NZ1: Thomsen Takes Title Two!
It’s an achievement that’s going to take some matching, New Zealand Trials champion, two years in a row, first as co-driver, then as driver, in the same truck! Believed to…
TRIALS
The public face of 4WD competition, everyone who has ever engaged Low4 needs to watch at least one round of a NZ Trials series.
Once televised extensively, and still appearing on the big screen courtesy of the Cowper Trucks/ Suzuki Extreme event, many people regard this as the pinnacle of off-roading in NZ, but most in the Winch Challenge community would disagree.
Big motors, big horsepower, big hills, big tyres, and big crashes – a live event delivers an experience TV can never fully match.
The concept is simple: a series of seemingly impossible challenges, and the team that gets the furtherest through each of them wins the round, and the team that gets the highest places through the series wins the championship.
With individual wheel brakes operated by the navigator, 4 wheel steering, tuneable engine computers, driver, navigator and vehicle really have to come together on the day!
Richard and the Chief
They are a couple of dudes with a bit of history, are Richard and the Chief, but the Chiefs is a bit more of a mystery. We know very little…
2021/22 National Trials Series, Round 6: BIGGS IS BACK
When Sam Thomsen and Mitchell Caldow took out the win in the Darby and Helms backed Counties Round 5 of the Covid affected 2021/22 National Trials Series, they also sewed…
2021/22 National Trials Series, Round 5:THOMSEN BRINGS UP WIN NUMBER TWO
Manawatu’s Sam Thomsen and Mitch Caldow headed into the penultimate Round of the 2021/22 NZ Extreme 4×4 Trials Series at Ohinewai, with the knowledge that third or better would lock…
2021/22 National Trials Series, Round 4: MATHER TAKES ANOTHER WIN
Neville Mather and Richard Verner became the first team to take two round wins in the Lucas Oils 2021/22 National Extreme 4×4 Trials series, with a tight victory over series…
2021/22 National Trials Series, Round 3: THE SERIES COMES ALIVE
Freedom: The country was out of lockdown, the competitors were free to travel, and the hosting clubs were able to plan events with some level of certainty. But certainly not…
2021/22 National Trials Series, Round 2: MATHER RETURNS TO TAKE THE WIN!
Following the covid inspired musical chairs entertainment in Round 1, Round 2 of the National Trials Series was slightly closer to normal, with the Waikato competitors free to enter, but…
Ian Robert Templeton
1951-2021 The 2022 Trials series kicked off without one of its long term competitors, supporters and enthusiasts, following the passing of Ian Templeton. As a newbie 4wheeler, the first trial…
2021/22 National Trials Series, Round 1: THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT!
Much had happened between the end of the 2020/21 Trials season and the start of the 2021/22 series. The final round of the previous season had been cancelled, the NZ…
2020/21 National Trials Series, Round 2: FIRST WIN FOR MATHER
It had been a long time between starts for the 50 odd Competitors who took to the course for Round 2 of the 2020/21 NZ Trials series hosted by the…