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Smith wins Formula 5000 Series again!
Round 5 of the MSC Tasman Revival Formula 5000 Series was held at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on February 18-20. Entering the round, No.8 sponsored driver Ken Smith was leading the series by 4 points from Steve Ross. Smith had another weekend of good results, with a 2nd place, 1st place and a 3rd place to end the round tied with Ross, leaving Smith with his 4 point championship lead unchanged. With neither Smith nor Ross attending the final round in Australia, Smith has won the chamiponship with one round remmaining. The is Smith's 3rd consecutive Championship win, proving that he really is the man to beat in a Formula 5000. Smith also holds the enviable record of being the only car to have completed all three seasons without a mechanical DNF. Just shows what No.8 products can do for you...
Team mnate Andy Higgins also had a successful weekend, qualifying 3rd and finishing 5th. 3rd & 4th in the three races - very impressive for only his second outing.
Next season begins in October so keep an eye out for that.
No.8 finish 7th overall in Cannonball Run 11
The Cannonball Run 11 was held January 8th, and No.8 was again on board as both an event sponsor and a participating team. The event this time started at Albany and travelled over 500km, via Kaikohe, to finish at Northridge Country Estate in Silverdale. Over 180 teams entered the event, with almost all of them making huge efforts with their costume and car themes. This time No.8 went for a Bogan theme, looking to win the Biggest Shitter Award. We took our shop hack - a 1990 Toyota Corolla wagon - made it look as terrible as we possibly could, with different wheels on every corner, different coloured panels, smashed windows, no bonnet (exposing the mighty 1500 pushrod powerplant), a fake ram-air scoop, and lots and lots of billowing white exhaust smoke. So much smoke in fact that we weren't allowed to park with the other entrants initially. Unfortunately, in a unexplainable decision, the Biggest Shitbox Award was given to a Starlet that could only wish it was as shit as our Corolla. Still we took the moral victory as well as the Biggest Hair Award for our multi-coloured mullets, complemented by singlets and stubbies. We also managed to come in 7th overall, out of the 180 teams, so we were very stoked with that!
For more pics see the No.8 Cannonball Run 11 gallery
Bone leads SS2000 0-1600cc Class after 4 rounds
Round 4 of the SS2000 Championship was held at Taupo Motorsport Park on January 8th & 9th. With the tight track suiting Rick's smaller, lighter car Rick once again performed well, qualifying 4th overall. A well fought battle in Race 1 had Rick finish 5th overall. The second and third races, both handicaps, did not work out as well for Rick, finishing 11th in both races. His consistency however lifted him up to 5th overall for the round, and first in the 0-1600cc class. With four rounds complete, and three still to run, Rick now sits in 4th position overall on the Championship Table, and leads the 0-1600cc class Championship comfortably.
For full race reports link through to the SS2000 Newsletter
Mixed Fortunes for No.8 at NZFMR
Ken Smith and Andrew Higgins has mixed fortunes at the first round of the NZ Festival of Motor Racing held at Hampton Downs on 21-23 January. It was a very busy weekend with Ken racing his T430 Formula 500 car, as well as a Dallara Formula 3 car in the Super Historic class, a Lola T664 in the Historic Formula Ford class, and a Toyota Corona in the 1980s Touring Car class. As well as running his Lola T400 Formula 5000, Andy also ran a Reynard Formula Atlantic car in the Super Historic class.
In qualifying Ken qualified on pole position, while Andy was sidelined with cooling problems. Unfortunately this spelled the end of the weekend for Andy.
Ken won Race 1 in torrential conditions, before Races 2 and 3 were abandoned due to bad weather.
In Super Historic Ken qualified 3rd, and Andy 8th. Ken took the lead in the first race, with Andy moving up to second place. In very wet conditions Andy managed to squeeze past Ken on the run to the line, beating him by 0.001s, and giving the No.8 backed drivers a 1-2 finish. Race 2 was another 1-2 finish, although this time it was Ken taking line honours.
Andy Higgins campaigns new cars
Andy Higgins, who last season ran a Swift DB4 in the Super Historic class, has imported two new cars for this season. Andy has found and secured a Reynard Formula Atlantic car which he will again campaign in the Super Historic class, as well as a Lola Formula 5000, which he will use to compete in the Tasman Revival Series. No.8 is involved with both cars keep you eyes peeled for Andy to be making waves this season.
The Reynard Formula Atlantic car
The Lola Formula 5000
NZPC vs NZV8 Drag Combat 2010
This year the NZPC Import Allstars Drag Challenge was replaced with Drag Combat, an Import vs V8 challenge in the theme established by Dragmasters. A good turnout of cars and good weather gave a laid back feel for the day and some impressive times as well. Brent Curran was there running the No.8 sponsored CBR RX2 and ended up in the Import Final against Robbie Ward's RIPS FED Rail. We were hoping for a big upset but unfortunately Robbie squeezed thru to beat Brent for the win. Karen Hay ran the quickest times of the day overall in her T Bucket Altered. There were also plenty of high quality road cars, both competing and parked up around the pits and carparks.
