2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship

The 2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2018–19 BNT V8s Championship) was the twentieth season of the series, and the fourth under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field consisted of two classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two consisted of older NZV8 TL cars. The series was won by Australian Jack Smith, with Justin Ashwell taking the Class Two championship.

2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship
Previous: 2017–18 Next: 2019–20

Entrants
Entrant Vehicle No. Driver Rounds
Class One
Concept Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 007 Nick Ross[1] All
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry (XV50) 10 Brenton Grove[2] All
62 Chelsea Herbert[3] All
222 Scott Taylor[2] 1–3, 5
JumpFlex Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 42 Matt Tubbs[1] All
Rob Wallace Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 51 Rob Wallace[1] All
Lathrope Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 73 Brad Lathrope[1] All
Hamilton Motorsports Holden Commodore (VE) 84 Lance Hughes[4] All
85 Jack Smith[4] All
Class Two
Justin Ashwell Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 11 Justin Ashwell[1] All
Brock Timperley Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 59 Brock Timperley[5] 1
Matt Podjursky Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 77 Matt Podjursky[1] All
Matthew Clarke Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 80 Matthew Clarke[1] 1
Class Three
AV8 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 3 Tony Anderson[1] 2, 5–6
32 1
Mortimer Motorsport BMW M3 (E92) 15 Kent Baigent[1] 1
98 Andrew Nugent 5
BMW M3 GTR (E46) 177 Matt Griffin[1] 1
Motorsport Services Hyundai i45 17 Todd Murphy[1] 1
Brayden Philips Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 17 Brayden Philips 3–4
Shaws Asphalters Holden Commodore (VE) 23 John de Veth[1] 1
Justin McIllroy Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 25 Justin McIllroy 5
McDonald Kerbing Specialist Holden Commodore (VE) 50 Blair McDonald 2, 6
Darryl Clarke Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 54 Darryl Clarke[1] 1
4H Investments- Auto Garage Holden Commodore (VE) 57 Eric Hennephof 2, 6
Murray Bell Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 110 Murray Bell 5–6
Nigel Karl Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 171 Nigel Karl[1] 1
Collins Motorsport Ford Mustang (S550) 777 Sam Collins 5
Paul Radisich 6

Race calendar and results

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.[6]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Class Two Winner Class Three Winner
2018
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
Pukekohe, Auckland Region		 November 2–4 Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Brock Timperley John de Veth
R2 Lance Hughes Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Brock Timperely Tony Anderson
R3 Jack Smith Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Brock Timperely John de Veth
2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit)
Pukekohe, Auckland Region		 December 7–9 Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Justin Ashwell Tony Anderson
R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Tony Anderson
R3 Jack Smith Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Justin Ashwell Tony Anderson
2019
3 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park
Cromwell, Otago		 January 11–13 Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips
R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips
R3 Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Justin Ashwell Brayden Philips
4 R1 Teretonga Park
Invercargill, Southland		 January 18–20 Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips
R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips
R3 Jack Smith Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips
5 R1 Circuit Chris Amon
Feilding, Manawatu District		 February 8–10 Jack Smith Jack Smith Nick Ross Concept Motorsport Matt Podjursky Blair McDonald
R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Tony Anderson
R3 Jack Smith Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Tony Anderson
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Hampton Downs, North Waikato		 March 9–10 Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Hamilton Motorsports Justin Ashwell Tony Anderson
R2 Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Paul Radisich
R3 Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Hamilton Motorsports Matt Podjursky Paul Radisich

Championship standings
Pos Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM Pen. Pts
Class One
1 Jack Smith 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 9 5 2 1181
2 Nick Ross 2 1 1 8 3 1 3 9 8 3 3 1 1 2 Ret 4 4 4 1084
3 Lance Hughes 3 3 3 2 2 3 12 3 2 Ret 4 9 3 3 2 1 1 1 1023
4 Brenton Grove 4 14 9 Ret 5 4 2 2 Ret 2 2 2 6 9 6 2 2 Ret 867
5 Robert Wallace 8 8 6 5 9 7 6 6 5 5 7 5 4 6 3 6 13 Ret 833
6 Chelsea Herbert 6 Ret Ret 14 6 6 4 5 9 4 5 3 7 7 8 5 7 5 753
7 Brad Lathrope 10 Ret DNS 9 14 9 5 4 4 6 6 4 8 8 7 11 8 6 733
8 Matt Tubbs 12 6 Ret 6 7 8 8 7 10 10 8 6 8 Ret 8 516
9 Scott Taylor 11 10 Ret 7 10 10 7 11 3 309
Class Two
1 Justin Ashwell Ret 17 13 11 13 11 10 12 6 8 10 8 11 Ret 11 DSQ 11 9 1022
2 Matt Podjursky 17 12 Ret 13 11 12 9 10 7 7 9 7 10 13 10 Ret 10 7 1018
3 Brock Timperley 15 11 11 225
4 Matthew Clark 18 18 Ret 114
Class Three
- Tony Anderson 7 4 5 3 4 5 Ret 4 4 3 DNS DNS
- Paul Radisich 10 3 3
- John de Veth 5 5 4
- Blair McDonald 4 8 13 5 Ret DNS 7 6 Ret
- Andrew Nugent 9 5 5
- Matt Griffin Ret 7 7
- Brayden Philips 11 8 11 9 11 10
- Todd Murphy 8 15 8
- Kent Baigent 13 9 12
- Sam Collins DNS 10 9
- Eric Hennephof 10 12 14 12 9 Ret
- Darryl Clarke 14 13 10
- Murray Bell 12 11 12 13 12 Ret
- Justin McIllory 13 12 13
- Nigel Karl 16 16 14 12 DNS DNS
Pos Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM Pen. Pts
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
  1. "20-car grid confirmed for BNT V8s season opener". Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. "BRENTON GROVE CROSSES DITCH TO COMPETE IN BNT V8S". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  3. "CHELSEA HERBERT REVEALS NEW LIVERY AHEAD OF CLASS ONE DEBUT". Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  4. "AUSTRALIAN DRIVER INTEREST GROWING IN BNT V8S". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  5. "SIMULATOR EXPERIENCE AIDING BROCK TIMPERLEY'S OWN DEVELOPMENT". Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  6. "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.
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