Super GT Series heads to Hampton Downs

Round three of the Rodin Cars Super GT Series gets underway at Hampton Downs this weekend with 21 exotic GT’s to form the grid at the halfway point of the season.

After two rounds in January at Highlands Motorsport Park at Cromwell, and Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna and with two classes within one grid, the midway mark see’s Ben Byers lead the Porsche class followed by Martin Dippie and Rob Steele, with Stephen Harrison in his Aston Martin leading the points in the GT4 class followed by Nigel Cromie (McLaren 570 GT4) and Grant Aitken (Porsche Cayman GT4).

Twelve cars will line up in the GT4 field with a number of new cars entered into the series.

The widely anticipated Mercedes AMG GT4 of Jono McFarlane will make its series debut this weekend as too will the Ferrari 458 of Wayne Leach.

Two extra McLaren 570 GT4’s join the class, making it seven cars from the British marque.

Francois Beziac will step out of his Porsche Cayman GT4 and partner newcomer Kieran Doe in a McLaren. Richard Crabb will also make his series debut in another McLaren.

They join the already strong McLaren contingent of Nigel Cromie, Brent Forman, David Cremer, Todd Bawden and David Cranna.

The Race Lab Aston Martin duo of Stephen Harrison and Shane Helms will also hit the track in their GT4 machines. Also part of the Race Lab team will be the Ginetta GT4 of Allan Sargeant.

Three Porsche Cayman GT4’s are entered, in the hands of Heremana Malmezac, Grant Aiken, and David Rogers sharing driving duties with Brian Green.

A contingent of six Porsche’s will line up in the Porsche Cup class – however notably absent is Porsche class leader Ben Byers, who hasn’t made the trip North.

Steve Sullivan and Martin Dippie lineup in their respective 991.1 machines, and will be joined by newcomer Kris Bostock. Paul Kelly enters in his 991.2 and Rob Steele will again share a Porsche with Paul Southam – the duo taking a win at Ruapuna a few weeks ago.

Connor Adam will be looking to bounce back in his 997 following a disappointing DNF at Ruapuna.

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.

Round 3 Entry

	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	Richard Crabb	McLaren 570 GT4	98
5	Brent Forman	McLaren 570 GT4	36
6	David Cremer	McLaren 570 GT4	62
7	Francois Beziac & Kieran Doe	McLaren 570 GT4	71
8	Nigel Cromie	McLaren 570 GT4	24
9	Todd Bawden	McLaren 570 GT4	44
10	David Cranna	McLaren 570 GT4	54
11	Jono McFarlane	Mercedes AMG GT4	22
12	Wayne Leach	Ferrari 458	TBC
13	Martin Dippie	Porsche 991.1	991
14	Steve Sullivan	Porsche 991	69
15	Paul Kelly	Porsche 991.2	90
16	Rob Steele & Paul Southam	Porsche 991.2	35
17	Kris Bostock	Porsche 991.1	20
18	Connor Adam	Porsche 997	9
19	Heremana Malmezac	Porsche Cayman GT4	42
20	Grant Aitken	Porsche Cayman GT4	10
21	David Rogers & Brian Green	Porsche Cayman GT4	61

Series Points after Two Rounds

Class	Driver	Points
GT4	Stephen Harrison	256
GT4	Nigel Cromie	247
GT4	Grant Aitken	215
GT4	Shane Helms	213
GT4	Adam Julian	196
GT4	Dave Cremer	189
GT4	Todd Bawden	173
GT4	Allan Sargeant	167
GT4	Mana Malmezac	129
GT4	Brent Forman	126
GT4	David Cranna	126
GT4	Francois Beziac	105
GT4	David Rogers	92
GT4	Brian Green	85
GT4	Steve Scoles	75
GT4	Stewart Callaway	58
Porsche	Ben Byers	249
Porsche	Martin Dippie	243
Porsche	Rob Steele	229
Porsche	Connor Adam	181
Porsche	Martin Neill	168
Porsche	Paul Kelly	168
Porsche	Steve Sullivan	133
Porsche	Paul Southam	124
Porsche	Lochlainn Fitzgerald-Symes	90
Porsche	Chris Nicholas	75
Porsche	Garry Derrick	67
Porsche	Gene Rollinson	42