Glen Raymond is a branch manager from Tauranga who is passionate about motorsport. He especially loves Land Rovers, 4WD and off-road racing events. Glen has competed over the years in the 4WD Winch Challenge and various off-road racing events including the Taupo 1000. Initially campaigning a 1985 110 Land Rover in production Class 2 and enjoying reasonable success earning a few placings and the odd trophy along the way. Glen 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 enduro event in 2016 he managed to get first in class.
Glen Raymond - 2011 Land Rover Tomcat
Glen Raymond is a branch manager from Tauranga who is passionate about motorsport. He especially loves Land Rovers, 4WD and off-road racing events. Glen has competed over the years in the 4WD Winch Challenge and various off-road racing events including the Taupo 1000. Initially campaigning a 1985 110 Land Rover in production Class 2 and enjoying reasonable success earning a few placings and the odd trophy along the way. Glen 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 enduro event in 2016 he managed to get first in class.
2011 Land Rover Tomcat:
Glen and Samantha imported the 2011 Land Rover Tomcat from the UK 2 years ago direct from Tomcat Motorsport UK. It took 14 months to get it to comply and registered for the roads in New Zealand. This particular Tomcat was the works demonstration vehicle for UK based Tomcat Motorsport and it toured around the UK and Europe. It was even displayed for at the Cite’ de l’Automobile national car museum in France back in 2013.
It is based on a lightened but strengthened Land Rover Discovery chassis with roll cage and fiberglass body. Running gear is Land Rover with strengthened axle housing running a 4.2 litre 320hp TVR V8 engine and 5-speed manual gearbox. Since arriving in New Zealand, it has had hydraulic bump stops fitted along with a larger capacity fuel tank and a communications system. The Tomcat has competed in events such as off-road racing (now Class 6 road legal 4WD) and the inaugural RallyCross event. Since it is road legal it can be used for other events such as Targa or even a Sunday drive to the beach.