Archive for April, 2007
McIntyre, Baird Take Pukekohe Park Wins
John McIntyre won his first NZV8s championship in the final flame-filled race of the season at Pukekohe Park Raceway yesterday. The title chase went down to the wire, with McIntyre holding just a 13-point advantage over defending champion Kayne Scott before the final race.
In the reverse-grid format McIntyre and Scott were at the back with [...]
Tander Hot After Shortened Race
Holden hotshot Garth Tander said he was shocked when the final V8 Supercar race at Pukekohe Park Raceway was shortened due to TV commitments, potentially costing him the third round.
The scheduled 43-lap final race was condensed to 36 after Paul Morris rolled his Commodore on lap five and then Dean Canto hit the wall on [...]
Pokekohe: Tander Wins Again in Race Two
Toll HSV’s Garth Tander continued his winning streak with victory in race two of the PlaceMakers V8 Supercars at Pukekohe, New Zealand.
Tander took the win ahead of Team Vodafone’s Jamie Whincup and his own teammate Rick Kelly, with Rick’s brother Todd in fourth.
At the start, Whincup jumped from fourth to second before taking the lead [...]
Fourth straight for Garth Tander
Holden driver Garth Tander has pulled off a superb drive to clinch the opening race of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Pukekhoe Raceway in New Zealand on Saturday.
The win was Tander’s fourth in succession, after winning all three races in Perth last month.
Tander started from second on the grid after the morning’s qualifying session [...]
Winterbottom on Top
Ford’s Mark Winterbottom will start from the front of the grid after setting the fastest time in qualifying in round three of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Pukekhoe Raceway in New Zealand on Saturday.
Winterbottom pushed his Ford to a fastest lap of 0:55.6704 with Holden’s Garth Tander and Ford’s Steven Richards in second and [...]
Brolly Babes: It’s Not All glamour
Other than noticing them visually, I’d never really thought about what it’s like to be a grid girl, a brolly dolly.
But at the A1GP at Taupo this year, my thoughts turned from “What a marvellous visual ornament” to “Why the heck would you do that?”
It was a miserable day. The wind was coming straight off [...]
Oh So Slippery Supercars
If practice yesterday is anything to go by, qualifying at Pukekohe today should be very interesting.
Many of the V8 Supercar teams have new cars, and as a result a new aerodynamic package. This, with the new tyre compounds, meant a lot of the teams had to find new set-ups for the cars, and the drivers [...]
AGPC CEO Bamford steps down
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation has announced that, after 11 years with the organization, its Chief Executive Officer Tim Bamford, has decided to step down.
Bamford has been the AGPC’s CEO for the past three years.
He will be replaced by Drew Ward, who was previously Marketing Services Manager and Event Manager at the Australian Grand Prix [...]
Pukekohe: Caltex Racing Preview
Caltex Racing’s Russell Ingall has more than enough incentive to try and win round three of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at New Zealand’s Pukekohe Park Raceway this weekend.
The 2005 V8 Supercar Champion has finished on the podium for the past two years at New Zealand’s most unique motorsport facility, but he has never [...]
Pukekohe: Ford Performance Racing Preview
Ford Performance Racing (FPR) heads to the final V8 Supercar round at New Zealand’s Pukekohe Park Raceway this weekend seeking to go one better than the team’s storming second place finish at the Auckland circuit last season.
Pukekohe Park Raceway, a shared horse racing and motor racing venue, staged its first motor race in 1963, some [...]
