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GREEN-LIGHT #12

14 June 2013 - Issue No,12

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The third round of the V8 SuperTourers second season was something we were looking forward to as a team. All season we have had excellent race pace but have not converted this into qualifying speed and or points. My drive at the ITM400 in our championship winning NZV8 Falcon prepared me well for the weekend so I could attack the new sections of the circuit.

We knew that racing in late May anywhere in NZ, the chance of wet weather was high. With the whole team setting up on Friday night in dry conditions we looked forward to the prac-tice and qualifying on Saturday. Our car set-up was very much the same as we had at Ruapuna with just a few minor tweaks. Interestingly we are still using the original LS7 engine in its original form. We have serviced the engine by checking bearings, changing filters and always running Castrol Edge 10-60. The engine has done over 7,000 racing km’s since January 2012.

The first practice was held in the dry, on used tyres. Unlike other series, our used Hankook tyres are actually very good even with 100km’s or more of racing on them. Near the end of the session were fifth but about 1 second off the leading pace by Scott McLaughlin. We de-cided to just focus on driving improvements rather than tweaking the car more. I finished strongly over the last 5 minutes of the session to post the third fastest time just 0.3sec behind Scott and just behind Shane van Gisbergen.

This was a great start but we could see the rain coming on our radar. It was wet for the rest of the day and all of the teams had to learn their cars again on the wet weather tyre. The Hankook wet is the softest wet tyre I have ever driven on, so it gives a lot of confidence in all conditions. I was comfortable and with minimal running time we were again third in the session behind the same duo at the front.

It looked as though qualifying was going to be cancelled at one stage with water puddling on the track in some areas. But the rain just held off at the right time and we all went onto the track with new wets to try and get the best possible grid for race one on Sunday. I had a massive “moment” coming up to Ford Mountain and had to compose myself and get ready for another run. Each lap the order changed until with five minutes to go we were firmly again in third place behind Shane and Scott. A red flag came out right at the end of the session and the qualifying was cut short.


Pukekohe report - Round three of the 2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers, 25-26 May


Pukekohe report cont...The team was very pleased to record our best qualifying of the season in third. We had survived a few “scares” on the track and had little work to do to get the car ready for the next day. Sunday dawned overcast but by the time we went out for the first race we were on slick tyres.

The only problem with the Hankook tyre is that when it is cold it has almost zero grip! As we left the pits to come around to the grid three or four cars had spun off the circuit on cold tyres, including Scott McLaughlin who had spun and hit the fence, damaging his front splitter. With wet areas on the side of the circuit the first few laps of the 15 lap race were tricky to say the least. I had a good start although just behind me three cars were taken out of the race as cars broke into wheel spin and contacted each other, sending some in to the concrete walls. We re-started the race and I stayed in third until Murphy passed me at the new corner off the back straight. As the race wore on we were settled in fourth behind McLaughlin who had used the re-start to replace his front splitter. With two laps to go I was closing on Scott until I made an error putting the right front wheel on the slippery painted curb. This caused me to run wide at Castrol (turn four) and the car just keep slipping on the grass. The impact to the left hand side (been there before!) felt quite big in the car but luckily this was one of the only corners on the track that has tyres to stop the cars rather than concrete…

I was really disappointed to let the fourth place go. I managed to carry on finishing 13th, due to so many other cars having incidents in the race.

The weather would stay overcast with small showers all day and we gridded up for race two on ‘greens’ (new tyres) in 13th, looking for improvement. It nearly came undone on lap one! Several cars spun in front of me at turn 2-3, I slowed and pulled to the left to go around everyone. A car had a wheel stripped off it and the driver had no control when he backed into my right hand side. It sent me into the gravel trap but I managed to get out. I drove the car straight to the pits as it was a red-flag situation. The right rear tyre was cut on the guard and a few other parts needed taping on. The JMR team swung into action, pulling the rear guard out so that it cleared the tyre.

Looking a little worse for wear we went out and gridded up in 13th. Due to the cars in front going off at the start we inherited 2-3 positions straight away. I had the bit between my teeth and we made really good progress to be in sixth by lap 10. From there I was closing in on Daniel Gaunt but unlikely to catch him in the 20 lap race. A late safety car with four laps to go closed me right up on Daniel and with three laps to go I tried passing at the hairpin. I hit the back of Daniel and then passed him round the outside all the way up to the Ford Mountain. I thought it was a fair pass but after the race I was relegated back behind Daniel to finish sixth. Still it was a good fight back from 13th and we would start race three, of 32 laps, from fifth.


Slip sliding away...

Photos from the race one crash.


Pukekohe report cont...

With changeable weather and crashes in nearly every support category race during the day, the timetable was behind by an hour. Our race started with the sun going down over Ford Mountain, and caused everyone vision problems. The start for me was great, initially getting Shane for second before he immediately re-passed me. We didn’t have the pace of the front three, but certainly the front five. The race settled into a pattern and by this stage I was fifth after being passed by McLaughlin and Ant Pedersen. During the stint I settled into a good rhythm and gave the tyres a “rest” for about eight laps’ midway through. The idea is to have something more to fight with at the end.

