NZ Super Sedans




	2007/2008 Series Results FIRST - Dayne Running 363 Second - Glen Brazier 357 Third - Peter Stewart 281 Fourth - Paul Wilton 279 Fifth - Blair McDonald 273 Series Merit Award - Craig Corliss Congratulations to all who made this a close fought and enjoyable series. Pictured above: Dayne Running, Glen Brazier and Peter Stewart receiving their trophies from Keith Bainbridge of Schaeffer Pacific Ltd. Round 7 Taupo - 10/11 May 2008. A great finish for the series. See (Race Results). Round 6 Manfeild. Mixed weather over two days with some great driving. See (Race Results). Kevin Bovey debuted his new spaceframe Jaguar XKR and was well pleased with it’s first outing. The car will be driven by son Stuart at Round 7. Round 5 - Pukekohe - See (Race Results). A fast and furious one day meeting with a leveling of the series points as a result of some of the front runners striking car problems during the day. Round 4 was a frantic one day action event with 19 cars entered. The series point leaders all encountered problems which has made for some interesting work ahead of Round 5 at Pukekohe on Sunday 2 March. Another one day meeting. A strong entry list is expected for the remainder of the series with new cars expected to join for the remaining rounds. See Race Results and Report - Here 2008 starts with Round Four on 2 February 2008 at Manfeild. Some exciting new cars are expected to debut this round. This one day event will see the three races on the one day. See Round Three Pukekohe “Thunder in the Park” Race Results - Here Twenty three cars fronted for the two day meeting with fine weather and excellent track conditions. See Round Two MG Classic Manfeild (in association with Engine Detox Services Ltd) Race results - Here. Series Advertisers are Engine Detox, First 24X7, and Travelcom. For more details see Links The 2007/2008 Series Race Calendar is now posted here. Strong interest is being shown with news of some exciting new cars being build or re-engineered to join us for the coming season. More information will be posted as series entries are received. We are pleased to confirm that Schaeffer Oil are continuing their series sponsorship for 2007/2008. 2006/2007 Series Decided First Grant Brennan Second Dean Evans Third Ross Calgher Round 6 Taupo - Easter 7/8 April 2007 With 22 cars entered and a fabulous fine weekend the series was wrapped up with some great racing over the two days. At the conclusion of the meeting the series prize giving and awards were presented by Scott Bainbridge on behalf of the Sponsors Schaeffer Oil. See the Race Results and Series Points Interest in the class is continuing to grow and next season promises to be even better. Round 5 - Taupo - 10/11 February 2007 16 cars entered with Alan Duncan debuting his newly rebuilt Saker and Nigel Snow running his potent Nissan 300Z. A hot and sunny weekend with some great racing. Many members finding the slippery track a challenge with 6 cars having various spins (all without damage) at some point. Some making several as they enjoyed the new A1GP layout. See Race Results for more details. The final round at Easter is shaping up for a great end to this season Round 4 - Pukekohe - 14 January 2007 20 cars entered although Roger Williams had an engine fire in qualifying and George Sheweiry had problems also with the Mustang and withdrew. We welcomed Rob Gilmore in his HSV Commodore and Mark Pederson in the new NZV8 Falcon and Dayne Running in his Tier 2 NZV8 Commodore. A fast and furious hot day with good racing. See Race Results for more details. Round 3 - Pukekohe Tier Two 26 cars entered with 24 qualifying and a further car running on day two. Unfortunately Luke Youlden had engine problems with his Powerbuilt Mustang on Friday and had to withdraw. We welcomed 7 new cars in the class for this round. Mike Dias, Nigel Smith and Jon Blewett in Commodores, George Sheweiry and Mike Oldham in Tranzam Mustangs, Glen Brazier in his Tranzam Corvette and Pat Harrison in his Porsche GT3 Cup car. See Race Results for more details. Here is a response received by the Series Coordinator from Mike Dias after the weekend. “Thanks for a great weekend, as a first time entrant in NZ Super Sedans I would to thank you and fellow Super Sedan members, I already knew a few of the other competitors before I joined the club but from the time I arrived on Friday until we left yesterday afternoon I was made welcome by everyone, the atmosphere was great and the racing was nice and clean, it is a great feeling to enter an event knowing that you will not be facing the possibility of a panelbeating bill at the end of it. I look forward to the next meeting in January. Once again thanks for a great weekend.” Round 2 - MG Whittakers 21 cars entered and 17 raced. Saturday was fine but Sunday was wet and spoilt what was shaping as a great weekend. Nevertheless a great time was had competing in trying conditions without major incident. Conrad Ekdah Commodore joined the series as did Bruce Goodwin Capri. See Race Results for more details. Round 1 – Taupo Labour Weekend 21 cars entered for the weekend. The weather was kind for the Saturday and most of Sunday, with just the Rolling start race damp. See Race Results for full details. Luke Youlden in the Powerbuilt Mustang put on a masterful display of driving powering the car to the limit to win the round and setting an untouchable 1.30.427 lap. Ewan Scott made a debut in the fabulous Datsun after 4 years in the build and Showed he was not afraid to push