Marton's Kaleb Ngatoa, 17, has completed a successful test in a Toyota Racing Series car at Waikato's Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on Tuesday.
Off the back of his breakthrough Toyota 86 Championship race win at the same circuit in March, Ngatoa jumped at the opportunity to join official test day for New Zealand's premier motorsport championship.
Ngatoa spent the day prior to the test preparing himself in a high-tech simulator which replicates the exact same car and track combination to a very high level.
The simulator was used to familiarise the increased performance of the car compared to what he has driven before.
"It's just a big wow really." said an ecstatic Ngatoa.