14 Year Old Riley McKeown WINS D1NZ Drift Driver Scholarship for 2025

After dozens of entries into the 2025 D1NZ Drivers Scholarship video competition there were only 8 finalists in with a shot at the big prize..

Tonight we can reveal 14 year old Riley McKeown from Taupo will be bringing the 13b Rotary magic to #D1NZ2025 with his Mazda FC RX7!

The young-gun has won the 2025 Pro-Sport Scholarship Prize, with a free entry into the coming 2025 Pro-Sport Series Championship, motorsport media training, and driver tuition from some of the best drift pilots in the sport.

Catch him in action at Hampton Downs this Saturday December 7th for Mad Mike Whiddett's Summer Bash.

Follow Riley on Insta here: https://www.instagram.com/mckeownmotorsport/

A massive thank you to everyone who was a part of our competition and submitted video entries, there were surprises, laughs and inspirational videos from all corners of our sport; it was awesome to see the creative input from the drivers and video editors.

See all the finalists video entries here:
https://www.d1nz.com/scholarship