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Fourth Straight Victory for Smith/De Veth

Nothing could deny Glenn Smith/John de Veth a fourth straight win in the SBT Motorsport McLaren 650 S with Anthony Leighs finishing second in the Blackbull Markets Audi R8 with John Midgley finishing third in his Ford Falcon FG V8 Super Tourer. Glenn Smith started the race and shot off into the distance Nick Ross would make an unscheduled pit …

Glen Smith and John de Veth do the double

Qualifying for Round 2 of the 2021 North Island took place earlier today where Glenn Smith and John de Veth took pole for both the 1Hour and 3Hour race at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park . The 2Hour Qualifying took place first where Brendan Murphy and Brock Cooley stormed to pole position outright and in Class 2 competing in the Ex- …

2021 Hampton Downs Preview

Round 2 of the North Island Endurance Series will take place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on the National Circuit this weekend Friday 28th and Saturday 29th May. The amount of 2Hour competitors has doubled for Round 2 after a successful first round with the competitors. The two BMW 235i of Wayne Leach and Paul Burborough and the Todd and …

Smith and De Veth unstoppable in opening 1Hour

Glenn Smith and John de Veth have won the opening 1Hour race for opening race for the 2021 season with John Midgley finishing second outright and 1st in GT-B and Anthony Leighs finished third outright in his Audi R8. Conditions were far from ideal at the start of the race were Lochlainn Fitzgerald Symes and Danny Stutterd falling off the …

Ken Hunter talks about his experience in the 2hour race

We’ve received lots of positive comments about the new 2hour clubmans’ race. Last week we talked to Ken Hunter about his experience and this is what he said: “I had lots of fun. The race was very well organized and the compulsory 3 minute pitsop made the life a lot easier and fair to all people involved. What it was …

Heart of Racing overcome penalty to take opening 3Hour

Alex Riberas and Darren Kelly driving the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 have overcome a drive through penalty to win the opening round of the North Island Endurance Series from Neil Foster and Jonny Reid in second and Glenn Smith and John de Veth in third. Jonny Reid led the opening stages of the race as the …

Bruce Kett returns to the North Island Endurance Series

Bruce Kett is back to the North Island Endurance Series in the 1hour race driving his EX-NZV8 Ford Falcon BA Touring. He raced at the season opener in Pukekohe 2 weeks ago and was greatly surprised by the level of competition, “we haven’t raced for 3 years and now coming back for that first meeting was like bloody hell, cars …

Parsons and Lyons won Inaugural 2Hour Race

Shane Parsons and Lindsay Lyons have won the inaugural 2Hour Clubmans Endurance Race from pole position at Pukekohe Park Raceway. Ken Hunter led the initial stages of the race in his Chevrolet Lumina and raced of into the distance from David Grigor in his Honda Civic in second and Parson/Lyons in third. Scott Smith and Shaun van Beers were making …