Archive for December, 2007
“Slim” Pickens Moves to TRS
New Zealand’s current Midget Speedway Champion Michael Pickens announced ambitious plans today to race in the Toyota Racing Series and launched a ‘Racing to America’ program intended to establish him in NASCAR racing.
The 24-year-old Aucklander will make his road racing debut in the famous Lady Wigram Trophy at Ruapuna in Christchurch on January 5-6. It [...]
KIWI Sprintcar Title on the Line
Western Springs Speedway holds its Boxing night spectacular tonight with prizemoney of $40,000 in the final round of the international sprintcar series.
Four American drivers will be chasing the title - Joey Saldana, Craig Dollansky, Jason Statler and Ricky Logan, but the top local drivers are determined not to let the Americans dominate.
New Zealand champion, Jamie [...]
Stephen Jelley Scores GP2 Asia Ride
British F3 racewinner Stephen Jelley will step up to GP2 this winter after landing a plum ride with double ’summer’ season champions ART Grand Prix.
The Briton will partner new F3 Euroseries champion Romain Grosjean in the two-car line-upfor the inaugural GP2 Asia competition, having impressed in post-season testing.
“Stephen was the best representative of the Raikkonen [...]
Biofuel Confirmed for A1GP Taupo
Taupo, New Zealand has been confirmed as the setting for the most important environmental initiative in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport’s short history.
When the rapidly growing nation versus nation series descends on Lake Taupo for the fifth round of the 2007/08 season between 18-20 January 2008, it will become the first truly global motorsport [...]
ART GP Joins New GP2 Asia Series
ART Grand Prix is happy to announce that Stephen Jelley will join Romain Grosjean as the two official drivers to defend their colours in the new GP2 Series Asia Championship. Stephen’s results from the British F3 Championship in the 2007 season made him the logical choice for the French based squad, finishing third overall.
Frédéric Vasseur:
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Australian GT3 Practice Times
The top three contenders for the 2007 Australian GT Championship were on top of the time sheets for the first practice session at Melbourne’s Sandown Park circuit today (Friday December 7).
Topping the times was the Allan Simonsen/Tim Leahey Ferrari 430 with a fastest lap of 1:12.3157 followed by the Lamborghini Gallardo of Bryce Washington/Michael Trimble [...]
Tander, Whincup Take Phillip Isl Wins
The Australian V8 Supercar championship will go down to the wire at Phillip Island today after Holden’s Garth Tander won the opening race of the final round to move to equal points with Ford’s Jamie Whincup.
Tander won yesterday’s opening 27-lap race in the season finale, with Whincup third. The result allowed the Holden driver to [...]
