One-Hour battles continue as the South Island Endurance Series heads to Teretonga Park

Winners of the opening round of the 2022 Carter’s Tyre Service One-Hour South Island Endurance Series will be the ones to beat as the second round gets underway in Invercargill on Saturday. Sam Collins (Marc II Mustang) won the Class 2 & 3 One Hour race in Christchurch while Scott O’Donnell/Michael Lyons (Hyundai i20N TCR) took line honours in the separate Class 4 & 5 race. Both set a benchmark for the chasing field and will prove hard to beat at Teretonga Park.

Collins, against a large field of Porsche runners, had a dominant win from Ronan Murphy (Porsche 991.1 Cup) and Heremana Malmezac (Porsche 991.2 Cup MR), leading from lights to flag also winning Class 2 (GT type). The next non-Porsche home was the seventh-placed Toyota GT86 V8 of Grant Williams/Ben Williams who also won Class 3 (>3501cc) from Nigel Cromie (Mclaren 570s GT4).

***Scott O’Donnell and Michael Lyons won the Class 4 & 5 race – Photo Terry-Marshall***

It was a different case for the winning Hyundai i20N TCR of Scott O’Donnell/Michael Lyons in the Class 4 (2001-3500cc) & 5 (0-2000cc) race. After setting fastest lap in qualifying, Lyons had his work cut out for him, starting from pit-lane rather than from pole position.

In the end they had a comfortable win after carving through the field, aided by the late retirement of race leader James Penrose (Audi RS3 LMS TCR). Penrose will be back on the grid at Teretonga along with Andre Simons (Toyota 86 Turbo) who also struck problems while fighting Penrose for the lead.

#486 ***Andre Simon Toyota 86 Turbo ahead of #22 James Penrose Audi RS3 LMS TCR – Photo Euan Cameron***

Eighteen of the 40 entries will be Class 5 cars which is predominantly made up with Honda Civic and Toyota 86 cars. The opening round proved successful for the very quick Class 5 winner, Brad Rule (Honda Civic SIR 2000), who also finished fourth overall.

Testing takes place on Friday with qualifying underway on Saturday morning at 9:00am (Class 4 & 5) and 9:25am (Class 2 & 3) with the Class 4 & 5 race starting at 10:20am and the Class 2 & 3 race at 11:40am.

***Brad Rule was 4th overall and won Class 5 – photo by Euan Cameron.***

ONE HOUR ENTRIES- Class 2 & 3
Car No. Driver No. 1 Driver No. 2 Location CC Class Car
6 Grant Williams/Ben Williams Christchurch 7000 3 Toyota 86 GT
7 Angus McFarlane Michael Bushell Christchurch 7000 3 Porsche 996
9 Marco Schelp Christchurch 3800 2 Porsche GT3 Cup S
11 Grant Aitken Queenstown 3800 2 Porsche GT4
23 Jordan Michels Invercargill 4958 2 Ford Focus V8
24 Nigel Cromie Christchurch 3800 3 McLaren 570S GT4
25 John Wadsworth, Blenheim 5700 3 Chevy Cruze
34 Glen Brazier Invercargill 3800 2 Porsche 911
35 Bruce Davidson Alexandra 6600 3 Chev Corvette C6R
51 Deon Cooper Auckland 5200 3 Ford Mustang GT4
58 Steve Scoles Dunedin 3700 3 Ginetta G55
62 Russell Burgess Dunedin 4000 2 Mazda RX7
66 Mike Driver Cromwell 3800 2 Porsche Cayman
69 Steve Sullivan Nelson 3800 2 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup
84 Adam Julian Christchurch 3800 2 Porsche 997.2 GT3 Cup
88 Steve Brooks/Bill Riding Christchurch 4000 2 Porsche 992 Cup
91 Ronan Murphy Christchurch 3800 2 Porsche 991.1 Cup
97 Hamish Wilton Queenstown 6000 2 Ford FG Supertourer V8
112 Lindsay O’Donnell, Christchurch 3800 2 McLaren GT4
148 Garry Derrick/Ben Derrick Wanaka/Timaru 4000 2 Porsche 911
185 Martin Neill Christchurch 3800 2 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup
256 Ben Byers Rolleston 4000 2 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup
718 Oliver Saxton/Ray Williams Waikato/Auckland 3800 3, Porsche Cayman GT4
777 Sam Collins Cambridge 5200 2 Marc Mustang
909 Francois Beziac Auckland 3996 2 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup MR
910 Heremana Malmezac, Queenstown/Taupo 3996 2 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup MR
911 Allan Dippie Dunedin 3800 2 Porsche 911 Cup S

