2010–11 New Zealand V8 season

The 2010–11 New Zealand V8 season was the twelfth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at Pukekohe on 5 November 2010 and finished at the Hamilton Street Circuit on 17 April 2011 after seven championship meetings. John McIntyre won the championship by 81 points over 2nd placed Craig Baird, 3rd placed Andy Booth, and 4th placed Angus Fogg.

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.^[1] Similarly for Ford, their cars must be based upon the AU Falcon, with options to replicate the BA.^[2]

Team	Car	#	Driver	Rounds
Pedersen Sheehan Racing	BA Falcon	1	Craig Baird	All
Matt Lockwood Motorsports	VZ Commodore	3	Matt Lockwood	5–7
Ballistic Motorsport Team	BA Falcon	4	Simon Richards	All
Knight Motorsport	BA Falcon	5 205	Andy Knight	All
Angus Fogg Racing	BA Falcon	6	Angus Fogg	All
Concept Motorsport	VZ Commodore	007	Nick Ross	All
Concept Motorsport	VZ Commodore	55	Christina Orr-West	1, 5–7
Team LG	BA Falcon	9	William Bamber	1–5
Team LG	BA Falcon	75	Dean Perkins	6–7
Martin Short Racing	BA Falcon	11	Martin Short	All
Tulloch Motorsport	BA Falcon	12	Jason Bargwanna	1–4, 6
Tulloch Motorsport	BA Falcon	12	Gene Rollinson	7
Paul Manuell Racing	VZ Commodore	15	Paul Manuell	All
Albany Toyota NZV8	BA Falcon	20	Haydn Mackenzie	1, 5–7
Penny Homes Racing	VZ Commodore	22	John Penny	1
	BA Falcon	22	John Penny	2–7
	VY Commodore	33	David Hopper	All
AV8 Motorsport	VE Commodore	23	Andy Booth	All
Edgell Performance Racing	BA Falcon	26	Tim Edgell	All
Ezibuy Racing	BA Falcon	28	Wade Henshaw	2, 5, 7
John McIntyre Racing	BA Falcon	47	John McIntyre	All
John Hepburn Racing	VZ Commodore	52	John Hepburn	1–4, 7
Eddie Bell Racing	BA Falcon	69	Eddie Bell	All
ITM Racing	VE Commodore	70	Andrew Anderson	All
Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects	BA Falcon	99	Kayne Scott	All
Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects	VE Commodore	400	Scott McLaughlin	All

Calendar

Round		Date	Event	Circuit	Location	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	7 November	Fujitsu 200	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R3					Andy Booth	AV8 Motorsport
2	R1	28 November	Altherm 500	Powerbuilt Tools Raceway	Christchurch	Craig Baird	Pedersen Sheehan Racing
	R2					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R3					Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
3	R1	16 January	Zoagn 200	Teretonga Park	Invercargill	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2					Kayne Scott	Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
	R3					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
4	R1	23 January	Juiced Up 200	Timaru International Motor Raceway	Timaru	Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R2					Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R3					Jason Bargwanna	Tulloch Motorsport
5	R1	13 February	CRC 200	Manfeild Autocourse	Feilding	Kayne Scott	Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
	R2					Tim Edgell	Edgell Performance Racing
	R3					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
6	R1	13 March	Battery Town 200	Taupo Motorsport Park	Taupō	Kayne Scott	Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
	R2					Jason Bargwanna	Tulloch Motorsport
	R3					Scott McLaughlin	Nigel Barclay's Racing Projects
7	R1	17 April	ITM Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R2					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
	R3					John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Make	#	PUK	RUA	TER	TIM	MAN	TAU	HAM	Pts^[3]
1	John McIntyre		47	150	129	170	180	111	191	225	1156
2	Craig Baird		1	169	184	209	134	149	98	132	1075
3	Andy Booth		23	111	166	130	152	147	109	187	1002
4	Angus Fogg		6	170	194	178	186	121	126	DNQ	975
5	Andy Knight		5 205	148	117	129	125	145	138	96	898
6	Tim Edgell		26	166	93	136	95	189	52	93	824
7	Paul Manuell		15	114	84	107	123	115	159	87	789
8	Scott McLaughlin		400	101	69	123	68	88	174	132	755
9	Nick Ross		007	88	81	61	95	97	88	111	621
10	Eddie Bell		69	78	124	80	69	48	94	112	605
11	Jason Bargwanna		12	105	DSQ	154	174		174		603
12	John Penny		22	72	84	100	66	87	90	93	592
13	Andrew Anderson		70	69	108	85	71	80	86	91	590
14	Simon Richards		4	95	88	66	93	87	85	58	572
15	Martin Short		11	75	115	79	83	97	76	14	539
16	Wade Henshaw		28		100			151		163	414
17	David Hopper		33	42	70	52	40	62	44	50	360
18	William Bamber		9	89	74	81	57	16			317
19	John Hepburn		52	66	26	42	107			70	311
20	Christina Orr-West		55	64				60	83	52	259
21	Matt Lockwood		3					110	20	36	242
22	Haydn Mackenzie		20	78				102	20	36	236
23	Dean Perkins		75						99	66	165
24	Kayne Scott		99	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	86	86
25	Gene Rollinson		12							26	26
Pos	Driver	Make	#	PUK	RUA	TER	TIM	MAN	TAU	HAM	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

References

^ "Holden Technical Regulations 2010–2011" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 7 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ "Ford Technical Regulations 2010–2011" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
^ "NZV8s Results & Points". John McIntyre Racing. John McIntyre. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

External links

The official website of NZV8

[1] "Holden Technical Regulations 2010–2011" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 7 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[2] "Ford Technical Regulations 2010–2011" (PDF). motorsport.org.nz. New Zealand V8s. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2010.

[3] "NZV8s Results & Points". John McIntyre Racing. John McIntyre. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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