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2012 V8SuperTourer season

The 2012 V8SuperTourer season is a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand. It began on 17 February at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and ended on the 25 November at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Ruapuna after seven rounds. All cars use a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and are powered a Mosler 7-litre engine.

While the chassis and engines are the same (to provide a level playing field and hopefully allow the best drivers to succeed due to talent, not equipment), the cars can 'wear' body panels from any suitable model. So far, cars have appeared as either the Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore, but the chassis are a generic enough shape that a manufacturer such as Toyota or BMW could likely fit their bodywork to a Supertourer chassis and race as Lexus or 5 Series model.

16 cars were confirmed to run in the inaugural season. The V8SuperTourer also confirmed an exclusive broadcasting deal with TV3 to screen all of the races live on the Gillette Motorsport show.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2012 V8SuperTourer season.[2][3]

Team Vehicle No Driver Co-driver Rounds
International Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 2   Jonny Reid[4]   Wade Cunningham[5] All
32   Mitch Cunningham[6]   Dean Canto[6] 5–7
96   Ant Pedersen[7]   Matt Halliday[5]
  Alex Davison[8] 		All
Knight Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 5   Andy Knight[9] — 1–4
Edgell Performance Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 8   Tim Edgell[10]   Nick Chester[11]
  Chris van der Drift[12] 		All
MPC Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 12   Geoff Emery[13][14]   Christian Klien[15]
  Steve Owen[16] 		1–2, 4–7
93   Scott McLaughlin   Jonathon Webb[17] 1–2, 4–7
M3 Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 10   Richard Moore[9]   Owen Kelly[18] All
15   Paul Manuell[19][20]   Scott Harrison[21]
  John Penny[21] 1 		All
51   Greg Murphy
  Fabian Coulthard[22]
  Nick Cassidy[23] 		  Jack Perkins[24] 1, 3–4, 6–7
2
5
AV8 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 22   Andre Heimgartner
  Gene Rollinson 		  Paul Morris[25]
  Andy Booth[26] 		All
6
23   Andy Booth[19][27]   Tony D'Alberto[28] All
M2 Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 26   Simon McLennan[29]   Craig Innes[30]
  Cameron Waters[31] 		5–7
PSR Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 27   Craig Baird[32]
  George Miedecke[33] 		  Chris Pither[34]
 All
Tasman Motorsports Group Ford Falcon (FG) 31   Daniel Gaunt[35]   Andrew Waite[36] 4–7
John McIntyre Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 47   John McIntyre[9]   Jono Lester[37] All
556
70 		  Steven Richards[38]   Will Bamber[39]
  Scott Harrison[40]
  Dominic Storey[41]
Racing Projects Ford Falcon (FG) 66   Colin Corkery[42]   Jeroen Bleekemolen[43] 1–3, 5–7
Eddie Bell Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 69   Eddie Bell   Luke Youlden[44]
  Will Bamber[45] 		All
Farmer Racing Services[46] Holden Commodore (VE) 99   Kayne Scott[46]   Simon Evans[47] All
Angus Fogg Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 247   Angus Fogg[48]   Hugh Gardiner[49] 4–7

Notes:

  • ^1 – Scott Harrison was Paul Manuell's co-driver for Round 5 at Taupō, and John Penny was driving with Manuell at Pukekohe and Ruapuna.

Calendar edit

The 2012 V8SuperTourer season consisted of seven rounds.[50] The final three rounds were run under an endurance format akin to that run in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.

Rounds Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 		18 February   Kayne Scott   Scott McLaughlin   Greg Murphy M3 Racing
2 19 February   Greg Murphy   Greg Murphy M3 Racing
3   Kayne Scott   Ant Pedersen International Motorsport
2 4 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury) 		7 April   Fabian Coulthard   Fabian Coulthard   Fabian Coulthard M3 Racing
5 8 April   Fabian Coulthard   Fabian Coulthard M3 Racing
6   Fabian Coulthard   John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
3 7 Manfeild Autocourse
(Feilding, Manawatū District) 		28 April   Jonny Reid   John McIntyre   Jonny Reid International Motorsport
8 29 April   Jonny Reid   Jonny Reid International Motorsport
9   Andy Booth   Greg Murphy M3 Racing
4 10 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 		2 June   Scott McLaughlin   Scott McLaughlin   Scott McLaughlin MPC Motorsport
11 3 June   Scott McLaughlin   Scott McLaughlin MPC Motorsport
12   Scott McLaughlin   Scott McLaughlin MPC Motorsport

Endurance Series

Rounds Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning drivers Winning team
5 13 Taupo Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Taupō District) 		2 September   Nick Cassidy
  Jack Perkins 		  Nick Cassidy
  Jack Perkins 		  Nick Cassidy
  Jack Perkins 		M3 Racing
14   Jonny Reid
  Wade Cunningham 		  Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		MPC Motorsport
6 15 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 		28 October   Greg Murphy
  Jack Perkins 		  Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		  Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		MPC Motorsport
16   Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		  Greg Murphy
  Jack Perkins 		M3 Racing
17   Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		  Greg Murphy
  Jack Perkins 		M3 Racing
7 18 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury) 		25 November   Ant Pedersen
  Alex Davison 		  Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		  Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		MPC Motorsport
19   Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		  Daniel Gaunt
  Andrew Waite 		Tasman Motorsports

