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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 …

Qualifying Report – Round 1

Qualifying has taken place today at Pukekohe Park Raceway as part of Round one of the 2021 North Island Endurance Series. The 2 Hour Qualifying session was the first to take pace as Shane Parsons and Lindsay Lyons will start from pole position posting a time of 1:14.4 in his Class 3 Honda CR-X, Ken Hunter will start P2 in …

Father & son’s team confirmed for the 3-hour endurance race

Tony Head will be contesting in the 3-hour race this season driving alongside his youngest son, Seton. Father and son will be driving a Toyota Altezza. “The car is working extremely well considering it is now more than 20 years old”, Tony said.Tony has been driving Altezza’s since 1999, when they were first released and his son Seton is part …

2021 Golden Holmes North Island Endurance Series Preview

The 2021 Golden Holmes North Island Endurance Series gets underway this weekend Saturday 8thand Sunday 9th May 2021 at Pukekohe Park Raceway. Sunday racing will begin with the inaugural 2 Hour Clubmans race which caters for any car that can’tgo any faster 1:13 around the V8 Supercar Layout at Pukekohe. Drivers to look out for this weekend are Allan Sargeant …