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 .

Teams and drivers[]

TLX Championship
Team	Vehicle	#	Driver	Rounds
Tulloch Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	2	Jason Bargwanna^[1]^[2]	All
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry	5	^[3]	All
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry	44		4–5
Concept Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	007	^[4]	All
Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	20		3, 5

TL Championship
Team	Vehicle	#	Driver	Rounds
Lance Hughes Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	3		5
Glenn Inkster Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	4		5
Kevin Williams Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	8		3, 5
Alan McCarrison Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	9		3
Tom Alexander Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	11		5
Straun Robinson Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	12		All
Shaun Varney Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	14		All
Team Aegis Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	15		All
Team Aegis Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	87		All
Nigel Karl Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	17		4–5
Malcolm Finch Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	21		5
Matt Booth Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	22		5
Ian Booth Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	28 200		3–5
Ian Booth Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	28 200		3–5
Mark Gibson Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	35		5
Holden Haven Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	40		2–5
Jamie Gaskin Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	41		5
Paul Irwin Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	45		5
John McIntyre Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	47	John McIntyre	5
James McLaughlin Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	51		3–5
Nicholas Farrier Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	63		5
Liam McDonald Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	69		1–2, 5
ITM Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	70		3, 5
Ross Cameron Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	74		4
Grant Molloy Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	99		1
Todd Pelham Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	111		4–5
Jack Kofoed Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	555		5

Calendar[]

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	Taupo	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[]

TLX Championship[]

Pos	Driver	TER			TIM			MAN			TAU			PUK			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[]

Pos	Driver	TER			TIM			MAN			TAU			PUK			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[]

^ "Tulloch Motorsport Holden taking shape". NZV8s. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Nick's next with a new Holden". NZV8s. 17 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

External links[]

The official website of NZV8

[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.

[Toyota-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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