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South Island Endurance Series drop ‘GT’ Class

With a month to go until the South Island Endurance Series bursts into life, in a dramatic move, the Series has revealed that it has dropped the GT class for 2017.

The Series will again enjoy the support from familiar Kiwi tyre retailer Carters Tyre Service but a shake-up of the rules for 2017 will see the removal of both the GT and 0-1600cc classes. “It was decide at our AGM” said series secretary Chris Dunn “fans will still get to see the spectacular GT cars, but we have just retitled the classes meaning there is now just no GT class by name.”

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

Cassidy right in contention in Japan’s SUPER GT series

Nick Cassidy is staying right in the hunt for Japan’s SUPER GT Championship after finishing sixth in the Fuji 300 kms race last night in his Lexus LC500 with team-mate Ryo Hirakawa.
 
The pair are only two points behind Englishman James Rossiter who finished fourth in the latest round of Japan’s major series.
 
“It went much better than expected,” said Aucklander Cassidy, “We weren’t thinking about scoring points because of our weight handicap.”
 

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

Win for Armstrong sees him second in ADAC F4 Champs

Armstrong gets third season win

Marcus Armstrong (17, NZ, Prema Powerteam) won the 15th race of the ADAC Formula 4 at the Nürburgring and underlined his championship ambitions with his third win of the season. Julian Hanses (19, Hilden, US Racing) finished second with Enzo Fittipaldi (16, Brazil, Prema Powerteam), the grandson of twice-named Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi third. The overall leader Yuri Vips and Armstrong’s Prema Powerteam team mate missed the podium finishing fourth.

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

Harker heading to TRS for 2018

2016/17 Toyota 86 Championship runner-up Reid Harker has signalled he wants to be a contender in next year’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series.

The 21-year-old recently tested Toyota’s FT50 open wheeler at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park following on from his success in the feeder series.

With a taste of the wings-and-slicks platform, the former New Zealand KartSport champion said he’s ready for the next step in his fledging career.

“The Toyota Racing Series is the next logical step for us in New Zealand,” Harker said.

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

Antis completes first Rally NZ Co-drivers Academy

Twenty-year-old Auckland based co-driver Kieran Anstis has successfully completed the first Rally New Zealand Co-Drivers Academy in Auckland. The academy is an investment from Rally New Zealand to help develop local New Zealand Co Driving Talent. Run over three days, six up and coming co-drivers from across New Zealand have been mentored by professional international co-drivers Alex and Rhiannon Gelsomino.

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

More points for Cassidy and Lester in Super GT series race at Fuji

Nick Cassidy is staying right in the hunt for Japan’s SUPER GT Championship after finishing sixth in the Fuji 300 kms race last night in his Lexus LC500 with team-mate Ryo Hirakawa.

The pair are only two points behind Englishman James Rossiter who finished fourth in the latest round of Japan’s major series. The FUJI GT 300km RACE was held at the Fuji Speedway with victory for the GT500 class going to the No. 8 ARTA NSX-GT (Tomoki Nojiri/Takashi Kobayashi) and the GT300 class win to the No.55 ARTA BMW M6 GT3 (Shinichi Takagi/Sean Walkinshaw) – pictured

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

Dreams come true for Cromwell race car drivers on world stage

Sometimes dreams do come true.

For Cromwell race car driver Andrew Waite, his came in the form of a text message out of the blue two months ago, getting a call-up to race in one of the biggest motor races in the world.

Waite returned to work at Highlands Motorsport Park on Tuesday after completing two rounds of the four round circuit in the FRD LMP3 Series in China. And winning.

"It seems too good to be true. It was literally just a text message. I have literally dreamed about a message like that to come true."

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

Brendon Hartley exploring all options for 2018 after Porsche confirm LMP1 departure

A disappointed but optimistic Brendon Hartley is exploring all his options for next year after learning he will not be an LMP1 driver from the end of the 2017 World Endurance Championship season.

Alongside fellow Kiwi Earl Bamber, Hartley was one of six drivers affected when Porsche last week confirmed speculation they would soon cease to be part of the series' marquee category.

The German manufacturer did say their LMP1 team and all drivers would be kept "fully intact" but it remains to be seen where each driver ends up for 2018.

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Monday, 7 August, 2017

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