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 near Christchurch this weekend.
“Gentleman Jim’ Richards proved a hit on and off the track on the opening day of the Legends of Bathurst festival at Hampton Downs.
The seven-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 finished 3rd in the Archibalds Historic Touring Car category and met hundreds of the large crowd that turned up to meet some of the greats of Australian and New Zealand motorsport.
The first race of the weekend for the new Archibalds Historic Touring Car class at the big 4 Guys Autobarn Legends of Bathurst meeting at Hampton Downs is done and dusted with an impressive debut win for pole-setting Aussie guest Charlie O'Brien in Murray Sinclair's Nissan Primera.
Andre Heimgartner has won the opening race of the BNT V8s at Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna this afternoon.
As round two of the BNT V8s gets underway at Ruapuna this weekend, class two rookie Brock Timperley has his eye on not only another race win but also focussing on rookie of the year.
In the championship standings, Timperley is placed fifth just four points behind fellow rookie Justin Ashwell. Timperley saying that grabbing rookie of the year is high on his achievement list.
Touring Car racing has long appealed to Kiwi motor racing fans. And this weekend those attending the big 4 Guys Autobarn Legends of Bathurst meeting at the Hampton Downs circuit in the north Waikato are in for a special treat, the first North Island round of the Historic Touring Car (NZ) Association’s new Archibalds-backed series.
Australian driver Jack Smith could be set to become a contender as round three of the BNT V8’s gets underway at Ruapuna this weekend.
With tricky and wet conditions conditions greeting competitors and Smith on his debut at round one at Pukekohe, the 2017 Kumho V8 Touring Car Champion came to grips with his new car and new championship at Taupo’s round two in December.
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