Super GT action continues at Ruapuna this weekend

Round two of the Rodin Cars Super GT Series gets underway this weekend at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna, Christchurch, with a wide variety of Porsche Cup and GT4 machinery set to line up at the Canterbury circuit for the second hit out of the exciting new series.

The Rodin Cars Super GT Series see’s two exciting classes combine with the global Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and GT4 categories bringing some of the country’s most exciting racing cars together on one NZ grid for the first time.

Following the two races at round one at Highlands Motorsport Park last weekend, it is Aston Martin driver Stephen Harrison who leads the GT4 class having clinched a class win and a third placing at Highlands.

Veteran, Grant Aitken sits in second spot in his Porsche Cayman, with newcomer Nigel Cromie in his McLaren 570 impressing on debut to hold down third spot in the points.

Leading the Porsche Cup class is Ben Byers, who picked up a win in the feature race at Highlands as well as a fourth placing. Byers is followed closely by Martin Dippie, with youngster Connor Adam a further three points behind in third spot.

The grid for this weekend will see fourteen GT4 cars line up. Five McLaren 570 GT4 cars will be unleashed in the hands of Nigel Cromie, Brent Forman, David Cremer, Todd Bawden and David Cranna.

Two stunning Aston Martin’s will be piloted by Shane Helms and Stephen Harrison. While two Ginetta G55 GT4’s are entered by Allan Sargeant and Adam Julian.

The rest of the GT4 Class see’s five Porsche Cayman GT4 cars lining up from Heremana Malmezac, David Rogers, Francois Beziac, Stewart Callaway and Grant Aitken.

A contingent of eight Porsche’s will line up in the Porsche Cup class. Joining series leader Ben Byers, will be team mate Martin Neill, as well as fellow Canterbury racer, Paul Kelly.

Fast at Highlands Motorsport Park a week ago, watching out for young guns in the form of Lochlainn Fitzgerald Symes and Connor Adam.

The remainder of the field see’s Steve Sullivan, Rob Steele, Martin Dippie all line up in their respective Porsche machines.

The Rodin Cars Super GT Series will feature a 30 minute race on Saturday, with a further 30 minute encounter on Sunday, as well as the 1-hour feature that afternoon.

To ensure parity between the three different classes of racing, there will be a Balance Of Performance criteria added to each of the races.

Rodin Cars Super GT Points Summary After One Round
Class	Number	Driver	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Round 1
			Points	Points	Points	Total
GT4	78	Stephen Harrison	0	60	75	135
GT4	10	Grant Aitken	0	67	60	127
GT4	24	Nigel Cromie	0	45	67	112
GT4	84	Adam Julian	0	54	49	103
GT4	62	Dave Cremer	0	39	54	93
GT4	77	Shane Helms	0	33	45	78
GT4	54	David Cranna	0	42	36	78
GT4	58	Steve Scoles	0	75	0	75
GT4	107	Allan Sargeant	0	30	42	72
GT4	44	Todd Bawden	0	49	0	49
GT4	71	Francois Beziac	0	0	39	39
GT4	71	Mana Malmezac	0	0	39	39
GT4	36	Brent Forman	0	36	0	36
GT4	61	Brian Green	0	0	33	33
GT4	61	David Rogers	0	0	33	33
Class	Number	Driver	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Round 1
			Points	Points	Points	Total
911	256	Ben Byers	0	54	75	129
911	991	Martin Dippie	0	49	60	109
911	9	Connor Adam	0	39	67	106
911	35	Rob Steele	0	45	49	94
911	26	Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes	0	36	54	90
911	185	Martin Neill	0	33	45	78
911	997	Chris Nicholas	0	75	0	75
911	148	Garry Derrick	0	67	0	67
911	90	Paul Kelly	0	60	0	60
911	5	Gene Rollinson	0	42	0	42
911	69	Steve Sullivan	0	30	0	30

Round Two Entry List

	Driver Name	Car	Race Number
1	Shane Helms	Aston Martin GT4	77
2	Stephen Harrison	Aston Martin GT4	78
3	Allan Sargeant	Ginetta G55 GT4	107
4	Adam Julian	Ginetta G55 GT4	84
5	Brent Forman	McLaren 570 GT4	36
6	David Cremer	McLaren 570 GT4	62
7	Francois Beziac	Porsche Cayman GT4	71
8	Nigel Cromie	McLaren 570 GT4	24
9	Todd Bawden	McLaren 570 GT4	44
10	David Cranna	McLaren 570 GT4	54
11	Ben Byers	Porsche 991	256
12	Martin Dippie	Porsche 991.1	991
13	Steve Sullivan	Porsche 991	69
14	Paul Kelly	Porsche 991.2	90
15	Rob Steele	Porsche 991.2	35
16	Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes	Porsche 997	26
17	Connor Adam	Porsche 997	9
18	Martin Neill	Porsche 997	185
19	Hereman Malmezac	Porsche Cayman GT4	42
20	Grant Aitken	Porsche Cayman GT4	10
21	David Rogers	Porsche Cayman GT4	61
22	Stewart Callaway	Porsche Cayman GT4	41