2013 New Zealand V8 season

The 2013 New Zealand V8 season was the fourteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Teretonga Park on 11 January and finished at the Pukekohe Park Raceway ITM Auckland 400 V8 Supercars event on 14 April after five championship meetings. The TLX Championship was won by Jason Bargwanna and the TL Championship was won by AJ Lauder.

Teams and drivers

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TLX Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Tulloch Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 2   Jason Bargwanna[1][2] All
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry 5   Martin Short[3] All
44   Brent Collins 4–5
Concept Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 007   Nick Ross[4] All
Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 20   Haydn Mackenzie 3, 5
TL Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Lance Hughes Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 3   Lance Hughes 5
Glenn Inkster Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 4   Glenn Inkster 5
Kevin Williams Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 8   Kevin Williams 3, 5
Alan McCarrison Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 9   Alan McCarrison 3
Tom Alexander Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 11   Tom Alexander 5
Straun Robinson Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 12   Straun Robinson All
Shaun Varney Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 14   Shaun Varney All
Team Aegis Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 15   Brad Lauder All
87   AJ Lauder All
Nigel Karl Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 17   Nigel Karl 4–5
Malcolm Finch Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 21   Malcolm Finch 5
Matt Booth Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 22   Matt Booth 5
Ian Booth Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 28
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  Ian Booth 3–5
Ford Falcon (BF)
Mark Gibson Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 35   Mark Gibson 5
Holden Haven Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 40   Bronson Porter 2–5
Jamie Gaskin Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 41   Jamie Gaskin 5
Paul Irwin Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 45   Paul Irwin 5
John McIntyre Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 47   John McIntyre 5
James McLaughlin Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 51   James McLaughlin 3–5
Nicholas Farrier Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 63   Nicholas Farrier 5
Liam McDonald Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 69   Liam McDonald 1–2, 5
ITM Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 70   Andrew Anderson 3, 5
Ross Cameron Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 74   Ross Cameron 4
Grant Molloy Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 99   Grant Molloy 1
Todd Pelham Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 111   Todd Pelham 4–5
Jack Kofoed Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 555   Jack Kofoed 5

Calendar

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Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 12–13 January Teretonga Park Invercargill   Martin Short Richards Team Motorsport
R2   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R3   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
2 R1 19–20 January Timaru International Motor Raceway Timaru   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R2   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R3   Martin Short Richards Team Motorsport
3 R1 9–10 February Manfeild Autocourse Feilding   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R2   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R3   Andrew Anderson ITM Racing
4 R1 9–10 March Taupo Motorsport Park Taupō   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R2   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R3   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
5 R1 13–14 April Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe   Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R2   Martin Short Richards Team Motorsport
R3   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport

Championship standings

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TLX Championship

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Pos Driver TER TIM MAN TAU PUK Pen. Pts
1   Jason Bargwanna 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 4th 1st Ret 5th 1st 2nd 2nd 1016
2   Nick Ross 2nd 3rd 3rd Ret 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 935
3   Martin Short 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd Ret 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 935
4   Haydn Mackenzie 4th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 4th 320
5   Brent Collins 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th Ret 294

TL Championship

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Pos Driver TER TIM MAN TAU PUK Pen. Pts
1   AJ Lauder 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 6th 6th Ret 906
2   Brad Lauder 6th 1st 6th 3rd 1st 2nd 4th 5th 5th 5th 1st Ret 11th 8th 9th 748
3   Shaun Varney 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 6th 3rd 5th Ret 8th Ret 6th 3rd 21st 15th 10th 639
4   Struan Robertson 4th 6th 4th 5th 5th 4th Ret 6th 7th 4th 8th 4th 16th 14th 11th 613
5   Kevin Williams 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 403
6   Andrew Anderson 1st 1st 1st 3rd 11th 2nd 382
7   James McLaughlin 8th 4th 6th Ret 4th 5th 8th 5th 6th 374
8   Bronson Porter DNS 4th 5th 6th Ret DNS 2nd 3rd Ret 5th Ret 7th 366
9   Liam McDonald 5th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 6th 23rd 13th 15th 362
10   Ian Booth Ret 7th 4th 7th 5th Ret 10th 12th 17th 266
11   Todd Pelham 3rd 7th 2nd 7th 7th 21st 263
12   John McIntyre 1st 2nd 1st 217
13   Grant Molloy 3rd 4th 3rd 174
14   Mark Gibson 4th 3rd 4th 168
15   Glenn Inkster 9th 4th 5th 139
16   Ross Cameron 6th 9th 7th 123
17   Nigel Karl Ret 10th 6th 20th 18th 20th 118
18   Jamie Gaskin 15th 10th 8th 94
19   Matt Booth 14th 9th 14th 84
20   Malcolm Finch 19th 16th 12th 62
21   Jack Kofoed 12th DNS 13th 54
22   Lance Hughes 17th 19th 16th 52
23   Nicholas Farrier 18th 20th 18th 44
24   Alan McCarrison 7th Ret DNS 42
25   Paul Irwin 22nd 17th 19th 41
26   Tom Alexander 13th 21st Ret 36
  Greg Browne Ret DNS DNS 0

References

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  1. ^ "Tulloch Motorsport Holden taking shape". NZV8s. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ "New generation NZV8 Holden features at CRC Speedshow". New Zealand Motor Racing. 19 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ "NEW TOYOTA CAMRY TEAM RAISES THE STAKES IN NZV8S". NZV8s. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Nick's next with a new Holden". NZV8s. 17 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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