The 2011–12 New Zealand V8 season was the thirteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 4 November 2011 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 22 April 2012 after six championship meetings and one non-championship event.
Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2011 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 4–6 November 2 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 9–11 December 2012 3 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 13–15 January 4 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 20–22 January 5 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 10–12 February 6 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 9–11 March NC Hamilton Street Circuit(Hamilton, Waikato) 20–22 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) Angus Fogg Racing 2 Angus Fogg All Richards Team Motorsport 4 Simon Richards All 5 Martin Short All Ezybuy Racing 9 Alan McCarrison 1, 5, NC Tulloch Motorsport 11 Simon Evans All 12 Jason Bargwanna All Dwayne Carter Racing 19 Dwayne Carter All Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport 20 Haydn Mackenzie 1–3, 5 Steve Taylor NC Penny Homes Racing 22 John Penny 1, 6 Edgell Performance Racing 26 Tim Edgell All Holden Commodore (VY) 6 Geoff Short NC Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All 8 Kevin Williams NC Paul Manuell Racing 15 Paul Manuell 1 Phil Blythe Motorsport 16 Phil Blythe 1, 5–6 Holden Haven Racing 40 Bronson Porter 1, 5–6, NC 52 Trevor Parmenter 4 63 Ian Booth 1 Malcolm Budd 3–4 Struan Robinson 6, NC Pinepac Racing 70 Andrew Anderson 5, NC 74 Ross Cameron 2–6 80 Matthew Clarkhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/04/2012.HAM.R5 NC Silverfern Motorsport 82 Michael Bristow 1
Calendar Round Event Circuit Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Fujitsu 200 Pukekohe Park Raceway Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing R2 Paul Manuell Paul Manuell Racing R3 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport 2 R1 Mike Pero 200 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R2 Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing 3 R1 BNT 200 Teretonga Park Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport R2 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing 4 R1 CRC 200 Timaru International Motor Raceway Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R2 Simon Richards Richards Team Motorsport R3 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing 5 R1 Fujitsu 200 Manfeild Autocourse Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing R2 Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R3 Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing 6 R1 Dunlop Grand Finals Taupo Motorsport Park Martin Short Richards Team Motorsport R2 Simon Evans Tulloch Motorsport R3 Tim Edgell Edgell Performance Racing NC R1 ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport R2 Jason Bargwanna Tulloch Motorsport
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 1 Angus Fogg 2 2 2 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 7 4 2 10 1193 2 Jason Bargwanna 4 3 1 2 8 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 8 3 3 4 2 1 1 1098 3 Tim Edgell 1 4 Ret 3 1 3 4 7 5 4 Ret 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 12 7 1002 4 Martin Short 6 5 DNS 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 7 6 4 Ret 4 1 12 3 Ret 5 868 5 Simon Richards 7 8 4 5 5 6 6 8 6 7 1 4 5 9 7 9 2 10 841 6 Simon Evans 9 7 10 6 6 5 7 6 DNS 6 4 5 6 4 5 5 1 5 5 Ret 806 7 Nick Ross 11 10 5 7 3 8 3 4 4 5 6 7 Ret 5 8 6 5 6 6 6 784 8 Dwayne Carter 12 16 8 9 9 9 8 5 7 Ret Ret 8 8 10 9 8 8 7 7 Ret 592 9 Ross Cameron 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 10 12 13 13 11 9 9 467 10 Haydn Mackenzie 8 12 6 8 7 7 Ret 6 6 325 11 Bronson Porter 15 14 Ret 9 11 Ret 7 11 8 10 12 223 12 Phil Blythe 14 15 Ret 11 12 12 10 10 Ret 198 13 Paul Manuell 3 1 3 195 14 Alan McCarrison Ret 11 9 7 7 10 4 3 183 15 John Penny 5 9 7 127 16 Struan Robertson 12 6 11 11 11 103 17 Andrew Anderson 13 3 Ret 3 2 132 18 Trevor Parmenter Ret 5 9 85 19 Michael Bristow 10 6 DNS 78 20 Steve Taylor 10 Ret 11 9 8 63 21 Ian Booth 13 13 Ret 52 22 Kevin Williams DNS DNS Ret Ret 4 0 - Geoff Short 8 9 0 - Mathew Clark Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU HAM
References
External links The official website of NZV8