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

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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.

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Slip sliding away... Photos from the race one crash.

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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!

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Race results: Round 3 Brother 350 - Pukekohe

Saturday 25 May Qualifying: pos 1 97 2 1 3 47 4 51 5 96 6 9 7 3 8 12 9 10 10 23 11 22 12 32 13 8 14 11 15 27 16 69 17 31 18 15 19 26

competitor Shane Van Gisbergen Scott McLaughlin John McIntyre Greg Murphy Ant Pedersen Dominic Storey Angus Fogg Ashley Walsh Richard Moore Andy Booth Andre Heimgartner Mitchell Cunningham Tim Edgell Simon Evans Kayne Scott Eddie Bell Daniel Gaunt Paul Manuell Simon McLennan

laps diff best time 11 01:11.467 12 00.160 01:11.627 12 00.734 01:12.201 9 01.162 01:12.629 10 01.179 01:12.646 10 01.527 01:12.994 10 01.595 01:13.062 10 01.662 01:13.129 11 01.669 01:13.136 11 01.738 01:13.205 10 02.058 01:13.525 8 02.222 01:13.689 11 02.307 01:13.774 10 02.404 01:13.871 10 02.545 01:14.012 11 02.561 01:14.028 11 02.561 01:14.028 10 03.058 01:14.525 11 03.111 01:14.578

best lap 9 10 9 7 8 9 7 8 9 9 8 5 9 8 9 8 9 6 6

best speed 146.585 146.258 145.095 144.24 144.206 143.519 143.385 143.254 143.24 143.105 142.482 142.165 142.001 141.815 141.545 141.514 141.514 140.57 140.47

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Race results: Round 3 Brother 350 - Pukekohe Sunday 26 May Race one: 15 laps pos 1 97 2 51 3 1 4 96 5 8 6 22 7 10 8 69 9 31 10 15 11 27 12 26 13 47 14 32 15 11 16 9 17 3 18 12 19 23

competitor Shane Van Gisbergen Greg Murphy Scott McLaughlin Ant Pedersen Tim Edgell Andre Heimgartner Richard Moore Eddie Bell Daniel Gaunt Paul Manuell Kayne Scott Simon McLennan John McIntyre Mitchell Cunningham Simon Evans Dominic Storey Angus Fogg Ashley Walsh Andy Booth

laps 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 6 1 0 0 0 0

total time diff best time 24:25.205 01:04.929 24:25.716 00.511 01:05.006 24:30.251 05.046 01:05.422 24:32.076 06.871 01:05.763 24:32.497 07.292 01:05.773 24:32.765 07.560 01:05.613 24:34.574 09.369 01:06.042 24:35.613 10.408 01:06.045 24:36.123 10.918 01:06.196 24:36.315 11.110 01:05.573 24:38.208 13.003 01:06.251 24:38.907 13.702 01:06.183 25:04.958 39.753 01:05.853 12:48.122 01:09.021 09:02.191 06:18.141 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0

best lap 12 14 10 11 13 15 14 14 11 11 11 12 12 6 1 0 0 0 0

best speed 161.345 161.154 160.13 159.299 159.275 159.663 158.626 158.619 158.257 159.761 158.126 158.288 159.082 151.78 27.704

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Race results: Round 2 Brother 350 - Pukekohe Sunday 26 May Race two: 20 laps pos 1 97 2 51 3 96 4 1 5 31 6 47 7 22 8 11 9 9 10 27 11 32 12 15 13 3 14 8 15 69 16 10 17 26 18 12 19 23

competitor Shane Van Gisbergen Greg Murphy Ant Pedersen Scott McLaughlin Daniel Gaunt John McIntyre Andre Heimgartner Simon Evans Dominic Storey Kayne Scott Mitchell Cunningham Paul Manuell Angus Fogg Tim Edgell Eddie Bell Richard Moore Simon McLennan Ashley Walsh Andy Booth

