{"id":614506,"date":"2026-09-28T17:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614506\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:34:21","slug":"supercars-bathurst-1000-co-driver-zak-best-launches-zbr-tiny-homes-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/614506\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars Bathurst 1000 co-driver Zak Best launches ZBR Tiny Homes business"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUPERCARS enduro regular Zak Best<\/a> has launched his own business that\u2019s being inspired by the attention to detail required in motorsport.<\/p>\n

Known for being the second-youngest driver ever to a claim a Supercars Championship pole position, not to mention his trio of Super2 title runner-up campaigns, Best will partner Aaron Cameron<\/a> in next week\u2019s Repco Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n

All the while, he is forging a niche with his ZBR Tiny Homes business.<\/p>\n

Initially dreamed up in 2024, Best last month went public with his first model of tiny home available for purchase: The Panarama, a 23sqm dwelling at the maximum dimensions without needing a permit (i.e. 12m long, 2.5m wide, 2.7m tall).<\/p>\n

ZBR Tiny Homes is based out of the same Benalla factory that his family\u2019s Best Leisure Industries company occupies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were just seeing that they have become quite big in Australia,\u201d Best explained to V8 Sleuth of tiny homes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith all the resources we have and the capabilities of our team and crew and what we have got in our factory, I thought we may as well have a crack and see where it sort of ends up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long process to get to where we are\u2026 2024 was that quiet period where I didn\u2019t do a lot of motorsport, so I was sort of thinking about life after motorsport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the time to do something at that point, so I was working hard in the background doing all that. I just saw a gap in the market and there\u2019s not many people doing it in our area and thought \u2018why not?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve tried to build is all Australian materials, no imported stuff, and I have made sure to put together a really nice, polished product.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess with motorsport, every tenth counts and everything has to be so precise with the set-up of the race car, all that sort of flows into what I do with building the tiny homes. I\u2019m very particular on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy name is on the product so I want the best and to make sure that it\u2019s good enough that I would buy it myself.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we\u2019ve come up with a good first model with a good layout. It\u2019s all registered and legal, ready to go, there\u2019s no permits required or anything like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new website is out now<\/a> with all of the information and everything you need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the inspiration behind the project, Best added: \u201cI have an interest in the building and design and all the creative side to it, I quite enjoy all that. There\u2019s so much endless opportunity with what you can do with these things and it\u2019s quite niche.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old will no longer be on double duties at Mount Panorama, after parting ways with Super2 squad Anderson Motorsport.<\/p>\n

He has recorded top 10 finishes in each of his past two Great Race attempts: sixth with James Courtney<\/a> in 2023 and ninth with Cameron last year.<\/p>\n

Clear As Mud! | The Undercut<\/p>\n

THE Undercut returns, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUPERCARS enduro regular Zak Best has launched his own business that\u2019s being inspired by the attention to detail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-614506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}