Stephen has been involved in motorsport since the 1980s, predominantly campaigning Mazda rotary cars at club and national level. He competed in the Production Supercar Series in a giant-killing RX3, before being part of the team that started and ran the North Island RX7 Class (now Pro7). He was also part of the Adams Rally Team building cars and navigating for Paul Adams. This is Stephen’s fourth time competing at Leadfoot.

Stephen Armstrong - 1972 Mazda RX3 Coupe Savanna

Stephen has been involved in motorsport since the 1980s, predominantly campaigning Mazda rotary cars at club and national level. He competed in the Production Supercar Series in a giant-killing RX3, before being part of the team that started and ran the North Island RX7 Class (now Pro7). He was also part of the Adams Rally Team building cars and navigating for Paul Adams. This is Stephen’s fourth time competing at Leadfoot.

1972 Mazda RX3 Coupe Savanna:

This RX3 Coupe has been racing on New Zealand circuits since the early 1990s. Over the last 15 years it has been developed into the specification that was raced in 1972 in the Japanese Touring Car Championship. It has some very rare MFR (Mazda Factory Racing) and Mazdaspeed components, including a 12aPP motor, 48IDA Weber, MFR close ratio gearbox, Mazdaspeed racing body kit and 13″ race wheels.