Round 7 - Pukekohe - Race 1

Dale finished the 2nd race of the weekend in 13th place after a pretty
uneventful race. After starting 15th on the grid Dale was pushed wide
off the 2nd corner, but held position and made a little progress. He
was bogged down a bit by other drivers so couldn't make a lot of
headway, but finished well in the end.

The team is now preparing for the 3rd and final race of the season at
4:30pm this afternoon.

Round 7 - Pukekohe - Race 1

Definitely an exciting first race, full of action! Unfortunately none of it went Dale's way, starting on the very first corner when he went looking for a gap he was spun off the track and ended up at the back of the pack. He made great progress to regain position, and was helped along when a major crash (again on the first corner) red-flagged the race and Dale was in 15th spot on the grid at the restart.

Unfortunately when chasing down Andy Knight Dale came off at the hairpin, and he lost ground again, finishing the race in 16th place.

So the team knows he has the speed, now all he needs is a little luck on his side and Dale should be bringing in a better result for the final two races of the season at Pukekohe tomorrow.

Round 7 - Pukekohe - Qualifying

Round 7 Qualifying, Dale's final weekend racing in his Rookie season of the NZV8s Championship and Dale put in a great drive, qualifying in 10th position. That's a great way to start the weekend, the first time he's made it into the Top 10 qualifying this season. The Team SCG racing crew are very pleased, understandably, after putting in a lot of hard hours making changes to the car's setup over the past few days.

It was a nail-biting finish to the second (Top 20) Qualifying session though. Dale was sitting in 15th place right up until the last minute. The chequered flag was coming out to signal the end of the session and Dale put in a flying lap jumping up to take the 10th place spot on the board (to much cheering & back slapping in the Team SCG pits).

Dale couldn't make any more headway in the 3rd (Top 10) qualifying session though, and kept his 10th place spot when the car all but ran out of gas with a few minutes to go.

Everyone is looking forward to an action-packed first race in a few hours time.

Dale's fastest qualifying time was 1:01.70.