MonkeyMatt 🏎️💨

Really hoping we can all leave this X mess behind soon. I'm giving 🟦☁️ a try if anyone wants to join me

Sweet new trophy just arrived from Manawatu Car Club iRacing series. 3rd place 🥉🎉 The MX5 series ran alongside the traditional series late last year. Proud to have managed 3rd behind the insanely quick Cooper and Ayven. Becoming quite the trophy collection in 2026 😁

Ruapuna round winner! 🎉🏆 I was king of consistency in the MX5s this weekend starting and finishing 2nd in every race. While others were rising and falling around me my run of 2nds earnt me the round win! 🎉

Oh shoot my name is on the Motorsport NZ website after my wins last weekend that's neat. It's buried in a generic "here are the results" article but still cool thing I wasn't expecting today motorsport.org.nz/classic-speedf…

This past couple weeks has been a crazy amount of motorsport. Topped it off with driving the Radical and go karting at Highlands Motorsport Park. Seriously cool experience

I'm amped for the Toyota 86 E-Cup finale tonight! I've been working behind the scenes on the broadcast having a great time witnessing the action all season. Tonight we crown NZs champion who'll go on to drive the real 86! Big prizes for 2nd and 3rd too. youtube.com/live/RUbwf-eTc…

Back to back race weekends is hectic. Crazy conditions to get my first wins of the season! Q3, P1, P1, P3, P2 across the 4 races at Teretonga in Invercargill means I won round 2 of the MX5 Heritage Cup! So epic.

Can't possibly fit all the excitement in a post so I'll do a proper write up and post videos soon but getting to start on pole was sick and also finishing 3rd after starting 10th in the marble draw was a particular highlight.

These MX5s are seriously fun. Round 1 in the bag and I come away with the P3 trophy! 😁 plus a few battle scars 😡 Mega weekend at Levels that saw me go Q4, P3, P2, P9, P3, P2 across the 5 races.

The drivers are back for Round 2 of the 2026 CareVets NZ Toyota 86 E-Cup and Zolder Grand Prix is going to test them 🏎️. 📆 Tune in this Wednesday @ 7:30pm NZ Sim Racing TV stream 👉 tinyurl.com/86-E-Cup-Series

And I found old footage of one of the Grand Prix at Ardmore. Love this stuff youtube.com/watch?v=FOvMCC…

What a great look at the history of motorsport in NZ this video series is. I grew up down the road from Ardmore Airport and never knew it was used as a race circuit! youtube.com/watch?v=3yVuno…

Seeing Hayden back in the WRC is cool. Seeing him in this Michel Vaillant comic inspired livery is an awesome surprise. I fell in love with Michel Vaillant comics when in Belgium a couple years ago but there's not many in english so never see it around in NZ or online. Until now!

iRacing Creator Series did not go to plan this morning 😬 I can't even be mad though because the new multiclass format was so fun racing in an Indycar flying past all the GT3 and GR86s. So much fun sharing a laugh with all the streamers as Creator Series always is

Looks like it's time for a nostalgia hit with NFS. Need for speed Unbound is free on PS+ right now. Available till Feb 3rd

Hard to beat an MX5 race car for driving fun. Epic day at the track with Dad and Everard today. The cobwebs have been shaken out ready for the MX5 summer series next month 💪

Plenty of young kiwis to be excited for too: - Louis Sharp debuts in CTFROT after winning British F4 and GB3 championships. - Seb Manson back after race wins last season. - Zack Scoular: The kid that got banned from iRacing xD Was runner up in CTFROC last year. Gonna be fun

I'm so excited for Formula Regional Oceania this year. The usual pool of up and coming kids plus WRC champ Kalle Rovenpera and Supercars Ryan Wood. Throw in Michael "we went car racing" Masi and you know there's gonna be drama over the next 4 weeks

The latest edition includes news of NZs biggest iRacing competition and NZs biggest IRL racing series: buttondown.com/Hectic/archive…

So cool to see my sim racing newsletter get a shoutout in Traxion Control. It's a small thing but when the likes of Traxion, Logitech, The Cave, and other brands notice my little passion project it feels special. Subscribe if you like sim racing: buttondown.com/Hectic

The NZ Toyota 86 E-Cup is back for 2026! The winner gets to drive the real Toyota 86 race car in the CareVets scholarship day where they could win a full seasons drive! Plus over $1,500 of vouchers for second, third etc Sign ups close Jan 13th, go for it forms.gle/kPcoLY6SjpUcKy…