2009–10 New Zealand V8 season

2009–10 New Zealand V8s season

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The 2009–10 New Zealand V8 season was the eleventh season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 8 November 2009 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 18 April 2010 after six championship meetings, and a season-ending non-championship event.

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.

Team	Make	Car	#	Driver	Rounds
Mark Petch Motorsport		BA Falcon	1	Kayne Scott	All
Pedersen Sheehan Racing		BA Falcon	3	Craig Baird	All
Ballistic Motorsport Team		BA Falcon	4	Simon Richards	All
Dave Stewart Racing		VZ Commodore	5	Dave Stewart	1–2, 6
Angus Fogg Racing		BA Falcon	6	Angus Fogg	All
Concept Motorsport		VZ Commodore	007	Nick Ross	All
			55	Christina Orr	All
Kevin Williams		BA Falcon	8	Kevin Williams	6
Tulloch Motorsport		BA Falcon	12	Darryn Henderson	All
Paul Manuell Racing		VZ Commodore	15	Paul Manuell	1–5
		BA Falcon			6
Albany Toyota NZV8		BA Falcon	20	Haydn Mackenzie	All
Ezybuy Racing		BA Falcon	21	Alan McCarrison	1, 5
				Michael Bristow	6
Penny Homes Racing		VZ Commodore	22	John Penny	All
		VY Commodore	33	David Hopper	All
AV8 Motorsport		VE Commodore	23	Andy Booth	All
Dale Williams Racing		BA Falcon	25	Dale Williams	All
Edgell Performance Racing		BA Falcon	26	Tim Edgell	All
Matt Lockwood Motorsports		BA Falcon	36	Matt Lockwood	1, 5–6
Versatile Buildings		BA Falcon	41	Adam Brook	2
John McIntyre Racing		BA Falcon	47	John McIntyre	All
SCG Racing		BA Falcon	48	David Besnard	1–2
				Ant Pedersen	6
Shannon Coker		VZ Commodore	50	Shannon Coker	5–6
John Hepburn Racing		VZ Commodore	52	John Hepburn	All
Metalman NZ V8 Race Team		BA Falcon	57	Clark Proctor	All
Eddie Bell Racing		BA Falcon	69	Eddie Bell	All
ITM Racing		VE Commodore	70	Andrew Anderson	All
Chris Pither Racing		BA Falcon	77	Chris Pither	4–5
Whelan Motorsport		BA Falcon	89	John Whelan	All
Knight Motorsport		BA Falcon	97	Andy Knight	All

Calendar

Round		Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	8 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2				Eddie Bell	Eddie Bell Racing
	R3				Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
2	R1	29 November	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park	Christchurch	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2				John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R3				Paul Manuell	Paul Manuell Racing
3	R1	17 January	Teretonga Park	Invercargill	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2				John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R3				Paul Manuell	Paul Manuell Racing
4	R1	24 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway	Timaru	Craig Baird	Pedersen Sheehan Racing
	R2				Craig Baird	Pedersen Sheehan Racing
	R3				Clark Proctor	Metalman NZ V8 Race Team
5	R1	14 February	Manfeild Autocourse	Feilding	Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
	R2				Craig Baird	Pedersen Sheehan Racing
	R3				Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
6	R1	21 March	Taupo Motorsport Park	Taupō	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2				John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R3				Craig Baird	Pedersen Sheehan Racing
non-championship race
R1		18 April	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
R2					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
R3					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing

• The non-championship round was a support race to V8 Supercars at the Hamilton 400.

Championship standings

Pos Driver Make # PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU Points 1 Craig Baird 3 54 7 60 67 67 54 67 67 39 75 75 36 60 75 49 60 54 75 1041 2 John McIntyre 47 75 36 67 75 75 39 75 75 36 Ret Ret Ret 54 60 54 75 75 45 916 3 Kayne Scott 1 45 54 28 39 60 36 42 42 60 26 36 45 67 54 42 67 67 54 864 4 Tim Edgell 26 49 60 20 54 49 22 60 54 Ret 67 67 22 75 67 39 54 60 36 855 5 Andy Booth 23 60 67 33 49 54 Ret 39 36 45 22 33 60 45 45 28 49 49 60 774 6 Eddie Bell 69 67 75 45 42 42 28 45 49 Ret 60 60 42 39 Ret 67 20 33 Ret 714 7 Andy Knight 97 36 45 36 60 45 18 49 45 24 42 20 49 49 49 45 45 39 14 710 8 Angus Fogg 6 33 49 75 20 36 12 54 60 42 24 39 Ret Ret 10 75 24 Ret 49 602 9 John Penny 22 9 8 49 22 22 67 30 33 26 45 22 28 42 42 22 39 45 33 581 10 Andrew Anderson 70 20 33 16 36 33 42 36 39 20 28 30 67 9 39 36 36 Ret 20 540 11 Clark Proctor 57 39 39 10 45 39 45 22 24 18 14 10 75 33 36 30 30 30 DNS 539 12 Paul Manuell 15 Ret 9 54 Ret 26 75 16 20 75 12 45 Ret 22 28 20 519 42 36 39 13 Haydn Mackenzie 20 24 26 24 28 10 60 18 18 54 36 28 39 36 33 18 26 Ret 28 506 14 Simon Richards 4 42 42 26 26 30 30 33 30 33 33 14 Ret 28 22 33 18 22 16 478 15 Dale Williams 25 30 28 9 24 9 20 24 26 30 54 54 30 10 9 9 DNS 14 30 410 Darryn Henderson 12 22 24 42 30 28 24 14 16 49 39 16 18 26 24 24 14 NC Ret 410 17 Nick Ross 007 26 30 30 8 DNS Ret 20 22 67 30 42 26 30 30 DNS 16 28 Ret 405 18 John Hepburn 52 18 22 12 33 18 10 26 28 22 49 49 Ret 18 26 8 9 Ret Ret 348 19 John Whelan 89 14 20 22 16 24 33 28 Ret 16 10 26 33 DNS DNS DNS 33 24 Ret 299 20 David Hopper 33 12 12 14 10 16 26 10 12 14 20 12 24 14 14 10 10 16 18 264 21 Matt Lockwood 36 Ret 18 39 24 18 60 7 Ret 67 233 22 Christina Orr 55 10 10 7 12 Ret DNS 12 14 28 16 18 20 16 Ret 14 Ret 20 22 219 23 Chris Pither 77 18 24 54 20 20 26 162 24 David Besnard 48 28 16 18 14 12 49 137 25 Ant Pedersen 48 28 42 42 112 26 Shannon Coker 50 12 12 12 8 18 26 88 27 Dave Stewart 5 Ret 14 8 9 20 16 12 Ret Ret 79 28 Kevin Williams 8 20 26 24 70 29 Alan McCarrison 21 16 Ret Ret Ret 16 16 48 30 Adam Brook 41 18 14 14 46 Michael Bristow 21 DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver Make # PUK RUA TER TIM MAN TAU Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

External links

• The official website of NZV8