Hayden Gare is a 24-year-old diesel mechanic from Ohaupo, New Zealand. He began participating in motorsport at the age of three on dirt bikes -progressing through the years of trail rides and enduros. He got his first taste of circuit racing in a borrowed car and after this spent numerous hours in the shed with his father Jerome building a custom Toyota-powered Mini to dedicate to circuit racing. Hayden’s first race season was the 2013-2014 Super Mini Challenge open class, which he won, The following year he also won the the 2014-2015 Super Mini Challenge open class after some hard battles. Currently Hayden is racing with the GTRNZ community in the GT3 class and always thinking of ways to make the little Mini go faster.

Hayden Gare - 1976 Mini Leyland

Hayden Gare is a 24-year-old diesel mechanic from Ohaupo, New Zealand. He began participating in motorsport at the age of three on dirt bikes -progressing through the years of trail rides and enduros. He got his first taste of circuit racing in a borrowed car and after this spent numerous hours in the shed with his father Jerome building a custom Toyota-powered Mini to dedicate to circuit racing. Hayden’s first race season was the 2013-2014 Super Mini Challenge open class, which he won, The following year he also won the the 2014-2015 Super Mini Challenge open class after some hard battles. Currently Hayden is racing with the GTRNZ community in the GT3 class and always thinking of ways to make the little Mini go faster.

1976 Mini Leyland:

The car began life as an ordinary Mini waiting to be put back on the road as a father/son project. After a few years it got a roll cage then another year passed and it acquired a Toyota 4age 1600cc motor. The build took the Gare family and friends around five years before its first race outing in 2013 where it won the Super Mini Challenge 2013 – 2014 open class championship then managed to go back to back and win the open class again in 2014 – 2015 . The car is up to its third race season and now it lives life chasing bigger cars in the GTRNZ race series in the GT 3 class.