With 12 to go I decided to step the pace up and so closed in on Ant Pedersen in fourth. I had noticed an increase in oversteer (the rear of the car sliding) particularly at the fastest corner on the track, turn one (200km/h).With Pedersen nearly in reach the last lap board came out. I went into turn one and lost the rear of the car completely. It was a wild ride and I am really lucky that circuit upgrade included a comprehensive high speed gravel trap. I went into the gravel trap at about 175km/h and stopped deep in gravel, but safe and without damage. I was heartbroken to give away another top position and couldn’t fathom spinning at turn one? It took some time to work out that the seal had failed on the left rear hub and the oil had covered the left rear wheel and tyre. That is some consolation but we all felt disappointed.

Although we did not get the results that we wanted, we really do have front-five running pace and now are very confident with the car set-up and the team. I am looking at the next four rounds with a lot of confidence, starting at our home track Taupo. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible, as the series takes a break between now and the end of August.

See you at Taupo!


Saturday 25 MayQualifying:

pos competitor laps diff best time best lap best speed1 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 11 01:11.467 9 146.5852 1 Scott McLaughlin 12 00.160 01:11.627 10 146.2583 47 John McIntyre 12 00.734 01:12.201 9 145.0954 51 Greg Murphy 9 01.162 01:12.629 7 144.245 96 Ant Pedersen 10 01.179 01:12.646 8 144.2066 9 Dominic Storey 10 01.527 01:12.994 9 143.5197 3 Angus Fogg 10 01.595 01:13.062 7 143.3858 12 Ashley Walsh 10 01.662 01:13.129 8 143.2549 10 Richard Moore 11 01.669 01:13.136 9 143.2410 23 Andy Booth 11 01.738 01:13.205 9 143.10511 22 Andre Heimgartner 10 02.058 01:13.525 8 142.48212 32 Mitchell Cunningham 8 02.222 01:13.689 5 142.16513 8 Tim Edgell 11 02.307 01:13.774 9 142.00114 11 Simon Evans 10 02.404 01:13.871 8 141.81515 27 Kayne Scott 10 02.545 01:14.012 9 141.54516 69 Eddie Bell 11 02.561 01:14.028 8 141.51417 31 Daniel Gaunt 11 02.561 01:14.028 9 141.51418 15 Paul Manuell 10 03.058 01:14.525 6 140.5719 26 Simon McLennan 11 03.111 01:14.578 6 140.47

Race results: Round 3Brother 350 - Pukekohe


Sunday 26 MayRace one: 15 laps

pos competitor laps total time diff best time best lap best speed1 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 15 24:25.205 01:04.929 12 161.3452 51 Greg Murphy 15 24:25.716 00.511 01:05.006 14 161.1543 1 Scott McLaughlin 15 24:30.251 05.046 01:05.422 10 160.134 96 Ant Pedersen 15 24:32.076 06.871 01:05.763 11 159.2995 8 Tim Edgell 15 24:32.497 07.292 01:05.773 13 159.2756 22 Andre Heimgartner 15 24:32.765 07.560 01:05.613 15 159.6637 10 Richard Moore 15 24:34.574 09.369 01:06.042 14 158.6268 69 Eddie Bell 15 24:35.613 10.408 01:06.045 14 158.6199 31 Daniel Gaunt 15 24:36.123 10.918 01:06.196 11 158.25710 15 Paul Manuell 15 24:36.315 11.110 01:05.573 11 159.76111 27 Kayne Scott 15 24:38.208 13.003 01:06.251 11 158.12612 26 Simon McLennan 15 24:38.907 13.702 01:06.183 12 158.28813 47 John McIntyre 15 25:04.958 39.753 01:05.853 12 159.08214 32 Mitchell Cunningham 6 12:48.122 01:09.021 6 151.7815 11 Simon Evans 1 09:02.191 06:18.141 1 27.70416 9 Dominic Storey 0 00.000 00.000 0 017 3 Angus Fogg 0 00.000 00.000 0 018 12 Ashley Walsh 0 00.000 00.000 0 019 23 Andy Booth 0 00.000 00.000 0 0



