Media release from The MotorSport Company

2008-09 BNT V8s Championship

Round 1, Taupo Motorsport Park 3-5 October 2008

Date: 6 October 2008

Fogg excluded from BNT V8s results in Taupo

Following an official inquiry late on Sunday evening, the results for the third race of the opening round of the BNT V8s Championship in Taupo were amended by officials.

Post-race scrutineering by MotorSport New Zealand’s technical division highlighted an apparent irregularity with an alloy wheel on the Ford driven by Angus Fogg, winner of the weekend’s third BNT V8 race. The event director Graeme Robinson subsequently ruled that the wheel did not compile with regulations and applied a penalty which saw the top-running V8 driver excluded from the results of race three.

Fogg has appealed the penalty, but as the stewards’ hearing will not be held until just before the second round of the BNT V8s at Pukekohe on 7/8 November, until that time, the results for round one remain provisional with Fogg’s exclusion currently remaining in effect in official results and the overall points’ calculations.

Paul Pedersen has now been provisionally declared the winner of race three with Eddie Bell and Kayne Scott elevated to second and third respectively.

Overall Paul Radisich and Scott are provisionally tied on 184 points at the top of the championship points’ table. Andy Booth and John McIntyre tie for third place overall with 135 points each, while young star Michael Bristow moves into fifth place.

Race results and the championship points’ table on the new-look BNT V8s website, www.nzv8s.co.nz, will be updated to reflect these changes by Tuesday 7 October.

Paul Radisich & Kayne Scott leading Race 2 at Taupo
Photo: SportProMedia

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2008-09 BNT V8s Championship – Revised provisional results for Race 3 (20 laps, reverse grid) Taupo

Provisional place, Driver, Hometown, Car, Points earned

1, Paul Pedersen, Rotorua, Ford Falcon, 75

2, Eddie Bell, Christchurch, Holden Commodore, 67

3, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford Falcon, 60

4, David Besnard, Gold Coast, Ford Falcon, 54

5, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford Falcon, 49

6, Andy Booth, Auckland, Holden Commodore, 45

7, Paul Radisich, Melbourne, Ford Falcon, 42

8, Michael Bristow, Pukekohe, Ford Falcon, 39

9, Nick Ross, Cambridge, Holden Commodore, 36

10, Tim Edgell, Auckland, Ford Falcon, 33

11, John Penny, Taupo, Ford Falcon, 30

12, Paul Manuell, Auckland, Holden Commodore, 28

13, Alan McCarrison, Auckland, Ford Falcon, 26

14, Inky Tulloch, Gore, Ford Falcon, 24

15, Simon Richards, Hamilton, Ford Falcon, 22

16, Boyd Norwood, Palmerston North, Ford Falcon, 20

17, Chris Adams, Mosgiel, Holden Commodore, 18

18, Julia Huzziff, Auckland, Holden Commodore, 16

19, Adam Brook, Christchurch, Ford Falcon, 14

20, Dale Williams, Auckland, Ford Falcon, 12

21, Andrew Porter, Auckland, Ford Falcon, 10

22, Andy Knight, Christchurch, Ford Falcon, 9

DISQ, Angus Fogg, Auckland, Ford Falcon, 0

DNF, Andrew Anderson, Auckland, Holden Commodore, 0 

DNF, Cam Hardy, Hamilton, Holden Commodore, 0 

DNF, Craig Baird, Gold Coast, Ford Falcon, 0 

DNF, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden Commodore, 0 

DNS, John Hepburn, Timaru, Holden Commodore, 0 

2008-09 BNT V8s Championship calendar

Round 1 (Fujitsu 200), Taupo Motorsport Park, 3-5 October 2008

Round 2, Pukekohe Park, 7-9 November 2008

Round 3, Powerbuilt Tools International Raceway (Christchurch), 28-30 November 2008

Round 4, Timaru International Motor Raceway, 9-11 January 2009

Round 5, Teretonga Park (Invercargill), 16-18 January 2009

Round 6, Manfeild Park (Fielding), 27 February - 1 March 2009

Round 7, Pukekohe Park, 20-22 March 2009

[Non-championship trophy round, Hamilton 400 V8 Supercars, 17-20 April 2009]

For further information and images, please contact:

Kate Gordon

Media Manager

BNT V8s Championship

On behalf of The MotorSport Company

Mob: (021) 587 227

Email: kate@relishcomm.co.nz