NEVER STOP PUSHING

The year was 2009, and a new style of grip racing that focused on all-out, balls-to-the-wall single laps was emerging out of Japan. It was a fast-paced, edge-of-yourseat type of racing that shunned traditional circuit racing and inspired a whole new generation of racers to pick up a helmet. It was something that the import guys could call their own and a sport that others didn’t seem to understand. Although, for those in the know, like Auckland’s Leon Scott, it was the dawn of something special. Leon was what you’d call an early adopter, and his Evo VII was one of the first Time Attack builds New Zealand had seen.

“When I first built my car, no one knew what Time Attack was or cared for it very much,” recalls Leon. But he did, and it would be the start of a very long and enduring love affair between man and machine. It was one that would see the pairing clocking up countless