2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series

The 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Touring Cars, which are de-registered and superseded former V8 Supercars. Although the series utilised cars built for V8 Supercar racing, it was not an official V8 Supercar series. It involved two classes, the S class for cars with sequential gearboxes, and the H class for cars with H-pattern gearboxes.

It was the seventh running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. It began at Mallala Motor Sport Park on 26 April and finished at Sydney Motorsport Park on 2 November after six meetings held in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series, with Tri State Racing Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager.^[1]

The sequential gearbox class and the overall series was won by rookie Justin Ruggier, in a battle with Ryan Simpson. Although Simpson won three rounds to Ruggier's two, Simpson suffered from penalties and not being allowed to compete in one race at Phillip Island due to noise restrictions. Simpson still managed to break the record for the number of wins in the category with 10 victories. Matt Chahda finished 4th in the series and clinched the title for the highest placed driver with a H-pattern gearbox.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Justin Ruggier (Holden VZ Commodore placed first in the series

Ryan Simpson (Ford BF Falcon) placed second in the series

Steve Briffa (Holden VY Commodore placed fifth in the series

Simon Tabinor (Ford BF Falcon) placed eleventh in the series

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series:

Team	No	Driver	Class	Car
Fernandez Motorsport	3	Jose Fernandez	H	Ford BA Falcon
Kustom Works/Supercar Parts	4	Shane Hunt	S	Ford BF Falcon
Voight Contracting	5	Aaron Tebb	H	Holden VZ Commodore
501 Performance	6	Tony Evangelou	H	Ford BF Falcon
Poco Racing	8	Steve Briffa	H	Holden VY Commodore
JCV Automotive	12	John Vergotis	H	Ford BA Falcon
selby.com.au	14	Simon Tabinor	S	Ford BF Falcon
Enviropress	16	Darrin Renouf	H	Holden VX Commodore
Falcon Spares/Engine Master	18	Matt Chahda	H	Ford BA Falcon
Century 21 Haselbrook	21	Matt Chahda	H	Ford BA Falcon
STR Truck Bodies	24	Gerard McLeod	S	Ford BF Falcon
	24	Drew Russell
	48	Matthew Palmer
MW Motorsport	26	Matthew White	S	Ford BF Falcon
MW Motorsport	28	Ryan Cochran	S	Ford BF Falcon
Haymans Electrical	31	Ramon Connell	H	Ford AU Falcon
Eggleston Motorsport	38	Cameron McConville	S	Holden VZ Commodore
Eggleston Motorsport	54	Justin Ruggier	S	Holden VZ Commodore
Vectra Corp/Lubrimaxx	39	Chris Smerdon	S	Ford BA Falcon
THR Motorsport	51	Craig Dontas	H	Holden VZ Commodore
ADG Engineering	57	Lyle Kearns	H	Holden VZ Commodore
G&D Strong Excavations	75	Brendan Strong	H	Holden VZ Commodore
Parramatta Smash Repairs	88	Ryan Simpson	S	Ford BF Falcon

Calendar

The series was contested over six rounds.

Rd.	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner
1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	25–27 April	Ryan Simpson
2	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	13–15 June	Ryan Simpson
3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	8–10 August	Ryan Simpson
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	19–21 September	Cameron McConville
5	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	17–10 October	Justin Ruggier
6	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	31 October-2 November	Justin Ruggier

Points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Qualifying	3
Races 1 & 2	40	35	31	27	23	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Races 3	60	53	47	41	35	30	26	23	20	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	6	5	3	2

Series results

Position^[3]	Driver^[3]	Car	Class^[3]	Total points^[3]
1	Justin Ruggier	Holden VZ Commodore	S	763
2	Ryan Simpson	Ford BF Falcon	S	709
3	Matthew Palmer	Ford BF Falcon	S	488
4	Matt Chahda	Ford BA Falcon	H	447
5	Steve Briffa	Holden VY Commodore	H	418
6	Drew Russell	Ford BF Falcon	S	227
7	John Vergotis	Ford BA Falcon	S	226
8	Chris Delfsma	Ford BA Falcon	H	137
9	Cameron McConville	Holden VZ Commodore	S	133
10	Brendan Strong	Holden VZ Commodore	H	127
11	Simon Tabinor	Ford BF Falcon	S	114
12	Shane Hunt	Ford BF Falcon	S	106
13	Chris Smerdon	Ford BA Falcon	S	99
14	Aaron Tebb	Holden VZ Commodore	H	71
15	Ryan Cochrane	Ford BF Falcon	S	66
16	Darrin Renouf	Holden VX Commodore	H	57
17	Jose Fernandez	Ford BA Falcon	H	55
18	Gerard McLeod	Ford BF Falcon	S	52
19	Craig Dontas	Holden VZ Commodore	H	51
20	Lyle Kearns	Holden VZ Commodore	H	24
21	Tony Evangelou	Ford BF Falcon	H	0
22	Ramon Connell	Ford AU Falcon	H	0

References

^ 2014 Australian V8 Touring Car Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
^ "RUGGIER CROWNED KUMHO V8 CHAMPION IN SYDNEY FINALE". V8 Touring Cars. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2014 Australian V8 Touring Car Series Series Results" (PDF). Kumho Tires Australian V8 Touring Car Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-11-29.

[Regs-1] 2014 Australian V8 Touring Car Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[2] "RUGGIER CROWNED KUMHO V8 CHAMPION IN SYDNEY FINALE". V8 Touring Cars. Retrieved 2014-11-29.

[points-3] "2014 Australian V8 Touring Car Series Series Results" (PDF). Kumho Tires Australian V8 Touring Car Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-11-29.

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