Murphy Gets Real V8 SuperTourer Laps

Kiwi star Greg Murphy has given a glowing appraisal of his New Zealand V8 SuperTourer racer at his first full day of testing at Hampton Down south of Auckland. 

Murphy had previously driven a prototype version of the all-new Kiwi tourer, but getting behind the wheel of the Mike Pero-backed M3 Racing Commodore had the four-time Bathurst win-ner smiling from ear to ear.

Although it was just a shakedown test, Murphy and a group of other drivers that included team-mates Paul Manuell and Rich-ard Moore, as well as Andy Booth and Andre Heimgartner of AV8 Motorsport completed a significant number of laps. Teams circulated the track until 7pm local time with Murphy setting the benchmark time of 1:04.3, just .10 quicker than 16 year old Heimgartner.

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