General
NZ V8: Powerbuilt Racing Teretonga final notes
YOULDEN OVERCOMES ISSUES TO RECORD THREE FINISHES A problem that cost the Powerbuilt Falcon horsepower made it a difficult weekend for Luke Youlden at Round 6 of the NZV8s Championship at Teretonga Park near Invercargill this weekend. After ...
Published: Mar 11, 2007, 10:47 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
YOULDEN OVERCOMES ISSUES TO RECORD THREE FINISHES
A problem that cost the Powerbuilt Falcon horsepower made it a difficult weekend for Luke Youlden at Round 6 of the NZV8s Championship at Teretonga Park near Invercargill this weekend.
After gaining a solid 7th placing in yesterday's opening race of the weekend Youlden started this morning's race from 8th on the grid. The race was an eventful one as within seconds there was carnage at the first corner. The red flag was shown immediately and the remaining runners returned to the grid to await a restart. Youlden had been close to the action saying that he saw tyre smoke coming from Clark Proctor's car and then Proctor and Andy Booth were both sideways across the track. Youlden managed to bring the Powerbuilt Falcon through the confusion but several cars behind him were not so lucky.
The restart took place after the incident was cleared and Youlden lined up in 5th place behind the pace car. He settled into that position behind Angus Fogg and ahead of Paul Manuell. Youlden maintained position, driving defensively to hold off Manuell until the Holden driver pulled alongside and drove past on the front straight. Youlden then came under pressure from Paul Pedersen and two laps later he too made the same pass down the long front straight. That left the Powerbuilt Falcon in 7th place as the leading six cars raced line astern up ahead.
Near end of the race Manuell and Fogg clashed at the Elbow, gaining Luke two places and allowing him to cross the line in 5th place. After the race he confirmed there was a "power issue" with the Powerbuilt Falcon. "I'm happy with the handling," he said. "It's fast over the back but a bit slow in a straight line and not consistent."
Youlden's 7th and 5th places in the first two races placed him near the back of the field for the 20 - lap reverse grid finale this afternoon.
The Powerbuilt Falcon made steady forward progress during the race, eventually making it through the field into 12th place.
Summing up the weekend Youlden said, "we were down on power and that plagued us all weekend." Referring to the final race he said, "we were trucking through okay until we found the track blocked at the hairpin and we dropped back. When we had clean air and were able to do our own thing the car was quite quick. It was quite frustrating. We will do some solid work on the dyno before the final round to find the problem. We'll have a test day before we go to Pukekohe."
The final round of the championship takes place over the weekend of 21/22 April at Pukekohe Park, south of Auckland. The round will be part of the Placemakers V8 Supercars event and Youlden of Melbourne is looking forward to running on the same programme as the Australian V8 Supercar Series.
Today's racing was held in front of a huge crowd at the Teretonga Park circuit, some estimates putting the figure as high as 20,000 spectators.
-credit: prt
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article NZ V8: Powerbuilt Racing Teretonga Saturday notes
Next article NZ V8: David Besnard Teretonga race notes
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Luke Youlden
Slade, MSR drivers for next Gen3 test
Supercars
Supercars
The Bend
Slade, MSR drivers for next Gen3 test
Supercar, rally car to do battle at Albert Park
Supercars
Supercars
Symmons
Supercar, rally car to do battle at Albert Park
Youlden reunited with Reynolds for Bathurst
Supercars
Supercars
Youlden reunited with Reynolds for Bathurst
Latest news
MotoGP's final Australian GP at Phillip Island cancelled due to poor weather
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Australian GP
1 h
MotoGP's final Australian GP at Phillip Island cancelled due to poor weather
2026 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Indonesian GP
3 h
2026 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
There will be even less drag in Cup cars at Talladega on Sunday
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Talladega II
4 h
There will be even less drag in Cup cars at Talladega on Sunday
Kimi Antonelli delivers Austin surprise pole in tricky Mercedes: "Finally we're seeing the results"
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
5 h
Kimi Antonelli delivers Austin surprise pole in tricky Mercedes: "Finally we're seeing the results"
Feature
Discover prime content
Top 10 Can-Am drivers
General
By Kevin Turner
Top 10 Can-Am drivers
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe