Posts Tagged ‘Hampton Downs’
Bargwanna Takes Opening BNT V8s Win at Hampton Downs
Toyota Camry driver Jason Bargwanna has taken the first win of the weekend in the final round of the BNT V8s Championship at Hampton Downs. Bargwanna earlier clinched pole position from teammate Andre Heimgartner – both drivers locked in battle to claim the driver’s title. At the chequered flag, Heimgartner followed Bargwanna to the line…
Read MoreBargwanna and Timperley take Gull Poles at Hampton Downs
Jason Bargwanna will start alongside his Richards Team Motorsport teammate André Heimgartner having clinched pole ahead of today’s first race of the BNT V8s at Hampton Downs. Bargwanna recorded a time of 01:05.485. Nissan driver Nick Ross will start from third, alongside Jack Smith. In Class Two, Brock Timperley scored pole with a 01:10.455 ahead…
Read MoreMacDonald Takes Aim at Second Title
Defending champion Liam MacDonald of Invercargill goes to the final round of this year’s BNT V8’s Championship at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park this weekend with a slender lead in Class 2 of the championship. After an impressive start to his title defence a series of problems through the middle part of the championship cost him…
Read MoreClass Two Championship Down to the Wire at Hampton Downs
The BNT V8s class two championship will come down to the wire this weekend at Hampton Downs when the sixth and final round gets underway. Leading the championship is reigning champion Liam MacDonald who sits on 899 points. Just 12 points behind is Chelsea Herbert on 887. For Herbert, it’s this final round that counts…
Read MoreScott Taylor Makes V8 Return at Hampton Downs
Australian driver Scott Taylor will make his return to the BNT V8s Championship at Hampton Downs next weekend, after missing the majority of the season through injury. Taylor has been recovering from a broken back following a crash aboard his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 at Sydney Motorsport Park in August last year. “The intention was always…
Read MoreTyres Crucial in BNT V8s Final
As the 2017/18 BNT V8s Championship approaches its final round of the season – competitors will be analysing the quality of their Dunlop tyre banks for their final three races at Hampton Downs next weekend. Class one competitors are able to purchase a maximum of eight new Dunlop tyres at each of rounds one and…
Read MoreBargwanna Poised for Title Decider
BNT V8 Championship contender Jason Bargwanna says the title is far from over as the sixth and final round will get underway at Hampton Downs, March 10-11. The former two time V8 champion and winner of the 2000 Bathurst 1000, is aiming for his third BNT V8 title and will go head to head with…
Read MoreNick Ross Battles Wet Conditions at Hampton Downs
Cambridge V8 driver Nick Ross, has finished sixth overall in the 2016/17 BNT NZ Touring Car Championship following the final round held at Hampton Downs over the weekend. With wet conditions hampering the efforts of competitors at the North Waikato circuit, Ross qualified his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima in fourth position, and went on to…
Read MoreMacdonald Is The Champion
Invercargill driver Liam MacDonald is the 2016/2017 BNT NZ Touring Car Class 2 Champion. MacDonald took the championship when he crossed the line in his GT Radial NZ Falcon to win the opening race of the final round, his 50th national race start, at Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park in North Waikato on Saturday. The…
Read MoreEvans and MacDonald Take Wins and Titles at Hampton Downs
Simon Evans and Liam MacDonald have won the class one and class two BNT NZ Touring Car titles respectively at Hampton Downs today. Evans, in his Smeg Holden Commodore started from pole for race one of the weekend but lost the lead to the Toyota Camry of Jason Bargwanna off the start. The pair battled…
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