LG Motorsport’s Angus Fogg maintains a narrow advantage at the top of the BNT V8s Championship points-table after the sixth and penultimate round of the premier touring car series in Taupo over the weekend.

Fogg, from Auckland’s North Shore, has a lead of just seven points over former NZV8 champion Kayne Scott after a challenging weekend for the LG-ZB Falcon driver.

“In Saturday’s qualifying, there just wasn’t any pace in the car and we weren’t 100% sure what was wrong,” says Fogg, who managed the eleventh fastest qualifying time, just missing the top ten.

Race one and things looked to be going Fogg’s way as the driver got an absolutely brilliant start to leapfrog from 11th to fourth within a few hundred metres of the rolling start.

“I got a good break around the outside over a bunch who were snarling each other up. That was pretty good to hold fourth and take the 54 points. We changed a couple of things with the car, but regrettably the car was pretty average and it was a bit like being a ping pong ball in that second race. The LG-ZB Falcon sustained some damage and eighth was the best we could do.”

The team changed the car’s set-up back to what it had been, giving Fogg a stronger car for the long reverse grid race. “The car was pretty good,” says Fogg. “I was rocketing my way forward through the field pretty well until I flat-spotted a tyre. A lap later the right front tyre was ripped off the rim after I’d gone past the pit lane entry, so had to do a whole lap on a flat tyre. The LG-ZB Falcon crew got the wheel changed and at least got me out to finish the race and score whatever points we could.” (more…)

An official event of the V8 Supercar Hamilton Street Race, Motorshow NZ, at Hamilton’s Claudelands Event Centre creates yet another reason to be in Hamilton to enjoy V8 racing next April. The event will be held for four days, Wednesday to Saturday, during Hamilton’s V8 Supercar event in April 2008.

The venue, Claudelands Event Centre, is central and a quick stroll from accommodation, Hamilton’s CBD and racing action.  There is a huge amount of off street parking provided to cater to out of town visitors.

Motorshow NZ will be a true expo style event that is defined by the wider market rather than a small specialist or niche event.

Classic Events spokesperson, Shane Noyes says “ This will be an exciting time for the motoring industry. The creation of the Motorshow NZ event is logical given the timing. Hamilton will definitely be the place “where cars are the stars” in 2008”

“Most New Zealand households have an interest or reliance on motor transport.  A Motorshow should deliver on just that and provide for the majority.” “Whether it is motor vehicles, motorcycles, accessories or motoring product, this is an event about how we interact with motor transport, how it has influenced us and how we can enjoy it more and planning and enhancing our future lifestyle.”
Some Expo Features to watch out for

The New Zealand realease of the Murtaya, .Introducing UK based Adrenaline Motorsports Murtaya component car. Based on Subarus WRX as a donor vehicle, the Murtaya boasts supercar performance and style ( 0 to 100km/hr in 3.5 seconds) and has just been awarded Best Specialist car of the year 2007 by Japanese Performance Magazine.

Lotus NZ To Present The “Rossion” American Supercar at Motorshow NZ
The Rossion Q1 is based on the legendary chassis designed in the United Kingdom by automotive genius Lee Noble, the new Rossion Q1 rewards drivers with flawless handling by remaining committed to the traditional methods of achieving automotive performance.

Rossion is committed to bringing a new brand of car that allows drivers no need for compromise in their search for unbridled performance in an ultra lightweight vehicle. Their inaugural model, the Rossion Q1 offers an exhilarating driving lesson by demonstrating how a lightweight, brilliantly engineered chassis carefully paired with an extraordinarily powerful engine can shatter all previous conceptions of supercar physics.

Motorhome Village For 1,000′s Planned Adjacent To Motorshow NZ Site!
Accommodation in Hamilton will be in high demand during the Hamilton 400 V8 Supercar Street Race and Motorshow NZ.
Hamilton City will build a fenced, secure village setting at Claudelands Park. This accommodation option will provide berth options for those who own a self contained motor home or provide a quality rental unit waiting on site for you.

The village is accessible via the Motorshow NZ event centre during expo trading hours. All accommodation options are coordinated and booked through Hamilton I-site.

Source: NZ Motorshow (Check out the Website)