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The V8 Utes head back to Taupo this weekend, this time for a marathon one-hour Yokohama One-Hour Enduro this Sunday 26th April as part of the NZIGP’s ‘Spirit of ANZAC’ event . Long distance events like this always push drivers and their machines to the limit - and provide a riveting spectacle for fans. While typical V8 Utes races are done and dusted in 10 laps, we could potentially see the V8 Utes complete 30+ spirited laps. Thanks to the backing of Yokohama, the tyres will c

Mitch Sparrow won Round Four with Glen Collinson 2nd and Brad Kroef 3rd Mitch Sparrow certainly had a weekend to remember. After topping qualifying then winning Race One on Saturday, Mitch was on a roll in the Core V8 Utes. On Sunday morning, Glen Collinson stole the show winning Race Two. Then Mitch saved his best for last winning Race Three in the afternoon. Mitch won the round, an awesome achievement especially with three former champions Peter Ward, Glen Collinson and Bra

Mitch Sparrow set the fastest time in Qualifying in the morning, and then backed it up with a thrilling Race One win in the V8 Utes at Taupo. Glen Collinson fought fiercely in 2 nd  but couldn’t bridge to deficit to Mitch, unleashing fastest lap of the race but to no avail. Less than 2 seconds further back, Brad Kroef kept ahead of Peter Ward during an intense 10-lap battle. Here’s how the action unfolded. For the morning’s qualifying session, overnight rain meant the track w

Mitch Sparrow won Race Two, was 2nd in Race Three and scored enough points to win the round While Glen Collinson won Race Three, the weekend accolades belonged to Mitch Sparrow. As the youngest driver in the series at just 19 years old, winning Race Two of the Core V8 Utes was a standout drive for Mitch Sparrow. He then backed that up with a 2 nd  in Race Three giving him enough series points to seal the Round Three win. Even more outstanding, he held off the massively-talent

Photo credit: @dillonphotonz Close qualifying times on Saturday led to even closer racing on Sunday in the Ferodo V8 Utes at Hampton Downs. Brad Kroef emerged a winner in Race Two and in doing so, bagged enough points to win the round and take the lead in the series. But he had to work for it. Sunday morning’s Race Two was a reverse grid format, which meant yesterday’s winner Phill Ross sat on the back row alongside Brad Kroef. While Stu Monteith and Tyler Ward lead proceedin

Polesitter Greg Kroef leads Race One Photo credit: @dillonphotonz In a packed NZIGP program at Hampton Downs, Phill Ross leapfrogged form his fourth qualifying position to a hard-fought win in Race One in the Ferodo V8 Utes. The morning started cool but sunny, but in Qualifying, the Kroefs were red hot. Greg Kroef set the fastest time of 1.14.663 closely followed by Brad Kroef just 26 hundredths of a second behind him, both in Ford FG utes. This was Greg Kroef’s best qualifyi

Daniel Ludlam emerged a winner in Round One. Photo credit: @dillonphotonz The rain stayed away and new V8 Ute stars shone through during ‘Octoberfast’ at Manfeild. Rising star Daniel Ludlam scored his first ever win in Sunday’s Race Two, then backed it up with another win in Race Three. That was all he needed to win the V8 Utes’ season opener; a round supported by long term utes partner UDC Finance. The day before, however, the outlook was looking rather different. Two-time

Glen Collinson, Brad Kroef & Mitch Sparrow battle it out for the lead. Photo credit: @dillonphotonz The weekend of October 24-26 th  at Manfeild brought with it the exciting prospect of seeing a new driver and a new ute joining the NZV8 Utes series. While just behind them, the NI Sixes would line up just behind the utes on the grid for the first time, presenting classic Ford vs Holding racing in two dimensions. Two-time champion Brad Kroef came out narrowly on top on Satu

Photo credit: @dillonphotonz After an intense 5-round season, Glen Collinson claimed the title in the UDC V8 Utes series. Close behind...

The UDC V8 Utes have returned from a South Island tour that saw track records fall and new stars rise to the top. This weekend May...

Braad Kroef had to work for his win in some of the closest racing we've seen Photo credit: @dillonphotonz During a thrilling weekend...

Glen Collinson leads Jake, Brad and Phill in a hard-fought Race One In a busy weekend for the UDC V8 Utes at Teretonga, Glen Collinson...

Phill Ross snaked his way through the midfield from 7th to finish a creditable 2nd place In a dominant performance at Levels Raceway, Timaru, Glen Collinson not only won all three UDC V8 Utes races of ‘Trust Aoraki Thunder Down Under’. He sprinted to a new lap record on Sunday morning - resetting the time set by Blair Gribble Bowring just a day before. And the record Blair had beaten had been set way back in 2010 by former NZ V8 Utes champion & V8 Supercar driver Chris Pither

Brad Kroef set the fastest time in qualifying but had to settle for 2nd behind Glen Collinson in Race One After a 10-year absence from Levels Raceway Timaru, history was made in just 10 laps during Race One of the UDC V8 Utes. Glen Collinson went from 2nd in Qualifying to a hard-won first place holding off a tenacious Brad Kroef. Yet that wasn’t even the biggest news of the day. A new lap record was set by Blair Gribble-Bowring – eclipsing the previous record set by former UD

After three races in the UDC V8 Utes Series Round Two at Hampton Downs, Glen Collinson emerged as the round winner, narrowly edging a valiant charge from Brad Kroef, with father Greg in 3rd making it an all-Ford podium. Yet it all came down to the last race. With one win apiece for Brad and Glen coming into the afternoon,  it was the Betta/Link-up Paints Ford FG piloted by Glen Collinson that prevailed. Yet the less-experienced but immensely talented Brad Kroef made sure he e

Glen Collinson topped the timesheets in the morning’s qualifying then went on to win Race One of the UDC V8 Utes series at Hampton Downs. But in a series known for its close racing due to category-controlled weight & power output, barely 2 seconds separated 2nd from 10th.   In the morning’s 15-minute qualifying session, it only took a couple of laps for Glen Collinson to make his mark and post the fastest lap then retire to the pits, confident he’d done enough for pole. Simil

Round 2 at Hampton Downs sees the return of an old friend UDC Finance together with a bumper field of 14 utes.

Brad Kroef claimed his second NZV8 Utes championship at a drama-filled season decider at Hampton Downs. With the three title contenders...

The V8 Utes championship is on the line. So Saturday morning’s Qualifying session in the season finale at Hampton Downs was all-important...

In a weekend which saw Kyan Davie, Brad Kroef then Alex Fougere win one race apiece, ultimately Alex Fougere emerged the round winner...