The 2009–10 New Zealand V8 season was the eleventh season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 8 November 2009 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 18 April 2010 after six championship meetings, and a season-ending non-championship event.

Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2009 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 6–8 November 2 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 27–29 November 2010 3 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 15–17 January 4 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 22–24 January 5 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 12–14 February 6 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 19–21 March NC Hamilton Street Circuit(Hamilton, Waikato) 16–18 April

Teams and drivers 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. Similarly for Ford, their cars must be based upon the AU Falcon, with options to replicate the BA. Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Driver Rounds Ford Falcon (BF) Mark Petch Motorsport 1 Kayne Scott All Pedersen Sheehan Racing 3 Craig Baird All Ballistic Motorsport 4 Simon Richards All Angus Fogg Racing 6 Angus Fogg All Kevin Williams Racing 8 Kevin Williams 6 Tulloch Motorsport 12 Darryn Henderson All Paul Manuell Racing 15 Paul Manuell 6 Albany Toyota NZV8 20 Haydn Mackenzie All Ezybuy Racing 21 Alan McCarrison 1, 5 Michael Bristow 6 Dale Williams Racing 25 Dale Williams All Edgell Performance Racing 26 Tim Edgell All Matt Lockwood Motorsports 36 Matt Lockwood 1, 5–6 Versatile Buildings 41 Adam Brook 2 John McIntyre Racing 47 John McIntyre All SCG Racing 48 David Besnard 1–2 Ant Pedersen 6 Metalman NZ V8 Race Team 57 Clark Proctor All Eddie Bell Racing 69 Eddie Bell All Chris Pither Racing 77 Chris Pither 4–5 Whelan Motorsport 89 John Whelan All Knight Motorsport 97 Andy Knight All Holden Commodore (VZ) Dave Stewart Racing 5 Dave Stewart 1–2, 6 Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All 55 Christina Orr All Paul Manuell Racing 15 Paul Manuell 1–5 Penny Homes Racing 22 John Penny All AV8 Motorsport 23 Andy Booth All Shannon Coker 50 Shannon Coker 5–6 John Hepburn Racing 52 John Hepburn All ITM Racing 70 Andrew Anderson All Commodore (VY) Penny Homes Racing 33 David Hopper All

Results and standings Season summary Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 Eddie Bell Eddie Bell Racing R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing 2 R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 Paul Manuell Paul Manuell Racing 3 R1 Teretonga Park John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 Paul Manuell Paul Manuell Racing 4 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway Craig Baird Pedersen Sheehan Racing R2 Craig Baird Pedersen Sheehan Racing R3 Clark Proctor Metalman Motorsport 5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing R2 Craig Baird Pedersen Sheehan Racing R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing 6 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 Craig Baird Pedersen Sheehan Racing NC R1 Hamilton Street Circuit John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing The non-championship round was a support race to V8 Supercars at the Hamilton 400.

Championship standings Pos Driver PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Craig Baird 4 24 3 2 2 4 2 2 8 1 1 9 3 1 5 3 4 1 1041 2 John McIntyre 1 9 2 1 1 8 1 1 9 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 4 1 1 6 916 3 Kayne Scott 6 4 12 8 3 9 7 7 3 13 9 6 2 4 7 2 2 4 864 4 Tim Edgell 5 3 16 4 5 15 3 4 Ret 2 2 15 1 2 8 4 3 9 855 5 Andy Booth 3 2 10 5 4 Ret 8 9 6 15 10 3 6 6 12 5 5 3 774 6 Eddie Bell 2 1 6 7 7 12 6 5 Ret 3 3 7 8 Ret 2 16 10 Ret 714 7 Andy Knight 9 6 9 3 6 17 5 6 14 7 16 5 5 5 6 6 8 19 710 8 Angus Fogg 10 5 1 16 9 20 4 3 7 14 8 Ret Ret 21 1 14 Ret 5 602 9 John Penny 22 23 5 15 15 2 11 10 13 6 15 12 7 7 15 8 6 10 581 10 Andrew Anderson 16 10 18 9 10 7 9 8 16 12 11 2 22 8 9 9 Ret 16 540 11 Clark Proctor 8 8 21 6 8 6 15 14 17 19 21 1 10 9 11 11 11 DNS 539 12 Paul Manuell Ret 22 4 Ret 13 1 18 16 1 20 6 Ret 15 12 16 7 9 8 519 13 Haydn Mackenzie 14 13 14 12 21 3 17 17 4 9 12 8 9 10 17 13 Ret 12 506 14 Simon Richards 7 7 13 13 11 11 10 11 10 10 19 Ret 12 15 10 17 15 18 478 15 Dale Williams 11 12 22 14 22 16 14 13 11 4 4 11 21 22 22 DNS 19 11 410 Darryn Henderson 15 14 7 11 12 14 19 20 5 8 18 17 13 14 14 19 NC Ret 410 17 Nick Ross 13 11 11 23 DNS Ret 16 15 2 11 7 13 11 11 DNS 18 12 Ret 405 18 John Hepburn 17 15 20 10 17 21 13 12 15 5 5 Ret 17 13 23 22 Ret Ret 348 19 John Whelan 19 16 15 18 14 10 12 Ret 18 21 13 10 DNS DNS DNS 10 14 Ret 299 20 David Hopper 20 20 17 21 18 13 21 20 19 16 20 14 19 19 21 21 18 17 264 21 Matt Lockwood Ret 17 8 14 17 3 24 Ret 2 233 22 Christina Orr 21 21 24 20 Ret DNS 20 19 12 18 17 16 18 Ret 19 Ret 16 15 219 23 Chris Pither 17 14 4 16 16 13 162 24 David Besnard 12 18 17 19 20 5 137 25 Ant Pedersen 12 7 7 112 26 Shannon Coker 20 20 20 23 17 13 88 27 Dave Stewart Ret 19 23 22 16 18 20 Ret Ret 79 28 Kevin Williams 16 13 14 70 29 Alan McCarrison 18 Ret Ret Ret 18 18 48 30 Adam Brook 17 19 19 46 Michael Bristow DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU

References

External links The official website of NZV8