SAM Racing made to work hard at Aldo Scribante
SAM Racing's Leeroy Poulter (Tubular/mobicars Nissan 350Z) and Marco da Cunha (Tubular/Exa Motor Group Nissan 350Z) had to work really hard in the third round of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at Port Elizabeth's Aldo Scribante circuit on Saturday. A third overall for the day for former champion Poulter came from fifth and secon
Successful day's racing at Killarney
SAM Racing completed a successful visit to Cape Town’s Killarney circuit on Saturday with second and fifth overall for drivers Leeroy Poulter (Tubular/mobicars Nissan 350Z) and Marco da Cunha (Tubular/Exa Motor Group Nissan 350Z) in the second round of the Bridgestone Production car Championship. Former national production car ch
SAM Racing makes fast start to production car championship
The SAM Racing team of Leeroy Poulter and Marco da Cunha got their Bridgestone Production Car Championship campaign off to a fast start at Kyalami on Saturday with a second and a fourth overall respectively for the day’s three races. Former champion Poulter, driving the Tubular Mobicars Nissan 350Z, was quickest in a closely-contested qual
SAM Racing confirms GT plans
SAM Racing has confirmed its plans to enter a brace of Nissan 350Zs in the GT Challenge which forms part of the Pro Tour. Drivers will be Paulo da Cunha, who raced Formula Volkswagen for the past two seasons and has previous Production Car experience, and Durban's Howard Blake who has competed in Porsche Club events. Team proprietor Lee Ph
Poulter second overall in season finale
Leeroy Poulter (Nissan Dealer Team/GP Windscreens Nissan 350Z) showed his class in a wet race two in the final round of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at a wet Kyalami on Saturday, finishing second and taking second overall for the day. Despite his best efforts he was unable to improve on the fourth place in the class A championship h
Poulter stays in the championship hunt
Rain played a big role in the outcome of the eighth and penultimate round of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at Killarney in Cape Town on Saturday. A sixth in race one and a fourth in a safety car interrupted race two saw former champion Leeroy Poulter (Nissan Dealer Team/GP Windscreens Nissan 350Z) remain in contention for the class A
Poulter 2nd & da Cunha 3rd for Nissan Dealer Team at Phakisa
Second place in race one by Leeroy Poulter (GP Windscreens Nissan 350Z) and a third in race two for Marco da Cunha (Tubular Nissan 350Z) were the highlights for the Nissan Dealer Team in round seven of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at Phakisa Freeway in the Free State on Saturday. Former champion Poulter, who qualified a fine se
First overall for Nissan Dealer Team's Poulter at Zwartkops Raceway
It was a good day at the races for SAM Racing on Saturday with former national production car champion Leeroy Poulter (Nissan Dealer Team GP Windscreens Nissan 350Z) emerging overall winner for the day in round six of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship and Paulo da Cunha taking fourth overall in the Formula Volkswagen Championship in the T
SAM Racing in good shape for Wesbank Super Series at Zwartkops
Leeroy Poulter (GP Windscreens Nissan 350Z) and Marco da Cunha (Tubular Nissan 350Z) will carry the hopes of the SAM Racing Nissan Dealer Team in the sixth round of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at Zwartkops on Saturday (August 15). After rounds in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, East London and two at Kyalami and 10 action-packed, closel
Another win for Poulter and SAM Racing's Nissan Dealer Team
Former national production car champion Leeroy Poulter (Nissan Dealer Team Nissan 350Z) made it three race wins in three consecutive rounds of this year's Bridgestone-sponsored championship when he led from lights to flag in race one at the famous East London Grand Prix Circuit on Saturday. The 2006 champion stamped his authority on a closely-matc
Well-earned podium for SAM Racing's Paulo da Cunha
Paulo da Cunha (Tubular/Exa Motor Group) scored his best result of the season – a well-earned third place – in the opening race of the fourth round of the Formula Volkswagen Championship in East London on Saturday. His weekend got off to a great start with fifth place in qualifying, just 0,59 sec off fourth place, which put him on the
Poulter scores another commanding win for Nissan Dealer Team
For the second race meeting in a row former national production car champion Leeroy Poulter (Nissan Dealer Team GP Windscreens Nissan 350Z) showed his class to the rest of the field in round three of the Bridgestone SA Production Car Championship at Killarney in Cape Town on Saturday. After setting the early pace in practice at the picturesque Wes
Poulter scores Nissan Dealer Team's first victory of the season
Leeroy Poulter gave the Nissan Dealer Team its first win of the season in race one when the 2006 SA production car champion and his GP Windscreens Ferodo Nissan 350Z led from the first corner to the chequered flag in round two of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at Kyalami on Saturday. The 2006 national production car champion and reign
Wesleigh Orr second for SAM Racing in race one at Kyalami
Former Rotax Max and Rok world karting champion Wesleigh Orr drove his Global Consulting Solutions Formula Volkswagen to a comfortable second place in the opening race of round two of the FVW championship at Kyalami on Saturday. “We were on the pace in Friday’s official practice and were confident of a shot at pole position in Saturday
SAM Racing in the action at Aldo Scribante season opener
The Nissan Dealer Team of Leeroy Poulter and Marco da Cunha experienced mixed fortunes in the opening round of the 2009 Bridgestone SA Production Car Championship at Port Elizabeth’s Aldo Scribante circuit on Saturday. Poulter, the 2006 national production car champion and reigning Rotax Max DD2 karting world champion, was making his first a
