HE'S NO1: Wanganui's Glenn Martin survived to win the North Island Pro-Sevens Series in his RX8 at the weekend.PHOTO/STUART MUNRO A-010415WCSMMARTIN1
Wanganui motor racer Glenn Martin has won the North Island Pro-Sevens Series in his RX8, after a shaky start to the final round in Taupo at the weekend.
Martin went into the final round 150 points ahead of his nearest rivals but, with 225 points up for grabs at Taupo,
victory was far from signed and sealed.
"I managed to finish second in the first race after a bit of a spin that sent me off the track," Martin said yesterday.
The Wanganui panelbeater came out and nailed the second race in finals weekend, but then had an epic battle with fellow Wanganui racer Phil Blythe in the last race of the series.
"It was a pretty exciting battle with Phil," he said. "He had beaten me in the very first race of the series in a car leased from the club but hadn't raced at the other meetings.