JMR Green Light #10

GREEN-LIGHT #10

1 March 2013 - Issue No,10

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Welcome to our first edition of Green Light for 2013 and our weekend report from the opening round of the BNT V8 SuperTourers.

I was quite apprehensive before the Hampton Downs weekend held on Feb 15-17. Although we had tested well at our Taupo Test track I still did not know whether we would be on the pace or that my shoulder would last the weekend. Not having a second car and the ad-ditional people involved to run it did feel much better though. At times last year we were feeding 21 people at dinner time for the two car operation and it is surprising how much extra energy that took from me. Onto Hampton Downs and our preparation started well with myself and new engineer Craig taking a track walk on Thursday evening. During a track walk it is amazing to see all of the various features of the track that are different. For example signs on the side of the track that provided really good braking markers, or patches of seal can be used for a turn-in point. This season Craig and I are really focusing hard on my driving and what is required to make the #47 V8 SuperTourer work. Last year we tried to change too many things with the car instead of changing the way I drove the car.

During Friday practice we were very competitive straight away and ended the session first. This was a big boost for me and the team, some of who are new for this season. As the track “rubbered” up and other drivers and teams found their combinations we finished the day fourth in the afternoon. We went through all of the data from the two practice sessions that night and looked to find more improve-ment in my driving and some more from the car. On Saturday we had just one long practice at the end of the day so we used that time well in the lead-up to finish off small jobs on the car. I was really feeling the heat on Friday so decided to put in a cool-air pump to keep my body and head cooler. I was feeling rusty and un-fit due to my lay-off with the shoulder injury. The system works by sending cool water through tubes in a specially designed t-shirt, then cool air from the cool box in pumped into my helmet.

We finished down the order a little on Saturday afternoon (9th) but we learned some very valuable lessons about the car set-up. On Sunday the team faced a big challenge. Qualifying and three races in the same day! Qualifying was held in cooler conditions which made the engines work really well. I thought a lap time of 1.03.4 would be what was required. We had a reasonably good car for qualifying but in one crucial area we had it wrong. This was something we couldn’t change in the 20 minute session, so we just kept throwing new Hankook Tyres at the car and we ended up seventh - some 0.7 from a very quick pole time by Ant Pedersen (1.03.2).


Hampton Downs report - Round one of the 2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers, 16-17 February

In a way I was relieved to be through qualifying and looking forward to the races. We have learned another good trick for qualifying for future rounds too. The field of drivers for this year’s series has just increased in talent and experience again from last year. The top 13 cars were covered by just 1 second in qualifying. I thought we had a solid platform to start the race with and move forward but unsure how it would be against other cars. I was amazed at the lack of patience shown in the first lap at the first corner by some of the drivers but I didn’t complain as we were quickly into fourth place and then third place after the restart to clear up all of the damaged cars. After the restart we were in third and had Daniel Gaunt behind with more speed in different parts of the track. The front two cars had more pace than us but I thought third would be a good points haul. Unfor-tunately Daniel got a passing manoeuvre wrong and turned me around on lap nine, forcing me to come through the pits to check for damage. We finished 12th but took from that a lot of confidence and ideas on improving the car for the next race.

I haven’t enjoyed myself at a race meeting like I did that weekend and particularly on Sunday for quite a while. The team were working really well and I had time to sit down and analyse my driving as compared to last year when I meddled with the running of the cars. Starting 12th for race two, I knew to save our weekend we needed to move forward quickly. By lap one I knew we had a very good race car and so set off chasing down those in front. By the half-way point in the 20 lap race we were in fifth place and slowly catching Shane van Gisbergen. I worked my tyres a bit hard and had a half spin, dropping off behind Shane and finishing a solid fifth.

The final race grid is decided on the accumulated points from the weekend. We started seventh and very quickly moved forward to fifth, then to fourth. I then had a great battle with Shane for third and managed to get through to second place. Greg Murphy had a four second lead but I was working on closing that down. Oil was laid on the circuit and we all struggled to stay on the track. Shane passed me back and we had a great dice to the end of the race, just finishing behind him for our first podium of the season. It was really enjoyable racing all day. We improved the car and as always the team gave it their all.

We now head to Ruapuna NEXT WEEKEND for round two. As a team we have a real spring in our step after recovering to be fifth overall in the points. I am confident of a very strong result at Ruapuna as we put to practice all the lessons learned from Hampton Downs and I continue to improve my driving of these cars. It will be great to be back at the circuit in front of the big and passionate Canterbury Crowd.

See you down South!


Hampton Downs report cont...


