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GREEN-LIGHT #3

24 February 2012 - Issue No,3

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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 V8Su-perTourers 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-bal-anced 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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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 open-ing weekend’s feature race and gained valuable points for the championship, and very importantly our first V8Su-perTourers 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!

Welcome, continued...


Round 1 wrap-upQualifyingBeing 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 1The 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 2Starting 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 3The 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.


Saturday, 18 FebruaryQualifying

Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps Points1 99 Kayne Scott 1:04.472 11 146.854 13 702 51 Greg Murphy 1:04.607 14 146.548 0.135 0.135 14 633 23 Andy Booth 1:04.684 9 146.373 0.212 0.077 12 574 93 Scott McLaughlin 1:04.729 13 146.271 0.257 0.045 13 515 2 Jonny Reid 1:04.890 9 145.908 0.418 0.161 11 466 5 Andy Knight 1:04.902 13 145.881 0.430 0.012 15 417 22 Andre Heimgartner 1:04.921 9 145.839 0.449 0.019 12 378 96 Ant Pedersen 1:05.011 11 145.637 0.539 0.090 12 339 69 Eddie Bell 1:05.030 9 145.594 0.558 0.019 11 3010 556 Steven Richards 1:05.040 11 145.572 0.568 0.010 13 2711 27 Craig Baird 1:05.050 5 145.550 0.578 0.010 13 12 10 Richard Moore 1:05.072 11 145.500 0.600 0.022 13 13 47 John McIntyre 1:05.163 12 145.297 0.691 0.091 13 14 15 Paul Manuell 1:05.517 12 144.512 1.045 0.354 15 15 12 Geoff Emery 1:05.720 12 144.066 1.248 0.203 14 16 66 Colin Corkery 1:06.400 4 142.590 1.928 0.680 4

Race results: Round 1Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, 2.7km


Saturday, 18 FebruaryRace 1, 20 laps* Bonus 20 points for fastest lap

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed Points 1 51 Greg Murphy 20 22:02.854 1:05.139 10 145.351 2102 99 Kayne Scott 20 22:04.944 2.090 1:05.438 11 144.687 1803 23 Andy Booth 20 22:05.906 3.052 1:05.433 9 144.698 1624 2 Jonny Reid 20 22:06.428 3.574 1:05.211 10 145.190 1465 27 Craig Baird 20 22:08.444 5.590 1:05.601 18 144.327 1316 5 Andy Knight 20 22:09.710 6.856 1:05.556 7 144.426 1187 69 Eddie Bell 20 22:10.476 7.622 1:05.432 7 144.700 1068 96 Ant Pedersen 20 22:11.537 8.683 1:05.453 10 144.653 969 47 John McIntyre 20 22:13.358 10.504 1:05.747 9 144.007 8610 93 Scott McLaughlin 20 22:14.611 11.757 1:05.093 12 145.453 97*11 15 Paul Manuell 20 22:16.030 13.176 1:05.810 19 143.869 7012 10 Richard Moore 20 22:20.567 17.713 1:05.883 11 143.709 6313 556 Steven Richards 20 22:28.718 25.864 1:05.801 14 143.888 5614 66 Colin Corkery 20 22:30.695 27.841 1:06.480 18 142.419 5115 12 Geoff Emery 20 22:32.309 29.455 1:06.263 11 142.885 4616 22 Andre Heimgartner 20 22:45.063 42.209 1:05.491 16 144.569 41

