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Tim Edgell has won the Racer Products V8s title following the final and fourth round of the series at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo today. Edgell started the weekend with a win in the first qualifying race on Saturday, before an incident in the second race saw him finish down the order. Sam Collins…

The final round of the Racer Products V8s Series gets underway this weekend at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in Taupo, and series leader Tim Edgell will be looking to close out the title. Edgell driving his Holden Commodore has been the dominant performer all season having won the feature races at Hampton Downs and Manfeild.…

Tim Edgell has been presented the Jason Richards Trophy having won the feature race at Round three of the Racer Products V8s at Manfeild today. It was a clean sweep for Edgell having won the two qualifying races on Saturday also. Starting his Holden Commodore from pole position for the feature race, Edgell lead the…

After a long association with BNT Automotive, NZ Touring Cars, which in the past has widely been known as the BNT V8s, is rebranding. “We have been very privileged to have received support from our corporate partner BNT over many Years and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them and look forward…

The Trans Tasman V8s Series (TTV8) have confirmed the sale of car number one for the new series. Waikato racer John Roberts will race a Camaro bodied car when the series gets underway. The two-seater car is currently in build at Howe Racing Enterprises in the US and will arrive in New Zealand in May.…

Sitting second in the NZV8 Series points standings, is Tauranga racer Rob Wallace who is having an excellent season with the revised technical regulations and new race formats. “In the off season when we found out what our new format was we basically got the race car tuned for BP 98 fuel and put it…

At Round Three of the NZV8 Series at Manfeild next month, the winning driver of Sunday’s feature will be awarded the most prestigious V8 Saloon Car trophy in New Zealand the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy. Richards was a well-regarded driver by his peers on both sides of the Tasman and competed in the Australian Supercars…

Tim Edgell has taken out the feature race in the NZV8 series today at Hampton Downs on the longer 4km International circuit. Edgell in his Holden Commodore V8 SuperTourer finished the shortened 40-minute race 15.8 seconds ahead of the Holden of Rob Wallace, with the MARC Ford Mustang of Sam Collins a further 3.2 seconds…

Round two of the NZV8s Series kicks off this weekend at Hampton Downs with a wide variety of V8 powered machinery hitting the North Waikato circuit. Having taken the round win at Pukekohe in December, Tim Edgell leads the championship and returns to the grid for the second round in his Holden Commodore V8 SuperTourer.…

Lance Hughes and co-driver Andre Heimgartner have won the one-hour feature race this afternoon at the opening round of the BNT NZV8s Series at Pukekohe. Polesitter Tim Edgell finished the race in second place in his Holden V8 SuperTourer with Rob Wallace third, also in a Holden V8 SuperTourer. The pair qualified P3 for the…