2011–12 New Zealand V8 season

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 edit

  • 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
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
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
  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 edit

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 Taupō 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
R2 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport

Championship standings edit

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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References edit

  1. ^ "Holden Technical Regulations 2011–2012" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Ford Technical Regulations 2011–2012" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e "Race News Edition 17" (PDF). 17 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Pukekohe BNT V8s Competitors" (PDF). NZV8. Retrieved 6 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/04/2012.HAM.R5 [dead link]
  6. ^ "Bargs is back!" (PDF). BNT V8s Championship. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Fresh talent enters BNT V8s championship chase" (PDF). BNT V8s Championship. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Teretonga Entry List" (PDF). NZV8. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Taupo Entry List" (PDF). NZV8. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.[permanent dead link]

External links edit