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Foggy looking for glory at BNT V8 SuperTourers this weekend

16 June, 2014

 


Photo: Geoff Ridder

Photo: Geoff Ridder

Photo: Geoff Ridder

The Aucklander became the only driver to beat champion Greg Murphy so far this year when he won race two at last month’s TR Group 250 meeting at Pukekohe. The BNT V8 SuperTourers race at Pukekohe’s V8 Supercar meeting over Anzac weekend and driver Angus Fogg is looking for more glory.

‘Foggy’, a fan favourite for his flamboyant driving and quick wit,  is a former champion in the old NZV8 class and frustratingly for him, and his fans, his results over the first two seasons were below what he was expecting.

A crash on the first lap of the new season at Cromwell’s Highlands circuit put him out of the first two meetings of 2014. He repaired his Holden Commodore in his Auckland workshop, rolled up at the March Pukekohe meeting without any testing, and found the car transformed.

“It felt good, it was a different car,” he said. “I can’t really explain why, but we did do a lot of work in the off season which we never got a chance to show at Cromwell.


Photo: Geoff Ridder

Photo: Geoff Ridder

“I have historically gone better at Pukekohe than anywhere else in the SuperTourers for whatever reason, and we just got in the zone and everything was good and we just put our heads down and got on with it.”

After a solid fifth-place finish in race one, he got a good start to race two and did what no one else has been able to do all season.

“I dived inside Murph at the hairpin on the first lap, which I’m sure he wasn’t expecting. Then I basically just drove away. I don’t think his car was magic for that race, to be fair, but mine was awesome.

“I was just driving right on the limit but not really making any mistakes. I was very determined to finally have a decent result in the thing because it has been trying. We hadn’t really got on top of it till that meeting.

“Hopefully now we’ve got a taste and we’ve got a little bit of confidence that we can run up the front and we’ll be away.”

The BNT V8 SuperTourers are appearing at the Supercar meeting for the first time, to Fogg’s delight.

“It’s cool,” he said. “We all used to love going with the old cars [NZV8s]. It’s a whole lot of buzz racing there and it’s great to have the SuperTourers there. We certainly missed being there the last year or two.”

Last year, at separate meetings, Kiwi star Shane Van Gisbergen found that his BNT V8 SuperTourer was only one second slower around the extended Pukekohe circuit than his supercar.

That showed what fast, serious cars the BNT V8 SuperTourers are, Fogg said, although they are a lot less expensive than the Aussie supercars.

“They’re a neat car for New Zealand,” he said. “There’s nobody here really got the budget to run a V8 Supercar at the front, that’s for sure.”

Fogg reckoned the Kiwi cars could go even faster if they used softer tyres, but drivers and teams are very happy with the current Hankook tyres as they are very consistent and keep costs down — even in endurance races, teams do not need to change tyres.

“It’s going to be an awesome meeting,” Fogg said. “All the classes are basically going to be V8s – Supercars, my favourite Muscle Cars, the Utes, SuperTourers, NZ V8 Touring Cars, GT1.

“We’re hanging out for Pukekohe, it looks like we’ve got some form so bring it on.”

NZ Classic Car magazine, November/December 2026 issue 408, on sale now

18 October, 2026

Star status for classic Porsche
A long search ends: finding the right car
Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963, the Porsche 911 heralded an iconic lineage of sports cars, known for their exceptional performance, remarkable racing reliability, and adaptability, second to none.
New Zealand Classic Car, in conjunction with Star Insure, recently conducted a photo competition to find 13 suitably impressive classics to grace the pages of the magazine’s 2027 calendar. A flood of entries showed that Kiwis recognise eye-catching designs and restorations. Many are handy with a camera, too, and have entered some outstanding results.
The choice was not straightforward, with multiple stunning entries, and Geoff Long’s immaculate 1990 Porsche 911 (964 Factory designation) took top honours. Fortunately, Geoff had Ethan Hanlon handy to take the accompanying photos while working in his office.
“I’ve got a young employee who is doing work experience in my office at the moment, and he’s a very avid photographer. So, I said, I’ll buy you breakfast and then why don’t we go and take some photos. He found the right spot, and he spent over an hour photographing.”
Originally sold new in Japan, hence the right-hand drive, the Porsche was resident there for four years before being exported to New Zealand, as Geoff recalls.
“I bought it two-and-a-half years ago, but I looked for it for over two years, because it’s just the colour scheme, interior and exterior I was after. The service file that came with it is extensive; I mean, it’s been beautifully looked after, which is what I wanted to continue, as it does get driven. It doesn’t sit in the garage.”

Classics on the green

16 October, 2026

Many pretenders vie for the title, but the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance gets my vote as the biggest thing since sliced bread.
The 71st edition of the world’s pre-eminent and best-known concours event featured 28 classes, judged by a 180-strong jury, which also chose the recipients of 26 special awards.
The size of the event, the number of visitors, and, most mind-numbingly, the sheer number of amazing cars, is almost overwhelming. There are so many quality cars to gaze upon, and so many people gazing at those cars, that it is almost impossible to cover everything.
Notable among the many attractions were the centenary celebrations of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, an elegant Talbot-Lago Grand Sport, Hermann Graber’s Swiss-bodied cabriolets and coupés, the jewels of Otto Vu Italian V8s, early Alfa Romeos, Lincoln and its centenary, and cars with unorthodox propulsion systems.