2013–14 New Zealand V8 season

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

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TLX Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry 1   Jason Bargwanna 1–4
87   A. J. Lauder 1–4
Concept Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 007   Nick Ross 1–4
Varney Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 14   Shaun Varney 1–4
No Fea Racing Team Holden Commodore (VE) 84   Lance Hughes 1–4
TL Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Team Aegis Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 2   Brad Lauder 1–4
Glenn Inkster Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 4   Glenn Inkster 4
Barry Holden Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 8   Barry Holden 3–4
NDK Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 17   Nigel Karl 1
Todd Murphy Racing 18   Todd Murphy 4
Matthew Booth Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 22   Matthew Booth 1–4
Holden Commodore (VY)
Ford Falcon (BF)
28   Ian Booth 1–4
Red Ant Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 36   Glenn Pelham 1
Bronson Porter Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 40   Bronson Porter 1–4
James McLaughlin Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 51   James McLaughlin 1–4
John Hepburn Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 52   John Hepburn 3
Nathan Pilcher Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 55   Nathan Pilcher 2–3
Liam MacDonald Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 69   Liam MacDonald 2–3
Ross Cameron Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 74   Ross Cameron 2
Enzed Racing Team Ford Falcon (BF) 99   Grant Molloy 1–4
Brock Cooley Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 111   Brock Cooley 1–4
Changes from 2013
  • Championship Winning Team Tulloch Motorsport will not be returning this season.
  • TLX Championship winning driver Jason Bargwanna moves from Tulloch Motorsport to Richards Team Motorsport.
  • TL Championship winning driver AJ Lauder moves from Team Aegis Racing in the TL class to Richards Team Motorsport in the TLX Class.
  • Martin Short and Brett Collins from Richards Team Motorsport both will not be returning in 2013.
  • No Fea Racing Team buys Tulloch Motorsports Holden Commodore (VE) with Lance Hughes driving.
  • Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport will not be returning in 2013–14, neither will Haydn Mackenzie as a driver.
  • Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport sold their Ford Falcon (FG) to Varney Motorsport for Shaun Varney to drive.
  • Ethan Coleman Motorsport to enter sometime during the 2013–14 season.

There are multiple changes within the TL class, with many new drivers that will make the class extremely competitive.

Calendar

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Round Date Circuit Winning TL driver Winning TL team Winning TLX driver Winning TLX team
1 R1 16–17 November Pukekohe Park Raceway   Ian Booth Matthew Booth Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R2   James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R3   James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
2 R1 11–12 January Teretonga Park   Brad Lauder Team Aegis Racing   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R2   Liam MacDonald Liam MacDonald Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3   Liam MacDonald MacDonald Racing Team   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
3 R1 18–19 January Timaru International Motor Raceway   John Hepburn John Hepburn Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R2   James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3   James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
4 R1 8–9 February Manfeild Autocourse   Glenn Inkster Glenn Inkster Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R2   Barry Holden Barry Holden Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3   Barry Holden Barry Holden Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
5 R1 8–9 March Taupo Motorsport Park   Bronson Porter Bronson Porter Racing   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R2   Brad Lauder Team Aegis Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3   James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
6 R1 25–27 April Pukekohe Park Raceway   Kevin Williams Kevin Williams Racing   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R2   Ian Booth Matthew Booth Racing   Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R3   Kevin Williams Kevin Williams Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R4   Glenn Inkster Glenn Inkster Racing   Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport

Championship standings

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Pos Driver PUK TER TIM MAN TAU PUK Pen. Pts
TLX Championship
1   Nick Ross 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Ret 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 2nd 1228
2   Jason Bargwanna 1st 2nd 1st Ret 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st Ret Ret 1st 1st 1176
3   Lance Hughes 3rd 5th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd Ret 3rd 3rd 1014
4   Shaun Varney 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 4th Ret 4th 5th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 4th Ret Ret 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 923
5   A. J. Lauder DNS 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS 487
TL Championship
1   James McLaughlin 2nd 1st 1st DNS 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 6th 8th 9th 2nd 3rd 1st 809
2   Ian Booth 1st 7th 2nd 5th 5th 6th 8th 7th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 798
3   Brad Lauder DNS 2nd 4th 1st 8th Ret 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 1st Ret 738
4   Bronson Porter 8th 4th Ret 2nd 2nd Ret 4th Ret 4th 5th 6th 8th 1st 4th 7th 639
5   Brock Cooley 4th 8th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 7th 10th 6th Ret Ret 5th 8th Ret 5th 588
6   Grant Molloy 5th 3rd 6th 3rd 6th Ret 5th 3rd 9th DNS DNS DNS 7th 7th 6th 587
7   Matthew Booth 3rd Ret 5th DNS DNS 4th 9th 6th 7th 3rd 7th 6th 6th 6th 4th 583
8   Barry Holden DNS 5th DNS 8th 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 432
9   Liam MacDonald 6th 1st 1st 6th 8th 8th 318
10   Glenn Inkster 1st 2nd 2nd 209
11   John Hepburn 1st 4th 3rd 189
12   Glenn Pelham 6th 5th 7th 136
13   Todd Murphy 7th 5th 7th 133
14   Nigel Karl 7th 6th 8th 126
  Ross Cameron DNS DNS DNS 0
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)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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