Sunday 26 MayRace two: 20 laps

pos competitor laps total time diff best time best lap best speed1 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 20 25:46.190 01:04.891 8 161.442 51 Greg Murphy 20 25:47.199 01.009 01:05.024 13 161.113 96 Ant Pedersen 20 25:47.989 01.799 01:05.182 13 160.7194 1 Scott McLaughlin 20 25:48.973 02.783 01:05.064 13 161.0115 31 Daniel Gaunt 20 25:50.376 04.186 01:05.349 13 160.3086 47 John McIntyre 20 25:50.500 04.310 01:05.317 11 160.3877 22 Andre Heimgartner 20 25:50.652 04.462 01:05.709 12 159.438 11 Simon Evans 20 25:51.335 05.145 01:05.800 19 159.219 9 Dominic Storey 20 25:52.258 06.068 01:06.002 19 158.72210 27 Kayne Scott 20 25:52.681 06.491 01:05.685 20 159.48811 32 Mitchell Cunningham 20 25:54.642 08.452 01:06.049 11 158.6112 15 Paul Manuell 20 25:54.872 08.682 01:05.744 20 159.34513 3 Angus Fogg 20 25:55.716 09.526 01:05.441 12 160.08314 8 Tim Edgell 14 25:54.728 6 laps 01:04.902 6 161.41315 69 Eddie Bell 12 14:23.410 01:05.816 12 159.17116 10 Richard Moore 0 00.000 00.000 0 017 26 Simon McLennan 0 00.000 00.000 0 018 12 Ashley Walsh 0 00.000 00.000 0 019 23 Andy Booth 0 00.000 00.000 0 0


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Sunday 26 MayRace three: 32 laps

pos competitor laps total time diff best time best lap best speed1 51 Greg Murphy 32 34:53.175 01:04.857 10 161.5252 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 32 34:55.322 02.147 01:04.969 7 161.2463 1 Scott McLaughlin 32 35:06.723 13.548 01:04.967 8 161.2514 96 Ant Pedersen 32 35:07.803 14.628 01:05.070 6 160.9965 22 Andre Heimgartner 32 35:17.387 24.212 01:05.673 6 159.5186 15 Paul Manuell 32 35:18.623 25.448 01:05.469 11 160.0157 31 Daniel Gaunt 32 35:20.293 27.118 01:05.484 10 159.9788 8 Tim Edgell 32 35:29.116 35.941 01:05.447 2 160.0689 9 Dominic Storey 32 35:34.220 41.045 01:05.689 5 159.47910 69 Eddie Bell 32 35:41.259 48.084 01:05.675 8 159.51311 32 Mitchell Cunningham 32 35:44.223 51.048 01:05.746 8 159.3412 27 Kayne Scott 32 35:59.778 01:06.6 01:06.371 6 157.8413 10 Richard Moore 31 36:04.199 1 lap 01:05.804 11 159.214 47 John McIntyre 31 34:02.669 01:05.403 9 160.17615 11 Simon Evans 11 12:15.366 01:05.553 9 159.8116 3 Angus Fogg 3 03:31.267 01:07.282 3 155.70317 26 Simon McLennan 0 00.000 00.000 0 018 12 Ashley Walsh 0 00.000 00.000 0 019 23 Andy Booth 0 00.000 00.000 0 0



Points after Round 3, Pukekohe 2013 - top ten.

Pos Car # Driver Car Overall1st 51 Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VEII 18402nd 96 Ant Pedersen Ford Falcon FG 16323rd 97 Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 13944th 31 Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG 13355th 10 Richard Moore Holden Commodore VEII 10426th 22 Andre Heimgartner Holden Commodore VEII 10147th 15 Paul Manuell Holden Commodore VEII 9408th 47 John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 8969th 1 Scott McLaughlin Holden Commodore VEII 79110th 12 Ashley Walsh Holden Commodore VEII 766

2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers

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I have just returned from testing the Team Jeld Wen FG Falcon at Winton Raceway in Victoria after they had returned from a tough round in the USA at Austin Texas. Myself and lead Driver Alex Davison spent the day working through various set-up changes to improve performance. We were there with the three other FPR Falcons, #5 (Winterbottom/Richards), #6 (Will Davison/S Owen) and #55 (Dave Reynolds/Dean Canto). I had around 45 laps in the car and really enjoyed it. The new COTF (Car of the Future) V8SC is very similar in “feel” to the JMR V8 SuperTourer. The Aussie V8Supercars are a much more sophisticated race car than their Kiwi cousins, but because the V8ST is a little bit lighter and has a grippier tyre the two cars are very evenly matched. I think Alex and I will be in for a strong run in the V8Supercars Endurance Cup at Sandown, Bathurst and the Gold Coast.


2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers calendarSPRINT ROUNDS (Sprint portion of Championship)ROUND ONE: 16/17 February The Rock Rumble Hampton Downs Motorsport ParkROUND TWO: 9/10 March Mike Pero Need For Speed Powerbuilt Raceway, ChristchurchROUND THREE: 25/26 May Brother 350 - Pukekohe Park RacewayROUND FOUR: 1 September Taupo Motorsport Park

ENDURANCE ROUNDS (Endurance portion of Championship)ROUND FIVE: 28/29 September Pukekohe Park RacewayROUND SIX: 19/20 October Hampton Downs Motorsport ParkROUND SEVEN: 30 Nov - 1 Dec “Pukekohe 500”, Pukekohe Park Raceway

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