The Gisborne Gladiators have forged a strong reputation for stockcar team racing and will be a force to be reckoned with again in their red-coloured cars this season. Photo / Gisborne Herald
The Gisborne Gladiators have forged a strong reputation for stockcar team racing and will be a force to be reckoned with again in their red-coloured cars this season. Photo / Gisborne Herald
The Gisborne Gladiators squad has been named for the stockcar team racing season and will be led by powerhouse siblings Ethan and Asher Rees.
Ethan (127G) and Asher (126G) indicated they would be available for selection and both have opted to race stockcars and superstocks in team events this season.
The pair have impressive racing CVs in both classes.
The Gladiators have been further boosted by Josh Prentice (5G), a former superstocks 2NZ who won the World 240s title in Rotorua in January and went on to fly the New Zealand and Gisborne Speedway Club flag at the world finals in the United Kingdom.
The other members of the Geuze Contractors-sponsored Gladiators squad are Haydin Barker (84G), Bryce Simpson (98G) and Will Kaa (164G).
To have outstanding racer Asher Rees (pictured in 2015 on the Gisborne track) back in the Gladiators line-up is a huge boost for the stockcar team. Rees won the NZ stockcars title in the 2014-2015 season before going on to superstocks success. Photo / Gisborne Herald
Gisborne Speedway Club president Sam Hughes said it was thrilling to see such a strong team named.
“Good machinery, good drivers - all they need is a bit of luck,” Hughes said.
“They are hoping to race together for the first time this season in Palmerston North in early December.”
The Gladiators won the New Zealand stockcar teams’ title in the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons (the Rees brothers were in both teams) and were third in 2016/2017 and 2018/2019.
