The North Shore’s fastest schoolteacher, Steff Chambers will step up to the Golden Holmes North Island Endurance Series in 2020. Steff took up racing in a Porsche 944 in 2016 starting off in the European Racing Classic’s before jumping in with the big boys in the Pirelli Porsche Championship. After campaigning the 944 for three seasons racing all around the …
Series sponsor Shane Helms has confirmed that he will contest this year Golden Holmes North Island Endurance Series in the 3 hour driving his Audi TT VLN. Shane raced a E30 M3 for a long time in endurance racing before purchasing an Audi TT VLN 2.5L Turbo which he and normal co-driver Rob Bolland pull off a massive underdog result …
We recently caught up by phone with well know racer David Dovey, and head of the North Island Endurance Race Drivers Club, and asked him to share the clubs thoughts on where to from now, given the major impact Covid-19 has had on the Club Endurance Racing Series and its many loyal competitors. VNews: So David what brought about the …
In the Golden Holmes North Island Endurance Series many of our members have factory built race cars that have previous lives of racing in a professional series driven by a professional driver so let’s have a look at the life of the number 94 Holden Commodore VE V8 Super Tourer which was campaigned in last year series by car owner …
The list of vehicles allowed to run in the endurance series is very long, mainly consisting of cars that are road going monocoque vehicles with a few exceptions of space frame chassis cars such as V8 supertourers, COTF V8 supercars & Ginetta’s. CLICK HERE to continue reading full newsletter info
We are pleased to announce our revised NIERDC Endurance Racing calendar for this year, which will see us run one less event than we would normally run as well as having to shift those dates into September and October, said David Dovey, President of NIERDC. CLICK HERE to continue reading
David Dovey, president of NIERDC said, “Whilst the timing of this announcement is due to our sanctioning body MSNZ Motorsport New Zealand decree yesterday to suspend all motor-sport events for the next 2 months effective as of the 19th of March 20120, we understand and fully support the need to ensure the health and safety of both competitors, officials and …
Matt Noonan, for those in the know, is a driver that comes to any team with skills and a modest budget to contribute. Matt would love to get back into some endurance racing, preferably at the more affordable end of the field. He could potentially do Pukekohe and Manfeild, so if you or anyone you know is looking for a driver – CONTINUE …
Incoming new NIERDC President, David Dovey, announced today that following their recent AGM, the committee had now ratified the changes voted on by it’s members to lower costs, and increase safety, as well as opening up the 1 hour endurance races to a wider category of cars, such as older GT3 car’s. Keep reading full newsletter/article
The North Island Endurance Series will enter it’s 7th season in 2020 so let’s have a look back at some of the previous Class winners in GT-B. 2014 – Between 2014 & 2016 GT-B was known as the GT Class in the first year although Simon Gilbertson, Elliot Andrew & Ian Hayr all won races in their respective Porsche 997’s …