July 11th 2010 – Speed Event.

Cold weather and blue skies made for a good day of racing for the Williams Paul and Shane. Racing “Ugly Betty” was Shane and Paul behind the wheel of the Honda Accord. Shane had some pretty good competition in his Single Seater class with 2 other drivers set to post very close times.
Round 1 Race 1 found Paul and Shane fighting for traction on the cold track with. Paul with a passenger in tow managed to fight a good race after an early spin on the warmup lap and the car still not running right. Shane was on form from the first drop of the flag beating the next driver by over 3 seconds. Race 2 saw Shane still fighting for traction but had no effect on his time increasing his lead by another 5 seconds.
As the day went on Shane kept increasing his lead by at least 2 seconds each race and Paul having some good battles with a Mazda.
At the end of the final races Shane managed to win by over 20 seconds which was an amazing effort based on the competion he had. Paul having some good battles throughout the day ended up 4th in his group.
All in all with the speed of Ugly Betty and the antics of Paul in the Honda it was an awesome day of racing.

Written By Damian Vercoe.

9th 10th January 2010 - Wigram meeting Ruapuna

This was the big meeting for the team as we were entered in “ Fastest Car In The Land” race at Ruapuna. The top OSCA cars were there and also the Tranzam Jag of Derin Greenslade. As it turned out the Greenslade Jag, Hatton Horse float Camaro and my Camaro driven by Shane were in a league of their own and none of the other OSCA cars had a chance of being on the pace that the top three cars were on.

It was a 10 lap race with all 3 cars leading at some stage of the race. Chris Hatton was in front at the beginning after having a fantastic start, after 3 laps Chris went a bit wide on the sweeper and both Shane and the Greenslade Jag slipped past on the inside. The Jag then having more HP passed Shane down the straight. Shane battled with the Jag for a couple of laps and then the Jag went slightly off line and Shane slipped up the inside at the sweeper. Both the cars made contact and Shane’s spoiler on the front was dragging on the ground. He radioed to me re this information as he passed me while I was watching from the pit wall. I radioed back to him and told him to keep going as he was in front and the spoiler was not about to fall off.

Shane held off the Jag for the rest of the race and crossed the line in front. This should have been the end but the officials then placed Shane in second place as his transponder was behind the Jags one, so the Jags transponder crossed the line first.

Time for a protest as spectators and time keepers saw Shane’s car cross the line first and most persons with ½ a brain would know that the car that crosses the line first wins.

The end result after the protest being held was that the officials were actually wrong in their decision and Shane was placed in the right position. Shane now holds “The Fastest Car Of The Land Title”

This was a very, very exciting race.

Shane Williams in the Tranzam.
Pretty good, got 1st in race 1, after stalling off the line, I dropped back to about 10th and had a huge gap to make up on Chris in his TraNZam, but got to the front quite easy, lapped about 12 cars. Race 2 was a handicap race, so I started dead last and from pitlane just over 2 mins behind the car that went first, I managed to get up to 7th, (but most importantly, I beat Chris), Race 3 was the same handicap, but this time I managed to get to second spot, again ahead of Chris. A great days racing, quite a bit of action with over 100 cars turning up to race. The tranzam went like a dream with no problems. Next race 9 and 10 January.

Ron Silvester Memorial Trophy - 31st October 2009
The race for the Ron Silvester Memorial trophy was really a forgone conclusion with John Rae coming South with his very Quick Corvette Transam (Fitted with the best engine, gearbox and brakes you can buy) so I was treating the race hoping for Shane to come home in second place driving my Morris Lubricants Camaro. The surprise was that Shane set the fastest lap time during the race (and the best time of all race cars during the meeting) and easily coming home in the second spot. Chris Hatton coming 3rd in the Hatton Horse Float Camaro. Shane led for a couple of laps and was passed down the straight but caught up under braking and in the tight corner sections of Ruapuna. A very close second.
Most surprising as he was giving away a ton of HP to Johns car. A small field of cars but some good ones racing. The OSCA race cars deciding not to race as they realised they could not foot it against the Transam type cars. Pity as this would have given a better exciting race.
All in all we could not have had a better weekend with the results.

