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 Australia Jason Bargwanna 1–4
87 New Zealand A. J. Lauder 1–4
Concept Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 007 New Zealand Nick Ross 1–4
Varney Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 14 New Zealand Shaun Varney 1–4
No Fea Racing Team Holden VE Commodore 84 New Zealand Lance Hughes 1–4
TL Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Team Aegis Racing Ford BF Falcon 2 New Zealand Brad Lauder 1–4
Glenn Inkster Racing Ford BF Falcon 4 New Zealand Glenn Inkster 4
Barry Holden Racing Ford BF Falcon 8 New Zealand Barry Holden 3–4
NDK Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 17 New Zealand Nigel Karl 1
Todd Murphy Racing 18 New Zealand Todd Murphy 4
Matthew Booth Racing Holden VY Commodore 22 New Zealand Matthew Booth 1–4
Holden VY Commodore
Ford BF Falcon
28 New Zealand Ian Booth 1–4
Red Ant Racing Ford BF Falcon 36 New Zealand Glenn Pelham 1
Bronson Porter Racing Holden VY Commodore 40 New Zealand Bronson Porter 1–4
James McLaughlin Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 51 New Zealand James McLaughlin 1–4
John Hepburn Racing Ford BF Falcon 52 New Zealand John Hepburn 3
Nathan Pilcher Racing Holden VY Commodore 55 New Zealand Nathan Pilcher 2–3
Liam MacDonald Racing Ford BF Falcon 69 New Zealand Liam MacDonald 2–3
Ross Cameron Racing Holden VY Commodore 74 New Zealand Ross Cameron 2
Enzed Racing Team Ford BF Falcon 99 New Zealand Grant Molloy 1–4
Brock Cooley Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 111 New Zealand Brock Cooley 1–4
Changes from 2013

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

Championship standings

Pos Driver PUK TER TIM MAN TAU PUK Pen. Pts
TLX Championship
1 New Zealand Nick Ross 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Ret 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 2nd 1228
2 Australia Jason Bargwanna 1st 2nd 1st Ret 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st Ret Ret 1st 1st 1176
3 New Zealand Lance Hughes 3rd 5th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd Ret 3rd 3rd 1014
4 New Zealand Shaun Varney 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 4th Ret 4th 5th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 4th Ret Ret 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 923
5 New Zealand A. J. Lauder DNS 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS 487
TL Championship
1 New Zealand James McLaughlin 2nd 1st 1st DNS 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 6th 8th 9th 2nd 3rd 1st 809
2 New Zealand Ian Booth 1st 7th 2nd 5th 5th 6th 8th 7th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 798
3 New Zealand Brad Lauder DNS 2nd 4th 1st 8th Ret 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 1st Ret 738
4 New Zealand Bronson Porter 8th 4th Ret 2nd 2nd Ret 4th Ret 4th 5th 6th 8th 1st 4th 7th 639
5 New Zealand Brock Cooley 4th 8th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 7th 10th 6th Ret Ret 5th 8th Ret 5th 588
6 New Zealand Grant Molloy 5th 3rd 6th 3rd 6th Ret 5th 3rd 9th DNS DNS DNS 7th 7th 6th 587
7 New Zealand Matthew Booth 3rd Ret 5th DNS DNS 4th 9th 6th 7th 3rd 7th 6th 6th 6th 4th 583
8 New Zealand Barry Holden DNS 5th DNS 8th 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 432
9 New Zealand Liam MacDonald 6th 1st 1st 6th 8th 8th 318
10 New Zealand Glenn Inkster 1st 2nd 2nd 209
11 New Zealand John Hepburn 1st 4th 3rd 189
12 New Zealand Glenn Pelham 6th 5th 7th 136
13 New Zealand Todd Murphy 7th 5th 7th 133
14 New Zealand Nigel Karl 7th 6th 8th 126
New Zealand Ross Cameron DNS DNS DNS 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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