2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship

2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship
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The 2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2018–19 BNT V8s Championship) was the twentieth season of the series, and the fourth under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field consisted of two classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two consisted of older NZV8 TL cars. The series was won by Australian Jack Smith, with Justin Ashwell taking the Class Two championship.

Entrants

Entrant	Vehicle	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class One
Concept Motorsport	Nissan Altima (L33)	007	Nick Ross^[1]	All
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry (XV50)	10	Brenton Grove^[2]	All
		62	Chelsea Herbert^[3]	All
		222	Scott Taylor^[2]	1–3, 5
JumpFlex Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	42	Matt Tubbs^[1]	All
Rob Wallace Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	51	Rob Wallace^[1]	All
Lathrope Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	73	Brad Lathrope^[1]	All
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden Commodore (VE)	84	Lance Hughes^[4]	All
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden Commodore (VE)	85	Jack Smith^[4]	All
Class Two
Justin Ashwell Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BF)	11	Justin Ashwell^[1]	All
Brock Timperley Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BF)	59	Brock Timperley^[5]	1
Matt Podjursky Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	77	Matt Podjursky^[1]	All
Matthew Clarke Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	80	Matthew Clarke^[1]	1
Class Three
AV8 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	3	Tony Anderson^[1]	2, 5–6
AV8 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	32	Tony Anderson^[1]	1
Mortimer Motorsport	BMW M3 (E92)	15	Kent Baigent^[1]	1
	BMW M3 (E92)	98	Andrew Nugent	5
	BMW M3 GTR (E46)	177	Matt Griffin^[1]	1
Motorsport Services	Hyundai i45	17	Todd Murphy^[1]	1
Brayden Philips Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	17	Brayden Philips	3–4
Shaws Asphalters	Holden Commodore (VE)	23	John de Veth^[1]	1
Justin McIllroy Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	25	Justin McIllroy	5
McDonald Kerbing Specialist	Holden Commodore (VE)	50	Blair McDonald	2, 6
Darryl Clarke Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	54	Darryl Clarke^[1]	1
4H Investments- Auto Garage	Holden Commodore (VE)	57	Eric Hennephof	2, 6
Murray Bell Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	110	Murray Bell	5–6
Nigel Karl Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	171	Nigel Karl^[1]	1
Collins Motorsport	Ford Mustang (S550)	777	Sam Collins	5
Collins Motorsport	Ford Mustang (S550)	777	Paul Radisich	6

Race calendar and results

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.^[6]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class Two Winner	Class Three Winner
2018
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland Region	November 2–4	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Brock Timperley	John de Veth
	R2				Lance Hughes	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport	Brock Timperely	Tony Anderson
	R3				Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport	Brock Timperely	John de Veth
2	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit) Pukekohe, Auckland Region	December 7–9	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Justin Ashwell	Tony Anderson
	R2				Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Tony Anderson
	R3				Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport	Justin Ashwell	Tony Anderson
2019
3	R1	Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell, Otago	January 11–13	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R2				Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R3				Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Justin Ashwell	Brayden Philips
4	R1	Teretonga Park Invercargill, Southland	January 18–20	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R2				Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R3				Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
5	R1	Circuit Chris Amon Feilding, Manawatū District	February 8–10	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Concept Motorsport	Matt Podjursky	Blair McDonald
	R2				Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Tony Anderson
	R3				Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Tony Anderson
6	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Hampton Downs, North Waikato	March 9–10	Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Hamilton Motorsports	Justin Ashwell	Tony Anderson
	R2				Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Paul Radisich
	R3				Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Hamilton Motorsports	Matt Podjursky	Paul Radisich

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	PUK1			PUK2			HIG			TER			CCA			HAM			Pen.	Pts
Class One
1	Jack Smith	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	9	5	2		1181
2	Nick Ross	2	1	1	8	3	1	3	9	8	3	3	1	1	2	Ret	4	4	4		1084
3	Lance Hughes	3	3	3	2	2	3	12	3	2	Ret	4	9	3	3	2	1	1	1		1023
4	Brenton Grove	4	14	9	Ret	5	4	2	2	Ret	2	2	2	6	9	6	2	2	Ret		867
5	Robert Wallace	8	8	6	5	9	7	6	6	5	5	7	5	4	6	3	6	13	Ret		833
6	Chelsea Herbert	6	Ret	Ret	14	6	6	4	5	9	4	5	3	7	7	8	5	7	5		753
7	Brad Lathrope	10	Ret	DNS	9	14	9	5	4	4	6	6	4	8	8	7	11	8	6		733
8	Matt Tubbs	12	6	Ret	6	7	8	8	7	10	10	8	6				8	Ret	8		516
9	Scott Taylor	11	10	Ret	7	10	10	7	11	3											309
Class Two
1	Justin Ashwell	Ret	17	13	11	13	11	10	12	6	8	10	8	11	Ret	11	DSQ	11	9		1022
2	Matt Podjursky	17	12	Ret	13	11	12	9	10	7	7	9	7	10	13	10	Ret	10	7		1018
3	Brock Timperley	15	11	11																	225
4	Matthew Clark	18	18	Ret																	114
Class Three
-	Tony Anderson	7	4	5	3	4	5							Ret	4	4	3	DNS	DNS
-	Paul Radisich																10	3	3
-	John de Veth	5	5	4
-	Blair McDonald				4	8	13							5	Ret	DNS	7	6	Ret
-	Andrew Nugent													9	5	5
-	Matt Griffin	Ret	7	7
-	Brayden Philips							11	8	11	9	11	10
-	Todd Murphy	8	15	8
-	Kent Baigent	13	9	12
-	Sam Collins													DNS	10	9
-	Eric Hennephof				10	12	14										12	9	Ret
-	Darryl Clarke	14	13	10
-	Murray Bell													12	11	12	13	12	Ret
-	Justin McIllory													13	12	13
-	Nigel Karl	16	16	14	12	DNS	DNS
Pos	Driver	PUK1			PUK2			HIG			TER			CCA			HAM			Pen.	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "20-car grid confirmed for BNT V8s season opener". Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "BRENTON GROVE CROSSES DITCH TO COMPETE IN BNT V8S". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ "CHELSEA HERBERT REVEALS NEW LIVERY AHEAD OF CLASS ONE DEBUT". Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "AUSTRALIAN DRIVER INTEREST GROWING IN BNT V8S". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ "SIMULATOR EXPERIENCE AIDING BROCK TIMPERLEY'S OWN DEVELOPMENT". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.

External links

[Entry_List-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "20-car grid confirmed for BNT V8s season opener". Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

[RichardsTeam-2] "BRENTON GROVE CROSSES DITCH TO COMPETE IN BNT V8S". Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[Herbert-3] "CHELSEA HERBERT REVEALS NEW LIVERY AHEAD OF CLASS ONE DEBUT". Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[Hamilton-4] "AUSTRALIAN DRIVER INTEREST GROWING IN BNT V8S". Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[Timperley-5] "SIMULATOR EXPERIENCE AIDING BROCK TIMPERLEY'S OWN DEVELOPMENT". Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[Calendar-6] "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.

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