"Dylan Towler is probably the fastest of the older group and [Jayden] can still foot it with the older drivers. He came second to Dylan recently,'' said Kyle.
Prior to pre-season practice at the Rotorua track, the only drive Jayden had was at the Patetonga test track.
"I wasn't too confident in the practice and before my first race, but then dad told me, just chill out and try your hardest and just to focus and try not to be nervous or anything. So I went out and tried to be confident."
With dad and older brother Josh both racing, and Jayden playing a lot of rugby, there hasn't been much time for stock cars until this season, but Jayden has decided on a year away from the paddock to see how he fares on the track.
"It was my last year in the under-13s so I decided to have a year off. Once dad sold the super stock, it gave us a bit more time for me to race.''
So far he has had few mishaps, the worst being colliding with a spun car at the recent Ministock in Paradise meeting.
"I bent my bumper so that dropped me down real low on points."
The exchange with Australian drivers has been going for 13 years.
"[Stock car driver] Mark Costello actually raced in it 13 years ago when it was first initiated and [the Costello family] have been good mentors for our kids and funnily enough I mentored Mark when he was coming through,'' said Kyle.
Jayden admits he is quite nervous about representing New Zealand and the meeting in Wellington will be the first time he has raced away from his home track.
But he is enjoying his time in racing so far, and has been inspired by what his dad achieved.
"I enjoy it because of the people and everything and it's really well organised and I just enjoy it because it's fun."
Kyle said the ministock class was a great learning class.
"It actually teaches them a lot, rather than going straight into a stock car. The crash and bash sounds really good, but it takes an art to do that and it takes an art to drive these things because they are underpowered so they learn to drive real smooth. That's why these kids are coming through, they are just such smooth drivers compared to us - that class wasn't around when I started.
"It's a great opportunity for him. Realistically all of the others are going to be 16 and in their last year of racing, so for him to get a sniff at it this year is pretty great."
The class also gets great support from the Rotorua Stock Car Club.
''Considering it's not the feature class, they do look after these kids which is why so many stay in the sport.''
Kyle was super stock champion in 2008 and that year went to England to race. He also raced in England in 2015.
The cars the New Zealand drivers will race in Australia are closer to New Zealand's production saloons and have 1300-1600cc engines. New Zealand ministocks are powered by 1200cc Nissan and Toyota motors and are driven by 12-16 year olds.
The other members of the New Zealand team are Wellington's Ethan Levien, Hamish Moore from Gisborne, Todd Hemingway and Chris Kernhohan from Baypark and Stratford's Alana Buckthought.