Ruapuna 27th September 2009
Shane had his first outing on Sunday in the Tranzam. Great day weather wise just a bit on the cool side.
Shane qualified as the fastest car and started on pole for the first race. The first corner came the first incident when Shane was clipped by another car and was sent flying into the gravel trap. The race was red flagged until the car was dug out. So much gravel was in the under trays the car was towed to the pits for the crew to clean for the second race, not a great start to the day.
The second race due to Shane’s top Qualifying time he had to start in pit lane as it was a handicap race. I did not think it could be done but with some tight driving skills Shane motored thru some tiny gaps to become the victor and won the race by a good amount.
The third race also a handicap and starting with a 80 second handicap he also won (even though he spun in the race after getting up to 4th and because of the spin back to last) Great result for a good drive, time to buy some new tyres and give him some better grip.
The crew all happy and Shane happy we now wait for the meeting on November the first.

Ruapuna 7th & 8th March 2009
I entered my Camaro in the North versus South New Zealand OSCA championship for this weekend and qualified second on the grid for the first race.
The first race was a bit of an embarrassing moment as I stalled on the grid and nearly had most of the field run into the back of me, but starting the engine up quickly again I was off to a very back of the field start. I had to work my way through the good field of quality cars in which I was thinking would be an impossible task. By the second lap I had completed more than half of the task and was now breathing done the bumpers of the faster cars. The fastest rotor car of Cameron Jones was all the push I needed as before the race he had stated I was going to eat humble pie. Bad thing to say as lap three I was dicing with his yellow rotor and passing under power on a corner I normally thought was not a passing place. Pass accomplished so on to Dawson in his rapid V8 space framed Mazda and was able to slip past under braking at the end of Ruapuna straight. The last lap to come so I could slacken off and cruise to a victory to redeem myself from the bad start.
Race 2 was a reverse start and starting from the rear again was going to be another challenge. Dawson held me up blocking me for 4 laps that slowed his pace and also mine up and let a couple of cars get a very handy lead with the three of us crossing the line in fractions of a second between, myself in the third position. A good result considering.
Race 3 was a handicap race with me at the back by myself 10 seconds behind the other fast cars. It seems like an eternity as the first group leaving some 50 seconds before me and only 6 laps. The race was set at a fast pace and the Morris Lubricants Camaro was up to it but just missing first place but second was still a great result. Thanks to my crew for looking after the car so well.
My team was very happy as we at this stage are the highest point’s leader from the first round. Disappointing to hand over the lead to some one else at the next round as we are unable to find the time to compete at Timaru next week.

Ruapuna January 2009
Well the 3 of us Shane, Ryan and I all raced in the same race at the Lady Wigram meeting at the Powerbuilt Race Track. Probably not really heard of having Father and 2 sons in the same meeting let alone the same race.

Ryan unfortunately had a engine problem so did not feature while Shane drove well but did have a small braking problem with his brakes not being consistent and sometimes he had to pump them up just to stop. The Morris Lubricants Camaro that I was driving had a new engine so I needed to drive a bit more conservative than normal but still managed to come home 2nd in the first race and record the fastest lap in which is now the record for Allcomers at Ruapuna.

The second race I had to start at the rear of the pack as it was a reverse grid. I did not want to do any thing silly so I waited until the gaps opened up and I slowly made my way to the front of the field in which I won. Shane came in I think 5th , which was a great position for his car.

The Third race was a handicap race and I was to start 1.5 minutes behind the front car. which gave him a full lap head start? My car although on old tyres still had the pace to run him and the others down and with the chequred flag in front waving with all the rest behind was a good result, considering the car was being gently treated as we were running it in.

Shane broke the main shaft in his gearbox during the race so did not feature.

All up it was a great weekend of racing although very expensive.

