2013–14 New Zealand V8 season

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.

2013–14 New Zealand V8s season
Previous: 2013 Next: 2014–15

Teams and drivers
TLX Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry 1 Jason Bargwanna 1–4
87 A. J. Lauder 1–4
Concept Motorsport Holden VE Commodore 007 Nick Ross 1–4
Varney Motorsport Ford FG Falcon 14 Shaun Varney 1–4
No Fea Racing Team Holden VE Commodore 84 Lance Hughes 1–4
TL Championship
Team Vehicle # Driver Rounds
Team Aegis Racing Ford BF Falcon 2 Brad Lauder 1–4
Glenn Inkster Racing Ford BF Falcon 4 Glenn Inkster 4
Barry Holden Racing Ford BF Falcon 8 Barry Holden 3–4
NDK Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 17 Nigel Karl 1
Todd Murphy Racing 18 Todd Murphy 4
Matthew Booth Racing Holden VY Commodore 22 Matthew Booth 1–4
Holden VY Commodore
Ford BF Falcon		 28 Ian Booth 1–4
Red Ant Racing Ford BF Falcon 36 Glenn Pelham 1
Bronson Porter Racing Holden VY Commodore 40 Bronson Porter 1–4
James McLaughlin Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 51 James McLaughlin 1–4
John Hepburn Racing Ford BF Falcon 52 John Hepburn 3
Nathan Pilcher Racing Holden VY Commodore 55 Nathan Pilcher 2–3
Liam MacDonald Racing Ford BF Falcon 69 Liam MacDonald 2–3
Ross Cameron Racing Holden VY Commodore 74 Ross Cameron 2
Enzed Racing Team Ford BF Falcon 99 Grant Molloy 1–4
Brock Cooley Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 111 Brock Cooley 1–4
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 VE Commodore 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 FG Falcon 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 Date Circuit Winning TL driver Winning TL team Winning TLX driver Winning TLX team
1 R1 16–17 November Pukekohe Park Raceway Ian Booth Matthew Booth Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R2 James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R3 James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
2 R1 11–12 January Teretonga Park Brad Lauder Team Aegis Racing Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R2 Liam MacDonald Liam MacDonald Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3 Liam MacDonald MacDonald Racing Team Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
3 R1 18–19 January Timaru International Motor Raceway John Hepburn John Hepburn Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R2 James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3 James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
4 R1 8–9 February Manfeild Autocourse Glenn Inkster Glenn Inkster Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R2 Barry Holden Barry Holden Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3 Barry Holden Barry Holden Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
5 R1 8–9 March Taupo Motorsport Park Bronson Porter Bronson Porter Racing Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R2 Brad Lauder Team Aegis Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R3 James McLaughlin James McLaughlin Motorsport Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
6 R1 25–27 April Pukekohe Park Raceway Kevin Williams Kevin Williams Racing Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R2 Ian Booth Matthew Booth Racing Nick Ross Concept Motorsport
R3 Kevin Williams Kevin Williams Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport
R4 Glenn Inkster Glenn Inkster Racing Jason Bargwanna Richards Team Motorsport

Championship standings
Pos Driver PUK TER TIM MAN TAU PUK Pen. Pts
TLX Championship
1 Nick Ross 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Ret 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 2nd 1228
2 Jason Bargwanna 1st 2nd 1st Ret 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st Ret Ret 1st 1st 1176
3 Lance Hughes 3rd 5th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd Ret 3rd 3rd 1014
4 Shaun Varney 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 4th Ret 4th 5th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 4th Ret Ret 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 923
5 A. J. Lauder DNS 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS 487
TL Championship
1 James McLaughlin 2nd 1st 1st DNS 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 6th 8th 9th 2nd 3rd 1st 809
2 Ian Booth 1st 7th 2nd 5th 5th 6th 8th 7th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 798
3 Brad Lauder DNS 2nd 4th 1st 8th Ret 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 1st Ret 738
4 Bronson Porter 8th 4th Ret 2nd 2nd Ret 4th Ret 4th 5th 6th 8th 1st 4th 7th 639
5 Brock Cooley 4th 8th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 7th 10th 6th Ret Ret 5th 8th Ret 5th 588
6 Grant Molloy 5th 3rd 6th 3rd 6th Ret 5th 3rd 9th DNS DNS DNS 7th 7th 6th 587
7 Matthew Booth 3rd Ret 5th DNS DNS 4th 9th 6th 7th 3rd 7th 6th 6th 6th 4th 583
8 Barry Holden DNS 5th DNS 8th 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 432
9 Liam MacDonald 6th 1st 1st 6th 8th 8th 318
10 Glenn Inkster 1st 2nd 2nd 209
11 John Hepburn 1st 4th 3rd 189
12 Glenn Pelham 6th 5th 7th 136
13 Todd Murphy 7th 5th 7th 133
14 Nigel Karl 7th 6th 8th 126
Ross Cameron DNS DNS DNS 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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