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Triple X Motorsport

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 Born in 2007 by savvy Auckland businessman Shane McKillen, Technical Director Todd Bickerton, and Team Manager Ian McNabb, they formed a team that is headed by three shareholders – giving rise to the Triple X theme.

Triple X Motorsport’s aim is to win Races and Championships, especially in the Porsche NZ GT3 Cup Challenge. To compete successfully and dominate in whichever championships we enter.

In its inaugural year the Triple X mission statement of running to the highest level of professionalism resulted in this experienced team taking out the New Zealand GT3 Cup Challenge Championship in 2007 – 2008.

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Motorsport 28 Mar 2011
Gaunt second after first round of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

New Zealand’s Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge champion Daniel Gaunt has taken two second placings and a fourth at the weekend’s opening round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to sit second overall in the 2011 standings.

Daniel Gaunt in the Seek Porsche 997 finished second overall at the first round of the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to now sit second in the championship standings behind Craig Baird.

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Motorsport 14 Mar 2011
Gaunt wins Porsche title for Triple X

TAUPO — A series of heart-stopping moments filled the weekend’s final round of the 2010/2011 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge before series leader Daniel Gaunt in the MPD VnC Cocktails Porsche 997 lifted the coveted title at Taupo today.

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Motorsport 8 Mar 2011
Porsche Championship in the balance for Gaunt

TAUPO — With half a hand on the 2010/2011 NZ Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge title, Auckland’s Triple X Motorsport driver Daniel Gaunt says he will treat this weekend’s 11-13 March final round of competition at Taupo like any other.

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Motorsport 14 Feb 2011
Baird wins Manfeild Porsche weekend, Gaunt keeps title lead

PALMERSTON NORTH — After an anxious three-race weekend for the penultimate round of the 2010/2011 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, defending champion Craig Baird took the weekend win with Triple X team-mate Daniel Gaunt managing to hold a lead in the overall standings.

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Motorsport 24 Jan 2011
Triple X driver Gaunt continues Porsche championship lead

TIMARU — Despite Craig Baird in the ZM Mad Butcher Porsche 997 winning two from two races in this weekend’s fourth round of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, it was team-mate Scott Harrison in the Mad Butcher Carpet One Porsche 997 who won overall at Timaru this weekend.

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Motorsport 23 Jan 2011
Baird wins opening Porsche race at Timaru

TIMARU — Defending Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge champion Craig Baird set the theme for this weekend's fourth round of the series at Timaru by claiming the afternoon race win in the ZM Mad Butcher Porsche 997 at Timaru's Levels race circuit today (Saturday 22 January).

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Motorsport 20 Jan 2011
Gaunt and Baird in Triple X Porsche battle

TIMARU — Following last weekend’s third round of Porsche race action near Invercargill, Triple X Motorsport team drivers Daniel Gaunt and Craig Baird are ready for another head-to-head weekend at Timaru’s race circuit starting on Friday 21 January 2011.

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Motorsport 17 Jan 2011
Baird the master at a wet Teretonga

INVERCARGILL — The weekend’s third round of the NZ Porsche Cup Challenge series has seen defending champion and Triple X Motorsport driver Craig Baird hunt down the points lead enjoyed by team-mate Daniel Gaunt at Teretonga, near Invercargill.

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Motorsport 12 Jan 2011
Teretonga Porsche enduro could change championship

INVERCARGILL — This weekend’s third round of the New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at Invercargill’s Teretonga circuit will provide the ultimate test for series leader Daniel Gaunt and defending champion, Craig Baird of the Triple X Motorsport team.

Winning the first two rounds of the 2010/2011 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge has Triple X Motorsport driver Daniel Gaunt the series leader heading in to this weekend's third round at Teretonga near Invercargill

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Motorsport 29 Nov 2010
Race win for Baird in weekend V8s

CHRISTCHURCH — Defending V8s champion Craig Baird, driving the United Video Ford Falcon, won today’s first of three races at Christchurch’s Ruapuna raceway to have a brief hold on the overall series lead.

