One of New Zealand’s brightest prospects, William Exton, has signed with TekworkX Motorsport for his rookie campaign in Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge.

Exton plied his trade across an extensive junior career in national karting, highlighted with a championship winning campaign in the Rotax Max Light class in the 2021 Kartsport NZ National Sprint.

After making his car racing debut, Exton put together an impressive maiden season in the NZ Toyota 86 Championship in 2023. One year later, Exton returned to the category and claimed 11 podium finishes on his way to third place in the championship.

In recognition of his outstanding efforts both on and off-track Exton was awarded New Zealand’s Kaizen Award. The honour earned the 20-year-old a place aboard a GR Supra GT4 EVO in a round of GT4 Germany, held at the iconic Nürburgring circuit.

Exton is currently competing in the Summerset GT New Zealand Championship, after earning the Giltrap Group Scholarship, where he competed against TekworkX’s Zoe Woods in the GT4 class at Hampton Downs.

TekworkX Motorsport have established their place as a front-running organisation in the hotly contested Sprint Challenge category. Across the 2023 and 2024 seasons, the team earned 12 outright race wins along with a further six wins in the Pro-Am class.

The 2025 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge season gets underway at Phillip Island from April 4-6 – the first of a six-round calendar that also sees the category race in Sydney, Queensland, Townsville, Tailem Bend and Sandown.

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William Exton
“I’m very excited to be joining TekworkX Motorsport, they’re an amazing team and Sprint Challenge is the best next step for me,” said Exton.

“My best friend recommended the team, and then over the past six months we’ve been talking and decided to give Sprint Challenge a crack. The field was pretty strong last year, I’m hoping it will be again this year with some more great drivers and I can really challenge myself.

“I’ve been to a few of the tracks, but I’ve never raced on any of them so that will be a huge challenge. There’ll be a couple other kiwi’s as well so we’ll all be in the same boat and testing our abilities to adapt.

“I know TekworkX will give me the best opportunity with the car and the data to get up to speed. I met some of the team last weekend in New Zealand, I already knew a few of the team through karting as well, so it was great to catch up and look forward to the season,” concluded Exton.

Rob Woods – Team Owner
“We at TekworkX couldn’t be more happier to have Will join the TekworkX team in 2025 for Sprint Challenge. He was a driver that was identified midway through 2024, with discussion taking place from then right through to the end of 2024. I was ecstatic when I got the phone call from Will only a couple of weeks ago confirming he will join TekworkX,” said Woods.

“I finally got to meet Will in person along with his family, last weekend at the Hampton Downs round of the NZ Summerset GT Series and I couldn’t be more impressed with the maturity and professionalism he showed throughout the weekend.

“I know he has the ability and skill, and we will give him a car and the attention required to have him at the pointy end of the field from the onset of round one at Phillip Island,” concluded Woods.