Orr in good form for SAM Racing at Aldo Scribante
Former Rotax Max world karting champion Wesleigh Orr made a promising start to the new season in the opening round of the Formula Volkswagen championship. After heading the timesheets in Friday’s practice sessions in his Global Consulting FVW, the 21-year-old qualified second and finished second in race two. He and pole sitter Jayde Kruger
SAM Racing to campaign with 2 World Champions in the 2009 WesBank Super Series
SAM Racing has announced that it will contest the 2009 Bridgestone Production Car Championship with two ex-Sasol Nissan 350Zs under the banner of the Nissan Dealer Team. The cars will be driven by Leeroy Poulter, the 2006 national production car champion, who came second in last year's class A championship in a factory Sasol Nissan 350Z, and Marco
Orr shines, Da Cunha grabs a podium
It was a season finale filled with drama and not a little controversy, but at the end of the day the privately run SAM Racing team came away with a second place for Wesleigh Orr (Global Consulting Solutions FVW) in the second Formula VW race, a fastest lap in race one, and a third overall for the day for Paulo da Cunha (Tubular FVW). Orr was in to
Two FVW podiums for SAM Racing at Kyalami
A third in race one for Wesleigh Orr (Global Consulting Solutions FVW) and a second for Belgian visitor Maxime Soulet (Tubular FVW) in a wet race two were the highlights for SAM Racing of the penultimate round of the inaugural Formula VW Challenge at Kyalami on Saturday. Orr qualified third for Saturday’s first race behind championship leade
Orr's fourth in race two a highlight for SAM Racing in PE
It was a case of so near and yet so far for SAM Racing in the eighth round of the Formula Volkswagen Challenge at Port Elizabeth’s Aldo Scribante Raceway on Saturday. Good qualifying performances by Wesleigh Orr (Global Consulting Solutions/SAM Racing VW) and Paolo da Cunha (Tubular/SAM Racing VW) on Friday saw Orr fourth fastest and just
A promising start, a disappointing finish for SAM Racing at Zwartkops
It was not quite the weekend the Nissan Dealer Team had hoped for at Zwartkops Raceway in round six of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship. Multiple pre-event test sessions at Zwartkops had shown that both Marco da Cunha and Darryn Lobb had good pace in their Tubular-backed Nissan 350Zs and team principal Lee Philips was confident of a goo
A good day for SAM Racing at Phakisa Freeway
SAM Racing came away from Phakisa Freeway near Welkom on Saturday with two solid 2nd place finishes in the Formula Volkswagen National Challenge and a convincing 3rd place in the opening race of round seven of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship. Wesleigh Orr showed an improved turn of pace, particularly in race two, in the Global Consul
SAM Racing shines at Kyalami
The sun shone on SAM Racing at Kyalami on Saturday when the privateer team took first place overall in class A in round six of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship. Marco da Cunha, driving the Tubular-backed Nissan Dealer Team 350Z, scored an excellent second in race one after qualifying third on Friday and was fourth in race two after s
A busy weekend for SAM Racing
It will be another busy race meeting for Lee Philips and his SAM Racing outfit at Kyalami this weekend as the WesBank Super Series for national championship circuit racing starts the second half of its 10-round calendar. Three SAM-prepared Nissan 350Zs are entered in the premier class A of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship and there are t
Orr Grabs 2nd Place
SAM Racing approached the East London event with mixed feelings - on the one hand, David Perel's multiple season sponsor had thrown a huge curved ball by announcing that their 2008 racing budget would only be available for the team in April 2009 & on the other, multiple karting world champion & A1GP Rookie driver Wesleigh Orr had approached
Another Podium for Darryn
Darryn Lobb (Nissan Dealer Team 350Z) drove one of the best races of his young motor racing career to finish second in race two in round five of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship at East London on Saturday. On his first visit to the historic former grand prix circuit, the fastest layout in the championship and featuring the famed and s
Third overall for Darren Lobb
Tschops Sipuka and Leeroy Poulter qualified their Sasol Nissan 350Zs in first and third places respectively for the start of the first race at East London’s historic former grand prix circuit on Saturday. It was a result that Nissan Motorsport had worked hard for and it gave the team hope for a good race result on the fastest circuit ho
1st Formula VW Podium
The 3rd round of the WesBank Super Series was held at Port Elizabeth’s Aldo Scribante Race Circuit last weekend. The new Formula VW class had grown from 11 entries in Cape Town to 15 entries in Port Elizabeth. The two most popular new entries were A1GP test driver Wesleigh Orr and A1GP test driver candidate, Marc Murray. They would
Nissans Score Podium Finish
SAM Racing's privately-run Nissan Dealer Team of Marco da Cunha and Darryn Lobb scored a well-deserved podium finish in round three of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship in Port Elizabeth at the weekend. The pair of Tubular Nissan 350Zs scored valuable championship points in a race that seemed to favour the all-wheel drive Audi quattros.
Getting Closer
Last weekend I took part in my second Formula VW single seater race meeting. Our expectations are still low, so myself and the team were not expecting any fireworks. The aim was to just pick up some points and avoid trouble.... unfortunately that wasn't to be. The FVW brigade hadn't done any testing before this national event. Even though we