Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Runner up at this year's Bathurst 1000, V8 Supercar driver Cameron McConville will retire from the sport at the end of the year because he is "over" the ups and downs of motor-racing.

The Holden driver, who finished second with New Zeland's Jason Richards, says a big crash at the SuperGP event on the Gold Coast convinced him it was the right time to step out of the sport.

McConville crashed into a concrete wall at Surfers Paradise after clashing with Ford driver Fabian Coulthard and came just weeks after a spectacular crash in the early stages of the Phillip Island endurance race.

McConville wh's 35 says he'd made up his mind to retire before the Gold Coast event, and the scare of the crash there had shown him he was making the right decision.