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GREEN-LIGHT #3
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Welcome! JMR completes V8ST round one with two cars in the top ten! We are all catching our breath after competing in the most exciting and competitive V8 touring car series to hit New Zealand since the Nissan Mobil 500 days in the ‘80s! The opening round of the V8SuperTourers at Hampton Downs last weekend saw the biggest crowd for a domestic series in a long time with 20,000 eager fans turning out over the weekend. And they sure got to see great racing – some of the best racing we’ve all seen in a long time. We all wondered if the cars would produce good racing considering they are all very similar, but that concern was unfounded as all three races saw positions changing every lap. From my perspective, we didn’t produce the results we were ultimately looking for, but we learned a great deal about the cars that we can take into round two. I have not diced so hard with other cars in a very long time – my battle with Andy Knight in race two was a highlight, especially since I stayed ahead of him after swapping sixth and seventh positions around ten times! With such a poor performance in qualifying – Steve 10th and I was 13th – we were always going to be behind the 8-ball. On Friday our cars were working extremely well, with Steve setting the fifth quickest time and I was sixth and just 0.2s off the fastest time. However on Saturday morning we were given a minimum weight for the cars just 30 minutes before qualifying. We weighed our cars and found them to be more than 20 kg lighter than other cars, which reflects well on the excellent build process by Jason Liefting and the JMR team in Taupo. But as we had no time to add properly-balanced weight with lead or ballast, we had to use fuel to come up to the minimum weight, including the driver, of 1,390 kg.
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Welcome, continued... We decided to change the cars’ suspension set-up to counter the extra weight at the back of the car and it just did not work. The cars were relatively easy to drive on Friday, and then they were both a real handful! I didn’t even look at my qualifying time until the end of the session, just knowing the car was awful to drive and the lap times would be too uncompetitive. From this point on we slowly made improvements to the cars over the three races, but never made the quantum leap back to Friday’s performance. This was a classic example of a series of small things that lead us down the wrong path with the car set-up and we just never recovered enough. With the beauty of hindsight we now know exactly were we need to be to be back on the case for the second round at Ruapuna at Easter. I need to thank Steve Richards and the whole JMR team – no one ever once gave up on producing a finish worthy of our efforts. In race three I finally cracked the podium in car #47 – after starting eight, I finished second in the opening weekend’s feature race and gained valuable points for the championship, and very importantly our first V8SuperTourers trophy! Meanwhile Steve drove from virtually the back of the field to place the #556 car fourth – it was a ‘cleaver’ drive through the field during a race that saw many of our competitors throw away strong finishes. So, not the overall result we were looking for, but an amazing weekend nonetheless. Finally I’d like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters who have backed us with the new V8SuperTourers series. It’s breathed life into New Zealand motor racing at the top level and it is set to continue with strong interest from the fans and media alike. It’s great to have you with us! See you all at Ruapuna at Easter!
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Round 1 wrap-up Qualifying Being able to earn championship points adds yet another incentive to qualify well for JMR. Regrettably, as John explained in his section, the late notification that all cars would be weighed before qualifying meant JMR wasn’t as well prepared as the team normally is. With Steve’s tenth quickest time of 1:05.040 he was just 0.568 seconds away from Kayne Scott on pole and only one-hundredth of a second behind Eddie Bell in ninth – shows how closely matched these cars are! With the 13th fastest time, John was less than seven-tenths of a second behind Scott. As John has said, it’s going to come down to fractions of seconds to win in V8SuperTourers. Race 1 The rolling start provided challenges for Greg Murphy, up beside Scott on the front row and that confusion fed down the field to catch out several competitors including Steve was shoved into the dirt, then spun and had to claw his way back up the field. Meanwhile John took advantage to improve from 13th to eighth by lap two and had a good chase on his hands with Ant Pedersen. John finished ninth and Steve 13th, and then the team had another late night working on the cars to try and find that ‘sweet spot’ they both had on Friday. Race 2 Starting from the position where they finished the first race, there was only one way to go for JMR – and that was forward! Steve seemed to have a target painted on him, getting tagged again and losing the rear diffuser, but steadily he bought the #556 car up place by place to finish tenth. From ninth, John improved after the first safety car intervention to engage in what was described by commentators as the ‘battle of the race’ with Andy Knight for about six of the 25 laps. John eventually bought #47 home in sixth place. Interestingly both JMR cars laid down their fastest lap times in the last few laps of the race, while most other competitors did their quickest laps around lap four or five. Race 3 The starting grid is determined by points from qualifying and the first two races, so John started in eighth and Steve in 11th. With the first two races done, it seemed like half the drivers took a ‘silly pill’! Dramatic was one way to describe these 30 laps; brilliant racing is another as the 20,000-strong crowd cheered on their favourites. John was through to fifth by the end of the chaotic first lap and soon Steve made it into the top ten. When Murphy took Scott out on lap ten, Jonny Reid grabbed the lead with John chasing hard from second place. After the safety car around lap 20, Reid got a jump as John chased him down. Then Scott McLaughlin pulled a decisive move on John and Pedersen, before Pedersen also got past John, the leaders now Reid, Pedersen, John with Steve having carved through to seventh. After another safety car, the restart was all on. Reid lost out to one-two-three cars, leaving Pedersen in the lead and John second as Steve shot through to claim a well-deserved fourth place.
