Posts Tagged ‘Teretonga’
Highs and Lows for Nick Ross at Teretonga
Cambridge racer Nick Ross experienced the highs and lows of motorsport at Teretonga last weekend with one of the biggest off track incidents of his career. In Saturday’s opening BNT V8s race, Ross was holding down third place in the leading pack and with only a handful of laps to go, the rear wing of…
Read MoreHeimgartner Takes Out Opener at Teretonga
Andre Heimgartner has continued his championship charge by claiming his fourth consecutive pole position and winning the opening race at round four of the BNT V8s at Teretonga. The race for Heimgartner was relatively straight forward, holding off his teammate Jason Bargwanna and the Nissan Altima of Nick Ross through turn one off the start.…
Read MoreNew Championship Leader in BNT V8s
As the BNT V8s head to Teretonga this weekend for round four of the Championship, Andre Heimgartner will be looking to continue his fast form in what could be another weather affected race weekend. There was a change in the championship lead at Ruapuna last weekend as Heimgartner took control at the top of the…
Read MoreSecond Overall for Nick Ross in the Ruapuna Heat
Cambridge’s Nick Ross has come away from the third round of the BNT V8s at Ruapuna near Christchurch second for the weekend. Qualifying third on Saturday, Ross went on to race in the searing heat taking his Total Lubricants Nissan Altima to two second placings and a third in the weekend’s three races. In the…
Read MoreMacDonald Maintains Championship Lead
Invercargill racing driver Liam MacDonald has maintained his championship lead in Class 2 of the BNT V8’s Championship after Round 3 of the series at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna. MacDonald, the defending Class 2 BNT V8’s Champion, finished third overall for the round after a fuel issue late in the final race cost…
Read MoreMacDonald Keen to Extend Ruapuna Record
Invercargill driver Liam MacDonald is keen to extend his record of success at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna in Christchurch when Round 3 of the BNT V8’s Championship takes place at the circuit this weekend. MacDonald has only paid three visits to the technical 3.33 kilometre circuit but on each occasion he has enjoyed…
Read MoreTrying Weekend for Nick Ross at Manfeild
It wasn’t meant to be for Cambridge driver Nick Ross at round five of the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship at Manfeild near Feilding over the weekend. Despite having one of the fastest cars on the circuit, the Total Lubricants Nissan Altima was plagued by mechanical gremlins, putting a dampener on what was a promising…
Read MoreCooley More Confident as Championship Heads to Manfeild
Wellington driver Brock Cooley feels he’ll be able to move his Speedy Signs Ford Falcon further up the grid as the BNT NZ Touring Cars Championship moves to Manfeild this weekend. The reigning class two champion made the move to class one of the championship this season, but by his own admission says it has…
Read MoreNick Ross Bounces Back at Teretonga
Cambridge driver Nick Ross has bounced back to claim three podium finishes and to finish second overall at the fourth round of the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship held at Teretonga near Invercargill over the weekend. The result comes off the back of a trying round the previous weekend at Ruapuna where the Concept Motorsport…
Read MoreEvans Takes First Blood at Teretonga
Simon Evans has won the opening race of the weekend at round four of the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship at Teretonga this afternoon. Evans started the race from pole, with just 0.069 of a second in qualifying separating Evans, Nick Ross and Jason Bargwanna. With conditions cool at the circuit just outside of Invercargill,…
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