it hard. Grant Brennan also had the new Brennan Corvette turn its first wheel having been hastily readied to attend. We welcomed Dean Evans in the Mazota who reveled in the damp track, and Andy Greenslade in the Camaro was back showing great pace. Paul Wilton had a new Commodore and Neil McCaull had made major changes to the HQ Holden. Great News - we have a full series sponsor - Schaeffer Oil Extract from Media Release: Schaeffer Oil NZ Super Sedans Hit Taupo in October The Schaeffer Oil NZ Super Sedan series is set to capture the attention of the public and motor racing enthusiasts when the 2006/2007 series commences at Taupo Raceway on 21 October. A relatively new class in New Zealand motor sport, the NZ Super Sedans offer a lightly regulated racing format contested by high performance, large capacity cars. From humble beginnings three years ago when two cars contested the inaugural race, the number of driving enthusiasts who compete this year will number forty, and is sure to produce a mouth-watering extravaganza of high-octane excitement. Two rounds of the series will be televised events this season, which is testament to the increasing profile and popularity of the class. This profile has further benefited the series by attracting the attention of the new major sponsor, Schaeffer Oil, who will be the named sponsor for all six rounds of the coming series. NZ Super Sedans President, Grant Brennan, believes that a strong synergy exists with the new sponsor. “Schaeffer promote high quality racing oils that have been tested extensively against the leading existing products, will be used by many of the competitors in the series. Schaeffer Oil are genuine supporters of the series and their direct involvement in the sport can only be of benefit to the organisers and competitors involved”. While Schaeffer Oil is relatively new inNew Zealand, the company has a proud history in motorsport in theStates which it plans to extend into local racing. “NZ Super Sedans is a perfect test environment for our high-performance racing products”, Schaeffer Oil (NZ) CEO Scott Bainbridge explains. “There is a huge variety of technically advanced and exotic engines racing in this class, with significant horsepower variations, which provides an opportunity for analysing racing oils across a broad spectrum of engines. While the primary markets for our products are in earthmoving, trucking and agriculture, our experience is that proving the quality of lubricants under the extreme duress of motor racing will only enhance the validity of the products in a commercial sector”. With a great variation ofvehicles competing in the series a handicap system is used that sees the faster vehicles running from the rear of the grid. This ensures close and competitive racing, plenty of passing, and action-packed excitement to thrill the growing number of spectators. Schaeffer Racing Oil can be supplied via Brennan Racing An updated photo of Kevin Bovey’s new car under construction on his own chassis . Action a plenty at Taupo Roger Williams in the Chev powered Mercedes 450SL leads Grant Brennan Camaro with some excitement behind with Derin Greenslade spinning the Mustang and Robert Jack attempting evasive action in the Escort. ****NEW CHASSIS AND CARS FOR CLASS**For Details click Here: www.brennanracing.com/html/br2_chassis.html BRENNAN RACING IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTING C6 CORVETTES AND CHASSIS FOR THE NZ SUPER SEDAN SERIES - THE TOTAL NUMBER IS YET UNKNOWN BUT A MINIMUM OF 5 AND PERHAPS AS MANY AS 20 DEPENDING ON INTEREST SHOWN. CHASSIS WILL BE OF THE LATEST DESIGN AND INCORPORATING ALL LEARNT IN THE SUCCESSFUL BRENNAN CAMARO CHASSIS AND WILL INCLUDE THE LATEST UPDATES DEVELOPED BY OURSELVES AND THE LEADERS IN ROAD RACE TECHNOLOGY IN THE USA WHO HAVE HELPED BACK THIS PROJECT. THE BENEFITS OF BUYING A BRENNAN CHASSIS WILL BE THAT:** THEY WILL COME COMPLETE WITH FRONT AND REAR CLIPS AND MOUNTS FOR THE C6 CORVETTE BODY, FRONT A –ARMS , SPINDLES,BEARINGS ETC, CENTRE LOCK HUBS, POWER ASSISTED STEERING RACK,STEERING SHAFT,FRONT SWAY BAR WITH DROPPERS.* CHASSIS ARE COMPLETELY CONSTRUCTED FROM 4130 MOLY STEEL AND ARE FULLY JIGGED FOR ACCURACY FROM ONE CHASSIS TO ANOTHER* THEY WILL COME POWDERCOATED AND READY TO ASSEMBLE ALL STEERING GEOMETRY WILL BE SORTED RACE PROVEN TO WORK PROVEN TO STAND UP TO THE PUNISHMENT WITHOUT FAILURE OR FATIGUE COMMONLY FOUND IN OTHER CHASSIS STRESS RELIEVED AND SHOT BLASTED USING ALLOY OXIDE STRONG BUT LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN-CARS CAN EASILY BE CONSTRUCTED TO WEIGH IN AT UNDER 1000KG COST EFFECTIVE WITH ALL THE HARD WORK DONE CARS CAN BE COMPLETED BY USING DONOR CAR, SECOND HAND OR NEW COMPONENTS ALL WITHIN PURCHASERS BUDGET *BRENNAN RACING ASSISTANCE WITH ALL MEASUREMENTS FOR OBTAINING PARTS TO COMPLETE AND OTHER TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY FREELY AVAILABLE BUY ONE AND BUILD IT SLOWLY IN YOUR GARAGE OR HAVE OURSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE COMPLETE FOR YOU. COLLECT THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS TO YOUR SPEC AND PERSONALISE AND FROM HERE ONLY 2-4 WEEKS TO COMPLETE TO TURN KEY. CORVETTE BODIES ARE AVAILABLE IN FIBREGLASS, KEVLAR CARBON OR CARBON - POA Price - See “Link” Page for Brennan Racing Contact details RACING TYRES South Pacific Tyres have the following Dunlop Radial Racing Slicks in Stock 290/625R16 SS12M 310/650R16 SS12M 325/700R16 SS12M Contact us for more details if they are of interest to class members.