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Round Three - 2009-2010 NZ V8 Championship - Teretonga Park, Invercargill 16th and 17th January 2010
Invercargill, Teretonga Park, great weather, crowd and organisers.....
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| 4-Dec-2009 |
Round Two - 2009-2010 NZ V8 Championship - Ruapuna Park, Christchurch - 28th and 29th November 2009
After going over everything there is to go over after Pukekohe, we load up and head south to Christchurch......
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| 11-Nov-2009 |
Round One - 2009-2010 NZ V8 Championship – Pukekohe 7th and 8th Nov 2009
This season we have new format with reduced track time; no running on Friday at all. The “Saver Series” has been set up to reduce costs while the economy comes right! Our team has had one week off since.............
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| 26-May-2009 |
Craig Baird honoured in MotorSport Awards
Craig Baird, one of New Zealand’s most successful racing drivers...........
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| 26-Apr-2009 |
Round 8, Hamilton 400 Street Race 17th – 19th April 2009
NZV8 Series 2008 - 2009
Hamilton 400 Street Race 17th – 19th April 2009
As an event it was superb; well run in a friendly atmosphere. Gone were the razor wire fences and barriers, and with the correct passes we could go most places.
Still some greedy moteliers hanging out for huge increases in room rates, and it was good to see some not full. More and more make a daily trip and for our team it only.............
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| 24-Mar-2009 |
Round, 7 Pukekohe, 14th – 15th March 2009
A fine summers day at Pukekohe prior to the oak trees losing their leaves is fantastic. This is a fast track with good spectator viewing and facilities AND real coffee. An open creek runs between the pit road and the hill stand area. This has been tidied up over the years and planted both sides with ferns, flax and small trees. But, the small ................
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| 5-Mar-2009 |
Round 6, Manfield, 28th Feb - 1st March 2009
Round 6 at Manfield in the Manawatu, my birth place a long time ago.
Te Arakura is between Palmerston North and Feilding and the school I started at is still standing as is the original home. Lots of Danish families around that area; Clausens, Johansens and Pedersens. I remember well kids coming to school on horseback, no bridles or saddles; they simply slipped off the side and .........................
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| 5-Feb-2009 |
Round 5, Teretonga park, 16th – 17th January 2009
Hello again
We left Grumpy’s Retreat and Holiday Park in Geraldine at 10.00a.m. Monday to travel to the southern most race track in the world, Teretonga Park, Invercargill.
We work at Macaulay Ford dealership, unloaded the race car that evening and after a visit to Macaulay’s “wash bay” parked in our “spot” for a full 4 days prep. and crack testing.
Only small panel damage and.....................
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| 4-Feb-2009 |
Round 4 Timaru International Raceway 10th - 11th January 2009
Hello again. Round 4 Timaru, another large go-kart track and only get into top gear for a few seconds.
Dennis and I left Auckland Wednesday for the back to back South Island meetings. We reached the Strait Shipping wharf . www.bluebridge.co.nz at 5.00p.m. and sailed into Lyttelton in Christchurch at 7.00a.m.. After what was the most memorable boat trip I have been on we disembarked and headed to Timaru to set up and get ready for Friday testing...................
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| 3-Feb-2009 |
Round 3 Ruapuna Park 29th – 30th November 2008
Round 3 Ruapuna Park 29th – 30th November 2008
Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park is another ‘slowish’, lots of second gear circuit, yet quite technical to get the best from the race car without cooking the tyres and brakes.
The track is 3.3km’s in length and we get into 4th gear once per lap for about six seconds. Each lap in our car is 1min 31ish. Our car was super quick last year at this event but plagued with.............
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| 10-Oct-2008 |
Time out for Mark Pedersen.
Marks first drive was at Rosebank road kart club 29 years ago in the midget class. These budget races had an ironhorse lawn mower engine. Next was the rookie class, the real thing, and real engine with a restrictor. Next the junior’s class with a purpose built Yamaha race engine, then came senior lites. Mark holds lap records in each class raced in.
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| 10-Oct-2008 |
Round 1 Taupo 4th – 5th Oct 2008
I am late with this report. I have been two hours trying to find the correct words.
We have had two weekends off since April and started our first round at Taupo with a fresh, effectively new car, two strong engines and the best spares package ever.
We had a short test prior to the first round at Taupo with Craig Baird to get him comfortable ..............
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