Heimgartner Wins On Crazy Day In NZ V8's

Andre Heimgartner has taken victory in a crazy second day of racing at Mike Pero Motorsports Park in Christchurch.

Heimgartner originally took victory in Race 1 but got a 10-second penalty due to Jumping the start as he would then officially finish in third behind Bargwanna and Nick Ross.

Race 2 began with a rolling start which saw Ross hit the rear of Bargwanna and Ricochet into the Infield as they flew off through the First corner.

He managed to catch the #007 Total Altima as he slid back onto the track between second-placed Bargwanna and second placed Super 2 Series Driver Jack Smith, avoiding a bigger accident.

Bargwanna put his #97 Tiger Building Systems car into the lead before the end of the opening lap and got a lead over a second before Heimgartner and Smith caught up by Lap 8.

A Heimgartner mistake opened the gate for Smith to go through and he would go on to pile on the Pressure to the Leader.

They Both ended up spinning on the Penultimate lap when Bargwanna attempted to cover the #85 Pilot Brewery Commodore on the run to the final corner after Smith had already made an overlap.

The wild Incident (Picture Up) gifted the win to Heimgartner, from Ross and Smith.

Liam Macdonald (#69 Speedy signs Falcon) won class 2 as Bargwanna would end up in the sand Putting a DNF in the books.

The reverse grid start to Race 3 caught out Smith, who took his cue from the starting lights applied to the class 2 cars only and bolted away from the class 1 bunch .

Brock Timperley (#59 Erosion Control Falcon) and MacDonald spent time in the lead before Smith tracked them down.

The 2017 Kuhmo V8 Touring Car Series Champion temporarily held the advantage until he pulled his smoking Commodore off on Lap 8.

Heimgartner again inherited the lead having completed a brave move around the outside of his Richards Team Motorsport team-mate Jason Bargwanna on the run to turn 1 earlier in that lap.

The Nissan Motorsport recruit pulled away in the four remaining laps with Bargwanna trailing and Ross in third.

Justin Ashwell (#11 Digga Falcon) was officially the class 2 victor as a Penalty was distributed to Chelsea Herbert for hitting Timperley.

The Next Round see's them at Teretonga Motorsports Park from the 19th-20th of January.