Race 1 Qualifying: 9th (1:21.9130)
Race 1 Result: 10th
Race 2 Qualifying: 5th (1:21.3349)
Race 2 Result: 5th
Race 3 Qualifying: 6th (1:21.5310)
Race 3 Result: 2nd
Race 4 Qualifying: 4th (1:21.2828)
Top Ten Shoot Out: 5th (1:21.1990)
Race 4 Result: 3rd
“It’s been an amazing couple of weeks over here in NZ. To be honest, I’ve had an absolute ball, I’ve loved every minute over here. We’ve had our ups and downs, I mean, we certainly haven’t been as fast as what we want. We finished Taupo on a high and felt really competitive, but wasn’t really able to convert that into the first couple of days here at Ruapuna.”
“So, yeah, at the end of the day, we’ve walked away with the JR (Memorial) Trophy, which means we’ve been the most consistent over the last couple of rounds and considering we didn’t win a race, we got two seconds and a third, I feel like for what we had to work with that result is really solid. So that’s one great thing about this team is no matter what, if we’re on the back foot a little bit, we’ll get the best out of it.”
“So we’ve got a lot of work to do. We need to make our cars a bit faster and understand the package a little bit more, but to walk away with the JR (Memorial) Trophy after two weeks in NZ is incredible.”
“Massively impressed with the crowds and the support over here in New Zealand.
I mean, the fans over here are unreal, it makes it so enjoyable, you know, when you have a sold out stand and everyone’s just so stoked to have you here. Saw a lot of Red Bull Ampol Racing team supporters out there this weekend and over the last couple of weeks, unfortunate that we couldn’t get a win for them, but I think to win the JR (Memorial) Trophy is very special for a lot of our supporters, especially our kiwi fans and our team as well.”
“Tassie onwards last year I went on a bit of a run. I can’t wait to get back there, to be honest. I think the next few rounds have been a real strong point in the past, these next probably five rounds were where we really sort of dominated last year. So no doubt we got a fair bit of work to do, but yeah, can’t wait to get this Championship tilt going.”
Race 1 Qualifying: 5th (1:21.7397)
Race 1 Result: 17th
Race 2 Qualifying: 7th (1:21.3885)
Race 2 Result: 4th
Race 3 Qualifying: 16th (1:21.8792)
Race 3 Result: 13th
Race 4 Qualifying: 5th (1:21.3258)
Top Ten Shoot Out: 4th (1:21.1913)
Race 4 Result: 6th
“The weekend was interesting. It’s quite a tough truck over here because it’s just so tight, very hard to pass, but I think our qualifying sessions were back, you know, closer to where we wanted to be this weekend.”
“We got a 4th, a 5th and a 7th, and then obviously the 16th was a bit disappointing, but just made a mistake in that one and can’t be making those around here or anywhere in those moments. So overall, I was fairly happy with the qualifying sessions and results, just didn’t feel like we had the race pace we needed to get up the front and compete there. In that last race, we got to second off the start and dropped all the way back to sixth, so a bit disappointing.”
“We’ve got some work to do over this break, that’s for sure.
I think we just need to get a little bit more time to get on top of these Mustangs and then we’ll be ready to go. But overall, everyone’s working really hard at Red Bull Ampol, all the guys and girls are putting in the effort. So I’m sure we’ll keep edging away and hopefully get a good result.”
“But this has been an amazing trip, the double header, the fans were amazing, the atmosphere was amazing. Really enjoy coming to New Zealand, to be honest, a lovely place. I really enjoyed it.”
“Really proud of the efforts. It’s been a big, big two weeks for everyone at Triple Eight, both camps with the Red Bull Ampol Racing and Objective Racing teams. We had a few crew get sick in between, but everyone dug deep over those two weeks in NZ, everyone pushed hard, and the hard work paid off today with us walking away with the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy.”
“That is immensely special, it’s right up there as far as the coveted trophies to win, and we haven’t won it for a couple of seasons, so we’re really, really proud of everyone’s efforts so that the team could walk away with that.it to add text to your template.”