International Motorsport is a

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team based in

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that competes in the

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series and the South Island Endurance Championship. The team currently run one car in the V8 SuperTourer Series, the #96 Falcon for up-and-coming driver Ant Pedersen. Although they do own a second

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racecar that is not being used in the 2013 Season. The team also enters two Porsche 997 GT3's in the 2013 ASKO South Island Endurance Championship for Rick Armstrong and Matthew Hamilton. Jonny Reid, Ant Pedersen and Alex Davison also joined the team for the first round of the championship.

History

The team was established in 1960 by Lyall Williamson and has raced in many New Zealand motorsport series as well as racing in Australia on occasion. New Zealand motorsport legend

Denny Hulme Denis Clive Hulme (18 June 1936 – 4 October 1992), commonly known as Denny Hulme, was a New Zealand racing driver who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship for the Brabham team. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his ...

worked actively with the team until his death in 1992. In 2012 the team ran three cars in the V8 SuperTourer Series. Alongside series regulars

Jonny Reid Jonathan Ross Reid, more commonly known as Jonny Reid, (born 18 October 1983, in Auckland) is a New Zealand racing driver. Career Early career Reid started his career in karting at the age of 8. In 1996, Reid won his first title, the New Z ...

and

Ant Pedersen Anthony Pedersen (born 5 May 1988) is a racing driver from New Zealand. Career V8 SuperTourers In 2012, Pedersen was given the opportunity to run in the brand-new V8SuperTourer category in New Zealand and on the first ever race weekend, he was a ...

the team entered a third car – the #32 for

Mitch Cunningham Mitchell Cunningham (born 5 September 1986 in Auckland), known as Mitch Cunningham, is a New Zealand racing driver. He is the younger brother of Indy Lights champion Wade Cunningham. Mitch drove in Indy Lights in 2008 on a partial schedule of o ...

and

Dean Canto Dean Justin Canto (born 24 September 1980) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Best noted as a Supercars driver, Canto was the inaugural winner of the second-tier V8 Supercar development series in 2000, and the fir ...

from the Taupo round onwards in the 2012 season. But in 2013 the Cunningham's separated from International Motorsport and ran their own team. Also in 2012, International Motorsport ran in the V8 Challenge Cup. The #96 entry was driven by lead driver Ant's cousin Hayden. International Motorsport currently run four entries in the New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship. They also run multiple front running GT3 race cars in Both the New Zealand North Island and South Island Endurance Series Championship.

References

{{Reflist Auto racing teams in New Zealand Auto racing teams established in 1960