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24 Oct 09
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Thanks to our in house PR guy Evan Munt for this.
Levels Raceway set the scene for Round 1 of the 2009/10 OSCA season and
luckily the weather held off for all 3 races. The track was still cold and
had a few damp places for the first race which played into the hands of our
newest pole-sitter James Marshall in his impressive Subaru. Marshall held the
lead for a number of laps before Dave Agnew’s Rotary Volvo took the lead
which he held to take the first win of the season. Unfortunately for
Marshall the engine didn’t hold for the race and he DNF'd which gave Lawrence
Knowler in his return second ahead of Raymond Harts great looking Skyline
just holding out another newcomer Shane Roughan. Matt Dunn who has
converted from Sport Saloon this season in his very quick DX Corolla took
out 5th from regulars Garth Somerville and Russell Mortimer.
The first race had a few casualties which included Wayne Ross
with fuel issues, Pierre Neame electrical, Cronin engine, Etwell engine
& Dawson
getting a bit frisky off the start and getting a tyre cut in the process.
The second race was a reverse grid start and was lead the whole way by
Etwell after fixing his engine dramas. The fastest 3 of Dawson, Knowler and
Agnew (who again set the fastest time of the race) made their way through
the field to finish in that order with Knowler paying special attention to
Dawson’s rear bumper for most of the race with nothing between them. Hart
took 5th narrowly holding out Dunn with Mortimer getting the better of
Roughan and Somerville.
The handicap race 3 saw the return of Neame after sorting the electrical
issues the "kiwi way" (bypassing everything!) and he started
alongside Ross and Mortimer. Ross seemed to have his fuel issues sorted and
took the lead holding out Neame for the first few laps with Mortimer in hot
pursuit. Dunn was next to leave and made steady progress onto the leaders
with the fastest 4 now including Etwell all leaving half a minute behind.
By the end of the race Ross had succumbed to his fuel issues and dropped
back leaving Neame to narrowly hold on to his maiden OSCA win by just
keeping Knowler out by less than half a second with Dawson and Agnew just
getting ahead of Dunn for the top 5. Etwell was next with the top 6 all
finishing on the pit straight together.
The second round is at Teretonga and I urge all members to make their way
down if they can as Teretonga is a great track and the weather really isn’t
that bad usually. Touch wood! Hopefully numbers will be better across all
classes and the crowd really look forward to seeing the OSCA class with the
islands fastest sedan cars!
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16 Feb 09
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Supplemenatary Regualtions and Entry Forms are now available
for Round 1 of the NZ OSCA Championships at PowerBuilt Tools Raceway,
Ruapuna. Draft Programme Supp Regs Entry Forms
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3 Dec 08
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As we all get ready for round three of GT1,
NZGT
and OSCA at Pukekohe this weekend, I would like to reflect on how our OSCA
members got on in the past rounds. more..
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2 Dec 08
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 Stolen from Taupo around 1
Dec 08, Peter Henry's RX7 Turbo. 16 inch Symonds Wheels (Serial Numbers
Recorded), Distinctive 13B Turbo engine, can only be run dry sumped. Most
other parts are custom built and easily identifiable. If you have any
information please contact the Taupo Police or Cameron Jones on 027 241
3507
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22 Oct 08
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Levels greeted us for round 2 with a cold gloomy day and
it seems that was fitting for what was to unveil to some competitors.
During qualifying Dave Agnew had an oil line come free which dumped
everything on the track with the final turn coming onto pit straight being
the most slippery. Dave ended up spinning on the oil and losing
the roof off the Volvo with Colin Dawson doing the same and just managing
to keep the RX7 off the pit straight wall. Luckily for him he had already
put in a quick time which he held for pole as no-one else could get a good
time in due to the slippery conditions. more...
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10 Oct 08
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OSCA Round 1 - PowerBuilt Tools Raceway
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24 Sep 08
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Sanctioned Series Articles are now available for GT1 and NZGT here...
