Late Race pass get Smith and de Veth 5th straight 1hr win

Photos courtesy of Matt Smith

Glenn Smith and John de Veth made a late race pass on Anthony Leighs to take Round 3 of North Island Endurance Series for 1Hour Race with Geoff and Martin Short taking home third position.

Glenn Smith started the McLaren 650 S GT3 and led the early stages of the race Sam Collins was able to make a move on Anthony Leighs for second position. John Midgley would have a day to forget when he suffered at tyre failure in the first 10minutes and the David McAlpine/Kynan Yu Porsche 991 Gen 2 would be an early retirement.

The first safety car would be called soon after when Conal Dempsey’s Porsche had stop on the front straight but managed to get back going when the field got back racing.

The field would make the pitstop as a second safety car hadn’t yet appeared.  John McIntyre had managed to pass Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes for fourth position while Nick Archibald spun at turn 1.

However, a second safety car finally came when Sam Collins had got his Marc Gen2 Mustang stuck at turn 7. Leighs was able to get his pitstop done under safety car conditions and was set to break the Smith and de Veth dominance.

John de Veth was able to pass Leighs on the restart and take the win with Leighs second and Martin Short who had taken over from Geoff Short would finish third.

Brock Timperley and John McIntyre took Class 1 win and fourth overall with Gene Rollinson taking Class 2 win and finishing fifth overall Sean Kirkpatrick and James Webb would take their third straight GT-C win and taking sixth overall. Nick Ross would take GT-B win and seventh place overall.

Smith and de Veth lead the Championship on 190points with Leighs second on 180 points and John Midgley sits third on 176 points.

Overall and GT-A

1^st 90 Glenn Smith and John de Veth McLaren 650 S GT3 SBT Motorsport

2^nd 28 Anthony Leighs Audi R8 LMS GT3 Blackbull Markets/Caryle Performance

3^rd 5 Geoff and Martin Short Audi R8 LMS GT3 Speedworks Events

GT-B

1^st 007 Nick Ross Nissan Altima L33 TLX Total Lubricants, Concept Motorsport

2^nd 50 Blair McDonald Holden Commodore VE V8ST McDonald Kerbing, Atlas Concrete

3^rd 20 Kris Bostock Porsche 991 Gen 1 Action Motorsport

GT-C

1^st 78 Sean Kirkpatrick/James Webb Porsche 997 Titian Property Group

2^nd 26 Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes Porsche 997 Ultra Interiors

3^rd 77 Wayne Leach/Paul Burborough Ferrari 458 Challenge Winger Group

Class 1

1^st 47 Brock Timperley/John McIntyre Ford Falcon BA TL AV8 Motorsport, Erosion Control, Branded Beer

2^nd 135 Tim Martin/Luke Neuberger Nissan R35 GTR Downforce Driving Academy/Remraf Racing

3^rd 10 Grant Aitken/Grant Liston Porsche 996

Class 2

1^st 51 Gene Rollinson Hyundai i30N TCR Racer Products

2^nd 55 Rhys Gould Hyundai i30N TCR Signature Homes

3^rd 444 Grant Baguley BMW E46 M3 Mackenzie Motorsport

Class 3

1^st 115 Mark Meadows Lotus Extige Motul