Although we are now not involved in the workshop side of the Motorsport industry. We take the opportunity to run our own Sierra Cosworth at various events. We were invited to take part in the 2018/19 Bathurst Reunion held at Hampton Downs running the international circuit, where we competed against a mix of 4, 6, and 8 cylinder cars from the earlier Bathurst period. This is the vehicle built from ground up by Lodge Auto Centre. The vehicle ran faultless for the entire event, some great battles were had with other competitors.
Motorsport
Lodge Auto Centre and motorsport go hand in hand, as well as running a successful workshop for your day to day road cars we are also known as one of New Zealand’s top race car workshops. In a sport such as motorsport your reputation is built on results and here at Lodge Auto Centre we have been involved in winning over ten Motorsport New Zealand championships, and multiple race wins in both sprint and endurance racing.
We have some of the most modern equipment here Lodge Auto Centre to meet any of your motorsport requirements from chassis building to engine tuning, our full range of Intercomp chassis measuring equipment guarantees the accuracy you require to become a race winner and our Miller welders and cutters make fabrication a breeze along with our in-house chassis Dyno we have you covered for all your motorsport needs.
Some of our most recent success has come in the NZV8 touring car class, preparing the only car to win this championship THREE times. The three time championship winning Falcon was built and Maintained here at Lodge Auto Centre, as well as the two KTN (Kiwi Team Nürburgring)Honda’s, this team runs two identical Honda Type R Civics both built and maintained at Lodge Auto Centre and have had a 100% finish rate at the Nürburgring 24hour race in Germany and not only that they have won there class Five times. If you want this kind of success get in touch with one of our team at Lodge Auto Centre.
Our Group N championship winning Sierra Cosworth RS is now for sale
Ford Sierra Cosworth UK Group N Championship winning car.
SOLD Vehicle has a new owner back in the South Island.
Built in 1990 by Maxted Motors in the UK from NEW motorsport shell and Ford Group N parts package. Only raced once that year. Have related documentation.
1991 Driven by Ian Khan in UK group N championship competed in only three rounds. Competed in Nürburgring and Spa 24-hour races.
1992 Driven by Ian Khan winning the UK group N championship with five wins and four 2nd places. Competed in Nürburgring (2nd in class) and Spa 24-hour races. Have related documentation from Ian Khan. James Weaver and Will Hoy have shared drives with Ian in this vehicle. Vehicle has RAC Motor Sports Association advertising permit as it is a championship winning vehicle.
Vehicle was purchased by Lindsay O’Donnell and brought to New Zealand in 1994. Scott and Lindsay O’Donnell campaigned the car very successfully in the South Island for the next eight years. Changes were made to the car mainly for the purpose of endurance racing. Changes included dry break fuelling system, Proflex four-way adjustable shock absorbers, AP rotors and calliper’s front and rear, gear box and differential oil coilers. Fundamentally the car is still very much Group N style and specifications.
Luke Parker purchased the car from Lindsay O’Donnell in 2003. Shortly after that the engine suffered a failure. Luke had an engine built by HiTech Motorsport in Pukekohe. Unfortunately, the vehicle had a skirmish with a wall at Hampton Downs in 2010. Luke had good intensions of repairing, but other commitments waylaid this happening.
Mid 2018 I (Richard Field) purchased the vehicle in a non-repaired state. A plan was put together and the car repaired to a high standard both mechanically and body wise by Lodge Auto Centre Ltd . The car underwent a Motorsport NZ audit (with no items requiring attention) January 2019 when it ran at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon. The handling, drive, power and brakes were most impressive to say the least, no issues or gremlins with the car all day. The car is fully compliant and ready to run in competition. A copy of products repaired or replaced during the rebuild is available on request. All documentation comes with the vehicle.