Ruapuna 7th December 2008
Another great day (and weather) at the Ruapuna race track for both Shane and Ryan. Shane ran the Sentra on the Saturday before this meeting and went pretty good but his gearbox made a couple of not so good noises so even though it was still running at a good race pace we decided to replace it for the Sunday meeting. The gearbox we had for a spare was just a standard one with some not so great ratios in it but at least it did not fail. Shane was once again running in the top 6 cars and Ryan qualified on grid 8. The racing was close and fast all day with Ryan posting some of his fastest times of late. The Sentra totally dominating the 2000cc class and even beating Subaru’s, and turbo race cars. Always seems to shoot well above its rivals.
We are all looking forward to the 3 of us competing at the Wigram meeting in January.

November 2008
I have been slack at up dating the news but this is what is happening in the Paul Williams Race Workshop.
The Tranzam is having a brand new 6000cc engine built and should be ready to hit the track again around the Christmas time slot. All brand new parts have arrived for the engine and is currently being assembled. The OSCA fields in the South have dwindled so it will be great to add an extra car to their field.
Ryan&rsquos car has had a mild freshen and has been performing quite well at the last couple of meetings.
Shane&rsquos Nissan also has been performing well above its so called class as it still is taking on turbo cars and cars that have far more outright Horse power. At this stage we are all looking at entering the big Lady Wigram Race meeting in January which is covered by TV.

Ruapuna 13th April 2008
Another race meeting at Ruapuna with Shane racing the Morris Lubricants Sentra and myself taking the Morris Lubricants Camaro out for a run. The first race for myself was interesting because lined up beside me was Chris Hatton in my old Camaro that he had bought. It would be embarrasing to be beaten by my old racer. Luckily this did not happen and after a good scrap and lots of close racing I came in just in front of him to take first place.
Shanes race was very interesting as he also came in first and had a close race with the other cars. The best race of the day however was Shanes second race as he had to race in which he had the smallest engine in the pack and the least HP but still managed to get third place. This I thought was remarkable as he was againnst V8 race cars, turbo race cars etc.
All in all a great result for the day.

Ruapuna 30th March 2008
Well at last we are back into some more race days and Ryan and Shane did not disappoint during this meeting.
The race times were so close it was unbelievable with Shane just coming in second in the first race with Ryan third, only less than 100th of a second separating their fastest lap times. The racing was great to watch and close.
The next race Shane and Ryan were to be in different groups so they decided to forfeit their grid positions and start together so as to carry on the brother rivalry. This meant that Shane wold be a non classifier and Ryan instead of starting on the front grid he had to start at the rear. Another close race and Ryan coming a credible second in the race passing all but one car. Great result.
The Morris Lubricant Cars showing some of the more powerful cars how to carry corner speed etc. The next meeting is in a couple of weeks and no doubt both are fired up to have another good strong result.

Ruapuna 27th January 2008
Ruapuna ran a speed day and Shane and Ryan planned to go and race, unfortunately (for Ryan) Ryan woke up feeling crook and could not go so as we had some passengers to take for some hot laps I drove in Ryan's place. Shane and myself had several great battles during the day and even swapping paint, one of the best days racing we have had for a while as all day it was wheel to wheel racing no quarter given. The passengers had a great time and the Morris Lubricant cars put on a good show.

Ruapuna 5th & 6th January 2008
We entered the Morris Lubricants Camaro for the big Lady Wigram Race meeting at Ruapuna this weekend of 5 th and 6th Jan.
The large field of mainly V8 race cars of was going to be a tough event for our car, as the 6 litre engine was in bits and we had to use our tired 5 litre engine which was down on HP compared to a large chuck of the other entrants cars.We qualified in 6th place during the Saturday season and was sitting beside a rather powerful 6000cc Mustang on the grid for the first race.
We had a reasonably good start in the race and arrived at the first corner with the front running cars all in a tight bunch.By the end of this corner we had gained a couple of positions and the race was well and truly on as a couple of other cars had made contact during the exciting start.I drove the pants of the Camaro and was soon in second place with only the Bed Rumors Mustang in front.
Giving away about 140 Hp to this powerful race machine it was soon obvious that passing would be hard as he would pull 3 or 4 car lengths each straight in which I had to pick on at the next corner.It encouraged good racing and I kept him honest as I pulled the front of my car beside him entering a few of the corners but just lacked the HP to drag me out of the corner in front.
Still second is better than what we were expecting for this race.

