Fogg scores first pole and first win of season in V8s at Manfeild
Saturday 16 February 2008, 6:44PM
By The MotorSport Company
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Havoline Ford driver Angus Fogg scored his first pole position, and then his first win of the season as the New Zealand V8s contest the third round of the 2007-08 championship at Manfeild this weekend.
Fogg’s super-quick qualifying time of 1:12.737 was just 0.170 seconds faster than Kayne Scott in the Fujitsu Ford, but it was more than enough to give him the front slot on the grid. Fogg said setting the time was hard work. “It was a struggle. With this new car there are lots of little things that could be better, but naturally we’re pleased to be on pole.”
The 3.03km Manfeild circuit, in Feilding, was resealed recently. “Everyone should be faster on the new surface,” said Fogg, whose qualifying time is considerably faster than the track record he set this time last year of 1:13.165. (Note: only racing lap times count for official track records.)
Fogg then went on to win the weekend’s first V8 race, a 14-lapper than turned into two parts of seven laps each, one dry, one wet.
“It wasn’t too much of a battle in the end,” said Fogg who established a dominant gap on the field in both sections of the race. “You’ve just got to make the most of it and drive to the conditions. We’re lucky the car is good in both dry and wet. The track was drying towards the end and we had enough of a gap to hold on for the win. It’s good for us that John McIntyre finished fourth so it reduces the points’ gap to John at the top of the table a bit.”
Having run with Fogg in the dry, Scott, who finished second, says his car needed a different setup for the wet. “We had good pace in the dry. We were a bit of a roadblock in the wet, but I was able to hold the others off to take second place.”
Paul Manuell bought the Orix Holden home in third, his first podium of the season. “The pace has been there with this car; it’s a matter of putting it all together on the day,” said the former V8 champion.
The starting grid for Sunday’s 18-lap race is determined by the fastest times that each driver set in the first race. This sees Fogg on pole with his time of 1:12.940 – a new track record – with Scott and Manuell in second and third slots respectively. The New Zealand V8s then have a third reverse grid race to wrap up the weekend’s racing at Manfeild in the Fujitsu 200.
Qualifying in more detail
This season, the New Zealand V8s adopted a three-part V8 Supercars-style qualifying format with the full field completing an initial 20 minute qualifying session. The fastest 20 drivers run for another 15 minutes, then the top ten complete a final 15 minute session.
From the first session, Scott was looking very quick with John McIntyre, Paul Radisich, Tim Edgell and Clark Proctor completing the top five. Surprisingly Australian David Besnard didn’t make it through, suffering obvious mechanical issues with the SCG Ford.
In the second session, Edgell – with fresh tyres just fitted – and fellow Ford driver Adam Brook were looking likely to go through to the top ten shoot-out. But the session was restarted after a mix-up about which drivers should be in the top 20 and neither Edgell or Brook were unable to repeat their earlier quick times, naturally disappointed not to secure a top ten slot. Fogg was fastest that time around with Scott and Mark Pedersen hot on his heels.
In session three, the top nine times were separated by less than one second. Fogg and Scott have the front row of the grid for the weekend’s first race. Paul Manuell was the best of the Holden drivers with the third fastest time with defending New Zealand V8s champion and current series leader John McIntyre fourth fastest. Proctor, Pedersen, Andy Booth, Radisich and Luke Youlden follow with John Penny, a relative newcomer to the V8s, making the top ten for the first time.
