We are New Zealand's and one of the world's largest professional race teams. International Motorsport has a proven history of winning a wide range of Motorsport championships.
Racing successfully requires a unique collaboration between the race team and driver regarding preparation and setup of the car. All team members pride themselves on providing world class service to take you to the front of the grid.
After celebrating our 50 th year in business in 2010 we have expanded further in 2011 with a growing market in the restoration area International Performance Classics has now taken over the main floor area at 9/11 Pollen St .
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Joining the star-studded line up of race drivers entering the newly formed New Zealand V8 SuperTourer series is Hamilton based Ant Pedersen, confirmed for a drive in the inaugural 2012 series.
Pedersen has most recently competed in the Australian Fujitsu Series in a V8 Supercar and in the New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and is recognised as a future star in circuit racing. The new V8SuperTourer series is a positive shift for New Zealand motor sport as it brings the machinery a lot closer to that of a V8 Supercar, a progression goal for many up-and-coming Kiwi drivers. The V8 SuperTourer utilises four-door touring cars built on a controlled race chassis powered by a 7-litre, fuel-injected engine. The aim of the series which is being marketed as the V8 Series of Champions, is to provide an affordable new generation, future-proofed V8 touring car, similar in concept to a current Australian V8 Supercar.
The V8SuperTourer has performance similar to that of a current Australian V8 Supercar and is specifically designed for both sprint and long distance racing. Pedersen is excited about the opportunity to confirm his seasons commitment and his early announcement. Having competed in the Fujitsu Series already as a proving ground for the V8 Supercars, "I can really see the benefit in this new series and what it will bring to motor sport drivers and fans" said Pedersen.
We still have to firm up our sponsors for the season, but were well on our way in getting everything in place for 2012.
Racing starts in February 2012 and already there has been high interest from several of New Zealands leading V8 drivers including Greg Murphy, Kayne Scott, John McIntyre, Andy Booth and Craig Baird along with several up-and-coming talented drivers.
The chassis, like the Australian V8 Supercar car of the future project, is built to not only accommodate both the current VE Commodore from Holden and FG Ford Falcon bodies, but any other similar sized four-dour production vehicle such a Audi A6, Toyota Camry etc. The new V8SuperTourer series cars produce 575 horsepower and feature a 6-speed sequential gearbox.
"We are still to confirm exactly the model of car we will run, and this will depend on sponsor requirements, but its exciting to have the options available that the series brings" said Pedersen
The new series gets underway at Hampton Downs over the weekend of 17 - 19 February next year. Seven rounds are scheduled, including the series debut at Hampton Downs in February, with a mixture of sprint and endurance races before the series concludes in October 2012.
Pedersens testing programme in the new car will get underway in the coming months.
RACE TEAM MOVES TO NEW PREMISES
We have built a new race shop area across the road at 12/14 Pollen St to house the motor racing team The new race shop is equipped with a race engine and gear/box division capable of building all types of engines and gear/boxes It is also an approved Porsche GT3 Cup engine and gear/box builder capable of doing all your race work It has years of experience in the racing area and is the only race team to have been running Porsche race cars in the fiercely challenging Porsche GT3 Cup series since its beginning in 2001 including running in the Australian GT3 Cup series for 4 years. The race team has some of the countries best racing people working in it. We have all the latest equipment to do Wheel alignment and corner weighting—We specialize in building approved race car roll cages and frames - exhaust systems - Fabrication work - We also build complete race cars as seen with the highly successful BMW race cars of the 90s and of late the Caltex V8 Team with Angus Fogg and Paul Pedersen and the Audi Production car of 2010/11
