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| Fogg scores first pole and first win of season in V8s at Manfeild |
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| Saturday, 16 February 2008 | |
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Havoline Ford driver Angus Fogg scored his first pole position, and then his first win of the season as the New Zealand V8s contest the third round of the 2007-08 championship at Manfeild this weekend.
Fogg’s super-quick qualifying time of 1:12.737 was just 0.170 seconds faster than Kayne Scott in the Fujitsu Ford, but it was more than enough to give him the front slot on the grid. Fogg said setting the time was hard work. “It was a struggle. With this new car there are lots of little things that could be better, but naturally we’re pleased to be on pole.”
The 3.03km Manfeild circuit, in
Feilding, was resealed recently. “Everyone should be faster on the new surface,”
said Fogg, whose qualifying time is considerably faster than the track record he
set this time last year of 1:13.165. (Note: only racing lap times count for
official track records.)
Fogg then went on to win the
weekend’s first V8 race, a 14-lapper than turned into two parts of seven laps
each, one dry, one wet.
“It wasn’t too much of a battle in
the end,” said Fogg who established a dominant gap on the field in both sections
of the race. “You’ve just got to make the most of it and drive to the
conditions. We’re lucky the car is good in both dry and wet. The track was
drying towards the end and we had enough of a gap to hold on for the win. It’s
good for us that John McIntyre finished fourth so it reduces the points’ gap to
John at the top of the table a bit.”
Having run with Fogg in the dry,
Scott, who finished second, says his car needed a different setup for the wet.
“We had good pace in the dry. We were a bit of a roadblock in the wet, but I was
able to hold the others off to take second place.”
Paul Manuell bought the Orix Holden
home in third, his first podium of the season. “The pace has been there with
this car; it’s a matter of putting it all together on the day,” said the former
V8 champion.
The starting grid for Sunday’s
18-lap race is determined by the fastest times that each driver set in the first
race. This sees Fogg on pole with his time of 1:12.940 – a new track record –
with Scott and Manuell in second and third slots respectively. The New Zealand
V8s then have a third reverse grid race to wrap up the weekend’s racing at
Manfeild in the Fujitsu 200.
Qualifying in more
detail
This season, the New Zealand V8s
adopted a three-part V8 Supercars-style qualifying format with the full field
completing an initial 20 minute qualifying session. The fastest 20 drivers run
for another 15 minutes, then the top ten complete a final 15 minute session.
From the first session, Scott was
looking very quick with John McIntyre,
In the second session, Edgell – with
fresh tyres just fitted – and fellow Ford driver
In session three, the top nine times
were separated by less than one second. Fogg and Scott have the front row of the
grid for the weekend’s first race. Paul Manuell was the best of the Holden
drivers with the third fastest time with defending New Zealand V8s champion and
current series leader John McIntyre fourth fastest. Proctor, Pedersen, Andy
Booth, Radisich and
ENDS
Position,
Driver, Hometown, Car, Qualifying time
1,
2, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford
Falcon BA, 1:12.568
3, Paul Manuell,
4, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford
Falcon BA, 1:12.767
5,
6,
7, Andy Booth,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20, Dave Stewart,
21,
22,
23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
28, Gene Rollinson,
29,
30, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden
Commodore VY, 1:17.647
31,
32,
Position,
Driver, Hometown, Car, Points earned
1,
2, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford
Falcon BA, 67
3, Paul Manuell,
4, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford
Falcon BA, 54
5,
6, Andy Booth,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
16,
15,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21, Dave Stewart,
22,
23, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden
Commodore VY, 8
24,
25,
26,
27,
Not classified,
DNF,
DNF,
DNF, Gene Rollinson,
DNF,
Position,
Driver, Hometown, Car, Provisional points
1, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford
Falcon BA, 628
2,
3, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford
Falcon BA, 531
4,
5, Paul Manuell,
6, Andy Booth,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18, Paul Pedersen, Rotorua, Ford
Falcon BA, 169
19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
28,
28,
29, Eddie Bell,
30, Dave Stewart,
31,
32, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden
Commodore VY, 38
33,
34, Gene Rollinson, |
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