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Sabre Motorsport is a New Zealand company owned by Dennis Martin that designs and constructs Formula First cars, runs a Motorsport New Zealand Licensed Entrant and Racing School, hires racing cars, and manages a New Zealand Formula First Team.

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Dennis Martin

Dennis Martin has been involved with single-seater racing since the 1980s and Sabre Motorsport since 1999. [1] Martin raced both Formula Vee's and Formula Ford's. His Formula Ford was a New Zealand made Valour Type 723. [2]

His Crew are responsible for putting a number of New Zealand drivers into international careers, including Richie Stanaway, Nick Cassidy, Brendon Hartley and Shane van Gisbergen. [3]

In December 2019 Martin was fined $1500 for assaulting a driver at Pukekohe. His driver Matthew McCutcheon had his licence endorsed for the incident by as Martin was considered part of his team. [4]

Sabre Formula First

Sabre Motorsport manufacture a single seat Formula First race car. They sell the cars in kit set, rolling chassis, and ready to race forms.

SpeedSport Scholarship

In the year 2000 Sabre Motorsport joined forces with Speedsport Magazine to create the Speedsport Star of Tomorrow Scholarship. With the demise of SpeedSport Magazine in 2010 the Scholarship Trust have been seeking funds to keep the Scholarship alive via a crowd funding campaign. [5] The winners of the Speedsport Scholarship have been:

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References

  1. ↑ Low driver numbers 'downer' for racing, Peter Lampp, Manawatu Standard, Palmerston North, 29 March 2012
  2. ↑ Don Short, http://valourff.blogspot.co.nz/2007/07/dennis-martin-723.html A better reference is required
  3. ↑ Dennis Martin hospitalised in critical condition, 2 June 2016, retrieved 1 May 2018
  4. ↑ "Velocity News". www.velocitynews.co.nz. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "About".
  6. ↑ "Josh Hart - Black Bullet". www.nzmotorsport.co.nz. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  7. ↑ Motorsport: Stepping up to the big time, Kevin Lancaster, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, Tuesday 5 December 2006
  8. ↑ "Rookie Andrew Waite Wins at Manfeild - Motorsport News for New Zealand". www.nzmotorsport.co.nz. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  9. ↑ MotorSport Names Nine Candidates to 2007 Elite Academy, MotorSport NZ press release, 27 May 2007
  10. ↑ "Formula First New Zealand - Welcome". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  11. ↑ Manfeild series largest of its type, Manawatu Standard, & July 2010
  12. ↑ "NZMotorRacing". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  13. ↑ Motorsport: Second time lucky for karter Marr, Eric Thompson, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, Sunday 3 June 2012
  14. ↑ "NZMotorRacing". Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  15. ↑ 2014 scholarship winner announced Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12 January 2016
  16. ↑ 2015 scholarship winner announced Archived 2015-01-13 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 12 January 2016
  17. ↑ "Auckland teen Dylan Smith wins 2016 SpeedSport Scholarship". SpeedSport Scholarship. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "Clark takes 2017 Speedsport Scholarship". SpeedSport Scholarship. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  19. ↑ Jordie, Peters. "Ronan Murphy wins 2018 SpeedSport Scholarship". SpeedSport Scholarship. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  20. ↑ "2020 Scholarship Winner". Sabre Motorsport. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  21. ↑ "STRATUS: Congratulations to Year 10 Jenson Bate, who is the 2021 Speedsport Scholarship winner". stratus.pnbhs.school.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2021.


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