The second race was on Sunday and it was a handicap type race where the faster cars started several seconds behind the section of the slower race cars.During this race while mowing the field down I made a mistake and passed a car under a yellow flag (I thought that the flag was out for this car as he had slowed to let me pass as he new a much faster car was approaching) I did not realize until I arrived at the next corner to find out on the grass was a car that had just had an off and this was actually what the yellow flag was for.I had to serve a drive through penalty which cost me any type of a good result, as 12th was not what I wanted but still we put on a very competitive drive and recorded the fastest lap during this race.

The third race on Sunday was also a handicap race and I started at a 55 second wait on the grid until the front bunch of cars had started.We were going great guns and was getting up near the front of the field when all of a sudden a slowing car was rounded up at a slower corner and the cars infront of me had to brake to change lanes which caused me to have to spin to avoid them.If this had not happened it looked very likely a podium finish if not a first place.Still we showed that we were very competitive and are looking forward to our next outing.

Ruapuna 9th September 2007
Today was the first Club day of the season and I decided the Tranzam needed a shake down ready for the big meeting in November,just to check for any oil leaks etc.
The car being far better than any of the rest of the field I had a good play in the first race and won very easily and even did a couple of laps without having to change gear.
The second race Shane was looking like he needed a rush so I let him behind the wheel (he had never driven this Car before). He started from the rear of the field and soon got to grips with the power, brakes and handling coming in a easy first. Still shaking with adrenaline I let him also race in the third race. Again a easy win but the important part of the race was Shane drove the Camaro some 7 seconds faster than he had ever been around the track.
A good shake down with the car in the 1.25 sec bracket so ready for the big one.

News July 2007
Shane ran the Nissan on Saturday 14th Twilight speed meeting at Ruapuna, this was the debut with the new engine. No problems and a great result with third placing overall for the meeting. This includes the larger capacity cars, 4wd evos etc so a great start for the season.

News June 2007
Shane has just about finished his new SR20 engine for next season. Built to the highest standards with wisco pistons, special crank and a very comprehensive head job he hopes to have it running mid July for the first round of the seasons speed event at Ruapuna. Still not going the turbo way as it keeps him in the 2000cc class, even though he consistently out races the larger capacity cars, he has gone for a reliable naturatually aspirated engine.
Ryan's gearbox is being removed for a check and to find what has happened to his missing reverse. The Honda having no up grades this season.

Ruapuna April 29th 2007
On the 29 April was the final Club Championship race meeting of the season and Ryan had to win to keep the junior championship alive. The qualifying was a shocker as we had a oil leak around the sump gasket on the Honda race car.This only enabled Ryan to do 2 laps and he had to come in for a quick fix.This proved to be a no go as the leak was up under the exhaust system and hard to get at.Armed with a tube of RTV I did the best as could be done in the time given but still the leak was there in the first race and again Ryan had to come in for another attempt to repair.Again in the second race the problem was still leaking so we had to abandon the car for this meeting. Luckily Ryan was able to use Shanes Nissan for his Champion Ship race as it had a 2000cc engine so was smaller in capacity which let him compete in the race.With official clearance he lined up on the grid.There was only 4 juniors in this race with the adult racers and Ryan needed a first place with 1 car between him self and the only other person that could take the Championship away from him. Ryan had only driven the Nissan at 1 previous meeting so the car was very different to drive than his Honda even though they are pretty much on even terms for times. As it turned out Ryan won with 2 junior cars between himself and Clara Bond who was the only other person in contention. Ryan has won the Junior Champs on the track in a strange car to himself which was the best we could hope for. Another eventually great days racing.

March 25th 07 Speed event Ruapuna
Both Shane and Ryan competed together and had some (lots) of close racing between themselves with the best result possible with Ryan winning 3 of the duels and Shane the other 3 Both boys very happy. For the overall results for the day Shane being placed 8th and Ryan 9th overall which is excellent results as some very fast cars were racing.

