The second round of the BNT V8s Championship at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway at Ruapuna in Christchurch this weekend was almost a case of deja vu for Timaru driver John Hepburn.
Christchurch driver Andy Knight scored his best result since he joined the BNT V8s Championship with a place on the podium at Powerbuilt Tools International Raceway in Christchurch this weekend.
Christina Orr is staring down her most formidable challenge yet by entering the male dominated, highly aggressive and competitive BNTV8s for the 2009-10 season.
Leading into the opening round of this season's BNT V8s, Simon Richards and the Ballistic Motorsport Team predicted a best-ever start to their summer series campaign.
My barometer usually registers summer as starting with the New Zealand Motorsport Championship Series' first round so, theoretically, the heat gets turned up today.
It has been a mixed initiation year into the NZV8s series for Dunedin's John Whelan but he is hoping to salvage the 2009/2010 rookie title during the final round at the Taupo Motorsport Park this weekend.
In a shortened contest punctuated by uniquely Australian dramas, Allan Dippie's team bettered its qualifying position by 21 places to finish 13th overall in the Bathurst 12-hour race at the weekend.