Sunday 17 FebruaryQualifying:

Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps1 96 Ant Pedersen 01:03.272 9 149.640 122 51 Greg Murphy 01:03.398 11 149.342 00:00.126 00:00.126 113 31 Daniel Gaunt 01:03.517 12 149.062 00:00.245 00:00.119 154 12 Ashley Walsh 01:03.716 9 148.597 00:00.444 00:00.199 145 23 Andy Booth 01:03.797 12 148.408 00:00.525 00:00.081 136 9 Dominic Storey 01:03.919 13 148.125 00:00.647 00:00.122 137 47 John McIntyre 01:03.928 15 148.104 00:00.656 00:00.009 158 15 Paul Manuell 01:03.930 12 148.099 00:00.658 00:00.002 149 27 Craig Baird 01:04.048 12 147.827 00:00.776 00:00.118 1410 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 01:04.049 9 147.824 00:00.777 00:00.001 1111 22 Andre Heimgartner 01:04.051 5 147.820 00:00.779 00:00.002 1412 10 Richard Moore 01:04.137 7 147.621 00:00.865 00:00.086 1413 1 Scott McLaughlin 01:04.234 11 147.399 00:00.962 00:00.097 1414 26 Simon McLennan 01:04.306 5 147.234 00:01.034 00:00.072 1515 69 Eddie Bell 01:04.312 10 147.220 00:01.040 00:00.006 1316 11 Simon Evans 01:04.377 10 147.071 00:01.105 00:00.065 1317 8 Tim Edgell 01:04.493 7 146.807 00:01.221 00:00.116 1418 3 Angus Fogg 01:04.494 11 146.804 00:01.222 00:00.001 1419 32 Mitchell Cunningham 01:04.579 11 146.611 00:01.307 00:00.085 14

Race results: Round 1The Rock Rumble Hampton Downs


Sunday 17 FebruaryRace one: 15 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed1 51 Greg Murphy 15 16:44.445 01:04.178 2 147.5272 96 Ant Pedersen 15 16:45.482 00:01.037 01:04.210 6 147.4543 10 Richard Moore 15 16:52.434 00:07.989 01:04.412 12 146.9914 15 Paul Manuell 15 16:53.915 00:09.470 01:04.501 6 146.7885 8 Tim Edgell 15 16:57.305 00:12.860 01:04.633 2 146.4896 11 Simon Evans 15 16:57.509 00:13.064 01:04.603 11 146.5577 26 Simon McLennan 15 17:03.521 00:19.076 01:04.664 4 146.4188 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 15 17:07.773 00:23.328 01:04.534 5 146.7139 32 Mitchell Cunningham 15 17:07.981 00:23.536 01:05.180 5 145.25910 31 Daniel Gaunt 15 17:20.075 00:35.630 01:04.524 6 146.73611 22 Andre Heimgartner 15 17:32.590 00:48.145 01:04.822 4 146.06212 47 John McIntyre 15 17:42.191 00:57.746 01:04.528 15 146.727


JMR Hampton Downs photo gallery



Sunday 17 FebruaryRace two: 20 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed1 51 Greg Murphy 20 21:39.066 01:04.341 4 147.1532 96 Ant Pedersen 20 21:39.831 00:00.765 01:04.410 5 146.9963 10 Richard Moore 20 21:40.705 00:01.639 01:04.324 11 147.1924 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 20 21:47.156 00:08.090 01:04.485 8 146.8255 47 John McIntyre 20 21:48.392 00:09.326 01:04.494 3 146.8046 15 Paul Manuell 20 21:48.956 00:09.890 01:04.684 11 146.3737 31 Daniel Gaunt 20 21:49.994 00:10.928 01:04.782 3 146.1528 12 Ashley Walsh 20 21:51.887 00:12.821 01:04.483 9 146.8299 23 Andy Booth 20 21:54.014 00:14.948 01:04.722 19 146.28710 9 Dominic Storey 20 21:54.566 00:15.500 01:04.772 11 146.17411 11 Simon Evans 20 21:59.237 00:20.171 01:04.774 7 146.17012 8 Tim Edgell 20 22:04.843 00:25.777 01:05.107 9 145.42213 3 Angus Fogg 20 22:12.394 00:33.328 01:04.934 7 145.81014 22 Andre Heimgartner 20 22:14.641 00:35.575 01:05.232 19 145.14315 27 Craig Baird 20 22:16.210 00:37.144 01:04.665 13 146.41616 26 Simon McLennan 20 22:22.208 00:43.142 01:05.293 5 145.00817 32 Mitchell Cunningham 20 22:41.663 01:02.597 01:05.219 16 145.172