Defending NZ V8 champion and United Video Racing driver Craig Baird won today's opening race of this weekend's second round of the 2010/2011 series at the Ruapuna Raceway near Christchurch

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Motorsport 29 Nov 2010
Turley takes his second Suzuki round win

CHRISTCHURCH — Aucklander Mike Turley has won the second round of the 2010/11 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup which ran at the Powerbuilt Tools Raceway outside Christchurch this weekend.

Auckland's Mike Turley has further extended his Suzuki Swift Sporting Cup lead with his second successive round win at this weekend's Powerbuilt Raceway near Christchurch.

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Motorsport 29 Nov 2010
Gaunt stretches Porsche title lead for Triple X

CHRISTCHURCH — Winning three from three races at this weekend's second round of the New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge near Christchurch has extended the title points lead held by the Triple X Motorsport driver Daniel Gaunt.

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Motorsport 27 Nov 2010
Gaunt wins opening Christchurch Porsche race

CHRISTCHURCH — Triple X Motorsport driver Daniel Gaunt, in the MPD VnC Cocktails Porsche 997, won today’s opening race at the series second round being held at the Powerbuilt Raceway near Christchurch.

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Motorsport 23 Nov 2010
Triple X takes Porsche title battle south

CHRISTCHURCH — With Triple X Motorsport driver Daniel Gaunt taking an early lead in the 2010/2011 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, his fiercest competition will come from team-mate and defending champion Craig Baird for this weekend’s second round at the Powerbuilt Raceway near Christchurch (26-28 November 2010).

Early Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge leader and Triple X Motorsport driver will switch back to his MPD Porsche 997 for this weekend's second round of the season at Christchurch's Ruapuna Park circuit

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Motorsport 8 Nov 2010
Gaunt's double victory extends Porsche title lead

Triple X Motorsport's Daniel Gaunt has further extended his points lead in the 2010/2011 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge with a second race win of the weekend at Pukekohe today (7 November).

Daniel Gaunt now leads the six round Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge following his second race win of the weekend at Pukekohe

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Motorsport 4 Nov 2010
Porsche team eye fourth successive title

PUKEKOHE — Auckland’s Triple X Motorsport has the simple goal of a fourth New Zealand Porsche Cup Challenge title in as many years, as the 2010/2011 summer six-round season kicks off at Pukekohe this weekend (5-7 November 2010).

Auckland's Triple X Motorsport start the 2010/2011 season with the aim of a fourth successive Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge title with driver Craig Baird at Pukekohe this weekend.

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Motorsport 26 Oct 2010
Baird checks out of Porsche Asia series

Heading the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) standings before this weekend’s double points race at the Shanghai International Circuit in China, New Zealand race driver Craig Baird had a nightmare run on wet tyres in what will be his final round of the series.

New Zealand's Craig Baird bows out of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

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Motorsport 20 Oct 2010
Baird returns to Shanghai

Current leader of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) series for 2010, Craig Baird returns to the Shanghai International Circuit in China for what was calendared to be the championship finale for the international one-make car race series.

New Zealand's Craig Baird

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Motorsport 14 Oct 2010
Porsche Asia interfere with FIA calendar – and deny Baird title shot

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) management has come under fire for altering dates sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA) by the series leader Craig Baird and his New Zealand based Triple X Motorsport team.

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Motorsport 27 Sep 2010
Baird leads Asian Porsche series

New Zealand’s most successful race car driver, Craig Baird MNZM, has further extended his victory tally with two wins on the streets of Singapore in the weekend, leap-frogging to the head of the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) series standings.

New Zealand's Craig Baird has stolen in to the lead of the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia series following back-to-back race victories on the streets of Singapore in the weekend to have a six point lead heading in to the final two races of the season late

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Motorsport 21 Sep 2010
Baird in a race against time

Leading New Zealand race driver Craig Baird returns to Singapore unsure how the VnC Cocktails - SC Global Porsche 911 will perform at this weekend's Formula One SingTel Grand Prix following transit damage to the championship contender's car.

