Hatton Motorsport

03/10/2026

Here it is! Zach’s car ready for this season! 🤩

Firstly a massive thank you to Lightning race team for everything they’ve done to help me, Jeremy for painting the body to Kylie for printing and applying the sign writing, to Johnny for allowing me to borrow a trailer for the season and everything else they have helped me with I really appreciate it!

Also a massive thank you to the businesses who have partnered with me for this season:

🟠PLAN B Hydraulics Ltd thank you to AJ for coming on board and helping out in a big way! Plan B are specialist with hydraulic issues from rebuilds to reseals and servicing the team can take care of all your hydraulic needs!

⚫️Bronto Laser NZ ltd thank you to Quinn and Monique for Laser cleaning quite a few parts for me to get everything looking as good as possible, if you have a classic car/hot rod or something you want cleaned up the laser is an awesome way to get old parts and things looking new again definitely worth checking out their page!

🟢Forestry maintenance ltd thank you to Al for coming on board and supplying our engine oil!

🔴Repco Hastings supplying our oil filters brakes parts and almost everything else we need!

🔵KRS engineering, to my bosses Adrian and Jayne thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for me, from all of the steel to hose’s and fittings, letting me use the workshop whenever I need and everything else I definitely couldn’t do it without your support!

🟣Now last but not least thank you to mum and dad, my sisters, my mates Josh, Jeremy and Bailey and anyone I may have missed for everything they have done to get the car to where it is now!

Now just a few more logos to add and some final checks and we will be ready to roll out for Meeanee’s first practice on the 10th, first time being on the other side so of the catch fence in about 5 years!

See you then, Zach

26/09/2026

Update on Zach’s car 🛠️

We have been busy in the shed slowly ticking things off the to do list. Not much left to finish off before first practice!

Last weekend we got the Body painted by my good mate Jeremy Browne massive thank you to him, pretty stocked with the colour can’t wait to see it finished off with stickers!

Stay tuned this week as I’ll be posting a few shout out’s to the business and people who have helped me get this far with the car

Along with the upcoming car reveal we also have a new number any guesses??

Cheers, Zach

16/09/2026

Update on the 4B Stockcar.

In between work and making cakes, the stockcar is all but ready!

Getting some new stickers added on Monday. All that’s left after that is doing a setup and bolt check ready for our first practice of the season!

Huge thank you to mum, dad, Jordy, Zach and all of my sponsors who have stayed on board and the new ones that have joined us!

29/08/2026

15/07/2026

Update on the 4B!

Jordy had done all the new steelwork for us a few weeks back so we could send it to be sand blaster! Thanks to Patton Blast and Paint!

He’s also painted the chassis so I could piece it back together! At this rate the car will be sitting on stands complete and waiting for our first practice!

No major updates for us this year, but we have a new diff with floating brakes about to go in!

Huge thank you to Jordy, Zach and dad for the help and big thank you to Graham Hughes for these wicked “Thank you” sponsor prints that are making their way out following new sponsorship proposals!

29/06/2026

First off season update

Thought it’s about time I put a post up, We have been pretty busy in the shed getting Zach’s car together the list is getting shorter now. All going well we should have it running and driving in the next 2 weeks then we can move on to the cosmetic side of things.

Massive thanks to Mum, Dad, Courtney, Jordan, Josh and Jeremy for their help getting it this far and also the sponsors who have already jumped on board to help me I really appreciate it

KRS 2003 Ltd
Bronto Laser NZ ltd
BJs Bakery

07/06/2026

Bit slack on giving an update from Gisborne on the 9th of May!

Blew a diff head in race 1 after having good pace resulting in a DNF.

Race two and three were not too bad, running a different diff ratio so not pushing it too hard but finished 2 out of three almost damage free!

The last couple of week saw the car get stripped and all new steel work done (again😅) big thanks to Jordy for sorting that out for me! So she’ll sit for a bit awaiting sandblast and paint!

We’ll have Thank You Sponsor prints handed out soon along with sponsorship proposals!

Huge thank you to everyone who sponsored or helped out this season! It is very much appreciated!

Forestry Maintenance
KRS
Bay Tyres
COF’s
0800 Auto Tint
www.pay2play.co.nz
Phoenix Contracting
Flushed Drainage
Ace Performance
BJ’s
Repco Hastings
Mum, Dad, Jordy, Brooke and Zach!

📸Doing It In The Dirt

13/05/2026

Now it's the off season, the car is in the process of getting stripped ready for new steelwork and a much needed sandblast and paint after a few chassis repairs! (One careful lady driver😉)

Here's some GoPro footage I was able to edit from what was probably the best race of the season for us, a win at the Valley!

27/04/2026

Stockcar Kuru Cup 18th April

Race 1 off grid 14. A very wet and heavy track saw us get pushed around a bit off the start but climbed up to 7th.

Race 2 off grid 30. Was very busy right from the start but kept pushing forward sitting in 5th until a block car slowed up infront of me. Dealt to them to carry on dropping back a bit. Last lap coming into turn one something funny happened to the steering but managed to finish the race in 12th. Broken bolt in the steering arm, lucky to be able to carry on to put us 8th on points heading into heat 3.

Race 3 off grid 4. Was almost a non event if Jordy hadn’t noticed the left rear going flat! Lucky to get it changed before gridding up! Slotted into 3rd for a few laps then bestie Brytnie did tank things and held up the front two cars enough for me to get into the lead taking the much needed win to finish 3rd on the podium for Kuru Cup!

Couldn’t ask for a better way to end the season at Meeanee! Weather permitting we’ll be in Gisborne on the 9th May!

Huge thank you to mum, dad, Jordy, Zach, Brooke and all of my sponsors

Forestry Maintenance
KRS
Bay Tyres
COF’s HawkesBay
0800 Auto Tint
www.pay2play.co.nz
Phoenix Contracting
Flushed Drainage
Ace Performance
BJ’s Bakery
Repco Hastings

📸 H&HPHOTOGRAPHY

19/04/2026

Will just leave these here!

Full write up to follow…