2011–12 New Zealand V8 season

2011–12 New Zealand V8s season
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The 2011–12 New Zealand V8 season was the thirteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 4 November 2011 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 22 April 2012 after six championship meetings and one non-championship event.

Teams and drivers

All teams must adhere to the series' car specification rules. All Holdens must be based upon the body shells of its VT, VX or VY Commodores, with upgrades available to replicate it to a VZ or VE.^[1] Similarly for Ford, their cars must be based upon the AU Falcon, with options to replicate the BA.^[2]

Team	Car	#	Driver	Rounds
Angus Fogg Racing	Ford BA Falcon	2	Angus Fogg^[3]	All
Richards Team Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	4	Simon Richards^[4]	All
Richards Team Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	5	Martin Short^[3]	All
	Holden VE Commodore	6	Geoff Short^[5]	NC
Concept Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	007	Nick Ross^[3]	All
	Holden VE Commodore	8	Kevin Williams^[5]	NC
Ezybuy Racing	Ford BA Falcon	9	Alan McCarrison^[4]	1, 5, NC
Tulloch Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	11	Simon Evans^[4]	All
Tulloch Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	12	Jason Bargwanna^[6]	All
Paul Manuell Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	15	Paul Manuell^[4]	1
Phil Blythe Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	16	Phil Blythe^[4]	1, 5–6
Dwayne Carter Racing	Ford BA Falcon	19	Dwayne Carter^[3]	All
Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	20	Haydn Mackenzie^[4]	1–3, 5
	Ford BA Falcon	20	Steve Taylor^[5]	NC
Penny Homes Racing	Ford BA Falcon	22	John Penny^[4]	1, 6
Edgell Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	26	Tim Edgell^[3]	All
Holden Haven Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	40	Bronson Porter^[7]	1, 5–6, NC
	Holden VZ Commodore	52	Trevor Parmenter	4
	Holden VZ Commodore	63	Ian Booth^[4]	1
			Malcolm Budd^[8]	3–4
			Struan Robinson^[9]	6, NC
ITM Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	70	Andrew Anderson	5, NC
	Holden VZ Commodore	74	Ross Cameron	2–6
	Holden VE Commodore	80	Matthew Clark^[5]	NC
Silverfern Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	82	Michael Bristow^[4]	1

Calendar

Round		Date	Event	Circuit	Location	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	4–6 November	Fujitsu 200	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe	Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
	R2					Paul Manuell	Paul Manuell Racing
	R3					Jason Bargwanna	Tulloch Motorsport
2	R1	9–11 December	Mike Pero 200	Powerbuilt Tools Raceway	Christchurch	Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R2					Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
	R3					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
3	R1	13–15 January	BNT 200	Teretonga Park	Invercargill	Jason Bargwanna	Tulloch Motorsport
	R2					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R3					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
4	R1	20–22 January	CRC 200	Timaru International Motor Raceway	Timaru	Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R2					Simon Richards	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
5	R1	10–12 February	Fujitsu 200	Manfeild Autocourse	Feilding	Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
	R2					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R3					Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
6	R1	9–11 March	Dunlop Grand Finals	Taupo Motorsport Park	Taupo	Martin Short	Richards Team Motorsport
	R2					Simon Evans	Tulloch Motorsport
	R3					Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
NC	R1	20–22 April	ITM Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton	Jason Bargwanna	Tulloch Motorsport
NC	R2	20–22 April	ITM Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton	Jason Bargwanna	Tulloch Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Pts
1	Angus Fogg	201	217	199	217	127	150	1193
2	Jason Bargwanna	189	173	202	194	159	181	1098
3	Tim Edgell	129	195	145	114	217	202	1002
4	Martin Short	94	162	194	147	108	163	868
5	Simon Richards	135	143	129	171	127	136	841
6	Simon Evans	111	139	87	148	148	173	806
7	Nick Ross	112	141	168	136	88	139	784
8	Dwayne Carter	87	108	130	39	108	120	592
9	Ross Cameron		99	75	111	80	102	467
10	Haydn Mackenzie	112	123			90		325
11	Bronson Porter	46				66	111	223
12	Phil Blythe	85				86	66	198
13	Paul Manuell	195						195
14	Alan McCarrison	66				117		183
15	John Penny	127						127
16	Struan Robertson						103	103
17	Andrew Anderson	85				86		132
18	Trevor Parmenter				85			85
19	Michael Bristow	78						78
20	Steve Taylor					63		63
21	Ian Booth	52						52
Pos	Driver	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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 (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

References

↑ "Holden Technical Regulations 2011–2012" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz (New Zealand V8s). 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
↑ "Ford Technical Regulations 2011–2012" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz (New Zealand V8s). 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
1 2 3 4 5 "Race News Edition 17" (PDF). 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Pukekohe BNT V8s Competitors" (PDF). NZV8. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
1 2 3 4
↑ "Bargs is back!" (PDF). BNT V8s Championship. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
↑ "Fresh talent enters BNT V8s championship chase" (PDF). BNT V8s Championship. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "Teretonga Entry List" (PDF). NZV8. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
↑ "Taupo Entry List" (PDF). NZV8. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-02-03.

External links

The official website of NZV8

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 NZ Touring Cars 2015–16

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