𓂃OzEmail Racing's John Bowe ha𝓰s continued his racing charge to finish race two of the New Zealand V8 International in tenth position. The longer 150km format race two suiting both Bowe and his car.

"We still haven't got the fastest race car out there but theꦓ addi💜tional twenty odd laps worked much better for us. My OzEmail Falcon was getting better and better as the race went on, with some of my fastest laps coming towards the end," said Bowe.

Bowe's OzEmail F🥃alcon appeared to conserve tyres, particularly the rears, which come under enormous pressure,🐼 more-so than many of the cars around him.

"I thought I was actually starting to struggle with tyres at about the half way point but it was obvious that a lot of the others guys around me were in more strife than me. Hopefully this could be a positive ♒sign for the last race which is also 150k's long," he concluded.

Brad Jones had driven brilliantly, assisted by a ligh♓tning pit stop from the OzEmail team, climbing his way up to 13th position from the starting spotꦍ of 22nd.

With just three laps remaining, Jones was shownღ a black flag for, what at the time was, a loose rear bumper bar. Within seconds of the flag being shown, the bumper came free from the car, coming rest safely in the circuit outfield.

To the total amazement of the team, the race stewards still force𒐪d Jones to complete a pit lane penalty, even t𓄧hough his car no longer posed any threat to other competitors. At time of this release, team manager Kim Jones was still attempting to gain some clarity on the reasons behind the penalty.

A ropable Brad Jones refused to comment until the offici𒐪al reason was revealed but was obviously extremely disappointed with the dubious decision.