McIntyre secures 55th NZV8 race win at Teretonga

John McIntyre Racing
Round 3, BNT V8s Championship at Teretonga Park , Invercargill
Media statement
16 January 2011

McIntyre secures 55th NZV8 race win at Teretonga
John McIntyre has achieved his goal of scoring his 55th race victory in New Zealand ’s popular and intensely competitive New Zealand V8 touring car class.

McIntyre started the first NZV8 race at Teretonga, outside Invercargill, in third position and made the most of having the inside line advantage going the circuit’s notorious opening left-handed sweeper. With Kayne Scott starting from pole and heading around the sweeper in the lead, second-placed Craig Baird took a wider line which gave McIntyre the gap he needed to power the #47 Talley’s Falcon through into second.

Just a few laps later McIntyre was able to produce a similar manoeuvre over Scott, allowing the two-time NZV8 champion to comfortably complete the 12 lap race – albeit interrupted by another competitor rolling off the circuit, bringing out the safety car for two laps – and take his 55th race win.

“Every win is hard in this class; the top cars and drivers are so close,” said McIntyre. “Every victory is a success to celebrate.”

The Nelson-based driver is the only competitor in this 2010/11 BNT V8s Championship season to have won more than one race. Of the nine races now completed, McIntyre has won four.

The balance of Sunday’s racing at Teretonga was more challenging for John McIntyre Racing. Looking comfortable in the lead in race two, McIntyre didn’t see oil on the circuit from another competitor’s car.

“We had the race under control before I was the first to hit that oil and it put me right off the circuit,” explained McIntyre. “I wasn’t entirely comfortable with the car – I thought it was something else not quite right – but it allowed first Kayne [Scott] and then Craig [Baird] past.
“Then, in the third, reverse grid race, it was raining pretty hard. From the back with Craig and Kayne, I was taking a conservative approach, working my way up through the field. It’s something of an understatement to say it was extremely disappointing to then be taken out by another competitor on turn one. I dropped right back and had to fight back again to finish as high as possible, which was 13th.

“Every weekend the whole team is putting in an excellent performance, but in motorsport there are always circumstances outside your control.

“We’re doing everything we can to stay in the running with this championship – we have the positive news that JMR has scored the most points at this round of any round so far this season.”

McIntyre heads to the South Canterbury Levels Raceway next for the fourth BNT V8s Championship round over the weekend of 22 and 23 January.

John McIntyre Racing extends its appreciative thanks to Blackwoods Paykels, Protector Safety, Amcor, Talley's, Castrol Edge, BP Ultimate, NZ Ceiling and Drywall Supplies, Ideal Electrical, Websters Hydrated Lime Co, Squawking Magpie Wines, Dynamic Fluid Systems, EATON, Ford New Zealand, Irwin Tools and Showquip.

More details about McIntyre and his team can be found on www.jmr.co.nz or follow John McIntyre Racing on Facebook.
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Attached images are free to use. Please credit Geoff Ridder. Caption: John McIntyre in control of race one at Teretonga to take his 55th NZV8 race win.

BNT V8s Championship points after Round 3
1, Craig Baird, Falcon, Gold Coast, 537
2, Angus Fogg, Falcon, Auckland , 527
3, Kayne Scott, Falcon, Hamilton , 457
4, John McIntyre, Falcon, Nelson, 440
5, Andy Knight, Falcon, Christchurch , 386

John McIntyre Racing’s 2010-11 racing schedule
5-7 Nov 2010 – NZV8 Championship round 1: Pukekohe Park
26-28 Nov 2010 – NZV8 Championship round 2: Ruapuna Park
14-16 Jan 2011 – NZV8 Championship round 3: Teretonga Park
21-23 Jan 2011 – NZV8 Championship round 4: Timaru International Raceway
11-13 Feb 2011 – NZV8 Championship round 5: Manfeild
11-13 Mar 2011 – NZV8 Championship round 6: Taupo Motorsport Park
15-17 Apr 2011 – NZV8 Championship round 7 (ITM 400 V8SC support races): Hamilton

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