Green Light #9

GREEN-LIGHT #9

21 Dec 2012 - Issue No,9

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#70 Fastway Couriers Falcon; Drivers Steve Richards and Dominic Storey

Results; Race 1: 7th, Race 2: 8th

Steve Richards was joined by his third diff erent co-driver in three round endurance series. It has been great to meet all of these young emerging talents on the NZ racing scene and the latest to join JMR, Dominic Storey certainly did not disappoint. Dominic was entering his fi rst ever Touring Car race at Ruapuna after a short career in single seaters in NZ and Europe. Dom had only done a handful of laps at Taupo before we left to go down south. With Steve Richards there to show him the way, Dominic worked well to come up to speed in the two practice sessions before qualifying. It’s fair to say that the competition was the toughest it was all season. Every team and driver knew their cars well by now and so Dominic had a diffi cult job to enter the co-driver qualifying against the other regulars. With just his fi rst taste of new tyres Dom acquitted himself well to qualify 15th of the 20 drivers. Steve jumped in and did a great job to go P7, only 0.5 off the pole time. On Sunday the #70 Fastway Couriers Falcon lined up for the fi rst race using Steve’s grid position of sev-enth. As it normally does at Ruapuna, the fi rst corner “funnelling” eff ect caused drama ahead of Steve and he had to take avoiding action - into Greg Murphy! The front splitter was damaged but Steve just pressed on from the tail of the fi eld and stormed through to eventually be in the lead due to other cars pit stopping and his great speed. Dom then took the wheel for his fi rst ever tin-top race and did an outstanding job to eventually fi nish seventh. A great result for the team and the big crowd of supporters around the circuit.

After that experience and the hour break it was time for race two, also over 53 laps. This time it was Dom’s turn to start from his position - 15th. He made a steady start and then had a constant run to hand the car over in a similar position to Steve, yet nice and straight. Steve then charged on with worn tyres before getting the safety car period they needed and coming in to pit. The JMR team performed an excellent stop and put fresh tyres on the #70 machine so Steve could charge back into the race. After late race drama, Steve had caught up to the pack and eventually fi nished a close eighth. Two top-ten’s for the Fastway Couriers Falcon was an excellent result for the weekend. Well done to Dominic on his debut drive and to Steve for his excellent driving all season.


Ruapuna report - Seventh and fi nal round of the V8SuperTourer Championship - 24-25 November.

#47 Blackwoods Protector Falcon; Drivers John McIntyre and Jono Lester

Results; DNS (accident practice) third overall in V8 SuperTourer Championship

We had high hopes heading into the round at the only track we had won on, in Easter just holding off Fabian Coulthard. Our early pace was strong and we worked on getting Jono up to speed. In session two we were just starting to make progress with the set-up when I experienced a brake failure at the fastest part of the track, turn two. Many of you will have seen the resulting crash on TV, YouTube or our Facebook site. It was the fi rst time in my racing career that I have been injured in an accident. I have fi nally realised I am NOT bulletproof, that has taken a whole 35 years! But I am very lucky that the safety of the cars and the driving equipment is so good, it could have been much worse. I have had an MRI(A) scan and have seen a surgeon who thinks my shoulder will heal on its own, in time for the fi rst round on Feb 16-17.

For now we are all working hard to prepare for an exciting second season of V8 SuperTourers. The car will be repaired in mid/late January, ready for testing early February.

I’d like to thank everyone for their support this season. To have won the fi rst ever title on off er (Sprint) in the most com-petitive series ever held in NZ for V8s is a great accomplishment. To have held onto third overall in the Championship keeps JMR’s record intact. Six full V8 championships contested and we have fi nished on the podium in every year (includ-ing three wins). That is something for everyone to be proud of.

There is a lot of excitement for next year and plenty of information to share with you all in the next few weeks. Enjoy the Xmas and New Year holidays, drive safely and we will do it all again next year!


Ruapuna report cont...