Driving the New Zealand sponsored VnC Cocktails Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car type 997, New Zealand's Craig Baird MNZM has an unknown weekend ahead with his title chasing Porsche in doubt after incurring successive bouts of damage ahead of this weekend's race a

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Motorsport 22 Jun 2010
Second best for Baird in China

New Zealand’s Craig Baird remains upbeat at still holding second overall in the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia series despite being taken out of the weekend’s first race at Zhuhai International Circuit in China.

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Motorsport 14 Jun 2010
Third time lucky for Baird in China

For the third time in as many months Kiwi Craig Baird heads to China for another learning weekend as the under-dog in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia race series against a German defending champion.

Returning to China for this weekends round five and six of the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, New Zealand's Craig Baird MNZM is second overall after four (of 11) rounds.

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Motorsport 20 Apr 2010
Podium for Baird in Shanghai

Kiwi Craig Baird has finished the first event on the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia third overall after two races supporting the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai in the weekend.

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Motorsport 13 Apr 2010
Kiwi made product and driver head to China

As one of 23 drivers and teams entered to the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, New Zealand’s Craig Baird and the VnC Cocktail brand head to China for this weekend’s opening round 17-18 April.

Kiwi Craig Baird lines up against 22 other teams for this weekend's opening round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

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Motorsport 22 Mar 2010
Baird claims record victory

TAUPO — A win in the final race of the 2009/10 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge cemented Triple X Motorsport’s third consecutive championship victory with Craig Baird securing an unprecedented sixth title at Taupo this weekend.

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Motorsport 22 Mar 2010
Bamber misses Toyota title in last-lap battle

TAUPO — Wanganui’s Earl Bamber had a nail-biting clincher to the 2010 Toyota Racing Series – losing his race grip on the title crown after a last-lap gain by rival Mitch Evans.

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Motorsport 21 Mar 2010
Baird 0.3 second from championship title

TAUPO — Triple X Motorsport driver Craig Baird finished today’s 100 kilometre Mad Butcher Porsche race 0.3 of a second away from securing the 2009/10 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge title at Taupo.

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Motorsport 20 Mar 2010
Bamber wins Toyota race

TAUPO — Wanganui’s Earl Bamber has won the 15-lap Toyota Racing Series race at Taupo having started from pole in the Triple X Motorsport run VnC Cocktails Mad Butcher Toyota FT40.

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Motorsport 16 Mar 2010
Baird wrestles for championship

TAUPO — The climax to the 2009/10 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge arrives this weekend when Triple X Motorsport driver Craig Baird aims to secure the overall title at Taupo (19 – 21 March).

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Motorsport 15 Feb 2010
Reynolds wins Porsche race

PALMERSTON NORTH — Triple X Motorsport driver David Reynolds took a convincing win in this weekend’s first of three races at the series penultimate round of the Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge being held at Manfeild.

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Motorsport 15 Feb 2010
Gaunt wins Porsche race for Triple X

PALMERSTON NORTH — Muscling to the lead early in today’s final 16-lap top-six reverse grid Porsche GT3 Cup race at Manfeild allowed Auckland based V8 Supercar driver Daniel Gaunt his first victory with the Triple X Motorsport team.

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Motorsport 15 Feb 2010
Bamber wins New Zealand Grand Prix

PALMERSTON NORTH — Triple X Motorsport driver Earl Bamber has etched his name in eternal history by winning the first Grand Prix of 2010, held at the New Zealand location of Manfeild today.

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Motorsport 7 Feb 2010
Bamber moves to second in Toyota series

WAIKATO — The weekend’s third round of the Toyota Racing Series has elevated Triple X Motorsport driver Earl Bamber to second overall after three races at the brand-new Hampton Downs race circuit.

