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Missed the piece on Scotty Sunday night but have just watched it online. I hope he never loses that frankness - it has a very fresh real feel to it.
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Agree Icarus. He is the next murph or gis for sure. Am I right in assuming that murph is the 2013 sprint champion? If so you'd think that it would be all over the v8st website and speedcafe.
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^ oops! Forgot about taupo. Doh!
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3 Jul 2013, 10:11 (Ref:3273294) | #105 | ||
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Who owns the beautiful I45, Mark? We've largely been lead to believe that it was you all along, so this is a surprise.
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13 Jul 2013, 06:30 (Ref:3277219) | #106 | ||
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Time to dust this thread off (could you please open the 'Te News' thread mods? Pretty pleez - we've been behaving lately ).
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater http://www.highlands.co.nz/Calendar/Default.asp Highlands' website and others have posted updates to their 2014 calender, this being the main thing of interest: 24-26 January 2014: - V8 Supertourers - Toyota Racing Series TRS racing with V8ST's? Sounds mint to me. A sign of something perhaps? Also, the event clashes with one of the NZFMR weekends. Now to decide which one I attend... Last edited by HProject; 13 Jul 2013 at 06:45. |
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rather amusing comments on that page. more opinion than fact though
speaking of 2014 2014 Toyota Racing Series calendar: Round 1: January 11-12, Teretonga (Invercargill) Round 2: January 18-19, Timaru Round 3: January 25-26, Highlands Park (non MSNZ event) Round 4: February 1-2, Hampton Downs Round 5: February 8-9, Manfeild 2013/14 NZV8 Touring Cars calendar: Round 1: November 16-17, Pukekohe Park (non MSNZ event) Round 2: January 11-12, Teretonga (Invercargill) Round 3: January 18-19, Timaru Round 4: February 8-9, Manfeild Round 5: March 8-9, Taupo Round 6: April TBC, Pukekohe (V8 Supercar event) 2013/14 TR 86 calendar: Round 1: November 9-10, Highlands Park (non MSNZ event) Round 2: Nov 30-Dec 1, Pukekohe Park (non MSNZ event) Round 3: February 1-2, Hampton Downs Round 4: February 8-9, Manfeild Round 5: March 8-9, Taupo Round 6: May 3-4, Hampton Downs (non MSNZ event) Round 7: May 18, Pukekohe Park (non MSNZ event) 2013/14 NZ Formula Ford calendar: Round 1: November 2-3, Powerbuilt Tools (Chch) (non MSNZ event) Round 2: January 11-12, Teretonga (Invercargill) Round 3: January 18-19, Timaru Round 4: February 1-2, Hampton Downs Round 5: February 8-9, Manfeild Round 6: March 8-9, Taupo |
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Alan Dick mentioned the Jan round in his last article in Classic Driver.
Wondered when it would be mentioned elsewhere. It was obvious a long time ago they would never be racing there in Nov so why have they left the Nov SI round on there so long? |
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15 Jul 2013, 10:12 (Ref:3277867) | #110 | |
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Nice looking hyundai on pace innovations face book.
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isn't that a new Ford for the South African GTC series?
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isn't the Hyundai meant to be in NZ? what are the odds of it being at the speed show this weekend?
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Doesn't even look like a Supertourer in fact
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Hi GB,
I can confirm that the Pace built car in question is not a V8Supertourer, it is actually the prototype mule for the South African Series, and is skinned with the latest Ford focus panels. The car is fitted with a Craig Hasted built 5 litre Ford Coyote engine driving through an Albin transaxel. The wheelbase is some 125-mm shorter than a V8 Supercar/V8Supertourer. The car is due to be shipped to South Africa in the next couple of weeks, once its had its shakedown run at Ipswich next Tuesday. |
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Does anyone have any information on the V8ST prototype. I see it is up for tender but I am hearing some strange stories re its where abouts?
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I know someone, who's mate met a guy, who's sister knows a bloke who knows where the car is. I can only confirm that it is no longer where it was supposed to be which was in Petch's workshop. |
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there was an article on the speedcafe site a while ago about the prototype being up for tender.
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V8 SuperTourer prototype open to tender
Tuesday 23rd July, 2013 12:53pm The first prototype V8 SuperTourer has gone up for tender. Put up for sale by a consortium of 11 owners, the VE Commodore-spec prototype was the first built by Gold Coast-based company Pace Innovations under the command of Paul Ceprnich. V8 SuperTourers underwent a massive ownership shake up earlier this year with Ray Noonan taking a stake in the business and who is now involved in the day-to-day running of the category. The chassis plate number V8ST-VE-00P comes with a current Motorsport New Zealand homologation log book. It has been driven by a number of high profile drivers in promo activities over the last 18 months, including New Zealand’s favourite touring car son Greg Murphy and Aussie Jack Perkins. The vehicle was used chiefly for research and development and promotional purposes co-inciding with the inaugural V8 SuperTourer season commencing at the beginning of last year. Never put into competition, the car includes Holden Commodore VE panels of carbon fibre composite construction which are V8 Supercar-spec save for the front bar/splitter and rear wing which conform to current V8ST shape a form. The prototype’s floor pan and firewall are genuine VE Commodore road car components which separates it from production V8 SuperTourers. Mechanically it is identical to a V8ST, running the same small block 7-litre powerplant hand-built at General Motors’ Performance Build Centre in Michigan, gearbox and 9-inch differential. Similarities also rest with the same KW suspension dampers, Brembo brakes and 18-inch forged wheels. The vehicle has a dry weight of 1230kg. Tenders are to be received by 5pm on Friday August 23. |
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30 Jul 2013, 06:42 (Ref:3283646) | #123 | |
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But it is not actually eligable to run in the supertourer class is it?
So will just be a club car or show piece ? |
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It's an extremely fast car, as it weighs 45 kg's less than the production V8ST, and the engine is capable of producing around 700 BHP, so potentially much faster than an Australian touring car for a start. The car could also be re-chassis'd with a V8ST conforming current chassis, so that way it would be eligible to run as a V8ST complying car. So, as said, lots of possibilities, open to a potential purchaser. |
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