March 18th 07 race meeting at Ruapuna
Both Shane and Ryan competed at this meeting with excellent results.The day was a wee bit wet and Shane was off to a bad start in his first race as he had put a new set of tyres on and during the warm up lap he found the RF tyre rubbing on the suspension so had to come into the pits and replace the wheel with another which meant he had to start this race from pit lane. This must have given him a good kick as he during this race posted the fastest time which even though the Nissan is 2000cc this then put him in the open class for the next race. All the cars in this class are turbo 6 cyl or V8 cars. Shane had to start at the back of the grid but as luck for him it started to rain just a wee bit and although he was on slicks this evened out the horse power difference. Shane came in a credible second.
The second race of the day for Shane in the same group also an other second place, so Shane when home happy with the car in one piece and still going.
Ryan also had a good days racing in the Honda and ended up on the podium with a second place.
A great days racing and both cars unmarked and still going.

Ruapuna 10th September 2006
Both Shane and Ryan competed the Speed day of racing at Ruapuna 10/9/06. A total of 48 competitors turned up for the days racing in a fine sunny day. Shanes first outing in his new Attezza on a dry track. He did not disappoint as he took the days overall honours buy some 6 seconds, while Ryan was a credible 15th overall and he was carrying a passenger. This is a good way to start the season. The quality of cars has certainly stepped up this season.

Timaru 3rd, 4th, 5th March 2006

Our first meeting of the Tranzam season for us was at Timaru the weekend of 3rd, 4th & 5th March. We arrived at the Levels race track for testing on the Friday and found we had a massive oil leak around the sump gasket near the front. This put pay to us having any good practice as Brent and Carl had to remove the sump and do the best job we could of stopping the leak. Friday Night we had to go to the poster signing and meet the drivers of the Tranzams event that the Timaru Club had organized. For over an hour every driver was busy signing posters for the very large turn out of fans. (Well done Timaru).
Saturday we had no time to test the car and had to go straight into qualifying, resulting in 5th fastest time of the 11 Tranzams that turned up. The crowd commenting re the V8 thunder of the high revving engines. (The best noise heard at Levels in a bunch for many a year). We still unfortunately had the dreaded oil leak which hampered our lap times as I could only do about 4 laps and had to come in as oil was getting on my rear tyres. After a hastily temp repair (the front of the motor would have to come off to repair the leak properly) we had to go into the first race knowing that we would still have the oil problem. We started in grid 5 which we though was better than we expected as we were down on power compared to basically all the other Tranzams. The race started and by the second corner we were into 3rd position although I surrended that as I was being squeezed out and although I had the right of way it was evident that a collision was going to happen if I had held my ground. With finances limited I conceded to 4th position and diced the whole race for 3rd but very happy to end up 4th in a very tight race.
Sundays race we started on grid 4 and straight away raced into 3rd spot until the last lap in which I was punted off the track in a unsporting way. (Tagged on the very rear of the car half way around the hairpin.) This created a spectacular spin and I was very lucky not to have hit the tyre wall at a horrendous speed.
The next race we had to start from the back of the field but straight away the engine developed a miss so I had to call it a day.
Over all we had a very competitive weekend as when we were going we were well up at the front.

Ruapuna 6th Nov 2005

Shane and Ryan both raced their cars at Ruapuna today and kept up the feud of pushing each other to be the fastest. Ryan qualified the fastest of the two being on grid 6 . Very respectable as he was against some V8s and turbo cars. Shane qualified near the front of the group of cars that were in his class bracket. Both drove their hearts out all day and it proved to be a successful race day. Shane getting 2 first placings during the day, but Ryan still getting a slightly quicker lap time.