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4 Aug 08
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OSCA North Island is joining an
exciting new
series which will feature cars from OSCA, New Zealand
Super Sedans and SuperGT.
Download
draft series articles here.. See who is in
which class here...
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31 Mar 08
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Rain was falling at Manfeild when the PRINTSTOP OSCA cars
headed on to the track for the final race of the year. Cameron Jones had
closed the points gap to Andy Greenslade to only two points. It had been a
classic Rotary versus V8, David versus Goliath battle all season. Jones and
Greenslade lined up side by side for the handicap race and fought hard
through heavy rain and poor visibility. Jones won the battle but lost the
war. He finish one place ahead of Greenslade in the race but one point
behind in the championship. Greenslade took his third New Zealand OSCA
championship. more...
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25 Mar 08
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Cameron Jones in his giant
killing Mazda RX7 Turbo closed the gap to series leader Andy Greenslade by
23 points at Taupo last weekend. Going in to the round, Greenslade had a 30
point lead driving the Mustang Cobra formally raced by Aussie Supercar
driver Luke Youldon. Despite Greenslade setting a new lap record for OSCA
cars at Taupo, Jones managed to beat him in all three races. more...
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4 Feb 08
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Championship leader, Cameron Jones, won round 3 of the
PRINTSTOP North Island OSCA Super Saloons and extended his lead by 1 point.
Jones’ round win came despite Tim Rooney qualifying fastest and winning two
of the three races in his Transam Mustang. Rooney could only manage 6th
in the handicap, third race which meant that Jones’ three second places
were enough for the round win. more...
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18 Jan 08
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After the action of Round 1 of the NZ OSCA Championship
competitors were eager to get to Levels Raceway for Round 2 the following
week. Again the front row was a Greenslade and Knowler benefit but as the
race progressed a train behind Greenslade in the form of Knowler, Jones,
Rooney and Cronin were ducking and diving trying to make headway of the car
in front. more...
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10 Jan 08
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Round 1 of the NZ OSCA Championship kicked off at Powerbuilt
Tools Raceway on the first weekend of January with searing temperatures
on and off the track. Unfortunately last years NZ OSCA Champion Colin
Dawson struck engine trouble in qualifying along with a couple other
competitors. more...
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19 Dec 07
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Entry forms and regs for Manfeild 2 February 2008 are now
available. Note: this is a one day meeting. Testing Friday,
Qualifying and all 3 races on Saturday.
Supp Regs Entry
Form
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11 Dec 07
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Round 2 of the South Island Hatton Horsefloats O.S.C.A. series
was run at Teretonga Park, Invercargill last weekend and the three
Southlanders were all very keen to be top dog in there home town. more...
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4 Dec 07
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Round 2 of the North
Island PRINTSTOP OSCA Championship at Pukekohe saw some close racing at the
high speed circuit. Cameron Jones won the round and retains his
Championship lead. Tim Rooney had the Tranzam Mustang flying achieving a
personal best time, his first time under the magic minute, on his way to
second for the round. Brett Stratton in the Sierra Cosworth RS500 and Tony
Oliver in the Subaru WRX were tied on third. Oliver was another driver to
break one minute for the first time. more...
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3 Dec 07
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Entry forms and regs for Ruapuna and Timaru now available.
Note closing dates. Ruapuna 10 Dec 07 and Timaru 21 Dec 07.
Ruapuna Supp Regs Entry Form Timaru Supp Regs Entry
Form
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7 Nov 07
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Entry forms for Pukekohe "Thunder in the Park"
meeting are available here.
Supp Regs Entry Form Members Stand Special Offer
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31 Oct 07
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A warm Canterbury
day greeted us for the first round of the PRINTSTOP South Island OSCA
championship at Levels Raceway, Timaru. As the day progressed the crowd
were treated to some great racing and duels. The V8 Camaro of Lawrence
Knowler drew first blood gaining pole with a high 64 second lap with
reigning NZ & S.I. OSCA Champion Colin Dawson in his V8 RX7 along side
on the front row. more...
