Brett started racing in the local Hamilton Car Club events as a keen 16-year-old in a Mini, before moving up to a Toyota Starlet. He had numerous class and club wins then went on to Mazda Pro7 RX7 racing in 2003. Brett won the North Island Championships for back-to-back seasons in 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 and won the New Zealand Championships in 2008/2009. He took a few years off from driving to run the team and won more New Zealand and North Island championships as a team manager. Brett moved across to the SS2000 series and has finished third and second, then won the championship in 2014/2015, resetting all North Island lap records in that season.
A mechanic by trade, Brett is heavily involved with the Andy Duffin’s three rotor racing team. Waikato born and bred, Brett lives in Ohaupo with wife Rochelle and two kids Mikayla and Tyler.

Brett Killip - 1995 Mazda RX7 Series 6 'Batman'

Brett started racing in the local Hamilton Car Club events as a keen 16-year-old in a Mini, before moving up to a Toyota Starlet. He had numerous class and club wins then went on to Mazda Pro7 RX7 racing in 2003. Brett won the North Island Championships for back-to-back seasons in 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 and won the New Zealand Championships in 2008/2009. He took a few years off from driving to run the team and won more New Zealand and North Island championships as a team manager. Brett moved across to the SS2000 series and has finished third and second, then won the championship in 2014/2015, resetting all North Island lap records in that season.
A mechanic by trade, Brett is heavily involved with the Andy Duffin’s three rotor racing team. Waikato born and bred, Brett lives in Ohaupo with wife Rochelle and two kids Mikayla and Tyler.

1995 Mazda RX7 Series 6 'Batman':

Imported into the country in 2008 as a road car, this RX7 was stripped and built into a race car to run in the SS2000 series by Brett and his team over the next two years. It runs a Green Brothers Racing-developed Mazda Rotary 13B peripheral port engine, 6 speed sequential gearbox and Koni shocks. In SS2000 trim it weighs approximately 1180 kg, so ballast weight is used to bring it up to minimum weight requirements. It runs a Link engine management system with data logging to keep the engine tune and temperatures under control. It is a current lap record holder at all North Island tracks for SS2000. Brett is always looking for more ways to extract extra power and speed from it and his team have improved the car year on year.