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2008–09 New Zealand V8 Season
The 2008–09 New Zealand V8 season began at Taupo on 3–5 October 2008 and finished at Hamilton near Auckland on 17–19 April 2009 after seven championship meetings and one season-ending non-championship event. Kayne Scott overturned a 38-point deficit heading into the final round at Pukekohe Park Raceway, to finish as champion; winning the title by nine points ahead of John McIntyre. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers are competing in the current series. Points structure Each championship round consists of three races, one on Saturday afternoon, one on Sunday morning and a final reverse grid race on Sunday afternoon. Points for the 2008/2009 championship are allocated as follows: Calendar * The non-championship round was held in support to V8 Supercars at the Hamilton 400 The Hamilton 400, also known as the ITM Hamilton 400 for sponsorship reasons, was a V8 Supercar motor racing event held on the Hamilton Street Circuit, Hamilton, New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand V8s
The New Zealand Touring Cars Championship (currently known as the Racer Products V8s for commercial reasons) is a New Zealand-based motorsport category of touring car racing. MotorSport New Zealand, New Zealand's national governing and sanctioning body for motorsport, awarded the category "New Zealand Touring Car Championship" title status in 1996. Since being awarded national championship title status, drivers and teams across New Zealand had raced in what was at the time New Zealand's premier motorsport category. In 2020, MotorSport New Zealand withdrew title status, awarding it to the new TCR New Zealand Series. History The New Zealand V8s category journeys to various race tracks around New Zealand. This series somewhat resembles but differs in many ways from the Australian V8 Supercars, primarily in terms of the level of technology. The NZ V8 series focuses on cost containment and control to make sure that the series is not dominated by one make or team. It is technically more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Youlden
Luke Youlden (born 28 January 1978) is an Australian Supercars series racing driver. He is the son of two-time Australian Production Car champion Kent Youlden. Youlden currently drives for Kelly Grove Racing as a co-driver alongside David Reynolds in the No. 26 Ford Mustang GT. Outside racing, Youlden works at a performance driving school with fellow Supercars racer Dean Canto. He co-drove to victory with David Reynolds in the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. Racing career Youlden's career started in the Victorian Formula Ford Championship in 1995 while he was completing Year 12. Due to a lack of funds, Youlden didn't progress to the national championship and remained in the Victorian series. At the same time, he joined Dugal McDougall Motorsport as an engineer and a driver. In 1999, Youlden was involved with Greg Ritter's Australian Formula Ford title win and with Ritter driving in the Bathurst 1000 that year, Youlden took his seat at the Bathurst support races. Youlden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hepburn (racing Driver) (1800–1860), pioneer squatter in Victoria, Australia
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John Hepburn may refer to: * John Herspolz (died 1485/7), bishop of Dunblane, also known as John Hepburn *John Hepburn (prior) (died after July 1525), Prior of St Andrews and Archbishop-elect of St Andrews * John Hepburn (bishop) (died 1557), Bishop of Brechin * John Hepburn (soldier) (c. 1598–1636), Scottish soldier who fought in wars in continental Europe *John Stuart Hepburn Captain John Stuart Hepburn (1803–1860) was an early pastoralist and landholder in Victoria, Australia. Hepburn was born in Scotland in 1803. He initially became a seafaring man and progressed to become master of a 226-ton brig, ''Alice''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Adams (racing Driver)
Chris Adams may refer to: Sports * Chris Adams (footballer) (1927–2012), English footballer * Chris Adams (wrestler) (1955–2001), English judoka and professional wrestler * Chris Adams (cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer * Chris Adams (rugby league) (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer Music * Chris Adams (Scottish musician) (1944–2016), of the Scottish folk band String Driven Thing * Chris Adams (UK musician), of the UK post-rock band Hood * Chris "Cid" Adams, American bassist, former member of the heavy metal band Byzantine * Chris Adams (American drummer), former drummer with the punk band Riverboat Gamblers Other * Chris Adams (general) (born 1930), American author and Air Force officer * Chris Adams (character), The Magnificent Seven leader * Christopher Adams (scientist), African American scientist, and biotechnology CEO See also * Christine Adams (other) Christine Adams may refer to: *Christine Adams (actress) (born 1974), English actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Huzliff
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g. Julia of Corsica) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. Statistics Julia was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for women in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in 2006; the 5th most popular name for girls born in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Penny (racing Driver)