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23 Oct 07
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The first round of the PRINTSTOP
North Island OSCA Super Saloon series at Taupo saw a new lap record for Tim
Rooney in the Transam Mustang and a joint championship lead for Cameron
Jones and Russell Due. more...
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15 Oct 07
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The 2007/08 PRINTSTOP OSCA
Super Saloon’s North Island series kicks
off at Taupo this weekend. This season is set to be the biggest ever with
strong membership numbers, good events and good TV coverage. The main
protagonists from last year are retuning along with number of new drivers
and new cars. more...
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8 Apr 07
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 Invercargill racing driver Colin Dawson has completed a
golden season with victory in the New Zealand OSCA Super Saloon
Championship.
Dawson sealed the title
with another superb outing at the Taupo Motorsport Centre this
weekend. more...
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8 Apr 07
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 Cameron Jones arrived at Taupo with a two point lead
over Colin Dawson in the PRINTSTOP NEW ZEALAND OSCA Super Saloon
Championship but despite a huge effort was only able to secure the runner
up trophy. more...
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8 Apr 07
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 Mark Burgess from Wellington headed to
Taupo for the final round of the North Island PRINTSTOP OSCA Super Saloons
in 4th place with only a mathematical chance of winning the Championship.
For Burgess to win both Tony Oliver and Ashley Anderson would need to fail
to complete at least one race. Given both of their consistency through out
the series it was an unlikely prospect. more...
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2 Apr 07
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The big crowd at Manfeild for
the NZ Super Truck Finals were treated to some top class PRINTSTOP OSCA
racing at the weekend. The three races forming part of the NZ OSCA
Championship and the North Island OSCA Championship were all action with
big fields, close racing, a few incidents, a new lap record and a new
leader for the NZ Championship. more...
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9 Feb 07
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PRINTSTOP
OSCA coverage from Ruapuna 7th January will screen on Fujitsu Motorsport on
Sky Sports at 8:30pm on Tuesday 13th February 2007. The coverage is
sponsored by Bed Rumours.
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29 Jan 07
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An
exciting weekend’s racing in the PRINTSTOP OSCA Super Saloons was marred by
a huge crash at Manfeild. David Steel crashed his Camaro heavily in the
last corner of the final lap of Race two on Sunday morning. David had just
set a new lap record for OSCA of 1:09.1 and was challenging Andy
Greenslade, also in a Camaro, for the lead. He attempted to carry more
speed through the final corner to set up a drag race for the finish line
but ran wide. He dropped is outside rear wheel over the edge of the ripple
strip into the dirt. The car turned, slid across the infield and slammed
into the tire wall. David was knocked out in the accident and taken to Palmerston North Hospital.
He was later discharged and is recovering at home. Everyone associated with
OSCA wish David a speedy recovery. more...
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10 Jan 07
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OSCA has been busy since the last bulletin with rounds 3 &
4 of the South Island PRINTSTOP OSCA Championship being contested at
Powerbuilt Tools Raceway which also doubled as rounds 1 & 2 of the NZ
PRINTSTOP OSCA Championship. more...
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11 Dec 06
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The top three
places in the PRINTSTOP New Zealand OSCA Championships belong to South
Island drivers after the first round held at Prowerbuilt Raceway in Christchurch on
Sunday. The South Islanders had local knowledge on their side and many of
the North Islanders had uncharacteristic problems. more...
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6 Nov 06
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 Christchurch driver Matt Cronin overcame
the conditions to win three from three in the PRINTSTOP OSCA Saloon car
races at Teretonga
Park today. The
event, presented by Fulton Hogan, was held in wet conditions causing
several spins and resulting in some drivers sitting out the event as they
did not have suitable tyres. more...
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2 Nov 06
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Big,
powerful saloon cars head the bill at the second motor race meeting of the
season at Teretonga
Park in Invercargill
this Sunday. more...
