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UDC V8 Ute Championship
2011-12
News, results and images
Protecta Insurance Racing Ford Ute
Media release
Thursday 10th November 2011
UDC V8 Ute Championship
Round one, Pukekohe Park Raceway

4-6th November 2011
Taylor Impresses with Podium and Top 5 on Debut
New driver to the series Steve Taylor shook up the UDC V8 Ute Championship at the weekend by placing third in the opening race of the season in his Protecta Insurance Racing Ford Ute at Pukekohe Park Raceway.

Previously a championship winner in the production class driving a substantially more nimble Honda Civic the Hamilton driver took to the high-powered yet weighty formula like a veteran hammer-head mixing it up with the ready-to-rumble V8 ute regulars.

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Mark Joblin Media release
Marlin Motorsport and UDC V8 Ute Championship
28th October 2011

Experienced Rookie Joins UDC V8 Utes
Steve 'Stig' Taylor, a two-time Production Racing Series Champion, is the latest addition to the UDC V8 Ute championship. Taylor will make the step into V8 Utes in Mark Joblins Marlin Motorsport Ltd Protecta Insurance Falcon. While he will be a series 'rookie' Taylor has over thirty years of
motorsport experience. That experience has seen him take his normally aspirated Honda Civic to two Production Racing Series titles, beating the factory Mazda team in the process. Earlier in his career he raced against the late David Lange in the national Ford Laser Series. He also enjoyed a successful rally career and is a past President of the Hamilton Car Club - a pretty good pedigree for a 'rookie'.

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