Saturday, 24 November

Qualifying:

Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps

1 93 McLaughlin / Webb 1:23.145 11 144.182 122 31 Gaunt / Waite 1:23.427 9 143.694 0.282 0.282 123 96 Pedersen / Davison 1:23.709 9 143.210 0.564 0.282 114 15 Manuell / Penny 1:23.755 10 143.132 0.610 0.046 125 51 Murphy / Perkins 1:23.825 11 143.012 0.680 0.070 116 8 Edgell / Van Der Drift 1:23.831 11 143.002 0.686 0.006 127 70 Richards / Storey 1:23.886 10 142.908 0.741 0.055 12

8 23 Booth / D’Alberto 1:23.895 7 142.893 0.750 0.009 119 32 M.Cunningham / Canto 1:24.165 9 142.435 1.020 0.270 1110 2 Reid / W.Cunningham 1:24.336 8 142.146 1.191 0.171 1111 26 McLennan / Waters 1:24.404 5 142.031 1.259 0.068 1212 247 Fogg / Gardiner 1:24.446 11 141.961 1.301 0.042 1113 27 Pither / Miedecke 1:24.556 12 141.776 1.411 0.110 1214 10 Moore / Kelly 1:24.608 12 141.689 1.463 0.052 1215 69 Bell / Youlden 1:24.692 9 141.548 1.547 0.084 1116 12 Emery / Owen 1:24.964 10 141.095 1.819 0.272 1217 22 Heimgartner / Morris 1:25.004 6 141.029 1.859 0.040 8

Race results: Round 7Powerbuilt Tools International Raceway, Ruapuna


Sunday, 25 November

Race one: 53 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed

1 93 McLaughlin / Webb 53 1:18:52.137 1:24.648 7 141.6222 23 Booth / D’Alberto 53 1:18:55.123 2.986 1:25.318 3 140.5103 27 Pither / Miedecke 53 1:18:56.461 4.324 1:25.530 8 140.1614 32 M.Cunningham / Canto 53 1:18:57.034 4.897 1:25.705 6 139.8755 26 McLennan / Waters 53 1:18:57.364 5.227 1:25.533 33 140.1566 69 Bell / Youlden 53 1:18:57.687 5.550 1:25.340 32 140.4737 70 Richards / Storey 53 1:19:00.537 8.400 1:25.153 6 140.782

8 96 Pedersen / Davison 53 1:19:10.408 18.271 1:24.694 6 141.5459 22 Heimgartner / Morris 53 1:19:35.514 43.377 1:24.843 4 141.29610 10 Moore / Kelly 52 1:18:58.400 1 Lap 1:25.229 13 140.65611 2 Reid / W.Cunningham 51 1:18:58.757 2 Laps 1:25.987 30 139.41612 247 Fogg / Gardiner 51 1:19:05.049 6.292 1:26.771 10 138.15713 51 Murphy / Perkins 44 1:19:10.010 9 Laps 1:24.903 3 141.196Not classifi ed (75% = 39 Laps)DNF 8 Edgell / Van Der Drift 52 1:17:31.453 1:25.306 30 140.529DNF 31 Gaunt / Waite 47 1:08:14.703 1:24.946 28 141.125DNF 12 Emery / Owen 0 2.989 --:--:--.--- 0 -DNF 15 Manuell / Penny 0 3.987 --:--:--.--- 0 -


JMR Ruapuna photo gallery



Sunday, 25 November

Race two: 53 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed

1 31 Gaunt / Waite 53 1:19:50.338 1:25.085 14 140.8942 12 Emery / Owen 53 1:19:50.850 0.512 1:25.156 50 140.7773 8 Edgell / Van Der Drift 53 1:19:53.336 2.998 1:24.810 9 141.3514 96 Pedersen / Davison 53 1:19:56.153 5.815 1:25.030 52 140.9865 51 Murphy / Perkins 53 1:19:56.720 6.382 1:24.926 7 141.1586 15 Manuell / Penny 53 1:19:57.376 7.038 1:25.105 15 140.8617 69 Bell / Youlden 53 1:19:57.858 7.520 1:25.134 14 140.8138 70 Richards / Storey 53 1:19:58.468 8.130 1:25.215 46 140.679

9 247 Fogg / Gardiner 53 1:20:00.160 9.822 1:25.673 35 139.92710 27 Pither / Miedecke 53 1:20:00.540 10.202 1:25.311 46 140.52111 22 Heimgartner / Morris 53 1:20:00.917 10.579 1:25.283 4 140.56712 26 McLennan / Waters 53 1:20:06.517 16.179 1:24.806 4 141.35813 10 Moore / Kelly 53 1:20:10.547 20.209 1:24.882 51 141.23114 23 Booth / D’Alberto 53 1:20:26.283 35.945 1:25.207 14 140.69315 93 McLaughlin / Webb 53 1:20:35.481 45.143 1:24.478 50 141.90716 32 M.Cunningham / Canto 52 1:20:03.326 1 Lap 1:25.636 25 139.98817 2 Reid / W.Cunningham 52 1:20:13.493 10.167 1:25.197 21 140.709



