The 2010–11 New Zealand V8 season was the twelfth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 5 November 2010 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 17 April 2011 after seven championship meetings. John McIntyre won the championship by 81 points over 2nd placed Craig Baird, 3rd placed Andy Booth, and 4th placed Angus Fogg.
Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2010 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 5–7 November 2 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 26–28 November 2011 3 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 14–16 January 4 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 21–23 January 5 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 11–13 February 6 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 11–13 March 7 Hamilton Street Circuit(Hamilton, Waikato) 17–19 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) Pedersen Sheehan Racing 1 Craig Baird All Ballistic Motorsport Team 4 Simon Richards All Knight Motorsport 5205 Andy Knight All Angus Fogg Racing 6 Angus Fogg All International Motorsport 9 Will Bamber 1–5 75 Dean Perkins 6–7 Martin Short Racing 11 Martin Short All Tulloch Motorsport 12 Jason Bargwanna 1–4, 6 Gene Rollinson 7 Albany Toyota NZV8 20 Haydn Mackenzie 1, 5–7 Penny Homes Racing 22 John Penny 2–7 Edgell Performance Racing 26 Tim Edgell All Ezibuy Racing 28 Wade Henshaw 2, 5, 7 John McIntyre Racing 47 John McIntyre All Eddie Bell Racing 69 Eddie Bell All Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects 99 Kayne Scott All Holden Commodore (VZ) Matt Lockwood Motorsports 3 Matt Lockwood 5–7 Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All 55 Christina Orr-West 1, 5–7 Paul Manuell Racing 15 Paul Manuell All Penny Homes Racing 22 John Penny 1 33 David Hopper All AV8 Motorsport 23 Andy Booth All John Hepburn Racing 52 John Hepburn 1–4, 7 Pinepac Racing 70 Andrew Anderson All Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects 400 Scott McLaughlin All
Results and standings Season summary Round Event Circuit Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Fujitsu 200 Pukekohe Park Raceway John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 Andy Booth AV8 Motorsport 2 R1 Altherm 500 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park Craig Baird Pedersen Sheehan Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 3 R1 Zoagn 200 Teretonga Park John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 Kayne Scott Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing 4 R1 Juiced Up 200 Timaru International Motor Raceway Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R2 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R3 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport 5 R1 CRC 200 Manfeild Autocourse Kayne Scott Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects R2 Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing R3 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing 6 R1 Battery Town 200 Taupo Motorsport Park Kayne Scott Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects R2 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport R3 Scott McLaughlin Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects 7 R1 ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R2 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing R3 John McIntyre John McIntyre Racing
Championship standings Pos Driver PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU HAM R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 John McIntyre 1 1 Ret DSQ 1 4 1 2 12 3 3 3 Ret 9 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 1156 2 Craig Baird 3 2 7 1 3 5 2 1 2 2 2 Ret 2 4 12 5 5 Ret 3 18 6 1075 3 Andy Booth Ret 9 1 2 4 6 7 8 5 5 5 4 3 7 6 7 Ret 2 4 3 2 1002 4 Angus Fogg 5 4 2 3 2 2 4 5 1 1 1 9 18 6 3 3 7 14 1 Ret 3 975 5 Andy Knight 6 5 4 Ret 7 1 8 11 3 6 4 13 5 3 9 8 6 4 5 Ret 8 898 6 Tim Edgell 2 3 8 Ret 10 3 3 4 15 13 11 8 1 1 8 18 9 Ret 18 9 9 824 7 Paul Manuell 4 Ret 3 8 6 Ret 9 6 13 8 7 7 15 13 2 4 3 6 21 8 10 789 8 Scott McLaughlin 8 7 16 10 9 Ret 6 7 9 7 13 Ret 7 5 Ret 6 4 1 10 7 5 755 9 Nick Ross 12 11 11 15 13 10 Ret 15 8 12 Ret 2 10 15 7 Ret 12 3 11 10 7 621 10 Eddie Bell 11 16 12 9 5 8 Ret 13 4 11 8 Ret 16 12 Ret 10 8 15 7 2 Ret 605 11 Jason Bargwanna 7 6 17 DSQ DSQ DSQ 5 3 6 4 6 1 2 1 13 603 12 John Penny 10 8 Ret 6 8 Ret 11 12 7 9 Ret 11 11 14 10 12 11 8 12 11 11 592 13 Andrew Anderson 15 19 10 7 11 9 10 9 18 17 16 10 8 19 14 9 16 12 8 5 20 590 14 Simon Richards 9 10 13 11 12 11 13 16 16 16 12 6 9 10 17 12 17 9 16 19 16 572 15 Martin Short Ret 13 5 5 14 7 12 10 17 10 15 12 17 11 5 14 13 7 20 Ret DNS 539 16 Wade Henshaw 4 17 12 4 2 11 6 4 4 414 17 David Hopper 17 14 Ret 14 16 13 15 Ret 11 18 14 Ret 14 17 16 15 15 Ret 14 14 21 360 18 Will Bamber 18 12 6 12 15 14 14 14 10 14 10 Ret Ret 18 Ret 317 19 John Hepburn 13 18 14 13 Ret DNS Ret 17 14 15 9 5 15 15 15 311 20 Christina Orr-West 16 15 15 13 20 15 13 14 11 19 17 18 259 21 Matt Lockwood 6 8 13 Ret DNS 16 9 6 13 242 22 Haydn Mackenzie 14 17 9 12 16 4 16 Ret DNS Ret 16 19 236 23 Dean Perkins 11 10 10 17 13 17 165 24 Kayne Scott DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 13 12 12 86 25 Gene Rollinson 22 21 14 26 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU HAM
References
External links The official website of NZV8