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New Zealand V8s Championship – Qualifying
Position, Driver, Hometown, Car, Qualifying time
1, Angus Fogg, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:12.388
2, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford Falcon BA, 1:12.568
3, Paul Manuell, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 1:12.690
4, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford Falcon BA, 1:12.767
5, Clark Proctor, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.028
6, Mark Pedersen, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.069
7, Andy Booth, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 1:13.196
8, Paul Radisich, Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.229
9, Luke Youlden, Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.278
10, John Penny, Taupo, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.646
11, Dean Perkins, Pukekohe, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.536
12, Cameron McLean, Brisbane, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.588
13, Tim Edgell, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.590
14, Adam Brook, Christchurch, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.684
15, Andrew Fawcet, Wellington, Ford Falcon BA, 1:13.684
16, Michael Wallace, Dunedin, Holden Commodore VY, 1:13.909
17, Nick Ross, Cambridge, Holden Commodore VZ, 1:14.175
18, Simon Richards, Hamilton, Ford Falcon BA, 1:14.502
19, Connel McLaren, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:14.676
20, Dave Stewart, Wellington, Holden Commodore VY, 1:15.752
21, Inky Tulloch, Gore, Ford Falcon BA, 1:15.093
22, Dale Lambert, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:15.166
23, Chris Adams, Mosgiel, Holden Commodore VY, 1:15.199
24, Kevin Williams, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 1:15.238
25, Andrew Porter, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:15.415
26, Haydn Mackenzie, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 1:15.520
27, Andrew Anderson, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 1:15.701
28, Gene Rollinson, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 1:16.680
29, Julia Huzziff, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 1:17.257
30, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden Commodore VY, 1:17.647
31, Cam Hardy, Hamilton, Holden Commodore VZ, 1:26.776
32, David Besnard, Gold Coast, Ford Falcon BA, 7:16.704
New Zealand V8s Championship – Manfeild Race 1 (14 laps)
Position, Driver, Hometown, Car, Points earned
1, Angus Fogg, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 75
2, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford Falcon BA, 67
3, Paul Manuell, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 60
4, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford Falcon BA, 54
5, Clark Proctor, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 49
6, Andy Booth, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 45
7, David Besnard, Gold Coast, Ford Falcon BA, 42
8, John Penny, Taupo, Ford Falcon BA, 39
9, Dean Perkins, Pukekohe, Ford Falcon BA, 36
10, Adam Brook, Christchurch, Ford Falcon BA, 33
11, Nick Ross, Cambridge, Holden Commodore VZ, 30
12, Haydn Mackenzie, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 28
13, Dale Lambert, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 26
14, Cam Hardy, Hamilton, Holden Commodore VZ, 24
16, Mark Pedersen, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 20
15, Simon Richards, Hamilton, Ford Falcon BA, 22
17, Luke Youlden, Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA, 18
18, Andrew Anderson, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 16
19, Tim Edgell, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 14
20, Chris Adams, Mosgiel, Holden Commodore VY, 12
21, Dave Stewart, Wellington, Holden Commodore VY, 10
22, Julia Huzziff, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 9
23, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden Commodore VY, 8
24, Cameron McLean, Brisbane, Ford Falcon BA, 7
25, Inky Tulloch, Gore, Ford Falcon BA, 6
26, Kevin Williams, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 5
27, Andrew Porter, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 4
Not classified, Paul Radisich, Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA
DNF, Andrew Fawcet, Wellington, Ford Falcon BA
DNF, Connel McLaren, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA
DNF, Gene Rollinson, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY
DNF, Michael Wallace, Dunedin, Holden Commodore VY
New Zealand V8s Championship – Provisional points after Race 1 at Manfeild
Position, Driver, Hometown, Car, Provisional points
1, John McIntyre, Nelson, Ford Falcon BA, 628
2, Angus Fogg, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 544
3, Kayne Scott, Hamilton, Ford Falcon BA, 531
4, Paul Radisich, Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA, 449
5, Paul Manuell, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 435
6, Andy Booth, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 420
7, Clark Proctor, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 376
8, Cameron McLean, Brisbane, Ford Falcon BA, 341
9, Dean Perkins, Pukekohe, Ford Falcon BA, 330
10, Luke Youlden, Melbourne, Ford Falcon BA, 248
11, David Besnard, Gold Coast, Ford Falcon BA, 229
12, Cam Hardy, Hamilton, Holden Commodore VZ, 198
13, Mark Pedersen, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 188
14, Simon Richards, Hamilton, Ford Falcon BA, 186
15, Michael Wallace, Dunedin, Holden Commodore VY, 182
16, Kevin Williams, Auckland, Holden Commodore VZ, 177
17, Haydn Mackenzie, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 176
18, Paul Pedersen, Rotorua, Ford Falcon BA, 169
19, Nick Ross, Cambridge, Holden Commodore VZ, 159
20, Adam Brook, Christchurch, Ford Falcon BA, 157
21, Dale Lambert, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 151
22, Andrew Fawcet, Wellington, Ford Falcon BA, 150
23, Tim Edgell, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 135
24, Andrew Porter, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 134
25, Connel McLaren, Auckland, Ford Falcon BA, 130
26, Andrew Anderson, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 119
27, Chris Adams, Mosgiel, Holden Commodore VY, 117
28, John Penny, Taupo, Ford Falcon BA, 113
28, Inky Tulloch, Gore, Ford Falcon BA, 83
29, Eddie Bell, Christchurch, Holden Commodore VY, 79
30, Dave Stewart, Wellington, Holden Commodore VY, 62
31, Darryn Henderson, Wellington, Holden Commodore VZ, 45
32, Shaun Turton, Pukekohe, Holden Commodore VY, 38
33, Julia Huzziff, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 26
34, Gene Rollinson, Auckland, Holden Commodore VY, 0