Ruapuna 16th Oct 2005

The first race meeting of the season for Shane and Ryan at Ruapuna with both boys competing against each other as well as the rest of the field. Canty car club had a good field of cars turn up for this first club day of the season and with Shanes first outing at a race day with the now rebuilt Nissan the competion between my boys was paramount and boths target was not racing the rest on the track but to out do each other. Ryan has not got the new motor that I have had built for it yet but still managed to head off Shane in the first race, although Shane had the wisker of a slightly faster lap time. The second race was the other way round as Shane just out paced Ryan and came home just in front. The third race Shanes Nissan was suspect in a couple of problems we had discovered in this last race so we decided it would be best to rectify before racing again so Ryan started this one on the front row in the handy cap race. The field was the fastest group of the day and even included a Mustang Tranzam. Ryan went very well and lead until the last lap until being passed and even had body contact from a Mazda doing a stupid passing move. Overall a very good race meeting.

Manfield 1st & 2nd April 2005
The end of the season race meeting for the OSCA GT1 races was held at Manfield the weekend of 1+2 April. We travelled starting at 11.30 on Thursday night traveling to the Picton ferry terminal and then across the ditch to Wellington then towing the Transam Camaro to the Manfield track. Arriving at 2pm we then unloaded and did a few practice laps in the Morris Lubricants Camaro. Nigel driving the car felt a vibration coming from the diff so we set about removing the diff to check it out, we found that the crown wheel bolts had worked loose and after lock tight and lock wiring the bolts refitting the diff back in we were ready for qualifying on Saturday. By this time we were all very tired and slept soundly that night. Saturday we qualified fastest and waited for the first race. We won this quite comfortably with Nigel able to ease the pace after the first lap. The second race we had to start in a reverse grid format and again with some good driving Nigel brought the car home in first place. The last race on Sunday was a full handicap race and we started at the rear of the field with a 64 second handicap, this made the Camaro work but again another first placing. Wining all of our races up North wrapped up a great season as not only did we win the North/South Challenge we also won buy a handsome margin in the OSCA GT1 Championship.

Timaru 19th March 2005
We arrived at Levels race track to compete in the OSCA races at the level 2 Truck race meeting. OSCA had the largest field of race cars being 20. Four top Tranzams thrilled the spectators with some very close racing. My Tranzam driven by Nigel recorded the quickest lap time of any race machine at the meeting. The Morris Lubricant Camaro did not disgrace its self again as being very competive and being in the top 4 place getters every race, even in the handicap races starting 60 seconds behind the field and still coming 4th and only inches from 3rd. A good result with no damage and the car again not broken.

Ruapuna 22nd & 23rd January 2005
Well we had a good weekend of racing at Ruapuna ( Jan 22nd +23rd ). Nigel qualified in 5th position to start the first race on Saturday, he got away in this race to have second place in the bag but while in the middle of a passing move for first place a part of the rear wing failed and he lost down force on the rear of the car and he spun. This was at the end of the main straight so was very spectacular. He recovered to come in at 5th place so we were all still rapt. Nigel recorded the fastest lap time of any body during the race and as he was the only other person to challenge the front place I put this down as a good race.
We fixed the wing ready for Sunday in which we had two handicap races. A large field of cars lined up for the first race for the day with Nigel at the back. This race was like a demolition derby as the faster cars raced through the field. We did better than I could hope for as the Morris Lubricants Camaro came in 2nd, a very exciting race which was by far the best race of the weekend so far by any of the classes being raced this weekend.
The officials were correct in a decision to put one of the drivers on his trailer and told him to go home as by not being a competent enough driver as he caused a lot of damage to a lot of cars during the race. My car driven by Nigel didnt even get marked as Nigel drove around the biff and barge.
The third race of the day was the best I have seen for a while as the handicap race had us starting with 4 of the Transam cars nearly 1 lap behind the front of the field with only 6 Laps to work with. An excellent 5th place was recorded and being the front Transam car was a good result. We ended up being the fastest race car in all grades racing at this meeting including the single seater toyota class.