John Penny (died 1520) was an English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor, 1504–1508, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1508–1520. He was also Prior to Bradley Priory 1503–1508. His education is uncertain, though he may have been educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, and later received his LLD from the University of Cambridge.T. Y. Cocks‘Penny, John (d. 1520)’ ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 He served as Abbot of Leicester Abbey from 1496–1509 and in around 1500 built the boundary wall, Abbot Penny's Wall, which is now named after him. In 1520, Penny died at Leicester Abbey, where he had earlier been the abbot, and was buried at St Margaret's Church in Leicester. The church contains his alabaster Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists. The former use it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Peach
Mack may refer to: People * Mack (given name) *Mack (surname) *Reinhold Mack, German record producer and sound engineer, often credited as simply "Mack" * Richard Machowicz (1965–2017), host of ''FutureWeapons'' and ''Deadliest Warrior'', known as "Mack" Places United States *Mack, Colorado, an unincorporated town *Mack, Louisiana, an unincorporated community *Mack, Minnesota, an unincorporated town *Mack, Ohio, a census-designated place Bahamas * Mack Town Businesses * Mack Trucks, an American truck maker * Mack Group, an American corporation providing contract manufacturing *Mack Brewery, a Norwegian brewery * Mack Rides, a German ride manufacturer * Mack Air, a Botswana air charter line *Mack (publishing), an art and photography publishing house based in London Other uses * USS ''Mack'' (DE-358), a destroyer escort which served in World War II * Mack (naval architecture), in naval architecture, a structure combining a ship's radar masts and funnels *''The Mack'', a 1973 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Besnard
David Besnard, (born 21 January 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired professional racing driver. Career history Starting in karts in 1991, he quickly proceeded into Formula Ford in 1995. After initial success, he had a major accident at Eastern Creek Raceway and broke his leg. In 1996 he made a comeback and won the Australian title. 1996 Australian Formula Ford Pointscore He made a venture to the United States, with a small budget, and limited success. In 1998, he returned to win the U.S F2000 National Championship. 1999, saw David enter the US Formula Atlantic Championship. After a heavy crash at Nazareth Speedway, the team had to buy a new chassis and ran out of budget halfway through the season. 2000 saw Besnard again in the United States, running various Sports Car races, until Stone Brothers Racing picked him up for the Konica V8 Supercar Series and the Bathurst 1000. From there he drove with Stone Brothers for several seasons, with the highlight being winning the 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Williams (racing Driver)
Dale Williams may refer to: * Dale Williams (footballer) Dale Williams (born 26 March 1987) is a Welsh former association football, footballer. Beginning his career as a trainee with Yeovil Town F.C., Yeovil Town, Williams made his professional debut at 16 years old. Williams signed for Shrewsbury on ... (born 1987), Welsh footballer * Dale Williams (baseball) (1855–1939), Major League Baseball pitcher * Dale C. Williams (died 1955), member of the California State Senate {{hndis, Williams, Dale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Baird
Craig George Baird (born 22 July 1970) is a New Zealand former racing driver who now is the driving standards observer for the Australian Supercars Championship. Honours In the 2010 New Year Honours, Baird was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to motorsport. Career results Racing record Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded) Complete Bathurst 1000 results * Super Touring Super Touring, Class 2 or Class II was a motor racing Touring Cars category defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for national touring car racing in 1993. It was based on the "2 li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Edgell
Tim Edgell (born 8 August 1980) is a racing driver from New Zealand. Career V8 SuperTourers In mid 2012, Edgell joined the all new V8SuperTourer category driving for his own team Edgell Performance Racing. It was a successful three rounds for the team, as the team managed to claim a pole position at the final meeting, at Ruapuna. Then in 2013, the team's first full season, they managed a race win with V8 Supercar driver Lee Holdsworth Lee Holdsworth (born 2 February 1983) is a semi-retired Australian racing driver. He won the 2021 Bathurst 1000 alongside Chaz Mostert and finished his full-time career after the 2022 season, after nearly two decades of racing. He plans to retur ... sharing the car with Edgell. Racing record Career summary External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgell, Tim 1980 births Living people V8SuperTourer drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Booth (racing Driver)
Andy Booth (born 2 June 1974) is a New Zealand racing driver. A relatively late starter in motorsport, Booth never raced karts, and only competed in a handful of Formula Ford events in New Zealand before heading to the UK where he spent several years successfully campaigning in the Slick 50 Formula Ford Championship, and later in the Formula Palmer Audi series. He has also competed in Indy Lights in the US and Formula Holden in Australia. Booth won the Tasman Series (Formula Holden) in 2000, driving for the NRC International team, also taking the New Zealand Grand Prix and Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy in the same year. Booth then briefly competed in Indy Lights in the US, Since 2001 he has been competing in the NZ V8s exclusively, winning the series in 03/04 and 04/05, and consistently placing in the top 6. Previously a 'part-time' driver, as of 2007 Booth now drives full-time and manages the New Zealand operations of Tasman Motorsport Tasman Motorsport was a V8 Superca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
