There was some great racing again from the support classes at the CRC 200 at Timaru International Motor Raceway over the weekend. While the main events were the BNT V8s and the Toyota Racing Series the weekend was filled with top class fields including the Suzuki Swifts, UDC V8 Utes, NZ Formaul Fords, Sports and Production GT and Super Trucks.
While Andre Heimgartner still leads the NZ Formula Ford Championship his successive winning run ended yesterday in the first of three races when he faulted in the opening lap and finished sixth. Henry Thomas-Kircher was able to pick up his first win of the season. Heimgartner went onto win the following two races and stretches his lead in the series.
A highlight of the weekend was the addition of the Super Trucks. Eleven trucks from Australia and New Zealand provided some quite spectacular racing. Troy Wheeler (Scania 111) from Auckland won Class B from Wellingtonian Terry McGee (Mack Vision) with Brent Jones (Ashburton) third (Bedford KM).
Shane Gray (Wellington – Kenworth W924) won Class A from Malcolm Little (Upper Hutt – Freightliner) and Peter Tangey (Wellington – Bedford KM). Gray also was the overall winning of the weekend.
In previous rounds the Sports GT and Production GT were raced separately but this weekend the classes were combined to give the spectators both some fantastic racing as well as a vast array of machines and sounds to view. In the Sports GT Cameron Jones (Mazda) won the weekend from Russell Mortimer (Nissan 180SX) and Geoff Short (Juno). Local Neville Stowell (Subaru WRX) won the Production GT class from Matt Edgar (Toyota Corolla) and Scott Ballingal (Evo RS).
See also
- Lauder takes Suzuki round win at Timaru
- Waite tames Timaru (UDC V8 Utes)
NZ Formula Ford
Race 1 (10 laps)
1 Henry Thomas-Kircher
2 Michael Scott
3 Tom Alexander
4 Brent Allen
5 Brendon Leitch
6 Andre Heimgartner
7 Tom Barker
8 Tony Graham
9 Phil Foulkes
Race 2 (10 laps)
1 Andre Heimgartner
2 Michael Scott
3 Brendon Leitch
4 Tom Alexander
5 Tony Graham
6 Henry Thomas-Kircher
7 Brent Allen
8 Tom Barker
Not classified (75% = 7 Laps) Grant Campbell
DNF Phil Foulkes
DNS
Race 3 (12 laps)
1 Andre Heimgartner
2 Henry Thomas-Kircher
3 Michael Scott
4 Tom Alexander
5 Brent Allen
6 Grant Campbell
7 Tom Barker
8 Tony Graham
9 Brendon Leitch
10 Phil Foulkes
NZ Formula Ford Points
1 Andre Heimgartner Auckland 645
2 Michael Scott Te Puke 555
3 Brendon Leitch Invercargill 464
4 Henry Thomas-Kircher Christchurch 448
5 Brent Allen Auckland 421
6 Tom Alexander Christchurch 380
7 Tom Barker Christchurch 364
8 Tony Graham Waitakere City 256
9 Phil Foulkes Clevedon 216
10 Michael Collins Christchurch 139
11 Grant Campbell Auckland 117
Sports & Production GT
Race 1 (8 laps)
1 Cameron Jones
2 Geoff Short
3 Chris Hatton
4 Matthew Cronin
5 Lawrence Knowler
6 Russell Mortimer
7 Geoff Washbourne
8 Pierre Neame
9 Chris Dunn
10 Murray Beeby
11 Neville Stowell
12 Matt Edgar
13 Matt Dunn
14 Garreth Mackenzie
15 Geoff Gray
16 Ryan Austin
17 Brent Cross
18 Kevin Varney
19 Ian Clapperton
20 Simon Ellingham
21 Ashley Hooper
22 Jim Kelly
Not classified (75% = 6 Laps)
DNF Paul Williams
DNF Dave Agnew
DNF Scott Ballingall
DNF Gary Duncan
DNF Stan Moore
DNS Scott Laurence
Race 2 (8 laps)
1 Russell Mortimer
2 Cameron Jones
3 Geoff Short
4 Murray Beeby
5 Matthew Cronin
6 Scott Ballingall
7 Gary Duncan
8 Pierre Neame
9 Lawrence Knowler
10 Neville Stowell
11 Geoff Washbourne
12 Garreth Mackenzie
13 Ian Clapperton
14 Chris Hatton
15 Geoff Gray
16 Matt Edgar
17 Stan Moore
18 Matt Dunn
19 Ashley Hooper
20 Brent Cross
21 Simon Ellingham
22 Kevin Varney
23 Jim Kelly
Not classified (75% = 6 Laps)
DNS Paul Williams
DNS Scott Laurence
DNS Ryan Austin
DNS Chris Dunn
Race 3 (8 laps handicap)
1 Scott Ballingall
2 Ryan Austin
3 Pierre Neame
4 Cameron Jones
5 Simon Ellingham
6 Matt Edgar
7 Paul Williams
8 Geoff Washbourne
9 Ian Clapperton
10 Brent Cross
11 Garreth Mackenzie
12 Russell Mortimer
13 Geoff Gray
14 Lawrence Knowler
15 Neville Stowell
16 Geoff Short
17 Chris Hatton
18 Kevin Varney
19 Ashley Hooper
20 Jim Kelly
21 Gary Duncan
22 Matt Dunn
Super Trucks
Race 1 (6 laps)
1 Malcolm Little Freightliner
2 Beau Hewat Kenworth T904
3 Steven Zammit Kenworth T401
4 Troy Wheeler Scania 111
5 Shane Gray Kenworth W924
6 Angus Fogg Kenworth W900
7 Peter Tangney Bedford KM
8 Terry McGee Mack Vision
9 Colin Hooper Mack R700
10 Rob Waters Kenworth W Model
11 Brent Jones Bedford KM
Not classified (75% = 4 Laps)
DNS Ash Hey International S Line
DNS Darren Thomson Western Star
Race 2 (8 laps)
1 Shane Gray
2 Beau Hewat
3 Troy Wheeler
4 Angus Fogg
5 Brent Jones
6 Peter Tangney
7 Malcolm Little
8 Terry McGee
9 Steven Zammit
10 Colin Hooper
Not classified (75% = 6 Laps)
DNS Rob Waters
Race 3 (8 laps)
1 Rob Waters
2 Peter Tangney
3 Steven Zammit
4 Colin Hooper
5 Troy Wheeler
6 Shane Gray
7 Angus Fogg
8 Terry McGee
9 Brent Jones
10 Malcolm Little
11 Beau Hewat