Levels 7-8th January 2005
The racing at Levels Raceway was a very challanging race meeting over the 7- 8 Jan. The weather was some times dry enough to race in and then the heavens would open up and the conditions were dangerous for the likes of my Tranzam being driven by Nigel. Qualifying was not good as the rain came down and as I had told Nigel to go and do a 1min 20sec lap he did this but this only put him in grid 13 for the first race. Nigel drove superb in this race and came a credible 3rd as a couple of the other Transams started at the front of the grid and got a flyer of a start. The second race the heavens opened up and all of the Tranzams decided to not compete in this race due to safety reasons apart from B Gillon in the Powerbuilt Tranzam, while all of us could compete in the next race and also the meeting in 2 weeks due to a big crash all by himself due to the weather several thousand dollars will be needed to repair the sustantually damaged Tranzam. The 3rd race the weather had dried up enough to enable the remaining cars to have a good race. Nigel had to start at the back of the field with Eddy Fairburn on a 60 second handy cap which proved too great of a handy cap as even though Nigel recorded the fastest time he only could manage 5th place. This was an exceptional placing considering the handy cap. The Morris Lubricant Camaro all in all had a pleasing out come for the weekend as Nigel extending his points in the championship. At the moment first in the championship points is great but in racing any thing can happen and the next round at Ruapuna will be an exciting round with Richard Freeman snapping at Nigels heels for the championship.

Ruapuna 13th November 2004
Speed meeting. We raced the Morris Lubricants Honda in the club speed events, Shane, Ryan and myself all shared the driving .The racing was divided into 3 different circuits with compeditors racing against the clock in the first 2 circuits and paired up against 1other compeditor and the clock in the 3rd circuit.Apart from a gearbox reverse selector problem the car performed excellent especially as it had to race 3 times as much as the others. Shane did the best and he was the 4th position overall by the end of the day,this was in spite of other serious cars with more horsepower racing.The car handled good and Shanes driving proved what was needed.It looks like I might have to do some extra pactice to stay in contact with Shanes pace.Ryan drove a good race by beating other racers that had faster cars and far more experienced drivers. Ryan by far being the youngest racer. All in all a great days racing.

Ruapuna 7th November 2004
This weekend we were racing back at Ruapuna at a club day.Both Shane and Ryan were to share the Honda.Ryan had the best results by setting the fastest time in his qualifying group and also by winning race number 1. Could not ask for more could I but better came and he also won his second race as well, not bad for a kid that is to young to be able to drive on the road and is competing against adults.Shane had to race the car in the bigger class and he also did well by coming in with two 4th and one 3rd placing, he was racing against other race cars that had mutch greater horspower . I class this weekends racing very satisfing.

Levels 31st October 2004
The weekend of 31 OCT the racing was at the Levels track at Timaru.This was the first time that Nigel was to drive my Tranzam at this circuit.We arrived on the Saturday to do some testing and some very good times were recorded,we were now ready for Sunday. Sunday came and Nigel weht out to qualify,he recorded the second fastest lap time out of the field so we were happy.Unfortunitly during this seasion the brake master cylinder seal failed and we had brake problems and after removing the cylinder we were unable to find a new seal to enable us to continue to race the rest of the day with the Tranzam. My self although had been asked to drive a Ford Super 6 at the meeting, this car being owned by Barry Lee.This is a class that is very controlled and is made up of Ford and Commodors with 6 cylinder engines only.My day didnt start very good as the car kept flying its power steering belt off, and had a major brake problem in the master cylinder.We solved these problems and then discovered a clutch problem also,the clutch sometimes would stick and leave me with no drive.This problem stayed with me all day as it could not be sorted at the track.The car although showed potential as the second race we started on grid 4 and led from the 3rd corner to the very last lap in which the clutch sticked longer than it normally did and during a gear change down the back straight I was passed when I had no drive. Overal not a good weekend of racing for the team.

