With a racing resume that includes more podium finishes than it doesn’t, Callum Hedge is one to watch.

ABOUT

Callum Hedge has been breaking records since he first burst onto the New Zealand motorsport scene.

At just 12 years of age, and after having spent his formative years in karts, Hedge was granted rare permission by Motorsport New Zealand to race in a support event at the Pukekohe round of the Australian Supercars series, placing him on a stage in front of thousands on the demanding, ultra-fast Pukekohe circuit.

Within three months Hedge had moved into another series as a full-time competitor, showing up plenty of seasoned drivers in the SsangYong Actyon Ute Racing Series, stealing race wins from the 29 other series drivers racing in equal machinery.

Hedge won the 2018 New Zealand Formula Ford title outright, making him the youngest driver to win a National Formula Ford title in the world. Getting there was an impressive feat as well: Hedge won 13 races from 17.

Following that he won the NZ Toyota 86 championship as the youngest and only rookie to have done so

The next phase of Hedge’s already noteworthy racing career became distinctly Porsche-shaped, with a seat in the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge in 2021, followed by two years in the highly-competitive Porsche Carrera Cup Australia with Earl Bamber Motorsport/Team Porsche New Zealand, which he would win in 2023.

The Team Porsche New Zealand programme has been designed to help create a pathway for young New Zealand racing talent to advance in motorsport. Applications for the annual scholarship are open to the public during September and October each year.

Carrera Cup Australia wasn't the only championship that Hedge won in 2023, running the one-make Porsche series alongside a program in Formula Regional Americas, an open-wheel series that Hedge would dominate, winning majority of the races that year.

The young-Kiwi would double down on a State-side open-wheel career, announcing in late 2023 that he would be competing full-time in Indy NXT, the main feeder series for INDYCAR.

2024 SEASON RESULTS

Hedge has been incredibly consistent in his debut Indy NXT season, consistently fighting for top-5 finishes as one of the fastest rookies on the grid. He currently sits P4 in the championship, securing a maiden podium in Detroit.