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Watch the team's re-capping of the 2009/2010 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.
About Triple X Motorsport:
In three seasons of competition, Auckland based Triple X Motorsport have an enviable three New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Championship titles, twice the New Zealand Grand Prix crown and lap records at all of the major race circuits in the country.
The 2010 programme also includes the inaugural chase of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia title with multiple New Zealand and Australian race champion Craig Baird MNZM. Contested mainly in Asia's north, Baird and the Triple X team have had a tough induction learning new circuits and the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.
For the New Zealand domestic series, the Triple X Motorsport team has also included Craig Baird MNZM (ZM/Mad Butcher), Daniel Gaunt (Placemakers/Hampsta), Courtney Letica (Altherm), Shane McKillen (VnC Cocktails/Juice Bar) with David Reynolds (Hampsta/Indians Bar) making a late return, taking the place of Michael Morton, the team's entertainment director. Christchurch's Paul Kelly also runs under the team umbrella - making it six Porsche GT3 Cup type 997 cars for the 2009/2010 season.
Whangarei's Scott Harrison joins the team as a development driver in the Suzuki Swift Cup series with Earl Bamber and Stefan Webling in the two Toyota Racing Series cars.
Each race series use identical specification cars - excercising team nous and driver ability to win championships.
Triple X Motorsport team utilise the very best in personnel and management to back-up their intention of continually dominating New Zealand’s championship table.
Using Porsche’s pinnacle of innovation and epitome of development, they lead the way with performance and reliability. These examples of precision engineering are all capable of 270km/h – that’s 75metres a second. 420 horsepower from the 3.6 litre six cylinder Boxer engine, six-speed sequential transmission - bred for performance, their durability is unmatched by any other.
Just for the record so far: The 2009/10 season rewarded the team with Craig Baird (ZM/Mad Butcher Porsche 997) winning his third title for the team in three seasons, Daniel Gaunt (Placemakers/Hampsta Porsche 997) secured third overall plus the team won 14 from 18 races.
The team also entered two cars to the Toyota Racing Series, with Earl Bamber winning six out of 15 races - more than any other driver this season.
Wins also included the New Zealand Grand Prix (the second successive victory for the team) at Manfeild, the Timaru Herald trophy and Denny Hulme trophy.
Additionally, the team ran Whangarei's Scott Harrison in the Suzuki Swift Cup series. Scott finished third overall in his rookie season with two pole positions and two race victories in the Carpet One Suzuki.
Craig Baird MNZM was also named in the 2010 New Year honours list, for services to motorsport, capping off a season that included his 21st New Zealand championship title. Craig also received the prestigeous Jim Clark Trophy at the 2009 MotorSport New Zealand awards night and also recieved a Special Motorsport New Zealand Citation Award in recognition of being NZ's most prolific and successful racing driver.
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