Brent Curran in the No.8 CBR RX2 lines up for another pass
A very mint HQ parked up in the pits
For more pics see the No.8 Drag Combat gallery
Bundy Racing Season So Far
Bundy Racing entered their 9P Superstock in the NZ Superstock Championship in Rotorua on December 29th. Brett was looking good in qualifying before a failed fuel pump caused an early stop for Brett, meaning he failed to qualify for the final.
At the NZ Superstock Grand Prix in Wanganui on the 1st & 2nd of January Brett qualified easily, with the second fastest time of the day. After the first two races Brett was 5th equal on points but unfortunately a failing spark plug caused them to slowly drop back thru the field in the final, finishing 9th equal overall.
Stockcar 5P has also been competing, piloted by a number of drivers including Kevin Large, Michael Hyslop, Adam Joblin & Simon Joblin, as well as Brett. During these meetings the car has achieved 2 wins, 2 seconds and a 4th position so that is a good result for Bundy Racing.
The Stockcar Team Champs are on February 4th and 5th in Palmerston north and Brett has been selected to run as a part of the Manawatu Mustangs so we're hopeful for a good result for the team.
No.8 now available in Pacific Islands
As of Christmas 2010 No.8 products will now also be available in the Pacific Islands. The first shipment of product has been dispatched to Tahiti and further shipments will be following into other areas of the Pacific in the new year.
Clarke Hopkins leads Central Muscle Car Series
Round 2 of the Central Muscle Car Series was held at Pukekohe on December 4/5 and Clarke Hopkins was competing in his No.8 sponsored Torana. After qualifying 6th, Clarke finished Race 1 in 4th place. Race 2 was a handicap race and Clarke started form the back in 24th position, fighting his way through to finish 13th.Race 3 was another handicap race and again Clarke was starting from the rear in 26th position. Lap 3 a big accident occurred, badly damaging two cars but thankfully not involving Clarke, and after a full restart Clarke came through to finish 8th in class. Despite not winning any races Clarke's consistent points scoring has lifted him into the lead of the Championship after Round 2. Round 3 is at Hampton Downs on January 29/30th so hopefully the good run continues there.
No.8 Sponsors Kie Parris' Silvia
Kie Parris, foreman at Motorsport Services, has recently completed a build on a S15 Silvia to be used for a number of uses including drifting and burnouts. No.8 is proud to be backing Kie so keep your eyes peeled for the Silvia at events this summer, and of course at Motorsport Services' premises at Hampton Downs. 
No.8 Sponsors Clarke Hopkins' Torana
No.8 is happy to be supporting Clarke Hopkins as he competes in the 2010/2011 Central Muscle Car Series. The Hopkins' Torana is an awesome car, and is always immaculately presented. Go and have a look at the next round and check out this ex-NZV8 magazine feature car.
The first round of the Central Muscle Car Series took place at Manfeild on November 6/7. Unfortunately in qualifying Clarke ran over a tyre marker and got it caught under the car resulting in a stop to remove it and lost time. He still managed 5th place however.
The first race Clarke had a bad start with excessive wheelspin off the line dropping him back to 10th place before he pushed his way back through to finish in 5th.
The second race was a handicap race with Clarke starting off grid 22. By lap two he has surged thru to 12th position and a big incident on lap 5 saw multiple cars taken out raising Clarke further to a 4th place finish.
Race 3 was another handicap race, Clarke this time starting from 20th position.He had pulled up to 9th by lap 3 before getting stuck behind a Falcon for the remainder of the race.
The final race was yet another handicap and after starting from grid 18 Clarke came home in 9th place to give him a result of 3rd overall for the round, and within striking distance of the leader.
The next round is at Thunder in the Park, held at Pukekohe on December 4/5. See you there!
Tasman Revival Formula 5000 Series Round 1
Andy Higgins recently purchased the ex Mario Andretti/Vels Parnelli Jones Racing Lola T400 out of Germany and completed a very quick, but complete, rebuild of the car prior to the first round of the Tasman Revival Series on October 30/31. With no time for testing the cars first run was Friday morning and the majority of the day was spent ironing out issues and getting the motor running smoothly. A fuel injection problem meant Andy missed qualifying as well. Not ideal.
Starting from the back of the grid Andy managed to chew through much of the field to finish his first ever Formula 5000 race in 5th place. The second race brought another 5th place finish and the Lady Wigram Trophy resulted in a 7th position. That gave Andy a 5th overall position for the round which is very promising considering the minimal preparation time.
Meanwhile Ken Smith continued his dominance of the class with three race wins, and his time winning the Lady Wigram Trophy.
The next round takes place at the NZ Festival of Motor Racing at Hampton Downs on January 21-23 and promises to be epic with over 40 cars confirmed for the grid.
