Media Release
Monday 13 August 2012
Cassidy awarded MotorSport NZ President’s Scholarship
Top single-seater driver Nick Cassidy has been awarded a MotorSport NZ President’s Scholarship for 2012.
The MotorSport NZ funded award will see Nick, who is also an Elite MotorSport Academy graduate, receive specialist
support to further his career which has gone from strength to strength both here in NZ and overseas in the past twelve
months.
The Aucklander who is now based in the UK won the 2012 Toyota Racing Series title convincingly, plus the much coveted NZ
Grand Prix trophy. He was then signed by leading British race team Fortec Motorsport and has been competing overseas in
the Formula Renault Eurocup Series.
The seventeen year old is currently in NZ and will be spending time at the High Performance Sport NZ facility in Dunedin
this week. The resources that are available for the Academy graduates and Scholarship winners through this facility are
world class and at the top level of what are available for New Zealand’s elite athletes.
“We are delighted to be able to award Nick with the President’s Scholarship this year,” MotorSport NZ president Shayne
Harris commented.
“His results in our domestic competition speak for themselves and we are thrilled to be able to offer him help to
achieve his goals on the overseas racing scene, “Mr Harris said. “We look forward to following his progress over the
next few months as he continues to showcase his skills overseas.”
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