* Bonus 20 points for fastest lap



Sunday, 19 FebruaryRace 2, 25 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed Points1 51 Greg Murphy 25 27:52.988 1:05.071 11 145.503 230*2 2 Jonny Reid 25 27:57.633 4.645 1:05.300 12 144.992 1803 99 Kayne Scott 25 28:00.907 7.919 1:05.146 5 145.335 1624 23 Andy Booth 25 28:01.920 8.932 1:05.458 19 144.642 1465 69 Eddie Bell 25 28:02.232 9.244 1:05.263 4 145.075 1316 47 John McIntyre 25 28:11.635 18.647 1:05.564 22 144.409 1187 5 Andy Knight 25 28:12.570 19.582 1:05.527 23 144.490 1068 15 Paul Manuell 25 28:13.814 20.826 1:05.650 20 144.219 969 96 Ant Pedersen 25 28:13.974 20.986 1:05.326 24 144.935 8610 556 Steven Richards 25 28:15.600 22.612 1:05.846 23 143.790 7711 10 Richard Moore 25 28:18.816 25.828 1:05.838 21 143.808 7012 12 Geoff Emery 25 28:21.610 28.622 1:05.957 17 143.548 6313 22 Andre Heimgartner 25 28:21.651 28.663 1:05.430 25 144.704 5614 66 Colin Corkery 25 28:39.065 46.077 1:06.057 24 143.331 5115 93 Scott McLaughlin 25 28:55.929 1:02.941 1:05.367 5 144.844 46Not classified (75% = 19 Laps) 16 27 Craig Baird 13 15:34.486 12 Laps 1:05.424 4 144.718 0



Sunday, 19 FebruaryRace 3, 30 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed Points1 96 Ant Pedersen 30 35:19.293 1:05.489 13 144.574 2402 47 John McIntyre 30 35:21.849 2.556 1:05.683 3 144.147 2073 93 Scott McLaughlin 30 35:22.058 2.765 1:05.295 29 145.003 1864 556 Steven Richards 30 35:25.098 5.805 1:05.560 6 144.417 1685 22 Andre Heimgartner 30 35:27.680 8.387 1:05.573 5 144.389 1516 27 Craig Baird 30 35:28.258 8.965 1:05.785 7 143.923 1367 51 Greg Murphy 30 35:29.415 10.122 1:05.261 5 145.079 1228 5 Andy Knight 30 35:30.877 11.584 1:05.550 6 144.439 1109 2 Jonny Reid 30 35:31.661 12.368 1:05.438 9 144.687 9910 12 Geoff Emery 30 35:32.109 12.816 1:06.302 17 142.801 8911 23 Andy Booth 30 36:05.610 46.317 1:05.741 7 144.020 8012 69 Eddie Bell 29 35:26.978 1 Lap 1:05.573 6 144.389 7213 99 Kayne Scott 28 35:31.798 2 Laps 1:05.203 5 145.208 85*Not classified (75% = 23 Laps) 14 15 Paul Manuell 21 35:35.689 9 Laps 1:05.788 11 143.917 015 10 Richard Moore 18 24:50.773 12 Laps 1:05.986 11 143.485 016 66 Colin Corkery 0 44.178 30 Laps --:--:--.--- 0 - 0



Position Driver Points1 Greg Murphy 6252 Kayne Scott 4973 Jonny Reid 4714 Ant Pedersen 4555 Andy Booth 4456 John McIntyre 4117 Scott McLaughlin 3808 Andy Knight 3759 Eddie Bell 33910 Steven Richards 32811 Andre Heimgartner 28512 Craig Baird 26713 Geoff Emery 19814 Paul Manuell 16615 Richard Moore 13316 Colin Corkery 102

V8SuperTourer points after round 1


Where we’ve been seen


Where we’ve been seen - weblinksAn overview of website links carrying the latest JMR news:

Top five finishes for McIntyre and Richards at V8SuperTourershttp://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 rumblehttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=1078640518 Feb

Drivers amped for ‘awesome’ V8 supertourers - Videohttp://www.3news.co.nz/Drivers-amped-for-awesome-V8-supertourers/tabid/317/articleID/242794/Default.aspx14 Feb

McIntyre ready for season of firsts in competitive V8SuperTourershttp://www.crc.co.nz/Automotive-Sponsorship/CRC-JMR-John-McIntyre-Racing-6939.htm 10 Feb


2012 V8SuperTourer Calendar

Sprint ChampionshipRound 1*: 17-19 February – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato Round 2: 7-8 April – Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, ChristchurchRound 3*: 27-29 April – Manfeild, FeildingRound 4*: 1-3 June – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato

Endurance ChampionshipRound 5*: 10-12 August – Taupo Motorsport Park, TaupoRound 6*: 21-23 September – Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North WaikatoRound 7: 26-28 October – Final, Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Christchurch

* Events which feature the 2012 V8Challenge Cup

You can get your tickets for the second round, Powerbuilt Tools Raceway on http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2012/v8-supertourers/christchurch-city

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