History Maker.

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First ever junior female to win an Australian Rotax Pro Tour event and to become an Australian Rotax State Champion.
First ever junior female to win a New Zealand Rotax Max Challenge event.
NZ Representative.  Rianna represented and raced for NZ at a World Cup event in Italy in 2019 finishing in 6th place.
Holder of many other of New Zealand’s regional titles.
Rianna O’Meara-Hunt is 18, lives just outside of Wellington, New Zealand, is furiously competitive on the track, and a quiet humble achiever off it.

With her junior history making kart achievements now firmly locked away, her senior racing has ridden both high and low waves as driver and team work through the idiosyncrasies and physics of an extra 32kg of lead on the kart chassis – a.k.a the ‘lead sled’.  

Rianna has experienced considerable success in New Zealand with podium places in both sprint and road racing National events.  The highlight however was winning the prestigious CIK Trophy of New Zealand event, gaining the opportunity to represent her country at the Rok Cup World Finals event in Lonata, Italy in October 2019.  With a podium position finish (3rd) at the initial lead in event (Autumn Trophy) and a 6th place finish at the World Cup event her first European jaunt should be considered a success.  

Rianna’s aspirations are about more than just karts and race tracks… they of course include continuing to create history, but by doing so, Rianna hopes to provide the opportunity to motivate and create change to inspire young people in all walks of life, to sit up and take notice, and to believe that with hard work, self belief and determination, they too can achieve. 

Inspiration, positive social change and the breaking down of barriers: all of these things can be fulfilled through the writing of Rianna’s story and realisation of her dreams. 

#driven is a statement, a commitment and a challenge. It’s also our focus and driving force to do everything possible to assist Rianna in becoming a female World Karting champion.

2020 and beyond.

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With her first European racing experience still fresh in the mind, Rianna plans to build on what she learnt in 2019 and heads back to the UK and Italy later in 2020 for an extended period of training, competition and racing.

2020 commences for Rianna with KartSport New Zealand’s National Rok Cup competition spread over 3 rounds where she will be competing to win a seat to the Rok Cup World Final event in Italy to once again proudly represent her country. 

Later in the year she heads to the UK for some mentoring, driver coaching and racing with world renowned driver coach Terry Fullerton before heading to Italy to continue her working and racing relationship with Boscani MotorSport, this time competing for them in the European WSK series, X30 series and Rok Cup Series.  The calibre of competitor and the racing competitions will once again be a step up and a huge challenge – bring it on…

Rianna will be combining her own racing ambitions with her passion to see others succeed, by continuing what she commenced in 2017 by coaching and mentoring other young karters as they wish to progress through our sport. This means that 2020 will certainly be busy…

Partners.

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Creating history isn’t easy and certainly cannot be done alone. Partnering together with like minded, progressive organisations and inspirational mentors, we believe provides a greater opportunity to achieve something special, not just for Rianna, but for society in general.

typeface is an award-winning graphic design agency. They are BIG on creativity and are always seeking new opportunities to promote not only their own brand but also those of their clients.  Rianna’s story and natural ability has generated both national and international exposure for typeface and they are proud to be part of the history making team. 

Wilford MotorSport has been a long term backer of Rianna. They seek out young talent and encourage and support their development in the motor sport arena. Brent says, “Rianna is certainly one of those x-factor talents that we believe with some nurturing and opportunity, combined with her proven hard work ethic,  has the natural ability to go-places. She has already proven that she can achieve what no-one else has done before with her history making achievements in Australia through 2017. We are excited to be a part of what comes next.”

2020 will see Rianna continuing the relationship with Ryan Urban from Urban Performance. Ryan is not only a multiple titled New Zealand champion but has also competed very successfully on the world stage becoming the Rotax DD2 world champion in 2015.  Ryan will run and mentor Rianna in New Zealand bringing his vast experience, calm nature, kart set-up and engine expertise to the team.

Arie from Arie Hutton Driver training is a multiple titled New Zealand champion.  Arie has spent a lot of time with Rianna as mentor and one-on-one driver trainer.  Their relationship has been the envy of many across New Zealand and Australia and his time and dedication with Rianna teaching her both driving skills and race-craft has been a major contributor to her successes to date.

Axiom Hydraulics is a small business committed to excellence in our field. We see the same level of professionalism and commitment in the pursuit for excellence in everything Rianna and her team endeavor to achieve – we are on board.

The team at Racing Green are the genius behind providing mutually beneficial partnerships between organisations and x-factor athletes. Their commitment and enthusiasm for what they do is second to none. 

Racing CV.

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A year by year racing cv is listed below.  Only key regional and national events have been listed.

  • CIK Trophy of New Zealand – 1st place
    – winning the opportunity to represent New Zealand on the world stage at the Rok Cup in Lonato, Italy
  • KartSport New Zealand National Sprint Title – 4th place
  • KartSport New Zealand National Road Racing Title – 3rd place
  • Autumn Trophy, Lonato, Italy – 3rd place
  • Rok Cup World Final, Lonato, Italy – 6th place

  • W.P.K.A Championship, Manawatu – 1st place
  • Wellington Champion – Rotax Light – 1st place
  • KartSport New Zealand National Schools Championships – 3rd place

  • Rotax Pro Tour – Australia, Bolivar – 1st place – South Australia State Champion – history maker – first ever junior female to win an Australian Rotax Pro Tour event and State Title.
  • Wellington Champion, Sprint and Enduro – Rotax Light and Open Class – 1st place
  • Giltrap NZ Rotax Challenge – 2nd place – a podium at every event – history maker – first ever junior female to win a Rotax NZ round. 
  • KartSport New Zealand National Sprint Championships – 3rd place – NZ3 back to back with 2016

  • WPKA GoldStar Championship – 1st  place 
  • Blossom Karting Series – 1st  place
  • Wellington Champion – 1st place
  • WPKA GoldStar Championship GP Series – 2nd place
  • KartSport New Zealand  National Sprint Championships – 3rd place – NZ3
  • Giltrap NZ Rotax Max Challenge – Wellington – 3rd place 
  • NZ Rotax Max Challenge – Hamilton – 3rd place 
  • Australian Rotax Pro Tour – Dubbo – 5th place 

  • Wellington Champion – 1st place 
  • WPKA GoldStar Series – 1st place 
  • WPKA GoldStar GP Series – 1st place 
  • CRC Speedshow Top Half Karting Series – 2nd place (Round 1 & 3 – 1st place, Round 4 – 3rd place)
  • Blossom Karting Series – 2nd  place
  • Citrus Karting Series – 2nd  place
  • KartSport New Zealands National Schools Title – 3rd place 
  • Giltrap NZ Rotax Max Challenge – 5th place – highest point scoring female entrant in the series

  • WPKA Championship – 1st  place
  • Blossom Karting Series – 1st  place
  • Wellington Champion – 1st place
  • KartSport New Zealand North Island Sprint Championship – 3rd place
  • CRC Speedshow Top Half Karting Series  – 4th place 

Media.

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Click on the links below to check out Rianna’s recent television interview with SkySpeed NZ and also some other media channels.

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We would love to write this story together…
Should you feel this determined, ground breaking and history making young lady is a fit with your brand, and you feel the excitement and passion to be a part of this story, then we would invite you to join us as a partner and contribute to inspiring many. Rianna is an authentic and responsible brand ambassador in New Zealand, Australia and further abroad with a fierce commitment on track, balanced by her natural humility off track.
For more information and to discuss how you might assist with realising Rianna’s history making dreams, please use the form below or contact Jonathan Prosser, Racing Green +61 449 934 101.