ONE HOUR ENTRIES – Class 4 & 5
Car No. Driver No. 1 Driver No. 2 Location CC Class Car
8 Donovan Isted Mosgiel 1800 5 Honda Civic
10 Brad Rule Queenstown 2000 5 Honda Civic SIR
14 Paul Martin Rolleston 1997 5 Honda S2000
17 Robert Gjaja/Jacob Gjaja Queenstown 5 Lotus Exige
18 Flyn Mitchell Waimate 2354 4 Mazda RX8
22 James Penrose Christchurch 1985 4 Audi LMS TCR
28 Chris Wall Wellington 1800 5 Honda Civic
29 Steve Parker Timaru 2000 5 Toyota 86
30 Saxon Sheehan Queenstown 2000 5 Toyota 86
32 James Mitchell Dunedin 2000 5 Honda Civic Type R
39 Bradley Dawson Invercargill 2354 4 Mazda RX8
42 William Exton Blenheim TBA 5 Toyota 86
43 Brayden Phillips Christchurch 2000 5 Mazda MX5
45 Mal Walters Leeston 2354 4 Mazda RX8
56 Daniel Cropp Christchurch 2400 4 Honda Civic SIR
65 Grant Askew/Cole Askew Rolleston 3373 4 VW Golf GTI TCR
68 Russell McKenzie Christchurch 3200 4 BMW M3 E46 Coupe
93 Warren Black Oamaru 3600 4 Audi RS3 TCR
99 William Taylor Queenstown 1998 5 Honda Integra Type R
101 Dan Barlow Queenstown 1800 5 Suzuki Baleno
102 Rianna O’Meara-Hunt Wellington 1998 5 Toyota 86
111 Kynan Yu/David McAlpine Cromwell/Auckland 2000 5 Toyota 86
111 Matthew O’Donnell Christchurch 2000 4 Audi RS3 Lms TCR
114 Kristopher Mackie Christchurch 2354 4 Mazda RX8
115 Mark Meadows Rolleston 2000 5 Lotus Exige
117 Mike Hall Queenstown 3373 4 VW Golf GTI TCR
122 Mark Neville/Jonathan Prince Rangiora/Christchurch 3400 4. Subaru Imprezza WRX
123 Peter Bennetts Queenstown 3372 4 Seat Supercopa
158 Dave McLean Gore 1800 5 Honda Integra
181 Marc Denton Christchurch 1998 5 BMW 320i
199 Marcus Barnett Queenstown 3400 4 Seat Cupra TCR
200 Scott O’Donnell/Michael Lyons Invercargill 3398 4 Hyundai i30N
220 Denzil Travers Wanaka 1984 4 Audi TCR
221 Cory Stewart Prebbleton 2340 4 Mazda RX8
353 Paul Booth/David Booth Dunedin 2000 5 BMW 318TI
360 Ash McConchie Christchurch 2340 4 Mazda RX8
417 Ben Silcock Queenstown 2000 5 Honda CRX
486 Andre Simon Queenstown 2000T 4 Toyota 86
561 Tom Young/Nick Young Christchurch 2354 4 Mazda RX8
651 Shane Roughan Blenheim 2354 4 Mazda RX8