Glen is a 50-year-old branch manager from Tauranga, who is passionate about motorsport, especially Land Rovers, 4WD and off-road racing events. He has competed over the years in 4WD winch challenges and off-road racing events, including the Taupo 1000 on several occasions. Glen originally campaigned a 1985 110 Land Rover in production class 2 and enjoyed reasonable success – earning a few placings and the odd trophy along the way. He has been competing in his Tomcat for the past 18 months in class 8 against the significantly larger thunder trucks, until it was fully complied for road use. At the Nelson off-road racing endurance event in 2016, Glen finished first in class.
Glen Raymond - 2011 Land Rover Tomcat
Glen is a 50-year-old branch manager from Tauranga, who is passionate about motorsport, especially Land Rovers, 4WD and off-road racing events. He has competed over the years in 4WD winch challenges and off-road racing events, including the Taupo 1000 on several occasions. Glen originally campaigned a 1985 110 Land Rover in production class 2 and enjoyed reasonable success – earning a few placings and the odd trophy along the way. He has been competing in his Tomcat for the past 18 months in class 8 against the significantly larger thunder trucks, until it was fully complied for road use. At the Nelson off-road racing endurance event in 2016, Glen finished first in class.
2011 Land Rover Tomcat:
Glen and Samantha imported this 2011 Land Rover Tomcat from the UK two years ago from Tomcat Motorsport UK and it took 14 months to get it complied and registered for the road in NZ. This Tomcat was the works demonstration vehicle for UK-based Tomcat Motorsport and it toured around the UK and Europe. It is based on a lightened but strengthened Land Rover Discovery chassis with a roll cage and fibreglass body. Its running gear is Land Rover with strengthened axle housing, powered by a 4.2 litre 320hp TVR V8 engine and 5-speed manual gearbox. Since arriving in NZ it has had hydraulic bump stops fitted along with a larger capacity fuel tank and a communications system. It has competed in off-road racing (now class 6 road legal 4WD) and the inaugural rally cross event but being road legal it can be used for other events like Targa.