Podjursky Completes Near Perfect Round At Manfeild

Taranaki teen Matthew Podjursky, 19, has completed a near-perfect weekend in Class 2 of the BNT V8 Championship at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. New Zealand’s premier tin-top racing category held their penultimate round of the 2018/19 season over the weekend as a support series to the New Zealand Grand Prix event. Competing in Class 2…

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Manfeild Creates Challenges for Lathrope

BNT V8 driver Brad Lathrope relished the challenge of racing at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon at Feilding this weekend. “I really enjoy racing down here, Manfeild is a fun track. It looks easy on paper but it’s actually quite technical. If you can get it right and flow all the corners together it’s wicked,” Brad…

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Highs and Lows for Nick Ross at Manfeild BNT V8s

Cambridge V8 driver, Nick Ross, has finished fifth at round five of the BNT V8s Championship held at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon near Feilding in an up and down weekend for the racer. Ross qualified his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima in second position for the weekend’s opening race where he immediately took the lead from…

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Smith Takes Round 5 Win at Manfeild in BNT V8s

Australian driver Jack Smith has taken the round win at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon at Feilding this weekend. Race two of the weekend held on Sunday morning was won by Smith, with Nick Ross and Lance Hughes rounding out the podium. Smith and the Nissan of Nick Ross battled throughout the race, before a decisive…

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Nick Ross Wins in BNT V8s at Manfeild

Nick Ross has won the first race of the weekend at Round 5 of the BNT V8s in a thrilling encounter at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon today at Feilding. Starting from position two, Ross and his Nissan Altima gained a good start and held the lead into the first turn from a hard charging Championship…

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Gull Poles for Smith & Podjursky at Manfeild

Jack Smith has continued his dominance in the BNT V8s, taking Gull Pole Position by 0.289 over the Nissan Altima Nick Ross. The Championship leader set his time 01:08.404 in his Holden Commodore on the second leg of the qualifying session having pitted for a fresh set of green tyres. The third spot on the…

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Tight at the Top in BNT V8s

There is still plenty to play for in the BNT V8s Championship when round five at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon gets underway this weekend. After four rounds, Jack Smith sits at the top of the point’s table on 801 points. Nick Ross is 39 points behind on 762, with Lance Hughes in third on 611.…

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Herbert and MTF Camry Starting to Gel

At just over the half way mark of the BNT V8s Championship, Class One rookie Chelsea Herbert is getting to grips with her Richards Team Motorsport MTF Finance Toyota Camry following a season best third overall finish at Teretonga recently. After a tough start to the season at Rounds One and Two at Pukekohe with…

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Lathrope Enjoys Race Battles To Finish Fourth Overall At Teretonga

Teretonga Park turned on its usual inclement Invercargill weather for the fourth round of the BNT V8s Championship but it did little to dampen the spirits of Brad Lathrope, who finished the weekend on an absolute high. He enjoyed battles with his fellow Class One competitors throughout the three races in his Dayle ITM #73…

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Second Overall For Nick Ross in the Deep South

Nick Ross has come away from the fourth round of the BNT V8s Championship at Teretonga near Invercargill second overall for the weekend and maintaining second place in the Championship. Having qualified position three, the Cambridge racer notched up two third placing’s before taking a lights to flag victory in the final race. Having raced…

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