Nurburgring 2011

Ali Taylor

Alistair has been competing in national motorsport for the last 4 years. He has been a consistent front-runner in the Porsche Bridgestone Porsche series. Alistair has competed in both the 2008 & 2009 24 Hours of Nurburgring.


Alistair is the project manager for Frimley Estate a large residential development company located in the Hawkes Bay.

Jeff Lowrey

Jeff Lowrey has been circuit racing in the New Zealand Bridgestone Porsche series for the past 5 years. He is yet to beat his nemesis Brian McGovern who he has placed second to in the last 4 years of racing. 

His current car is a 911 964RS Spec and is sponsored by Dempsey Wood Civil of which Jeff is the company director.

Jeff has competed in several endurance races in New Zealand and this will be his second year racing in the Nurburgring. He also competed in 2009.

Brian McGovern

Brian McGovern has displayed a proven track record of successful circuit racing in New Zealand over the last 7 years with two NZ Bridgestone Porsche Championships under his belt and currently leading the 2010 Class A Championship.

His current car, a Porsche 944 Turbo S Modified was built into a race car from scratch by Brian who has done most of the work himself along with Turbo assistance from Lodge Auto Centre and has developed it into the reliable, quick and well balanced race car that it is today.

Endurance racing with Greg Taylor in the North Island Endurance Series lead firstly to Greg asking Brian to be the Kiwi Team Nurburgring Manager in 2006 and each year since and in 2007 a coveted and podium finishing drive in KTNs Honda Civic Type R. That first drive has lead to more successful drives in the super reliable Hondas and another chance to return to the Ring in 2010.

Brian is a Managing Director of a small niche company that undertakes Fuel Storage and Pipework upgrades at Service Stations around the North Island and when not motor racing keeps active with regular surfing in NZ and abroad.

Dean Cockerton

Dean is a very experienced campaigner haven driven in New Zealand championships for 6 years, in cars ranging from Formula Ford, Formula Atlantic, Formula 3000, Formula Holden, Porsche GT3.

He first raced with the Kiwi Team Nurburgring in 2009, finishing second in class.

He re-appears in 2011 at the chance of possibly running in the KTN Civics for the last time.

Greg Spark

A late starter to the motorsport scene, Greg Spark begun racing at the Targa rallies from 2006 in his Honda Integra Type-R. Targa events have been Greg's forte since his first appearance, and expand as far as the Taranaki Targa Tarmac Rally 2007-2009. Notable achievements are completing every stage in all Targa events, Class win and 1^st  Index of Performance (Modern) in Targa NZ 2009, 2^nd in Class Taranaki Tarmac Rally 2009, plus many other podium finishes.

A recent shift to circuit racing in the SS2000 series has tuned Greg's race skills in preparation for the Nurburgring 24 hour race.

Mark Corbett

A long time Honda stalwart, Mark believes the team’s choice of car to be perfect for such a gruelling challenge. Corbett returns to the same car he won his class in with the team in 2008, and also podiums in 2009 and 2010. He was looking foward to another successful race in 2011!

Mike Eady

Mike returns to the taem in 2011, having previously run with the team in 2006. Mike is a very experienced campaigner in New Zealand, having competed in numourous New Zeland championships including New Zealand touring cars, Porsche GT3's and many endurance racing. Including competing in the Bathurst 1000 in 1998. 

Day today Mike runs BMW driver training, he spends a lot of time on the race track, and brings 25 years of moterracing experience to the team.

Rod Hicks