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23 Oct 06
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Tony Oliver has taken the early lead
in the North Island PRINTSTOP OSCA Championship. Tony powered his Subaru
WRX to two wins and a 3rd place in the opening round held at
Taupo on Labour Weekend. Brett Stratton is second in his Sierra Cosworth
RS500 with Geoffrey Nicholson and Paul Wieser tied for 3rd
place. more...
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10 Oct 06
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OSR (Other Side Racing) and CJR (Cameron Jones Racing) have
entered in to a new relationship that will see both team's cars run out of
the CJR workshop for the 2006/07 PRINTSTOP OSCA Super Saloon series. more...
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23 Jul 06
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The 2006/07 PRINTSTOP OSCA Super
Saloon series will be run under new updated Technical Regulations.
The changes introduce new freedoms for V8 powered cars and are the most
significant changes made in the past 15 years. more...
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17 Apr 06
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The final round of the North Island PRINTSTOP OSCA Super
Saloons series was held at Taupo
Motorsport Park
over Easter. The opportunity to race on the new 3.5km track drew a large
field of 28 cars and provided some thrilling racing. Andy Greenslade added
the North Island Championship title to his National title and in doing so
his V8 Camaro became the first non Rotary to win the championship in since
1998 more...
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10 Apr 06
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The TV coverage from the February Manfeild round will be shown
on Sky Sport this week. The dates and times are:11th 10pm Sky Sport 2, 12th
8:30am SS2, 13th 10:30pm SS1, 14th 9pm SS3, 16th 11am SS1 and 4pm SS2. A
DVD will also be available for purchase with extended coverage.
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27 Mar 06
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 Close racing, spins, penalties and a new lap
recoded were the features of the 4th round of the North Island PRINTSTOP
OSCA Super Saloons series at Manfeild last weekend. more...
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7 Feb 06
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Andy
Greenslade from Tauranga has won 2006 PRINTSTOP OSCA New Zealand
Championship. Andy won the title in front of a huge crowd at the very
popular V8 Ute meeting at Manfeild. more...
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27 Jan 06
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Defending PRINTSTOP OSCA New Zealand Champion Andy Greenslade
moved back in to the lead of this year’s championship at the Pukekohe round
with two race wins out of three. Christchurch’s
Evan Munt and Geoff Washbourne moved in to second and third places. more...
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5 Dec 05
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The first round of the National Series was held at Powerbuilt
Tools Raceway with seven North Island competitors coming South for the
trip. Unfortunately the South island only
comprised of an extra 15 cars which was a little disappointing. more...
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1 Nov 05
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Round 1 of the South Island PRINTSTOP OSCA Championship got under way at Levels Raceway
on October 30th. The competitors were greeted with pouring rain and
unfortunately OSCA had the same problem as every other class competing,
small fields. This appears to be an all to common problem at non Tier 1 and
2 national events. more...
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25 Oct 05
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Round One of the North Island
PRINTSTOP OSCA Super Saloon series was run at Taupo
over Labour Weekend. After experiencing heavy rain for testing on
Friday, the racing on Saturday and Sunday was held in fine whether.
Current NZ OSCA Champion, Andy Greenslade from Tauranga took the round win
in his V8 Camaro setting a new lap record in the process. Second overall
was Derin Greenslade in a V8 Mustang with Rob Mitchell third in his 12A
Rotary powered Escort. more...
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3 Oct 05
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One of New Zealand Motorsport’s longest running series is getting
ready for the start a new season. The OSCA Super Saloon Series has been the
mainstay of South Island Motorsport for over thirty years. Last year the
series spread to the North
Island and included a
National Championship for the first time. The series has a new sponsor
PRINTSTOP and promises to build on the success from last season. more...
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13 Sept 05
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With the first round of the PRINT STOP
OSCA Super Saloon series fast approaching, activity is heating up in
garages and workshops all around the country. more...
