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It’s been a long time between drinks, but a Holden finally sits on pole for a race in the NZV8 series - and Andy Booth is a happy man.
“Ruapuna was a big wake-up call,” said Booth. “We put a lot of work in over the last six weeks and we’ve had some help from Australia. [...]

Class will always out. And class is exactly what Paul Radisich showed at the second round of the NZV8 championships at Ruapuna, outside Christchurch.
Twenty-two years on from his last race at Ruapuna, where he won the Liquor King 500, Radisich again dominated the weekend.
Following on from Pukekohe, where by his standards he had an indifferent [...]

Kiwi John McIntyre showed winning the 2006-2007 New Zealand V8s title was no fluke, when he dominated Pukekohe Raceway over the weekend.
McIntyre finished with two wins and a fourth place - coming from the rear of the field in a reverse-grid wet third race - to head into the next round as the points leader.
“This [...]

TONY Cochrane, the most powerful person in Australian motor racing, was sensationally relieved of his position as chairman of V8 Supercars at the Eastern Creek round in Sydney yesterday.
TEGA, the association of team owners is headed by independent former politician John Hewson, has agreed that a change at the helm of the category is set [...]

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 [...]

Defending champion Kayne Scott won the first of three NZV8 races in the latest round of the national motor racing series at Teretonga in Invercargill yesterday.
In the process, Scott, driving his Holden Commodore, regained the championship points lead.
His qualifying time of 1m 2.552s secured his fourth pole position of the season and was more than [...]

A drivers’ mini-revolt, an Aussie threatening not to return and a change in the championship leadership livened up the fifth round of the national V8 championship at Timaru yesterday.
When the dust settled, John McIntyre had driven his Ford back into the lead by eight points from the previous leader, Holden’s Kayne Scott, with two other [...]

New Zealand V8 Supercar drivers Jason Richards and Greg Murphy are giving Tasman Motorsport’s new VE Commodore the ‘thumbs up’ after its first shakedown test.
Richards and new team-mate Murphy completed just over 60 laps of the 3.0km Winton Motor Raceway circuit in north-east Victoria on Tuesday, the test proving trouble free.
New Zealanders will get their [...]

Gold Coast driver David Besnard remains in contention for the 2006/2007 New Zealand V8 Championship with a pair of top five finishes from the three races contested during in round four at Manfield race circuit this weekend.
Besnard started the weekend by qualifying in fifth position aboard the #48 Hydraulink Falcon before crossing the line in [...]

Defending champion Kayne Scott has taken over at the top of the NZV8 leaderboard after John McIntyre suffered a poor weekend at Manfield.
The Ford driver was frustrated by mechanical problems and although he managed a third and a fourth, he was unable to finish higher than 12th in the reverse grid despite a determined drive.
Scott, [...]

Parker ENZED NZV8s Championship - Race 1 of 3, 12 laps
1. John McIntyre Ford 19:16.4
2. Paul Pedersen Ford +3.0
3. Kayne Scott Holden +3.0
4. Angus Fogg Ford +3.6
5. David Besnard Ford +12.2
6. Paul Manuell Holden +14.4
7. Clark Proctor Ford +17.5
8. Andrew Anderson Holden +20.0
9. Andrew Fawcet Ford +23.1
10. Cameron McLean Ford +23.3
Race 2, 16 laps
1. John [...]

The Hydraulink Racing Team, current leaders in the NZV8s championship, have shaken down in a final test prior to the season’s international feature event - the A1GP weekend at Taupo on January 18-21.
Heading in to the third round of the 2006/2007 season with a nine-point title lead, Australian-based driver David Besnard spent a day testing [...]

Australian motor racing ace Marcos Ambrose will compete at the highest level of US motorsport next year when he competes in up to 10 NASCAR Nextel Cup events under the Team Australia and Aussie Vineyards banner.
Program creator and Australian businessman Craig Gore has finalized a deal with Wood Brothers-JTG Racing which will see Team Australia/Aussie [...]

Gold Coast driver David Besnard recorded a race win to maintain his series lead after a drama packed weekend in Round 2 of the New Zealand V8 Championship at the Ruapuna circuit in Christchurch Sunday.
Besnard showed his best fighting qualities to come back from mechanical dramas, twice being spun out by opposing cars and a [...]

As some of you may know the New Zealand V8 Super Car Series commenced their season this past weekend at Pukekohe Raceway Park.
As it happens the Aussies smoked the field of Kiwi drivers and in true Roush-like fashion Fords swept the first seven spots in the standings. The Holden teams (GM to us Yanks) must [...]