2014–15 V8SuperTourer season

Defending drivers' champion Greg Murphy.

The 2014–15 BNT NZ SuperTourers season was a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand.[1] The season started on 27 September at Taupo Motorsport Park and ended on 12 April at Pukekohe Park Raceway. All cars used a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and were powered by a Chevrolet LS7 7-litre engine.

Previous NZ SuperTourers seasons ran over the calendar year from January to December but in 2014, the season ran from January to April in order to align with other New Zealand championship series – for 2014–15 – that are contested over the Southern Hemisphere summer. Greg Murphy started the season as the defending drivers' champion.

Team 4 Holden driver Simon Evans wrapped up the championship in an abbreviated season which saw two sprint rounds cancelled late in the season. Evans won the Sprint trophy and shared the endurance trophy with team-mate Shane van Gisbergen.

Calendar

The 2014–15 NZ SuperTourers season consisted of seven rounds when announced in April 2014,[2] but two rounds were cancelled in February 2015 as teams pulled out of the series.[3]

Details
Rnd. Event Circuit City / State Date
1 Taupo 400 Taupo Motorsport Park Taupō, New Zealand 27–28 September
2 Waikato 400 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park North Waikato, New Zealand 1–2 November
3 Fuchs 500 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 28–30 November
4 Waikato 250 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park North Waikato, New Zealand 31 January – 1 February
– cancelled Timaru International Motor Raceway Timaru, New Zealand 7–8 March
– cancelled Mike Pero Motorsport Park Christchurch, New Zealand 21–22 March
5 Pukekohe 250 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 11–12 April

Key:

  Race forms part of the NZ SuperTourers Championship.
  Race forms part of the NZ SuperTourers Championship and the Endurance Series.

Teams and drivers
Season entries Endurance entries
Team No. Season driver Rounds Endurance driver Rounds
M3 Racing 1 New Zealand Greg Murphy 1–3 Australia Jack Perkins[4] 1–3
10 New Zealand Richard Moore 1–3 Australia Tim Slade 1–3
15 New Zealand Paul Manuell[5] 1–3, 5 Australia Shae Davies 1–3
Angus Fogg Racing 3 New Zealand Angus Fogg 1–3 Australia Tony D'Alberto[6] 1–3
Australia Tony D'Alberto 4–5
Team 4 4 New Zealand Simon Evans All New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen[7] 1–3
5 New Zealand Mitch Evans 4 —
Edgell Performance Racing 8 New Zealand Tim Edgell 1–4 Australia Steve Owen[8] 1–3
iSport Racing 9 New Zealand Dominic Storey 1, 3–4 Australia Dale Wood 1
Australia Nick Percat 3
Varney Motorsport 14 New Zealand Shaun Varney 1–4 Australia John Penny 1
New Zealand Andrew Waite 2–3
New Zealand Gene Rollinson 5 —
Andre Heimgartner Racing 22 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner All Australia Paul Morris 1–2
Australia Drew Russell 3
PSR Racing 27 New Zealand Chris Hanley 1–3 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt[9] 1
New Zealand Gene Rollinson 2–3
Cunningham Racing 32 New Zealand Mitch Cunningham All Australia Cameron Waters[10] 1–3
John McIntyre Racing 47 New Zealand Mark Gibson 1–3 New Zealand John McIntyre[11] 1–3
International Motorsport 96 New Zealand Ant Pedersen 1–2 New Zealand Jonny Reid 1–2

