Heading South…
Hi all,
Here in lies the first of four weeks of non-stop motorsport – what a way to see in the New Year!
Though this blog post is brief, it?s still significant – when you hear from me next, it will be either highlighting the successes I have come to achieve, or the disappointments that held me back along the way.
First up is Timaru – both my best and worst track on the calendar. While I won my first Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge race there in 2007, I also broke my leg there in March of 2008. Highs and low, but a score to settle for sure, and going on my speed there last season I?m confident we can go well.
Further south we then head to Invercargill?s Teretonga Park; the southernmost race circuit in the world and the last city before you reach Antarctica. Even so, the weather we often meet there is scorching hot, and it?s a great circuit with the most exciting first corner in New Zealand. I?ve also tasted podium success there, so another one I?m certainly looking forward to.
Though it?s still unknown whether I?ll race at the Taupo A1GP on the third consecutive weekend, I will still be there regardless to witness my first glimpse of the amazing new Ferrari-powered cars. Being a non-championship event for us, we need to weigh up whether it?s worth competing, but it could go either way.
I?ll be at Taupo once again the following weekend behind the wheel of the Juno SSC-NZ sportscar I?ve been testing and developing over the past couple of months. It?s a ?low key? event but still a great chance to showcase the engineering underneath the striking day glow orange bodywork.
So, wish me luck and see you at the finish line.
A Happy New Year to all,
Jono.
