Road racing
NZ GT3: Jono Lester Pukekohe summary
STRONG SHOWING FOR LESTER AT PUKEKOHE GT3 FINALE Fast rising New Zealand Porsche driver Jono Lester enjoyed a strong performance at the final round of the 2008/09 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at Pukekohe Park over the weekend, scoring ...
Published: Jun 19, 2009, 7:47 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
STRONG SHOWING FOR LESTER AT PUKEKOHE GT3 FINALE
Fast rising New Zealand Porsche driver Jono Lester enjoyed a strong performance at the final round of the 2008/09 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at Pukekohe Park over the weekend, scoring a podium finish to conclude an eventful third year in the series in fourth overall.
Having finished second at the opening championship round at Pukekohe in November, 19-year-old Lester has fought car troubles and fallen foul of the officialdom on a number of occasions since, but looked to pick up where he left off upon returning to Pukekohe once again.
Lester qualified third in the Blackwoods Paykels GT3 and enjoying a competitive opening race just behind the leading pair of Craig Baird and David Reynolds, finishing within striking distance of the professional drivers ahead of him.
The weekend's second race was short-lived when Lester was dispersed by former International Motorsport team mate Daniel Gaunt at the opening corner, leaving him with a damaged rim and ending the young driver's hopes of securing the final podium spot in the championship also.
Lester started the sixteen-lap feature race at the rear of the grid and once again showed his pace around the bumpy 2.8km circuit to climb to fifth place at the finish.
"We had a rough ride this weekend like we've had all season," Lester said.
"But you know what? This has been the best event of the season for me. The car has run like clockwork all weekend and I've never been through an event feeling so confident in myself and the car.
At the business end of the championship you've got to expect incidents like that in race two, and while I don't agree with it, it made the final race of the championship a really exciting one. With Hamilton in a few weeks to conclude the season's racing I reckon we've got a superb package behind us with the support of Blackwoods Paykels, International Motorsport and my crew."
Jono Lester returns to competition at the Hamilton 500 on April 17-19, where a large contingent of Porsche GT3 Cup Cars are expected to thrill crowds in support of the Australian V8 Supercars.
-credit: jl
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 Series Homestead race two notes
Next article AUS GT: David Wall Adelaide summary
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Daniel Gaunt
Format change creates Asian F3, TRS rivalry
Other open wheel
Other open wheel
Format change creates Asian F3, TRS rivalry
Erebus steals pole from favourites on the mountain
Endurance
Endurance
Erebus steals pole from favourites on the mountain
Records smashed at Bathurst 12 Hour Fast Friday
Endurance
Endurance
Records smashed at Bathurst 12 Hour Fast Friday
Latest news
Tom Cruise interested in racing ARCA car, per NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
1 h
Tom Cruise interested in racing ARCA car, per NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell
Gibbs, Spire and Gabehart argue over contempt and injunction
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
4 h
Gibbs, Spire and Gabehart argue over contempt and injunction
William Byron to run Jeff Gordon throwback Axalta scheme at Phoenix
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
4 h
William Byron to run Jeff Gordon throwback Axalta scheme at Phoenix
Alexander Rossi takes over IR-28 testing as IndyCar pushes new chassis to the limit at Sebring
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 5 h
Alexander Rossi takes over IR-28 testing as IndyCar pushes new chassis to the limit at Sebring
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