John's love of his cars and his province sees him being the Event Director of AmeriCARna, an American Car Festival being held yearly in New Plymouth since February 2007, and this year 2010 was also held in Invercargill. For more information go to this link  http://www.americarna.com
John is a great fan of all motor-sports, and races his Chev Camaro in the Super GT championship. Although JR won the 2004/05 Super GT class 4 champs, the Camaro continues to require development to remain competitive.

 After ten years in speedway driving both modifieds and sprintcars, JR's first forray off the dirt was in the A9X Torana in Classic racing which was raced all over New Zealand with great success.

Not to be outdone, Diane, John's better half, owns a beautiful example of a 1955 Chev Belair. The car is something Diane has always wanted and as such she now has her own classic car.