Results
Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s)
1 R1 27 September 2014 Taupo Motorsport Park
(Taupō)		 New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Team 4 New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
R2 28 September 2014 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Team 4
R3 New Zealand Greg Murphy New Zealand Mitch Cunningham
Australia Cameron Waters		 Cunningham Racing
2 R1 1 November 2014 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(North Waikato)		 New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Team 4 New Zealand Richard Moore
Australia Tim Slade
R2 2 November 2014 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Richard Moore
Australia Tim Slade		 M3 Racing
R3 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Team 4
3 R1 29 November 2014 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe)		 New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Team 4 New Zealand Tim Edgell
Australia Steve Owen
R2 30 November 2014 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Simon Evans
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Team 4
R3 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Mitch Cunningham
Australia Cameron Waters		 Cunningham Racing
4 R1 31 January 2015 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(North Waikato)		 New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Andre Heimgartner New Zealand Simon Evans Team 4 New Zealand Simon Evans
R2 1 February 2015 New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Mitch Evans New Zealand Simon Evans Team 4
R3 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner New Zealand Simon Evans Team 4
– 7–8 March 2015 Timaru International Motor Raceway
(Timaru)		 Meeting cancelled
– 21–22 March 2015 Mike Pero Motorsport Park
(Christchurch)		 Meeting cancelled
5 R1 11 April 2015 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe)		 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner New Zealand Andre Heimgartner New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Racing New Zealand Simon Evans
R2 12 April 2015 New Zealand Simon Evans Australia Tony D'Alberto Angus Fogg Racing
R3 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver No. TAU HMP PUK HMP PUK Pen. Pts.
1 New Zealand Simon Evans 4 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 80 1609
2 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 22 3 3 7 3 3 7 7 5 7 2 Ret 3 1 Ret 1 30 1340
3 Australia Tony D'Alberto 3 7 7 9 10 7 8 5 2 Ret 3 Ret 5 3 1 3 0 1155
4 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 4 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 3 80 1102
5 New Zealand Paul Manuell 15 6 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 6 6 3 5 0 1019
6 Australia Tim Slade 10 2 6 5 5 1 2 3 11 8 0 973
7 New Zealand Tim Edgell 8 DNS 9 10 9 9 4 2 6 2 7 3 6 0 962
8 New Zealand Richard Moore 10 2 6 5 5 1 2 3 11 8 0 951
9 Australia Jack Perkins 1 Ret 2 6 2 2 3 6 3 4 0 944
10 New Zealand Mitch Cunningham 32 8 10 1 8 10 10 Ret Ret 1 5 4 Ret 5 5 6 60 938
11 New Zealand Greg Murphy 1 Ret 2 6 2 2 3 6 3 4 0 934
12 New Zealand John McIntyre 47 4 5 4 7 4 5 8 7 10 0 882
13 New Zealand Mark Gibson 47 4 5 4 7 4 5 8 7 10 0 874
14 Australia Shae Davies 15 6 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 6 0 836
15 Australia Steve Owen 8 DNS 9 10 9 9 4 2 6 2 0 834
16 New Zealand Angus Fogg 3 7 7 9 10 7 8 5 2 Ret 0 737
17 Australia Cameron Waters 32 8 10 1 8 10 10 Ret Ret 1 0 707
18 Australia Paul Morris 22 3 3 7 3 3 7 0 634
19 New Zealand Shaun Varney 14 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 12 DNS 9 9 8 5 7 0 622
20 New Zealand Jonny Reid 96 5 4 2 4 6 9 0 615
21 New Zealand Dominic Storey 9 10 Ret 12 4 4 5 6 Ret 4 0 612
22 New Zealand Ant Pedersen 96 5 4 2 4 6 9 0 598
23 New Zealand Chris Hanley 27 9 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Ret 20 594
24 New Zealand Gene Rollinson 27
14		 11 11 11 10 10 Ret 4 4 4 20 553
25 New Zealand Andrew Waite 14 12 Ret 12 DNS 9 9 10 315
26 Australia Nick Percat 9 4 4 5 0 314
27 Australia Drew Russell 22 7 5 7 0 284
28 New Zealand Mitch Evans 5 4 2 2 0 245
29 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 27 9 11 11 0 237
30 Australia Dale Wood 9 10 Ret 12 0 141
31 New Zealand John Penny 14 11 Ret 13 0 134
Pos. Driver No. TAU HMP PUK HMP PUK Pen. Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References
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