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Ant Pedersen | |
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Nationality | New Zealander |
Born | 5 May 1988 |
V8 SuperTourers career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | International Motorsport |
Car number | 96 |
Starts | 14 |
Wins | 5 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2013 |
Previous series | |
2009 2010,14-15 2010,14-15 2012-15 2012 | Australian Mini Challenge Dunlop V8 Supercar Series International V8 Supercars V8SuperTourer Australian Carrera Cup |
Championship titles | |
2022 2022 | North Island Endurance Series- 1H North Island Endurance Series- 3H |
Anthony Arne Pedersen [1] (born 5 May 1988) is a racing driver from New Zealand.
In 2012, Pedersen was given the opportunity to run in the brand-new V8SuperTourer category in New Zealand and on the first ever race weekend, he was able to win the final race for International Motorsport. By the end of the season, Pedersen was able to finish sixth overall. In 2013, Pedersen came out firing managing to win four races, claim two pole positions and 11 podium finishes, which gave him second overall to Kiwi legend, Greg Murphy.
In 2014, Pedersen was selected to race the Super Black Racing wildcard entry at the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 alongside fellow Kiwi Andre Heimgartner. [2] Pedersen would again partner with Heimgartner for the 2015 endurance events.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2006-07 | Mini Challenge New Zealand | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 927 | 4th | |
2008 | Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 873 | 3rd | |
2009 | Australian Mini Challenge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 29th | |
2009-10 | New Zealand V8's | SCG Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 25th |
2010 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | MW Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 485 | 17th |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | MW Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 56th | |
2010-11 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge NZ Championship | International Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 442 | 10th |
2012 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | Hunter Sports Group | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 21st |
2012 | V8SuperTourer | International Motorsport | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2424 | 6th |
2013 | V8SuperTourer | International Motorsport | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3531 | 2nd |
2014 | V8SuperTourer | International Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 817 | 4th |
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | Eggleston Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1053 | 10th | |
International V8 Supercars Championship | Super Black Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 50th | |
2015 | V8 Supercars Dunlop Series | Eggleston Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 855 | 13th |
International V8 Supercars Championship | Super Black Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 50th |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2010 | MW Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | Damien Assaillit | 26th | 153 |
2014 | Super Black Racing | Ford Falcon FG | Andre Heimgartner | 11th | 161 |
2015 | Super Black Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | Andre Heimgartner | DNF | 35 |
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