Championship standings edit

Drivers Championship edit

Sprint Championship edit

Pos Driver HAM RUA MAN HAM Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   John McIntyre 9th 6th 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 7th 2nd 5th 3rd 8th 2555
2   Jonny Reid 4th 2nd 9th 3rd 2nd 10th 1st 1st 5th 3rd Ret 4th 2334
3   Scott McLaughlin 10th 15th 3rd Ret 7th 15th 1st 1st 1st 2055
4   Andy Booth 3rd 4th 11th 7th 8th 4th Ret 5th 12th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1958
5   Greg Murphy 1st 1st 7th 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 5th 3rd 1742
6   Kayne Scott 2nd 3rd 13th 6th 5th 5th 10th 10th 7th 6th 10th Ret 1695
7   Ant Pedersen 8th 9th 1st 5th 6th 6th 4th 6th 9th Ret 14th 6th 1661
8   Craig Baird 5th DNF 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 9th 8th Ret 7th Ret 1604
9   Steven Richards 13th 10th 4th 11th 9th 7th 8th 4th 6th 10th 15th 10th 1553
10   Andre Heimgartner 16th 13th 5th 8th 13th 11th 12th 8th 13th 8th 4th 5th 1461
11   Andy Knight 6th 7th 8th 12th Ret Ret 7th 2nd 10th 9th 6th 7th 1277
12   Richard Moore 12th 11th Ret 10th 12th 14th 13th 11th 3rd Ret Ret 13th 1220
13   Paul Manuell 11th 8th Ret 14th 11th 12th 9th Ret 4th 7th 12th 9th 1184
14   Eddie Bell 7th 5th 12th 15th 10th 8th 5th 12th 11th 11th 9th Ret 1039
15   Geoff Emery 15th 12th 10th 9th 14th 9th 12th 11th 12th 639
16   Fabian Coulthard 1st 1st 2nd 757
17   Daniel Gaunt 14th 8th 11th 570
18   Colin Corkery 14th 14th Ret 13th Ret 13th 11th Ret Ret 439
19   Angus Fogg 13th 13th 14th 302
20   Mitch Cunningham 185
21   Simon McLennan 144
22   Tim Edgell 124
23   Gene Rollinson 0
Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 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)

Endurance Championship edit

Pos. Drivers Team TAU PUK RUA Pts.
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1   Nick Cassidy (Taupō)
  Greg Murphy (Pukekohe & Ruapuna)
  Jack Perkins 		Mike Pero Racing 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 13th 5th 1852
2   Scott McLaughlin
  Jonathon Webb 		MPC Motorsport 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 15th 1803
3   Richard Moore
  Owen Kelly 		M3 Racing 4th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 10th 13th 1220
4   Daniel Gaunt
  Andrew Waite 		Tasman Motorsports Group 6th 14th 7th 3rd 5th Ret 1st 1162
5   Ant Pedersen
  Matt Halliday (Taupō & Pukekohe)
  Alex Davison (Ruapuna) 		International Motorsport 18th 8th 6th 6th 7th 8th 4th 1068
6   Craig Baird (Taupō)
  George Miedecke (Pukekohe & Ruapuna)
  Chris Pither 		PSR Racing 8th 7th 10th 12th 11th 3rd 10th 976
7   Andre Heimgartner
  Gene Rollinson (Pukekohe R2 & R3)
  Paul Morris
  Andy Booth (Pukekohe R2 & R3) 		AV8 Motorsport 5th Ret 8th 11th 6th 9th 11th 856
8   Steven Richards
  William Bamber (Taupō)
  Scott Harrison (Pukekohe)
  Dominic Storey (Ruapuna) 		John McIntyre Racing 7th 9th 14th Ret 9th 7th 8th 795
9   Mitch Cunningham
  Dean Canto 		International Motorsport 10th 15th 13th 8th 13th 4th 16th 779
10   Andy Booth
  Tony D'Alberto 		AV8 Motorsport 9th 11th 5th DNS DNS 2nd 14th 777
11   John McIntyre
  Jono Lester 		John McIntyre Racing 3rd 3rd 18th 7th 14th DNS DNS 771
12   Geoff Emery
  Christian Klien (Taupō)
  Steve Owen (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) 		MPC Motorsport 17th 12th 15th 5th 15th Ret 2nd 755
13   Kayne Scott
  Simon Evans 		Farmer Racing Services Ret 5th 3rd 15th 4th DNS DNS 728
14   Simon McLennan
  Craig Innes (Taupō)
  Cameron Waters (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) 		M2 Motorsport 12th 18th 17th 13th 10th 5th 12th 692
15   Jonny Reid
  Wade Cunningham 		International Motorsport 13th 6th 9th 14th 16th 11th 17th 690
16   Angus Fogg
  Hugh Gardiner 		Angus Fogg Racing 14th 17th 12th 10th 12th 12th 9th 659
17   Paul Manuell
  Scott Harrison (Taupō)
  John Penny (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) 		M3 Racing 15th 13th 11th 9th 8th Ret 6th 608
18   Tim Edgell
  Nick Chester (Taupō)
  Chris van der Drift (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) 		Edgell Performance Racing 16th 16th 16th Ret DNS Ret 3rd 429
19   Eddie Bell
  Luke Youlden (Taupō & Ruapuna)
  William Bamber (Pukekohe) 		Eddie Bell Racing Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 6th 7th 336
20   Colin Corkery
  Jeroen Bleekemolen 		Racing Projects 11th 10th Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 221
Pos. Drivers Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts.
TAU PUK RUA
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)

See also edit

V8SuperTourer

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