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24 Aug 05
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PRINTSTOP
are the new naming rights sponsors for the OSCA Super Saloon Series.
PRINTSTOP has signed up to sponsor the series for the next two years and
has first option for an additional year. The sponsorship covers the North
Island Championship, the South Island Championship, the National
Championship and the North vs. South Challenge. more...
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7 May 05
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OSCA North Island Prize Giving more...
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7 May 05
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OSCA North Island AGM Minutes more...
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April 04
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Open Saloon Car Association Newsletter more...
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11 April 05
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The North Island has won the Kelford CAMS OSCA North South
Challenge with 1948 points to the South Islands
1919 points. Andy
Greenslade won the overall Championship from Knowler, Fitzgrerald
and Jones. more...
  
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5 April 05
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Chris
Coleman is the OSCA
North Island
Champion for 2004/05
Reliability
and consistency were the key ingredients of Chris Coleman's championship. Chris
was the only competitor to complete in every race of the series
consistently piloting the Turbo Rotary Mini to top 10 finishes in every
race.
Long time
competitor Graham
Barnes finished second in the championship in his V8 Capri with Mike Thompson in the Nissan
Skyline third.
 
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22 Mar 05
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This weekend’s round of the Kelford Cams NZ OSCA
Championship at Taupo will be missing current points leader Roger Fawbert from Upper Hutt. Fawbert’s Camaro is homologated under
Schedule TZ (Tranzam) and the Centennial Park Circuit at Taupo is not
certified for that level of car. more...
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14 Mar 05
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Big Fields for Kelford Cams NZ OSCA Supersaloon Finals
The final two rounds of the Keflord Cams NZ OSCA Supersaloons New Zealand
Championship to be help at Taupo Easter weekend and the following weekend at Manfeild. more...
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27 Jan 05
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Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna
Park in Christchurch hosted the second round of the Kelford Cams NZ
OSCA Championship with a great field of 26 beautifully presented cars and
burning sunshine all weekend. more...
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25 Jan 05
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North Islanders 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th overall in Kelford Cams New
Zealand OSCA Champoinship but the South Island
team still leads the North vs South Challenge. more...
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18 Jan 05
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The South Island team lead the Kelford Cams OSCA North vs South
Challenge
as we head in to Round 2 at Christchurch’s
Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Ruapuna
Park on 22/23
January. more...
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14 Jan 05
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Schedule A currently states that cars must have two opening
doors. Evan Munt is in the process of sorting this out. He needs to give
information to MotorSport NZ about cars that do not have opening doors but
are still defined as scheduled A in their log books. Every car which does
not have opening doors needs to have the window space where you exit the
car measured. If you have not already sent the measurements to Evan then
send it to him at evanmunt@hotmail.com
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11 Jan 05
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A large field of OSCA Super Saloons turned out for the first
round of the Kelford Cams OSCA NZ Championship held at Timaru
International Motor Raceway on the weekend of 8th and 9th January.
Although the weather proved challenging, especially for the high
horsepower GT1 Tranzam cars, racing was fast and competitive all weekend. more...
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9 Jan 05
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Pictures from the first round of the Kelford Cams OSCA NZ
Championship available here...
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17 Dec 04
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OSCA Article in Dominion Post newspaper. Read it here...
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13 Dec 04
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A big field of OSCA competitors turned out for Round 3 of the North Island championship held at Manfeild
over the weekend. A lot of
interest was generated by the arrival of David Gunson’s fantastic new
Subaru Impreza 22B and Roger Fawbert’s Chev Camaro. more...
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8 Nov 04
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The OSCA North Island Series
Round 2 was held at Manfeild last weekend. Mike Thompson in his Nissan Skyline
continued where he left off taking a joint round win with current champion Brian Gray. more...