Points after Round 7, Ruapuna 24-25 November (top-11 of 51) Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Worst Overall OverallCar # Driver Make HD Rua Manf HD Taupo Puke Rua Round Points Position93 Scott McLaughlin Holden Commodore VEII 380 205 0 790 680 940 479 0 3474 151 Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VEII 625 0 621 496 0 990 348 0 3080 247 John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 411 623 554 433 534 285 0 0 2840 3

23 Andy Booth Holden Commodore VEII 445 370 223 613 307 527 394 223 2656 42 Jonny Reid Ford Falcon FG 471 494 661 393 315 320 200 200 2654 596 Ant Pedersen Ford Falcon FG 455 422 363 228 193 513 443 193 2424 699 Kayne Scott Holden Commodore VEII 497 433 322 246 197 604 0 0 2299 710 Richard Moore Holden Commodore VEII 133 239 345 65 438 724 201 65 2080 893 Jono Webb Holden Commodore VEII 680 940 460 0 2080 851 Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VEII 661 990 372 0 2023 1070 Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG 328 278 408 212 327 205 355 205 1908 11

V8 SuperTourer points after round 7

JMR Ruapuna photo gallery



See the action:Facebook

TV3 - 25 Nov

See the TV3 news clip from Ruapuna at 35:10 - http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/6pm-Bul-letin-Sunday-November-25-2012/tabid/119/articleID/8899/MCat/425/Default.aspx

On our JMR Facebook page we have the full in-car video clip of the accident during practise - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=430775320309537&set=vb.139625289707&type=2&theater


2013 season calendar:As Greenlight went to press the following V8 SuperTourer calendar was provisional.

SPRINT ROUNDS (Sprint portion of Championship)ROUND ONE: 16/17 February Hampton Downs Motorsport Park North WaikatoROUND TWO: 9/10 March Powerbuilt Tools Raceway ChristchurchROUND THREE: 11th, May “Special Event” Auckland CityROUND FOUR: August INTERNATIONAL EVENT - TBAENDURANCE ROUNDS (Endurance portion of Championship)ROUND FIVE: 19/20 October Ricoh Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupo ROUND SIX: 9/10 November South Island - TBA ROUND SEVEN: 6/7/8 December Grand Final Pukekohe


As the inaugural V8 SuperTourer season comes to an end we’d like to off er you some seriously discounted Merchandise. Our JMR Jacket, Polo Shirt and Tee Shirts are all included in this sale, so get in quick to support JMR as we get ready for a 2013.

JMR #47 JACKETFull trans-seasonal jacket with zip out winter quilt lining & permanent summer weight eyelet mesh lining. Hidden wallet & cell phone pockets plus customised JMR cuff adjusters & zip pullers.Sizes available: XS, S, M, LSale Price $75

JMR #47 TEE SHIRTA great looking quality Tee Shirt: 100% breathable polyester with front and back prints.Select your size from: Sizes 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XLSale Price $20

JMR POLO SHIRT*unisexHard wearing fabric with insert panels.Available in sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL Sale Price $35

All available now from our online store: www.jmr.co.nz/store.html

Merchandise end of season sale

Fastway Couriers has a number of exciting franchise opportunities available!• Guaranteed income package*• Low start up costs• Exclusive territories

• Award winning system for over 29 years• Easy to operate - no experience required• No weekend work

New Zealand:

p. 0800 4 FASTWAY w. fastway.co.nz

Australia:

p. 1300 FASTWAY w. fastway.com.au

*For a defi ned period. Amount may vary between territories. Conditions apply.Fastway Couriers (Australia), ABN 38 057 389 769. | Fastway Couriers (NZ) Ltd. Fastway Couriers is a franchised courier network and its businesses are independently owned.


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Important JMR dates:• JMR LIVERY LAUNCH - EARLY FEBRUARY 2013 (see following page for a sneak peak)

• ROUND ONE 2013 V8 SuperTourer season: 16/17 February, Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, North Waikato

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