McIntyre on Hamilton NZ V8 400 Pole
New Zealand V8 champion John McIntyre set the fastest time on the brand-new Hamilton street circuit during the official qualifying sessions for the Hamilton 400 trophy race.
With a time of 1:32.1896, McIntyre put the BP Ultimate Ford on pole for the first of three races the New Zealand V8s race in Hamilton as part [...]
McIntyre Retains NZV8 Championship
John McIntyre is celebrating winning his second consecutive New Zealand V8s Championship title this weekend, but it wasn’t an easy run to the end for the BP Ultimate Ford driver.
Having run the same engine all season, McIntyre’s Ford suffered a broken timing chain during the weekend’s first race at Teretonga Park outside Invercargill meaning McIntyre [...]
Kayne Scott Two for Two
Kayne Scott has won race two of three at the final competition round of the New Zealand V8 Championship at Teretonga.
Angus Fogg finished second to close the gap to just eight points in the championship, as series leader John McIntyre finished 16th.
Ben Harford has won race two of the penultimate round of the Toyota Racing [...]
Kayne Scott Scores First NZV8 Win
Defending champion John McIntyre had the worst possible start to the weekend when mechanical failure caused his retirement from the first of the last three races of the 2007-08 New Zealand V8s Championship at Teretonga Park outside Invercargill.
Despite having his 115 point margin over closest rival Angus Fogg reduced to 55 points, McIntyre still feels [...]
McIntyre on Track for Second NZV8 Crown
John McIntyre is in pole position to retain his New Zealand V8 Supercar title.
McIntyre yesterday extended his series lead to 115 points over Auckland rival Angus Fogg after the penultimate round at Timaru. The sixth and final round is at Teretonga in Invercargill next weekend.
McIntyre headed to Timaru with a lead of 79 points over [...]
Paul Radisich Scores Timaru Podium
Today’s opening race of NZ V8s action has seen HPM Racing team driver Paul Radisich finish on the podium in a rain shortened race at the Timaru International Raceway. Turning to sodden conditions for the fifth round in the 2007/08 championship season, Radisich started the 777 HPM Racing team car from third position for the [...]
NZ V8 Drivers Fly High with the Red Checkers
New Zealand V8 drivers John McIntyre and Andy Booth, along with Porsche GT3 driver Craig Baird, enjoyed a unique opportunity to fly with the Royal New Zealand Air Force ‘Red Checkers’ aerobatic team on Friday.
The New Zealand V8s race at Timaru’s Levels circuit this weekend (1-2 March) and during Friday’s testing sessions, the offer came [...]
Andy Booth Tops Timaru
Andy Booth led from the front to win the weekend’s first New Zealand V8s race at the Timaru International Motor Raceway in the VnC Cocktails 200.
With fresh support from Big Ben Pies for his Tasman Motorsport Holden, the two-time V8s champion took pole position in the rain-affected qualifying sessions from defending V8s champion and current [...]
Pressures on NZV8’s McIntyre
New Zealand V8s motor racing champion John McIntyre is looking back to lessons learned last year to ensure the road ahead of him remains free of obstacles.
McIntyre has built a handy 79-point lead as he works towards retaining his championship title. The Nelson driver said he would use last year’s high-pressure win to help him [...]
IRWIN Industrial Tools Commits to Britek Motorsport
A new driver and car combination for IRWIN Racing will debut at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide this weekend. Marcus Marshall will make his race debut aboard a new, but proven #26 IRWIN Racing Ford Falcon.
Marshall got behind the wheel of an ex-Ford Performance Racing Falcon last week during testing. It was [...]
