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Jono Lester signs with iconic MOTORSPORT Gulf Racing Team for Porsche Tilt in Japanese Super GT Kiwi Jono Lester has signed to Motorsport Talent Scholarship He continues a rich family history in drive with the iconic Gulf Racing winner with more than a decade of New Zealand motorsport, spanning Team for this year’s Japanese experience in Carrera Cups and GT3 three generations. Super GT Series. The 27-year old competitions around the world. was confirmed as the team’s lead The 2017 Japanese Super GT driver ahead of its official launch This won’t be the first time Lester Series comprises of eight events at the Tokyo Auto Salon. He will and Mineo have paired up in Super throughout Japan, with races from be driving alongside Japanese Kyosuke Mineo in the Gulf GT, having driven together at the 250km to 1000km in duration across Porsche 991 GT3-R. 2016 Suzuka 1000km race in a two classes – for both GT500 and Lamborghini Huracan for Direction GT300 cars. The duo forms a strong threat in 108 Racing. the ultra-competitive GT300 class, Lester is one of two Kiwis on which fields a capacity grid of 32 That particular event was Lester’s the grid alongside Nick Cassidy, cars this season. Mineo is a former Super GT debut, fulfilling a career- a factory driver for Lexus in the series champion with Porsche, long ambition he has been working GT500 class, who is returning for his winning the 2012 title for Team KTR, towards since the start of his career second season. while Lester is a former Porsche in 2003 as a 13-year old. Source: nzmotorracing.co.nz 4 Jono Lester signs with iconic Weekend sums up Gulf Racing Team for Porsche the series for Leitch MOTORSPORT It was a weekend that epitomised the to not finishing the previous day’s race. entire 2017 Toyota Racing Series season In an incident packed race, he produced Tilt in Japanese Super GT for Southland’s Brendon Leitch. The final a storming drive to blitz his way through round of the 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing the field. He dispensed of four cars on the Series at the 3.03km Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding was another first lap and finished eighth, right on the incredibly tough one for Leitch, who is tail of Indian driver Jehan Daruvala, a drive originally from Invercargill but now based that showed his pace and class. Richard in Cromwell. Verschoor of the Netherlands won the race, setting up a grandstand finish to the series. In the opening race of the round on the Saturday afternoon, Leitch was involved in Leitch lined up seventh on the grid, over 35 a big accident when the duo ahead of him, laps later on the Sunday afternoon, for the Australian Luis Leeds and Keyvan Andres 62nd running of the New Zealand Grand of the United States, tangled in front of him. Prix. He made his way into sixth as the laps Left with nowhere to go, his ITM FT-50 was wound down in the country’s most important launched into the air, completing three-barrel domestic motor race. However, with just rolls, fortunately without injury to its driver. three laps to go, the ITM FT-50 slowed The race was stopped and Leitch watched dramatically and pulled off the circuit as a much of the remainder from the pit wall, as result of a shorn stud on the left rear wheel. Pedro Piquet of Brazil won the race. Daruvala won the race while Brendon’s Victory Motor Racing teammate, Thomas The Victory Motor Racing Team repaired Randle of Australia, took out the series. After the car and Leitch was back for Sunday’s a problem-plagued series, Leitch finished races, admitting he was “a bit sore”. Leitch ninth in the point standings. was left to line up at the back of the twenty- car field for Sunday morning’s race due Source: nzmotorracing.co.nz 5 Allan Wakeling MEMBER PROFILE Panelbeaters & Allan & Jennifer have been GetGenuine Spraypainters members since 2007.