As the first production V8 SuperTourer took to the track this week at Taupo with John McIntyre and Steven Richards at the wheel, series organisers have announced that the public will get their first chance to see the new breed of V8 SuperTourer racing cars at Hampton Downs on Friday February 10th. This will be the championship's first official test – and watching will be entirely free.
The series will open the doors to the test to give fans a chance to see the cars in action and meet the drivers. Hampton Downs has reported its highest ticket sales for any event at the track so far since the series was announced and almost two and a half thousand people have already joined the series’ facebook site.
“The V8 SuperTourer is an entirely new breed of machine and around Hampton Downs is going to be sensationally quick,” explained series CEO Paul Radisich.
“All of the teams have been on very tight build programmes and the test is a serious day for them with two sessions of two hours when they can set up and fine tune the machines, and address any teething troubles. The public have been amazingly supportive so when the question of allowing the public into the test for free came up, we thought ‘why not’?
The V8 SuperTourers will test between 11am-1pm and again from 2pm-4pm and there should be plenty of time to watch the cars and grab a few autographs of the big name drivers. For those attending the test day, there will be a one-off offer on ticket purchase when the Early Bird prices of just $30 for a three day pass and $50 for a Grandstand seat for three days will be repeated.