Ruapuna 3rd October 2004
The first meeting of the season for the Tranzam OSCA GT1 was at Runapuna 3/10/04 Nigel Sheppard is driving my car this season.His first drive in a competive race meeting in this type of race car had myself behind the pit wall trying to decide who was the most nervous.Nigel set the second fastest time during qualifing that surprised a lot of the other competors as now they realised that our team was not there just to fill the fields.The first race was a cracker with 4 Tranzams dicing for position in a 17 car grid line up of OSCA cars, the races only down side was Austin McKinley blowing his motor to bits (should of been using MORRIS LUBRICANTS helps prevent this type of engine failure).The second race was the best race of any at the whole meeting as the top three Tranzams diced for the top position.There was not much space between these three but in the end Nigel came in to record his first win in Tranzams.The third race was also a handy cap race and again the Tranzams started at the rear of the field with a 20 second handy cap,the three top cars again showed their dominance with them slicing through the field, after comming up tp pass the powerbuilt sponsored Toyota Nigel and the other Tranzam of Dennis Running showed their class by Nigel around the out side and Dennis up the inside of the Toyota but due to some unsportsman behaviour from the Toyota both Tranzams had to take evasive action and they both spun off the track.The Toyota driver was shown the unsportsmanship flag in the second race but some drivers just dont learn! Both cars restarted and still finnished in respectable positions.The crew were most impressed with Nigels driving as was myself,the car came home in one piece and had been very competitive a very sucessful weekend.

Timaru 1st Aug 2004
Shane Williams' debut of the teams new Nissan Sentra didn't quite produce the result one would expect from a NZ championship winning car:

BUGGER !

Ruapuna 2 May 2004
We ran both cars at this meeting with Nigel Shepherd making his debut driving my camaro.  As expected Nigel cleaned up three races out of three and enjoyed his first outing. We debut our honda race car at this club day with both Ryan and Shane sharing the drives.  Ryan driving in the class in which the car was designed to compete in and Shane had to compete in with the big boys. Ryan got a crediable third in his first ever race in this car in the first race.  The second race he improved his position by coming in second.  This race was very close and exciting and the driver who won the race in a very quick toyota starlet came and congratulated Ryan for giving him such a strong race.  in the last race of Ryans, Ryan drove supurbly and could not get a better result as first is as good as you can get.  He had considerable pressure for the whole six laps from a V8 holden commodore and a RX7 mazda for the entire race.  Without faultering Ryan held the right lines and won.   Shane drove well and enjoyed his day racing and had an incrediable day coming in even a fourth against the big boys.

    Timaru 20 June 2004  ... We were fortunate to be invited by the Timaru motor race club to compete at their club day.  Both Ryan and Shane drove the Honda in a shared drive.  Again Ryan drove with his class of cars and Shane had to go up a grade so they could share the car.  Neither Shane or Ryan had ever driven at Levels racetrack before.  The first couple of races was more of a familisation of the track.  The exhaust manifold cracked during the first race which we could not fix properly for the meeting, even so the car went really well.  Ryan won his third race and was put under all sorts of pressure during it, and was quite worn out after receiving the chequred flag.  Shane had a wonderful day being placed third and a fourth and showing that the car has got excellent potential.

ACHIEVEMENTS

1999-2000
Open Saloon Car Association Overall Champion 1st
OSCA GT2 Champion 1st
CRC Motor Race Series - Ruapuna 2nd
CRC Motor Race Series - Timaru 1st
Ian Munt Memorial Trophy - Timaru 2nd
American Auto Parts Championship - Ruapuna 1st
Moller & Young Trophy Challenge - Woodford Glen 4th
Best Presented Team - Woodford Glen 1st
Canterbury Super Saloon Championships 5th

21st Oct 2000 Woodford Glen Speedway

Paul and most of the crew ran in the road car 50 lap race with some of the hits derby style with extra speed thrown in.  We all had a lot of fun and that is what it is all about.  Roger Nees, Paul Buttolph, Anthony Williams and Dave Walsh survived for the full 50 laps but Pam Nees and Paul Williams had obstacle problems. Dave is not part of the crew during race nights but is the motor man of the crew.  He builds the motors for both the Camaro and Corvette.

Paul rolled 2 cars in one huge hit down the front straight.
This resulted in him being 'assisted' from the track ...

We have two short videos which can be viewed online.
Click here for Video 1 (Anthony Williams Car #2)
Click here for Video 2 (Roger Nees Car #8)