Stefan Webling finished sixth in today's 20-lap New Zealand Motor Cup race held at Hampton Downs, sweltering weather conditions making driving the Horizon Energy Miles Toyota car tough around the 2.8 kilometre circuit.

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Motorsport 7 Feb 2010
Bamber climbs on to Toyota podium

WAIKATO — A mature drive in the summer heat of today's 15-lap race at Hampton Downs saw 19-year-old Triple X Motorsport's Earl Bamber drive the VnC Cocktails Mad Butcher Toyota FT40 to third place after starting from sixth.

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Motorsport 4 Feb 2010
Triple X Bamber to lead attack on Motor Cup

Wanganui’s 19-year-old Earl Bamber will make a dash for the New Zealand Motor Cup at this weekend’s Toyota Racing Series event being held at the Hampton Downs circuit (6-7 February).

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Motorsport 2 Feb 2010
New Zealand's Triple X Motorsport to race in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia

AUCKLAND — Auckland based Triple X Motorsport have today confirmed their entry in the world’s largest one-make race car category – contesting the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with driver Craig Baird MNZM.

New Zealand race driver Craig Baird MNZM will drive in the 2010 Carrera Cup Asia series with his Auckland based Triple X Motorsport team starting mid-April.

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Motorsport 24 Jan 2010
Bamber takes double win in Toyota's

TIMARU — Wanganui’s Earl Bamber has won today’s two Toyota Racing Series Races, taking overall victory for the second round of the 2010 championship season at Timaru’s Levels raceway.

Wanganui's Earl Bamber in the Triple X Motorsport run Toyota Racing Series won the second round of the Toyota Racing Series held at Timaru in the weekend.

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Motorsport 24 Jan 2010
Baird wins Timaru Porsche weekend

TIMARU — Triple X Motorsport’s Craig Baird MNZM has extended his overall lead after the fourth round of the Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge with two wins and a third at Timaru’s Levels raceway.

Craig Baird took overall honours at the weekend's fourth round of the 2009/2010 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge held at Timaru.

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Motorsport 23 Jan 2010
Triple X Baird breaks Timaru lap record

TIMARU — Having set fastest time in qualifying for today’s first race in the fourth round of the 2009/10 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, Triple X Motorsport driver Craig Baird’s victory included a new lap record at the Timaru circuit.

Craig Baird driving the Triple X Motorsport ZM Mad Butcher Porsche 997 won today's opening race and set a new lap record at the weekend's fourth round of the 2009/2010 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge being held at Timaru.

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Motorsport 19 Jan 2010
Triple X Toyota drivers keen on Timaru

TIMARU — Last weekend's opening round of the Toyota Racing Series has Wanganui's Earl Bamber, New Plymouth's Stefan Webling and Brisbane's Chris Wootton confident of their performance at this weekend's second round at Timaru (23-24 January).

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Motorsport 19 Jan 2010
Triple X Reynolds favourite for Timaru Porsche racing

TIMARU — Following last weekend's round victory at Invercargill, David Reynolds buoys the Triple X Motorsport team's chances of successive wins with three races on the calendar this weekend at Timaru for the fourth round of the 2009/2010 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (23-24 January 2010).

Following his round win at Invercargill, Triple X Motorsport driver David Reynolds is firm favourite for victory at this weekend's fourth round of the 2009/2010 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge being held at Timaru.

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Motorsport 18 Jan 2010
Bamber second in final Toyota race

INVERCARGILL — Wanganui 19-year-old Earl Bamber has finished today's third race in the opening round of the 2010 Toyota Racing Series in second place after starting from pole at Invercargill's Teretonga race circuit.

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Motorsport 18 Jan 2010
Triple podium finish for Triple X Porsche team

INVERCARGILL — Winning the weekend's third round of the 2009/10 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Melbourne's David Reynolds led home team-mates Craig Baird and Daniel Gaunt for a one-two-three finish in the final race at Invercargill's Teretonga circuit.

Defending Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge champion Craig Baird holds an 82 point lead in the standings following the weekend's third round held at Teretonga near Invercargill

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