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Race results: Round 1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, 2.7km
Saturday, 18 February Qualifying Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
No. 99 51 23 93 2 5 22 96 69 556 27 10 47 15 12 66
Name Kayne Scott Greg Murphy Andy Booth Scott McLaughlin Jonny Reid Andy Knight Andre Heimgartner Ant Pedersen Eddie Bell Steven Richards Craig Baird Richard Moore John McIntyre Paul Manuell Geoff Emery Colin Corkery
Best time 1:04.472 1:04.607 1:04.684 1:04.729 1:04.890 1:04.902 1:04.921 1:05.011 1:05.030 1:05.040 1:05.050 1:05.072 1:05.163 1:05.517 1:05.720 1:06.400
In lap 11 14 9 13 9 13 9 11 9 11 5 11 12 12 12 4
Best speed Diff Gap 146.854 146.548 0.135 0.135 146.373 0.212 0.077 146.271 0.257 0.045 145.908 0.418 0.161 145.881 0.430 0.012 145.839 0.449 0.019 145.637 0.539 0.090 145.594 0.558 0.019 145.572 0.568 0.010 145.550 0.578 0.010 145.500 0.600 0.022 145.297 0.691 0.091 144.512 1.045 0.354 144.066 1.248 0.203 142.590 1.928 0.680
Laps 13 14 12 13 11 15 12 12 11 13 13 13 13 15 14 4
Points 70 63 57 51 46 41 37 33 30 27
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Race results: Round 1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, 2.7km Saturday, 18 February Race 1, 20 laps * Bonus 20 points for fastest lap Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
No. 51 99 23 2 27 5 69 96 47 93 15 10 556 66 12 22
Name Greg Murphy Kayne Scott Andy Booth Jonny Reid Craig Baird Andy Knight Eddie Bell Ant Pedersen John McIntyre Scott McLaughlin Paul Manuell Richard Moore Steven Richards Colin Corkery Geoff Emery Andre Heimgartner
* Bonus 20 points for fastest lap
Laps 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Total time Diff 22:02.854 22:04.944 2.090 22:05.906 3.052 22:06.428 3.574 22:08.444 5.590 22:09.710 6.856 22:10.476 7.622 22:11.537 8.683 22:13.358 10.504 22:14.611 11.757 22:16.030 13.176 22:20.567 17.713 22:28.718 25.864 22:30.695 27.841 22:32.309 29.455 22:45.063 42.209
Best time 1:05.139 1:05.438 1:05.433 1:05.211 1:05.601 1:05.556 1:05.432 1:05.453 1:05.747 1:05.093 1:05.810 1:05.883 1:05.801 1:06.480 1:06.263 1:05.491
In lap 10 11 9 10 18 7 7 10 9 12 19 11 14 18 11 16
Best speed 145.351 144.687 144.698 145.190 144.327 144.426 144.700 144.653 144.007 145.453 143.869 143.709 143.888 142.419 142.885 144.569
Points 210 180 162 146 131 118 106 96 86 97* 70 63 56 51 46 41
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Race results: Round 1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, 2.7km Sunday, 19 February Race 2, 25 laps Pos No. Name 1 51 Greg Murphy 2 2 Jonny Reid 3 99 Kayne Scott 4 23 Andy Booth 5 69 Eddie Bell 6 47 John McIntyre 7 5 Andy Knight 8 15 Paul Manuell 9 96 Ant Pedersen 10 556 Steven Richards 11 10 Richard Moore 12 12 Geoff Emery 13 22 Andre Heimgartner 14 66 Colin Corkery 15 93 Scott McLaughlin Not classified (75% = 19 Laps) 16 27 Craig Baird
Laps 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Total time Diff Best time 27:52.988 1:05.071 27:57.633 4.645 1:05.300 28:00.907 7.919 1:05.146 28:01.920 8.932 1:05.458 28:02.232 9.244 1:05.263 28:11.635 18.647 1:05.564 28:12.570 19.582 1:05.527 28:13.814 20.826 1:05.650 28:13.974 20.986 1:05.326 28:15.600 22.612 1:05.846 28:18.816 25.828 1:05.838 28:21.610 28.622 1:05.957 28:21.651 28.663 1:05.430 28:39.065 46.077 1:06.057 28:55.929 1:02.941 1:05.367
In lap 11 12 5 19 4 22 23 20 24 23 21 17 25 24 5
13
15:34.486
144.718 0
12 Laps 1:05.424 4
Best speed 145.503 144.992 145.335 144.642 145.075 144.409 144.490 144.219 144.935 143.790 143.808 143.548 144.704 143.331 144.844