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7 Nov 04
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OSCA North Island raffle tickets on
sale now! First prize is an Aluminum Race Jack, Second Prize is a Cordless
Impact Gun. Tickets are $5 each (200 tickets in total). Contact Karen Rusling
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27 Oct 04
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Round One of the OSCA
North Island
championship was held at Taupo over labour weekend. Mike Thompson
from Taupo in his Nissan Skyline was the round winner from Christopher Coleman
and Roland Alderton. more...
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Sept 04
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Kelford Cams OSCA NZ
Championship
and North vs. South
Challenge
The Kelford Cams OSCA NZ
Championship and North vs. South Challenge will be run over four rounds
with individual championships for each class (GT1, GT2, GT3 and GT4) and challenge trophy
contested by GT2, GT3 and GT4 cars.
Read More....
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Aug 04
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Kiwi Sports Sedans is now OSCA North Island
At the recent AGM the Kiwi Sports Sedans members
decided to adopt the Technical Regulations of the OSCA (Open Saloon Car Association). OSCA have been running a very popular and
successful series in the South Island for
about 30 years. Along with the change of Technical Regulations the Kiwi
Sports Sedans have changed their name to OSCA North Island.
This change is very significant for Motorsport in New Zealand.
We now have a consistent set of rules nationally for open saloon car
racing. We are planning a 4 round national series to be run in
conjunction with the existing North and South Island
series. Cars from the North Island will travel to the South
Island for rounds at Timaru and Ruapuna in January. A big
field of South Island cars will Travel to the North Island
for the Easter Meeting at Taupo and for a round at Manfeild. Expect fields
of around 30 of New
Zealand's fastest saloons at these
events.
The rule changes mean that all former Kiwi Sports
Sedans cars are eligible but the new rules make provision for Space Frame cars and for 4 Wheel Drive cars.
The draft Technical Regulations are available on
this site.
Stay tuned. The 2004/05 OSCA series
promises to provide the best racing in New Zealand for both Spectators
and Competitors.
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Apr 04
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The 2003/04 Series is now complete. Brian Gray is the new Kiwi Sports Sedans
Champion with Michael Yorwarth
runner up.
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Feb 04
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New
Zealand Tarmac Performance & Classic Cars magazine has a
review of Round 2 & 3 of the Kiwi Sports
Sedans series in their February/March issue.
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Jan 04
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The Mazda Rotary’s dominance on NZ
racetracks doesn’t look set to decline any time soon, with the model
filling six of the top ten placings in the Campanella
Confectionery Kiwi Sports Sedans 2003/2004 championship series points
table.
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Jan 04
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Round three hit between
Christmas and New Year with the usual Friday test day and Saturday morning’s
qualifying on Saturday and the full three races held on Sunday – thanks to
daylight saving. more...
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Dec 03
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New
Zealand Tarmac Performance & Classic Cars magazine has a
review of Round 1 of the Kiwi Sports Sedans series in their
December/January issue.
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Nov 2003
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Round two at Manfeild on 22nd and 23rd November started pretty much
like Round One more..
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Oct 2003
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We have had a number of enquiries from prospective members looking
for cars to buy to get in to Kiwi Sports Sedans racing. If you have a car
that is eligible
for KSS that you want to sell. Please send details to Gavin
Stewart.
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Oct 2003
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Check out the competitors profiles and pictures of their cars now on this
site.
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Oct 2003
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A thirty-year-old car leading a national championship; who would have
thought it? Certainly not Mike Yorwarth when he faced an impressive
range of more modern and powerful machinery in his 1970 Mazda RX3 Coupe at
Taupo over Labour weekend. But that was the situation the Palmerston North
based army mechanic found himself in following an action packed weekend of
racing. more...
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Oct 2003
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New
Zealand Tarmac Performance & Classic Cars magazine has a
feature on the Kiwi Sports Sedans in their October/November issue. The magazine
will also have stories following each round of the championship.
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Aug 2003
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Campanella
Confectionery has returned as the overall sponsors for the
2003/04 Kiwi Sports Sedans series following their successful sponsorship of
last years series.
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