Sunday 17 FebruaryRace three: 30 laps

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed1 51 Greg Murphy 30 33:28.668 01:04.707 8 146.3212 97 Shane Van Gisbergen 30 33:31.182 00:02.514 01:04.982 5 145.7023 47 John McIntyre 30 33:31.534 00:02.866 01:05.067 8 145.5124 27 Craig Baird 30 33:33.872 00:05.204 01:05.006 9 145.6485 12 Ashley Walsh 30 33:35.553 00:06.885 01:05.008 13 145.6446 96 Ant Pedersen 30 33:36.567 00:07.899 01:04.829 6 146.0467 10 Richard Moore 30 33:40.813 00:12.145 01:05.050 9 145.5508 69 Eddie Bell 30 33:42.323 00:13.655 01:05.306 8 144.9799 23 Andy Booth 30 33:46.370 00:17.702 01:05.327 8 144.93210 15 Paul Manuell 30 33:47.302 00:18.634 01:05.419 6 144.72911 22 Andre Heimgartner 30 33:47.966 00:19.298 01:05.449 13 144.66212 31 Daniel Gaunt 30 33:55.062 00:26.394 01:05.560 8 144.41713 3 Angus Fogg 30 33:55.343 00:26.675 01:05.763 10 143.97214 8 Tim Edgell 30 33:56.097 00:27.429 01:05.100 11 145.43815 9 Dominic Storey 30 34:32.637 01:03.969 01:05.148 8 145.33116 26 Simon McLennan 24 28:01.500 6 Laps 01:05.597 5 144.336



Points after Round 1, Hampton Downs 16-17 February 2013 - top ten.

Pos Car # Driver Car Points1st 51 Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VEII 7632nd 96 Ant Pedersen Ford Falcon FG 5663rd 10 Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 4764th 97 Richard Moore Holden Commodore VEII 4665th 47 John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG 4176th 15 Paul Manuell Holden Commodore VEII 3867th 31 Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG 3128th 12 Ashley Walsh Holden Commodore VEII 2989th 8 Tim Edgell Holden Commodore VEII 25210th 27 Craig Baird Ford Falcon FG 244

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2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers - schedule for round two:SUNDAY 10 MARCH 201308:45 Stewards Circuit Inspection Commences On track09:15 Race 5 Four Cylinder Open – Race Two 6 Laps09:35 Race 6 Open Saloons – Race Two 6 Laps09:55 Race 7 Winger Suzuki Swift Sport Cup – Race Two 10 Laps10:05 V8ST – Set clock 30 min countdown to Pit Exit CLOSES10:30 BNT V8 SuperTourers Pit Lane Exit OPENS 10 min to race start10:35 BNT V8 SuperTourers Pit Lane Exit CLOSES 5 min to race start10:40 Race 8 BNT V8 SuperTourers – Race One 12 Laps11:00 Race 9 UDC V8 Utes – Race Two 8 Laps11:30 45 Mins LUNCH BREAK11:35 30 mins BNT V8ST Pit Lane Walk & Driver Signing Pit Lane11:35 20 mins Entertainment Session On Track11:55 10 mins Safety Car – Course Car Rides On Track12:15 Race 10 Four Cylinder Open – Race Three 6 Laps12:35 Race 11 UDC V8 Utes – Race Three 8 Laps12:40 V8ST – Set clock 30 min countdown to Pit Exit CLOSES13:05 BNT V8 SuperTourers Pit Lane Exit OPENS 10 min to race start13:10 BNT V8 SuperTourers Pit Lane Exit CLOSES 5 min to race start13:15 Race 12 BNT V8 SuperTourers – Race Two 16 Laps13:45 Race 13 Open Saloons – Race Three 6 Laps14:10 Race 14 Winger Suzuki Swift Sport Cup – Race Three 12 Laps14:40 Race 15 UDC V8 Utes – Race Four 12 Laps15:10 Race 16 Four Cylinder Open – Open Saloons flying farewell 6 Laps15:10 V8ST – Set clock 30 min countdown to Pit Exit CLOSES15:35 BNT V8 SuperTourers Pit Lane Exit OPENS 25 min to race start15:40 BNT V8 SuperTourers Pit Lane Exit CLOSES 20 min to race start15:42 15 mins BNT V8 SuperTourers Pre – Race Grid Walk On Track16:00 Race 17 BNT V8 SuperTourers – Race Three 25 Laps16:40 BNT V8ST Podium Presentation On Track

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2013 BNT V8 SuperTourers calendarSPRINT ROUNDS (Sprint portion of Championship)ROUND ONE: 16/17 February The Rock Rumble Hampton Downs Motorsport ParkROUND TWO: 9/10 March Powerbuilt Raceway, ChristchurchROUND THREE: 25/26 May Pukekohe Park RacewayROUND FOUR: 1 September Taupo Motorsport Park

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