Points 230* 180 162 146 131 118 106 96 86 77 70 63 56 51 46
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Race results: Round 1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, 2.6km Sunday, 19 February Race 3, 30 laps Pos No. Name 1 96 Ant Pedersen 2 47 John McIntyre 3 93 Scott McLaughlin 4 556 Steven Richards 5 22 Andre Heimgartner 6 27 Craig Baird 7 51 Greg Murphy 8 5 Andy Knight 9 2 Jonny Reid 10 12 Geoff Emery 11 23 Andy Booth 12 69 Eddie Bell 13 99 Kayne Scott Not classified (75% = 23 Laps) 14 15 Paul Manuell 15 10 Richard Moore 16 66 Colin Corkery
Laps 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 28
Total time Diff 35:19.293 35:21.849 2.556 35:22.058 2.765 35:25.098 5.805 35:27.680 8.387 35:28.258 8.965 35:29.415 10.122 35:30.877 11.584 35:31.661 12.368 35:32.109 12.816 36:05.610 46.317 35:26.978 1 Lap 35:31.798 2 Laps
21 18 0
35:35.689 24:50.773 44.178
Best time 1:05.489 1:05.683 1:05.295 1:05.560 1:05.573 1:05.785 1:05.261 1:05.550 1:05.438 1:06.302 1:05.741 1:05.573 1:05.203
9 Laps 1:05.788 12 Laps 1:05.986 30 Laps --:--:--.---
In lap 13 3 29 6 5 7 5 6 9 17 7 6 5
Best speed 144.574 144.147 145.003 144.417 144.389 143.923 145.079 144.439 144.687 142.801 144.020 144.389 145.208
Points 240 207 186 168 151 136 122 110 99 89 80 72 85*
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143.917 143.485 -
0 0 0
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V8SuperTourer points after round 1 Position Driver 1 Greg Murphy 2 Kayne Scott 3 Jonny Reid 4 Ant Pedersen 5 Andy Booth 6 John McIntyre 7 Scott McLaughlin 8 Andy Knight 9 Eddie Bell 10 Steven Richards 11 Andre Heimgartner 12 Craig Baird 13 Geoff Emery 14 Paul Manuell 15 Richard Moore 16 Colin Corkery
Points 625 497 471 455 445 411 380 375 339 328 285 267 198 166 133 102
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Where we’ve been seen
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Where we’ve been seen - weblinks An overview of website links carrying the latest JMR news: Top five finishes for McIntyre and Richards at V8SuperTourers http://www.nzracer.com/top-five-finishes-for-mcintyre-and-richards-at-v8supertourers.html 19 Feb McIntyre among quickest in first V8SuperTourers’ practice http://www.voxy.co.nz/sport/mcintyre-among-quickest-first-v8supertourers-practice/5/115197 17 Feb Big banger boys ready to rumble http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10786405 18 Feb Drivers amped for ‘awesome’ V8 supertourers - Video http://www.3news.co.nz/Drivers-amped-for-awesome-V8-supertourers/tabid/317/articleID/242794/ Default.aspx 14 Feb McIntyre ready for season of firsts in competitive V8SuperTourers http://www.crc.co.nz/Automotive-Sponsorship/CRC-JMR-John-McIntyre-Racing-6939.htm 10 Feb
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Notepad: 2012 V8SuperTourer Calendar Sprint Championship Round 1*: 17-19 February – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato Round 2: 7-8 April – Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Christchurch Round 3*: 27-29 April – Manfeild, Feilding Round 4*: 1-3 June – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato Endurance Championship Round 5*: 10-12 August – Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupo Round 6*: 21-23 September – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato Round 7: 26-28 October – Final, Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Christchurch
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