2010–11 New Zealand V8 season

The 2010–11 New Zealand V8 season was the twelfth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 5 November 2010 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 17 April 2011 after seven championship meetings. John McIntyre won the championship by 81 points over 2nd placed Craig Baird, 3rd placed Andy Booth, and 4th placed Angus Fogg.

Teams and drivers

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  • 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 Make Car # Driver Rounds
Pedersen Sheehan Racing   BA Falcon 1   Craig Baird All
Matt Lockwood Motorsports   VZ Commodore 3   Matt Lockwood 5–7
Ballistic Motorsport Team   BA Falcon 4   Simon Richards All
Knight Motorsport   BA Falcon 5
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  Andy Knight All
Angus Fogg Racing   BA Falcon 6   Angus Fogg All
Concept Motorsport   VZ Commodore 007   Nick Ross All
55   Christina Orr-West 1, 5–7
Team LG   BA Falcon 9   William Bamber 1–5
75   Dean Perkins 6–7
Martin Short Racing   BA Falcon 11   Martin Short All
Tulloch Motorsport   BA Falcon 12   Jason Bargwanna 1–4, 6
  Gene Rollinson 7
Paul Manuell Racing   VZ Commodore 15   Paul Manuell All
Albany Toyota NZV8   BA Falcon 20   Haydn Mackenzie 1, 5–7
Penny Homes Racing   VZ Commodore 22   John Penny 1
  BA Falcon 2–7
  VY Commodore 33   David Hopper All
AV8 Motorsport   VE Commodore 23   Andy Booth All
Edgell Performance Racing   BA Falcon 26   Tim Edgell All
Ezibuy Racing   BA Falcon 28   Wade Henshaw 2, 5, 7
John McIntyre Racing   BA Falcon 47   John McIntyre All
John Hepburn Racing   VZ Commodore 52   John Hepburn 1–4, 7
Eddie Bell Racing   BA Falcon 69   Eddie Bell All
ITM Racing   VE Commodore 70   Andrew Anderson All
Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects   BA Falcon 99   Kayne Scott All
  VE Commodore 400   Scott McLaughlin All

Calendar

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Round Date Event Circuit Location Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 7 November Fujitsu 200 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
R3 Andy Booth AV8 Motorsport
2 R1 28 November Altherm 500 Powerbuilt Tools Raceway Christchurch Craig Baird Pedersen Sheehan Racing
R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
R3 Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
3 R1 16 January Zoagn 200 Teretonga Park Invercargill John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
R2 Kayne Scott Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing
4 R1 23 January Juiced Up 200 Timaru International Motor Raceway Timaru Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing
R2 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing
R3 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
5 R1 13 February CRC 200 Manfeild Autocourse Feilding Kayne Scott Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
R2 Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing
R3 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
6 R1 13 March Battery Town 200 Taupo Motorsport Park Taupō Kayne Scott Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
R2 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
R3 Scott McLaughlin Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
7 R1 17 April ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
R3 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing

Championship standings

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Pos Driver Make # PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU HAM Pts[3]
1   John McIntyre   47 150 129 170 180 111 191 225 1156
2   Craig Baird   1 169 184 209 134 149 98 132 1075
3   Andy Booth   23 111 166 130 152 147 109 187 1002
4   Angus Fogg   6 170 194 178 186 121 126 DNQ 975
5   Andy Knight   5
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148 117 129 125 145 138 96 898
6   Tim Edgell   26 166 93 136 95 189 52 93 824
7   Paul Manuell   15 114 84 107 123 115 159 87 789
8   Scott McLaughlin   400 101 69 123 68 88 174 132 755
9   Nick Ross   007 88 81 61 95 97 88 111 621
10   Eddie Bell   69 78 124 80 69 48 94 112 605
11   Jason Bargwanna   12 105 DSQ 154 174 174 603
12   John Penny  
 
22 72 84 100 66 87 90 93 592
13   Andrew Anderson   70 69 108 85 71 80 86 91 590
14   Simon Richards   4 95 88 66 93 87 85 58 572
15   Martin Short   11 75 115 79 83 97 76 14 539
16   Wade Henshaw   28 100 151 163 414
17   David Hopper   33 42 70 52 40 62 44 50 360
18   William Bamber   9 89 74 81 57 16 317
19   John Hepburn   52 66 26 42 107 70 311
20   Christina Orr-West   55 64 60 83 52 259
21   Matt Lockwood   3 110 20 36 242
22   Haydn Mackenzie   20 78 102 20 36 236
23   Dean Perkins   75 99 66 165
24   Kayne Scott   99 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 86 86
25   Gene Rollinson   12 26 26
Pos Driver Make # PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU HAM 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

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  1. ^ "Holden Technical Regulations 2010–2011" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 7 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Ford Technical Regulations 2010–2011" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  3. ^ "NZV8s Results & Points". John McIntyre Racing. John McIntyre. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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