{"id":63,"date":"2021-04-15T05:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T05:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v8superutes.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2022-02-02T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:00:40","slug":"superute-series-winners-announce-return-for-v8-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v8superutes.com\/superute-series-winners-announce-return-for-v8-era\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPERUTE SERIES WINNERS ANNOUNCE RETURN FOR V8 ERA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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WORDS VIA SPEEDCAFE.COM<\/p>

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Peters Motorsport and its title-winning driver Ryal Harris will be on the grid when SuperUtes returns as a V8 category next month.<\/p>

Team manager Brett Peters has confirmed that Harris will be back in the same Mazda BT-50 in which he won the 2018 series, carrying backing again from EFS 4\u00d74 Accessories.<\/p>

This time around, however, the dual cab will have\u00a0the LS3 engine which entries are running under the bonnet<\/a>, rather than a turbo diesel.<\/p>

Harris, also a three-time series winner in the V8 Utes of old, now races for Peters in Touring Car Masters but has been won over by what he has seen of the SuperUtes\u2019 latest developments.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019ll now be running a third V8-powered race car this year,\u201d Peters told Speedcafe.com, in reference also to\u00a0the TCM Camaro and Torana<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cEFS is back, [general manager Clayton Mortensen has] been watching with interest, everything that Luke\u2019s [Sieders, V8 SuperUtes project leader<\/a>] been doing.<\/p>

\u201cWe thought he was going to sit on the fence but he\u2019s in, so we\u2019re flicking the switch.<\/p>

\u201cRyal\u2019s pumped as well. He\u2019s been hot and cold about the whole thing, but same old thing, he\u2019s just been watching, watching, watching, and he was like, \u2018Hell yeah.\u2019\u201d<\/p>

The BT-50 in question, which belongs to Peters Motorsport team owner Rod Dawson, already had a V8 installed in late-2019.<\/p>

While that was for the purpose of determining fit, and the intent of offering evaluations for prospective drivers in the series, it also means that installing the category LS3 is now a relatively straightforward exercise.<\/p>

\u201cWe already had an old LS in it so a lot of the hard work\u2019s done,\u201d explained Peters.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty late to be making the decision but a lot of the hard work\u2019s done because we\u2019ve already done all that sort of stuff; engine mounts, and the list goes on and on and on.<\/p>

\u201cI think [the LS3] should arrive today or tomorrow. Fortunately, they had engines ready to go.<\/p>

\u201cThat\u2019s the other thing; honestly, Luke\u2019s done a magnificent job on the whole thing and it\u2019s all going to come together just nicely, so it\u2019s looking very, very positive.<\/p>

\u201cWith the Haltech tune, they\u2019ve got heaps of mumbo, so they\u2019ll be super fun to drive.<\/p>

\u201cFor EFS, obviously the same television package that utes always had was a strong positive for him making his decision, and the fact that they\u2019re going to be fast and exciting, so let\u2019s bring it on.\u201d<\/p>

Harris shook down what was by then already a V8-powered BT-50 in January 2020.<\/p>

CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0to watch<\/em><\/p>

Speedcafe.com understands that V8 SuperUtes is still tracking well for a 16-strong grid when the season opens at The Bend next month.<\/p>

That would be the largest field in the broader SuperUtes era, which hit a high of 14 entries during 2019, the second and final season of diesel power.<\/p>

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WORDS VIA SPEEDCAFE.COM \u00a0 Peters Motorsport and its title-winning driver Ryal Harris will be on the grid when SuperUtes returns as a V8 category next month. Team manager Brett Peters has confirmed that Harris will be back in the same Mazda BT-50 in which he won the 2018 series, carrying backing again from EFS 4\u00d74 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSUPERUTE SERIES WINNERS ANNOUNCE RETURN FOR V8 ERA - V8 SuperUte Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/v8superutes.com\/superute-series-winners-announce-return-for-v8-era\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SUPERUTE SERIES WINNERS ANNOUNCE RETURN FOR V8 ERA - V8 SuperUte Series\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WORDS VIA SPEEDCAFE.COM \u00a0 Peters Motorsport and its title-winning driver Ryal Harris will be on the grid when SuperUtes returns as a V8 category next month. 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