The 2013–14 New Zealand V8 season was the fifteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at the Thunder in the Park event at Pukekohe Park Raceway on 16 November 2013 and finished at the Pukekohe Park Raceway ITM Auckland 400 V8 Supercars event on 27 April after six championship meetings. Jason Bargwanna was the reigning TLX champion, and whilst AJ Lauder won the TL Championship, graduated into the TLX class to battle for the title. The TLX Championship eventually was won by Nick Ross and the TL Championship was won by Ian Booth.

Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2013 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 16–17 November 2014 2 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 11–12 January 3 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 18–19 January 4 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 8–9 February 5 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 8–9 March 6 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 25–27 April

Teams and drivers TLX Championship Manufacturer Vehicle Team No Driver Rounds Ford Falcon (FG) Varney Motorsport 14 Shaun Varney All Holden Commodore (VE) Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All No Fea Racing Team 84 Lance Hughes All Toyota Camry (XV50) Richards Team Motorsport 1 Jason Bargwanna All 87 AJ Lauder 1–4, 6 TL Championship Manufacturer Vehicle Team No Driver Rounds Ford Falcon (BF) Team Aegis Racing 2 Brad Lauder All Glenn Inkster Racing 4 Glenn Inkster 4, 6 Barry Holden Racing 8 Barry Holden 3–5 NDK Motorsport 17 Nigel Karl 1 Red Ant Racing 36 Glenn Pelham 1 John Hepburn Racing 52 John Hepburn 3, 6 Liam MacDonald Racing 69 Liam MacDonald 2–3, 6 73 Brad Lathrope 6 Enzed Racing Team 99 Grant Molloy All Brock Cooley Motorsport 111 Brock Cooley All Holden Commodore (VY) Kevin Williams Racing 3 Kevin Williams 6 Todd Murphy Racing 18 Todd Murphy 4 Matthew Booth Racing 22 Matthew Booth All 28 Ian Booth All 33 Stephen Taylor 6 Bronson Porter Racing 40 Bronson Porter All James McLaughlin Motorsport 51 James McLaughlin All Nathan Pilcher Racing 55 Nathan Pilcher 2–3 Ross Cameron Racing 74 Ross Cameron 2

Changes from 2013

Championship Winning Team Tulloch Motorsport will not be returning this season. TLX Championship winning driver Jason Bargwanna moves from Tulloch Motorsport to Richards Team Motorsport. TL Championship winning driver AJ Lauder moves from Team Aegis Racing in the TL class to Richards Team Motorsport in the TLX Class. Martin Short and Brett Collins from Richards Team Motorsport both will not be returning in 2013. No Fea Racing Team buys Tulloch Motorsports Holden Commodore (VE) with Lance Hughes driving. Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport will not be returning in 2013–14, neither will Haydn Mackenzie as a driver. Haydn Mackenzie Motorsport sold their Ford Falcon (FG) to Varney Motorsport for Shaun Varney to drive. Ethan Coleman Motorsport to enter sometime during the 2013–14 season.

There are multiple changes within the TL class, with many new drivers that will make the class extremely competitive.

Calendar Round Circuit Winning TLX driver Winning TLX team Winning TL driver Winning TL team 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Ian Booth Matthew Booth Racing R2 Nick Ross Concept Motorsport James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport R3 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport 2 R1 Teretonga Park Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Brad Lauder Team Aegis Racing R2 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Liam MacDonald Liam MacDonald Racing R3 Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Liam MacDonald MacDonald Racing Team 3 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport John Hepburn John Hepburn Racing R2 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport R3 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport 4 R1 Manfeild Autocourse Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Glenn Inkster Glenn Inkster Racing R2 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Barry Holden Barry Holden Racing R3 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Barry Holden Barry Holden Racing 5 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Bronson Porter Bronson Porter Racing R2 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Brad Lauder Team Aegis Racing R3 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport 6 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Kevin Williams Kevin Williams Racing R2 Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Ian Booth Matthew Booth Racing R3 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Kevin Williams Kevin Williams Racing R4 Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport Glenn Inkster Glenn Inkster Racing

Championship standings Pos Driver PUK1 TER TIM MAN TAU PUK2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 TLX Championship 1 Nick Ross 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 1228 2 Jason Bargwanna 1 2 1 Ret 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ret Ret 1 1 1176 3 Lance Hughes 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 Ret 3 3 1014 4 Shaun Varney 2 4 4 3 4 Ret 4 5 4 4 2 4 4 Ret Ret 3 2 2 4 923 5 A. J. Lauder DNS 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 DNS Wth Wth Ret DNS Wth Wth 487 TL Championship 1 Ian Booth 1 7 2 5 5 6 8 7 5 4 3 3 4 5 3 5 1 2 4 1043 2 James McLaughlin 2 1 1 DNS 3 1 3 1 1 6 8 9 2 3 1 Ret 3 10 7 944 3 Brad Lauder DNS 2 4 1 8 Ret 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 1 Ret 4 10 Ret 5 874 4 Brock Cooley 4 8 3 4 4 3 7 10 6 Ret Ret 5 8 Ret 5 3 9 6 3 789 5 Matthew Booth 3 Ret 5 DNS DNS 4 9 6 7 3 7 6 6 6 4 6 DSQ 8 8 706 6 Grant Molloy 5 3 6 3 6 Ret 5 3 9 DNS DNS DNS 7 7 6 11 8 Ret Ret 656 7 Bronson Porter 8 4 Ret 2 2 Ret 4 Ret 4 5 6 8 1 4 7 Ret Wth Wth Wth 639 8 Liam MacDonald 6 1 1 6 8 8 9 7 5 9 481 9 Barry Holden DNS 5 DNS 8 1 1 3 2 2 432 10 Glenn Inkster 1 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 411 11 John Hepburn 1 4 3 7 4 4 6 384 12 Kevin Williams 1 2 1 2 133 13 Glenn Pelham 6 5 7 136 14 Todd Murphy 7 5 7 133 15 Nigel Karl 7 6 8 126 16 Steve Taylor 10 5 7 Ret 124 17 Brad Lathrope 8 6 9 Ret 120 18 Nathan Pilcher 0 19 Ross Cameron DNS Wth Wth 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts PUK1 TER TIM MAN TAU PUK2Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

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