2013–14 New Zealand V8 season

2013–14 New Zealand V8s season
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The 2013–14 New Zealand V8 season was the fifteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at the Thunder in the Park event at Pukekohe Park Raceway on 16 November 2013 and finished at the Pukekohe Park Raceway ITM Auckland 400 V8 Supercars event on 27 April after six championship meetings. Jason Bargwanna was the reigning TLX champion, and whilst AJ Lauder won the TL Championship, graduated into the TLX class to battle for the title. The TLX Championship eventually was won by Nick Ross and the TL Championship was won by Ian Booth.

Teams and drivers

TLX Championship
Team	Vehicle	#	Driver	Rounds
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry	1	Jason Bargwanna	1–4
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry	87	A. J. Lauder	1–4
Concept Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	007	Nick Ross	1–4
Varney Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon	14	Shaun Varney	1–4
No Fea Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	84	Lance Hughes	1–4
TL Championship
Team	Vehicle	#	Driver	Rounds
Team Aegis Racing	Ford BF Falcon	2	Brad Lauder	1–4
Glenn Inkster Racing	Ford BF Falcon	4	Glenn Inkster	4
Barry Holden Racing	Ford BF Falcon	8	Barry Holden	3–4
NDK Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	17	Nigel Karl	1
Todd Murphy Racing		18	Todd Murphy	4
Matthew Booth Racing	Holden VY Commodore	22	Matthew Booth	1–4
Matthew Booth Racing	Holden VY Commodore Ford BF Falcon	28	Ian Booth	1–4
Red Ant Racing	Ford BF Falcon	36	Glenn Pelham	1
Bronson Porter Racing	Holden VY Commodore	40	Bronson Porter	1–4
James McLaughlin Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	51	James McLaughlin	1–4
John Hepburn Racing	Ford BF Falcon	52	John Hepburn	3
Nathan Pilcher Racing	Holden VY Commodore	55	Nathan Pilcher	2–3
Liam MacDonald Racing	Ford BF Falcon	69	Liam MacDonald	2–3
Ross Cameron Racing	Holden VY Commodore	74	Ross Cameron	2
Enzed Racing Team	Ford BF Falcon	99	Grant Molloy	1–4
Brock Cooley Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	111	Brock Cooley	1–4

Changes from 2013

Championship Winning Team Tulloch Motorsport will not be returning this season.
TLX Championship winning driver Jason Bargwanna moves from Tulloch Motorsport to Richards Team Motorsport.
TL Championship winning driver AJ Lauder moves from Team Aegis Racing in the TL class to Richards Team Motorsport in the TLX Class.
Martin Short and Brett Collins from Richards Team Motorsport both will not be returning in 2013.
No Fea Racing Team buys Tulloch Motorsports Holden VE Commodore with Lance Hughes driving.
Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport will not be returning in 2013–14, neither will Haydn Mackenzie as a driver.
Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport sold their Ford FG Falcon to Varney Motorsport for Shaun Varney to drive.
Ethan Coleman Motorsport to enter sometime during the 2013–14 season.

There are multiple changes within the TL class, with many new drivers that will make the class extremely competitive.

Calendar

Round		Date	Circuit	Winning TL driver	Winning TL team	Winning TLX driver	Winning TLX team
1	R1	16–17 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Ian Booth	Matthew Booth Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R2			James McLaughlin	James McLaughlin Motorsport	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport
	R3			James McLaughlin	James McLaughlin Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
2	R1	11–12 January	Teretonga Park	Brad Lauder	Team Aegis Racing	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport
	R2			Liam MacDonald	Liam MacDonald Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3			Liam MacDonald	MacDonald Racing Team	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport
3	R1	18–19 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway	John Hepburn	John Hepburn Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R2			James McLaughlin	James McLaughlin Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3			James McLaughlin	James McLaughlin Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
4	R1	8–9 February	Manfeild Autocourse	Glenn Inkster	Glenn Inkster Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R2			Barry Holden	Barry Holden Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3			Barry Holden	Barry Holden Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
5	R1	8–9 March	Taupo Motorsport Park	Bronson Porter	Bronson Porter Racing	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport
	R2			Brad Lauder	Team Aegis Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3			James McLaughlin	James McLaughlin Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
6	R1	25–27 April	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Kevin Williams	Kevin Williams Racing	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport
	R2			Ian Booth	Matthew Booth Racing	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport
	R3			Kevin Williams	Kevin Williams Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport
	R4			Glenn Inkster	Glenn Inkster Racing	Jason Bargwanna	Richards Team Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	PUK			TER			TIM			MAN			TAU			PUK				Pen.	Pts
TLX Championship
1	Nick Ross	4th	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	Ret	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	4th	2nd		1228
2	Jason Bargwanna	1st	2nd	1st	Ret	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	Ret	Ret	1st	1st		1176
3	Lance Hughes	3rd	5th	5th	4th	5th	4th	5th	4th	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	Ret	3rd	3rd		1014
4	Shaun Varney	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	4th	Ret	4th	5th	4th	4th	2nd	4th	4th	Ret	Ret	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th		923
5	A. J. Lauder	DNS	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	DNS	DNS	DNS				Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS		487
TL Championship
1	James McLaughlin	2nd	1st	1st	DNS	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	6th	8th	9th	2nd	3rd	1st					809
2	Ian Booth	1st	7th	2nd	5th	5th	6th	8th	7th	5th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	3rd					798
3	Brad Lauder	DNS	2nd	4th	1st	8th	Ret	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	5th	1st	Ret					738
4	Bronson Porter	8th	4th	Ret	2nd	2nd	Ret	4th	Ret	4th	5th	6th	8th	1st	4th	7th					639
5	Brock Cooley	4th	8th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd	7th	10th	6th	Ret	Ret	5th	8th	Ret	5th					588
6	Grant Molloy	5th	3rd	6th	3rd	6th	Ret	5th	3rd	9th	DNS	DNS	DNS	7th	7th	6th					587
7	Matthew Booth	3rd	Ret	5th	DNS	DNS	4th	9th	6th	7th	3rd	7th	6th	6th	6th	4th					583
8	Barry Holden							DNS	5th	DNS	8th	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd					432
9	Liam MacDonald				6th	1st	1st	6th	8th	8th											318
10	Glenn Inkster										1st	2nd	2nd								209
11	John Hepburn							1st	4th	3rd											189
12	Glenn Pelham	6th	5th	7th																	136
13	Todd Murphy										7th	5th	7th								133
14	Nigel Karl	7th	6th	8th																	126
	Ross Cameron				DNS	DNS	DNS														0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

External links

Official website

New Zealand V8s Championship Series

New Zealand Touring Car Championship 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 New Zealand V8s 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013 2013–14 2014–15