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 New Zealand Nick Ross[1] All
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry (XV50) 10 Australia Brenton Grove[2] All
62 New Zealand Chelsea Herbert[3] All
222 Australia Scott Taylor[2] 1–3, 5
JumpFlex Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 42 New Zealand Matt Tubbs[1] All
Rob Wallace Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 51 New Zealand Rob Wallace[1] All
Lathrope Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 73 New Zealand Brad Lathrope[1] All
Hamilton Motorsports Holden Commodore (VE) 84 New Zealand Lance Hughes[4] All
85 Australia Jack Smith[4] All
Class Two
Justin Ashwell Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 11 New Zealand Justin Ashwell[1] All
Brock Timperley Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 59 New Zealand Brock Timperley[5] 1
Matt Podjursky Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 77 New Zealand Matt Podjursky[1] All
Matthew Clarke Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 80 New Zealand Matthew Clarke[1] 1
Class Three
AV8 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 3 New Zealand Tony Anderson[1] 2, 5–6
32 1
Mortimer Motorsport BMW M3 (E92) 15 New Zealand Kent Baigent[1] 1
98 New Zealand Andrew Nugent 5
BMW M3 GTR (E46) 177 New Zealand Matt Griffin[1] 1
Motorsport Services Hyundai i45 17 New Zealand Todd Murphy[1] 1
Brayden Philips Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 17 New Zealand Brayden Philips 3–4
Shaws Asphalters Holden Commodore (VE) 23 New Zealand John de Veth[1] 1
Justin McIllroy Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 25 New Zealand Justin McIllroy 5
McDonald Kerbing Specialist Holden Commodore (VE) 50 New Zealand Blair McDonald 2, 6
Darryl Clarke Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 54 New Zealand Darryl Clarke[1] 1
4H Investments- Auto Garage Holden Commodore (VE) 57 New Zealand Eric Hennephof 2, 6
Murray Bell Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 110 New Zealand Murray Bell 5–6
Nigel Karl Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 171 New Zealand Nigel Karl[1] 1
Collins Motorsport Ford Mustang (S550) 777 New Zealand Sam Collins 5
New Zealand 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 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Brock Timperley New Zealand John de Veth
R2 New Zealand Lance Hughes New Zealand Nick Ross Concept Motorsport New Zealand Brock Timperely New Zealand Tony Anderson
R3 Australia Jack Smith New Zealand Nick Ross Concept Motorsport New Zealand Brock Timperely New Zealand John de Veth
2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit)
Pukekohe, Auckland Region		 December 7–9 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Justin Ashwell New Zealand Tony Anderson
R2 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Tony Anderson
R3 Australia Jack Smith New Zealand Nick Ross Concept Motorsport New Zealand Justin Ashwell New Zealand Tony Anderson
2019
3 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park
Cromwell, Otago		 January 11–13 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Brayden Philips
R2 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Brayden Philips
R3 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Justin Ashwell New Zealand Brayden Philips
4 R1 Teretonga Park
Invercargill, Southland		 January 18–20 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Brayden Philips
R2 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Brayden Philips
R3 Australia Jack Smith New Zealand Nick Ross Concept Motorsport New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Brayden Philips
5 R1 Circuit Chris Amon
Feilding, Manawatū District		 February 8–10 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith New Zealand Nick Ross Concept Motorsport New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Blair McDonald
R2 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Tony Anderson
R3 Australia Jack Smith Australia Jack Smith Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Tony Anderson
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Hampton Downs, North Waikato		 March 9–10 New Zealand Lance Hughes New Zealand Lance Hughes New Zealand Lance Hughes Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Justin Ashwell New Zealand Tony Anderson
R2 New Zealand Lance Hughes New Zealand Lance Hughes Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Paul Radisich
R3 New Zealand Lance Hughes New Zealand Lance Hughes Hamilton Motorsports New Zealand Matt Podjursky New Zealand Paul Radisich

Championship standings
Pos Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM Pen. Pts
Class One
1 Australia Jack Smith 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 9 5 2 1181
2 New Zealand Nick Ross 2 1 1 8 3 1 3 9 8 3 3 1 1 2 Ret 4 4 4 1084
3 New Zealand Lance Hughes 3 3 3 2 2 3 12 3 2 Ret 4 9 3 3 2 1 1 1 1023
4 Australia Brenton Grove 4 14 9 Ret 5 4 2 2 Ret 2 2 2 6 9 6 2 2 Ret 867
5 New Zealand Robert Wallace 8 8 6 5 9 7 6 6 5 5 7 5 4 6 3 6 13 Ret 833
6 New Zealand Chelsea Herbert 6 Ret Ret 14 6 6 4 5 9 4 5 3 7 7 8 5 7 5 753
7 New Zealand Brad Lathrope 10 Ret DNS 9 14 9 5 4 4 6 6 4 8 8 7 11 8 6 733
8 New Zealand Matt Tubbs 12 6 Ret 6 7 8 8 7 10 10 8 6 8 Ret 8 516
9 Australia Scott Taylor 11 10 Ret 7 10 10 7 11 3 309
Class Two
1 New Zealand Justin Ashwell Ret 17 13 11 13 11 10 12 6 8 10 8 11 Ret 11 DSQ 11 9 1022
2 New Zealand Matt Podjursky 17 12 Ret 13 11 12 9 10 7 7 9 7 10 13 10 Ret 10 7 1018
3 New Zealand Brock Timperley 15 11 11 225
4 New Zealand Matthew Clark 18 18 Ret 114
Class Three
- New Zealand Tony Anderson 7 4 5 3 4 5 Ret 4 4 3 DNS DNS
- New Zealand Paul Radisich 10 3 3
- New Zealand John de Veth 5 5 4
- New Zealand Blair McDonald 4 8 13 5 Ret DNS 7 6 Ret
- New Zealand Andrew Nugent 9 5 5
- New Zealand Matt Griffin Ret 7 7
- New Zealand Brayden Philips 11 8 11 9 11 10
- New Zealand Todd Murphy 8 15 8
- New Zealand Kent Baigent 13 9 12
- New Zealand Sam Collins DNS 10 9
- New Zealand Eric Hennephof 10 12 14 12 9 Ret
- New Zealand Darryl Clarke 14 13 10
- New Zealand Murray Bell 12 11 12 13 12 Ret
- New Zealand Justin McIllory 13 12 13
- New Zealand Nigel Karl 16 16 14 12 DNS DNS
Pos Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM 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
  1. "20-car grid confirmed for BNT V8s season opener". Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. 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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