laps 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 14 12 0 0 0 0

total time diff best time 25:46.190 01:04.891 25:47.199 01.009 01:05.024 25:47.989 01.799 01:05.182 25:48.973 02.783 01:05.064 25:50.376 04.186 01:05.349 25:50.500 04.310 01:05.317 25:50.652 04.462 01:05.709 25:51.335 05.145 01:05.800 25:52.258 06.068 01:06.002 25:52.681 06.491 01:05.685 25:54.642 08.452 01:06.049 25:54.872 08.682 01:05.744 25:55.716 09.526 01:05.441 25:54.728 6 laps 01:04.902 14:23.410 01:05.816 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0

best lap 8 13 13 13 13 11 12 19 19 20 11 20 12 6 12 0 0 0 0

best speed 161.44 161.11 160.719 161.011 160.308 160.387 159.43 159.21 158.722 159.488 158.61 159.345 160.083 161.413 159.171

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Race results: Round 3 Brother 350 - Pukekohe Sunday 26 May Race three: 32 laps pos 1 51 2 97 3 1 4 96 5 22 6 15 7 31 8 8 9 9 10 69 11 32 12 27 13 10 14 47 15 11 16 3 17 26 18 12 19 23

competitor Greg Murphy Shane Van Gisbergen Scott McLaughlin Ant Pedersen Andre Heimgartner Paul Manuell Daniel Gaunt Tim Edgell Dominic Storey Eddie Bell Mitchell Cunningham Kayne Scott Richard Moore John McIntyre Simon Evans Angus Fogg Simon McLennan Ashley Walsh Andy Booth

laps 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 11 3 0 0 0

total time diff best time 34:53.175 01:04.857 34:55.322 02.147 01:04.969 35:06.723 13.548 01:04.967 35:07.803 14.628 01:05.070 35:17.387 24.212 01:05.673 35:18.623 25.448 01:05.469 35:20.293 27.118 01:05.484 35:29.116 35.941 01:05.447 35:34.220 41.045 01:05.689 35:41.259 48.084 01:05.675 35:44.223 51.048 01:05.746 35:59.778 01:06.6 01:06.371 36:04.199 1 lap 01:05.804 34:02.669 01:05.403 12:15.366 01:05.553 03:31.267 01:07.282 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0 00.000 00.000 0

best lap 10 7 8 6 6 11 10 2 5 8 8 6 11 9 9 3 0 0 0

best speed 161.525 161.246 161.251 160.996 159.518 160.015 159.978 160.068 159.479 159.513 159.34 157.84 159.2 160.176 159.81 155.703

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2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers Points after Round 3, Pukekohe 2013 - top ten. Pos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

Car # 51 96 97 31 10 22 15 47 1 12

Driver Greg Murphy Ant Pedersen Shane van Gisbergen Daniel Gaunt Richard Moore Andre Heimgartner Paul Manuell John McIntyre Scott McLaughlin Ashley Walsh

Car Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII Ford Falcon FG Holden Commodore VEII Holden Commodore VEII

Overall 1840 1632 1394 1335 1042 1014 940 896 791 766

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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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;feelâ&#x20AC;? 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.

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2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers calendar SPRINT ROUNDS (Sprint portion of Championship) ROUND ONE: 16/17 February The Rock Rumble Hampton Downs Motorsport Park ROUND TWO: 9/10 March Mike Pero Need For Speed Powerbuilt Raceway, Christchurch ROUND THREE: 25/26 May Brother 350 - Pukekohe Park Raceway ROUND FOUR: 1 September Taupo Motorsport Park ENDURANCE ROUNDS (Endurance portion of Championship) ROUND FIVE: 28/29 September Pukekohe Park Raceway ROUND SIX: 19/20 October Hampton Downs Motorsport Park ROUND SEVEN: 30 Nov - 1 Dec “Pukekohe 500”, Pukekohe Park Raceway

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Coming up: • • • • •

JMR workshop commencing full chassis rebuild for #47 in preparation for testing in late August. Johnny Mac on site at Blackwoods Protector site THIS Saturday morning at field days. July 16th - JM second test with team Jeld Wen at Winton Raceway, Victoria. July 20-21 - JMR at CRC Speedshow with NEW MERCHANDISE range and more! July 26 - JM back in Team Jeld Wen Falcon for co-driver only practice session at Queensland Raceway.

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