

•Rick Wheeler
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Next meeting for me will be on the 19th of November in Wellington

Cheers Amy

✨Wellington opening night ✨

Here is the design for the 22/23 season
Massive thanks to Russ for always making my car look great!

I loved being back out there but my night definitely had some highs and lows.

First race I started grid 5 with a really wet track it was hard to do any passing but slowly managed to make my way up to 1st to finish there. 🏁

Second race I started grid 1 with a great start i lead into the first corner to only realise I was heading to the wall noticing my steering wheel was not attached properly. Ended with a Dnf
(Biggest blonde moment ever)

Third race I started grid 9 making my way through to 2nd place to finish there.

Massive thanks must go out to Mark, Craig, Donald, dad, Matt and Brad for fixing my car after the second race to get me back out there for the 3rd race.

Also big thanks to my sponsors:

•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

✨ The off Season is finally over✨

Here is a sneak peak of the new design🤫

This weekend I will be racing at Wellington on Sunday for the opening night of the season.

Massive thanks to all that make it happen⭐️

•Dad, Mum, Ollie, Matt, Rick, Craig
•Hutt Construction
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•Signs by Russ

Looking forward to being back behind the wheel. See you track side!

2021/2022 season has officially come to an end.
Sadly myself and the family could not make it to prizegiving as I tested positive for Covid.

Absolutely wrapped to come away with Wellington saloon champ and best presented saloon car at this year’s prize giving.

With only doing 8 meetings this season because my engine wasn’t ready at the start of the season (sadly missing out on double points on opening night) and Covid played a big part in stopping us from racing.

Raced at Wellington, Napier and Palmerston North. We came away with:
24 races
18 top 3 finishes
5 5th to 10th finishes
1 DNF

A big thanks to my pit crew- Dad for doing absolutely everything on my car. Mum, brad, Matt, Ollie and Cory for hard work at the track.
Massive thanks to Rick for his hard work in building me an awesome engine.

Big thanks to all my sponsors. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without all your help

•Hutt Construction
•Al’s skip binz
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•MW drainage and Contracting
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•JG Building
•Signs by Russ

Cheers Amy

Saturday night I raced in Napier for the last meeting of the season. With 8 saloon cars and 2 super saloons.

Race 1- I started grid 7. I managed to make some passes to finish in 3rd. 🥉

Race 2- I started grid 1. With a very slick track surface I struggled a bit. Going into turn 3 of the first lap I got hit from behind which pushed me wide enough for a car to get underneath me. The track was wet and slick it was hard to get any drive up high. I followed in 2nd place for the whole race. Then going into turn 3 and 4 I stuck it on the high line to make the pass on the last corner to take the win. 🏁

Race 3- With me being top on points I started grid 1. With a wet and slick surface down low I got no drive going into the first corner. 27p took the lead and I followed in behind him to finish in 2nd. 🥈

With a 1st, 2nd and 3rd the team and I were happy with the results.

Big thanks to Mum, Dad and brad for all the changes you did at the track.

Also big thanks to all my sponsors-

•Hutt Construction
•Al’s skip binz
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•MW drainage and Contracting
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
• Smith Contracting Limited
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•JG Building
•Signs by Russ

Cheers Amy🤙🏻

With the rain winning last weekend at Wellington Amy will be racing in Napier this Saturday👍🏻

Wish us luck 😊

Amy is back in the seat this weekend racing in Wellington for the final meeting.

Racing start 5pm🚦 See you there

Racing in Wellington this Saturday!!

With a seat change being made last night Matt will be back behind the wheel of Amy’s car!

We will be running a green ribbon on the car for the passing of Stephen Penn

Racing starts 5PM See you there! 😊🏁

💥 Wellington champs 💥

Had a Busy week in the shed with having to pull the motor out and straighten the chassis after a car hitting me and driving over my bonnet the week before.

Race 1- started grid 4 made a couple of passes in lap 1 by lap 2 I was in the lead and finished in 1st🏁

Race 2- started grid 9 with a rutty track surface it made it hard to pass but managed to finish 3rd

Going into the last race I was 2nd on points behind 27p

Race 3- started grid 4 by the 1st corner I was in 2nd behind 27p and finished there.

Super happy with how the meeting went Finishing 2nd overall at Wellington champs behind 27p.

Massive thanks goes out to dad and Matt for all the hard work on my car during the week and at the track.

Also a big thanks to my pit crew- mum, dad, Matt, Cory, Ollie, heliee, Craig and Rick.

Big thanks to all my sponsors:

•Hutt Construction
•Al's Skip Bins
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•MW drainage and Contracting
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting Limited
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•JG Building
•Signs by Russ

Last minute decision to race in Napier this weekend! Wish us luck😊

Cheers Amy🥈

✨ Last of the Merch✨

We still have limited Sizing left if you are after any 34w merch. If you’re wanting any please message the page 😊

T-shirts

• 1x Small
• 4x Medium
• 2x 2 XL

Kids t-shirts

• 1x 8

Hoodies

• 1x Large
•2x 2XL
• 1x 3XL

Kids hoodies

• 1x 8
• 1x 10
• 1x 12

Fingers crossed we go racing on the 2nd of April for my 5th meeting of the season🤞🏻

Cheers Amy 😊

Third meeting of the season. Wellington put a new track surface on and least to say the track was mint!

Race 1- started grid 6. Feeling out the new track surface managed to put on some passes to finish 2nd.

Race 2- started grid 2. Lead from start to finish with a good lead out in front.

Race 3- started grid 7. Had a good start coming out of turn 2 in 3rd. Decided to put the pass on going around the outside 3wide going into turn 3 managed to come out in 1st to finish there.

Also good to see fans coming down to talk to you with there merch on.
Jack came down and sat in my car and took a few photos.

Big thanks to Dad, mum, Ollie and Matt.

Also big thanks to the sponsors-

•Hutt Construction
•Al’s skip binz
•MTF finance Upper Hutt
•Treadlite NZ
•Capital Pools and Spas
•MW drainage and Contracting
•Powder Surfaces
•Opportunities unlimited
•Smith Contracting
•CR transport
•Customs Bodyshop
•JG Building
•Signs by Russ

Still have some merch for sale just flick us a message.

Next meeting #4- Palmerston North for manawatu saloon champs.

Cheers Amy🏁