Andy on the grid in the newly purchased Lola
2010 Scrap Palace Burnout Competition
The 2010 Scrap Palace Morrinsville Burnout Competition took place on October 30th and delivered exactly what it promised - burnouts. A good number of show cars turned out to support but it was the burnouts that the crowd were there to see, and smoke flowed, or should we say billowed, all day.
Full Throttle 2010
The Manukau City Council again ran the Full Throttle Weekend, held at Manukau Events Centre. The three day affair, held over Labour Weekend, was free for everyone and was divided into 3 days.Saturday was run by the Mustang club, Sunday by 4 & Rotary, and Monday by the Council 9incorporating Auckland Motorsport and the Targa). No.8 were there with Auckland Motorsport (who run the upcoming Cannonball Run) and we took alaong a few of our sponsored vehicles as well, including the No.8 MCLaren M6GTR, Phil Walters' Mini Cooper, Steve Forbes' Alfa Romeo & Andy Higgins' Formula Atlantic. A great weekend all round.
Rick Bone completes Round 2 with van gearbox!
The next round is at Pukekohe on December 4/5.
Kids in Cars Bathurst at the Park 2010
Kids in Cars is a charity that works to raise funds for sick kids, as well as giving them and their families the chance to go for a ride in some cars that they would never normally get to experience. Oneof their annual events in the KIC Bathurst in the Park, run at Pukekohe Park Race on October 10th, Bathurst Sunday. A huge variety of cars turned out to drive the circuit, take kids for rides, and watch Bathurst on the big screen. One of the more exceptional cars there was a Ferrari built for Michael Schumacher, one of only two (the other going to Eddie Irvine. It's rarity (and probable value) didn;t keep the owner off the track tho! Kids in Cars run events throughout the year so we encourage you all to keep an eye out andjoin in the fun!
The first ever running of Britz at the Beach took place in Tairua on Staurday October 9th 2010. It was a British festival in all respects, including many British cars, foods, games, sports and characters. With the first event a success you can bet that this will be coming back bigger and better next year.
For more pics see the Britz at the Beach 2010 gallery
Rick Bone begins 2010/11 SS2000 season
No.8 Sponsors Leith Jepson's Skyline
No.8 will be supporting Leith Jepson as he competes in the NZGT Series this season. Many of you will have already heard about the skyline which is a total work of art. Check out the photos of Leith's outstanding workmanship and follow his progress throughout the season.
No.8 sponsors Bundy Racing
No.8 will be supporting Bundy Racing as they campaign their three stock cars out of Palmerston North. Palmy is NZ's leading stockcar town so keep an eye out for these guys throughout the season.
2010 NAC NZ Drift Nationals & Super Lap Round 1
The 2010 NZ Drift Nationals were held, in conjunction with Round One of Super Lap, on October 3rd at Hampton Downs Raceway. Superb weather meant a record drift crowd of over 8000 spectators came out to watch the drifting, circuit racing and burnout comp. Although the judged section of track was a bit short and difficult to see, the drifting was high quality, and Gaz Whiter eventually walked away with the 2010 NZ Drift title after beating Andrew Redwood in his LS1 powered Series 4 RX7 in the final.
In the Super Lap contest Eddie Pinkham came out fastest in his R32 Skyline, followed by two WRXs.
For more pics see the NZ Drift Nats gallery
2010 Auto One Aroha Cruise
The 2010 Auto One Aroha Cruise was held in the Main Road of Te Aroha on October 2nd. No.8 was there supporting the naming sponsor, Auto One. It was a brilliant laid back day in the sun, with good crowds and plenty of automotive eye candy.
For more pics check out the Aroha Cruise gallery
No.8 sponsors Rod Horton's BloKart
No.8 will be supporting Rod Horton as he competes in the BloKart Series around New Zealand this year. Rod is currently ranked 23rd in the world and is looking to improve that ranking this year. The Karts race at speeds of up to 97kph, with no brakes, so action is a given.
For more info see Rod Horton's profile
No.8 sponsors Steven Forbes' Alfa Romeo
No.8 will be backing Steven Forbes in the No.8 Alfa Romeo Alfetta for the 2010/11 season. The car has only just hit the track for the first time this week but you will be seeing the car and Steve competing throughout in season in club saloons, classic saloons and the Alfa class. It will also be running at the Auto One Track Day at Hampton Downs on Sept 19 so keep an eye out for it there as well.
No.8 sponsors Curran Bros CBR RX2
This car is exceptionally well built and is as much as show car as it is a strip weapon. Be sure to have a look the next time you see it.
For more info go to Brent's page in our Motorsport sections
Speed Show 2010
The No.8 stand including Phil Walters' Mini Copper
Brent Curran's RX2 drag car
For more photos check out the Speedshow gallery.
Snowball Run 2010
For more pics check out the Snowball Run 2010 gallery
Rick Bone 1st 1600cc Class and 3rd Overall
Auckland All Ford Day 2010
