2012 V8SuperTourer season

The 2012 V8SuperTourer season is a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand. It began on 17 February at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and ended on the 25 November at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Ruapuna after seven rounds. All cars use a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and are powered a Mosler 7-litre engine.

2012 V8SuperTourer
Previous:	none	Next:	2013

While the chassis and engines are the same (to provide a level playing field and hopefully allow the best drivers to succeed due to talent, not equipment), the cars can 'wear' body panels from any suitable model. So far, cars have appeared as either the Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore, but the chassis are a generic enough shape that a manufacturer such as Toyota or BMW could likely fit their bodywork to a Supertourer chassis and race as Lexus or 5 Series model.

16 cars were confirmed to run in the inaugural season. The V8SuperTourer also confirmed an exclusive broadcasting deal with TV3 to screen all of the races live on the Gillette Motorsport show.[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2012 V8SuperTourer season.[2][3]

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
International Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	2	Jonny Reid[4]	Wade Cunningham[5]	All
		32	Mitch Cunningham[6]	Dean Canto[6]	5–7
		96	Ant Pedersen[7]	Matt Halliday[5] Alex Davison[8]	All
Knight Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	5	Andy Knight[9]	N/A	1–4
Edgell Performance Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	8	Tim Edgell[10]	Nick Chester[11] Chris van der Drift[12]	All
MPC Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	12	Geoff Emery[13][14]	Christian Klien[15] Steve Owen[16]	1–2, 4–7
		93	Scott McLaughlin	Jonathon Webb[17]	1–2, 4–7
M3 Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	10	Richard Moore[9]	Owen Kelly[18]	All
		15	Paul Manuell[19][20]	Scott Harrison[21] John Penny[21] ^1	All
		51	Greg Murphy Fabian Coulthard[22] Nick Cassidy[23]	Jack Perkins[24]	1, 3–4, 6–7 2 5
AV8 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	22	Andre Heimgartner Gene Rollinson	Paul Morris[25] Andy Booth[26]	All 6
		23	Andy Booth[19][27]	Tony D'Alberto[28]	All
M2 Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	26	Simon McLennan[29]	Craig Innes[30] Cameron Waters[31]	5–7
PSR Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	27	Craig Baird[32] George Miedecke[33]	Chris Pither[34]	All
Tasman Motorsports Group	Ford Falcon (FG)	31	Daniel Gaunt[35]	Andrew Waite[36]	4–7
John McIntyre Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	47	John McIntyre[9]	Jono Lester[37]	All
		556 70	Steven Richards[38]	Will Bamber[39] Scott Harrison[40] Dominic Storey[41]
Racing Projects	Ford Falcon (FG)	66	Colin Corkery[42]	Jeroen Bleekemolen[43]	1–3, 5–7
Eddie Bell Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	69	Eddie Bell	Luke Youlden[44] Will Bamber[45]	All
Farmer Racing Services[46]	Holden Commodore (VE)	99	Kayne Scott[46]	Simon Evans[47]	All
Angus Fogg Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	247	Angus Fogg[48]	Hugh Gardiner[49]	4–7

Notes:

• ^1 – Scott Harrison was Paul Manuell's co-driver for Round 5 at Taupo, and John Penny was driving with Manuell at Pukekohe and Ruapuna.

Calendar

The 2012 V8SuperTourer season consisted of seven rounds.[50] The final three rounds were run under an endurance format akin to that run in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.

Rounds		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, North Waikato)	18 February	Kayne Scott	Scott McLaughlin	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
	2		19 February		Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
	3				Kayne Scott	Ant Pedersen	International Motorsport
2	4	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	7 April	Fabian Coulthard	Fabian Coulthard	Fabian Coulthard	M3 Racing
	5		8 April		Fabian Coulthard	Fabian Coulthard	M3 Racing
	6				Fabian Coulthard	John McIntyre	John McIntyre Racing
3	7	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatu District)	28 April	Jonny Reid	John McIntyre	Jonny Reid	International Motorsport
	8		29 April		Jonny Reid	Jonny Reid	International Motorsport
	9				Andy Booth	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
4	10	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, North Waikato)	2 June	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	MPC Motorsport
	11		3 June		Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	MPC Motorsport
	12				Scott McLaughlin	Scott McLaughlin	MPC Motorsport

Endurance Series

Rounds		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning drivers	Winning team
5	13	Taupo Motorsport Park (Taupo, Taupo District)	2 September	Nick Cassidy Jack Perkins	Nick Cassidy Jack Perkins	Nick Cassidy Jack Perkins	M3 Racing
	14				Jonny Reid Wade Cunningham	Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	MPC Motorsport
6	15	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	28 October	Greg Murphy Jack Perkins	Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	MPC Motorsport
	16				Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	Greg Murphy Jack Perkins	M3 Racing
	17				Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	Greg Murphy Jack Perkins	M3 Racing
7	18	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	25 November	Ant Pedersen Alex Davison	Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	MPC Motorsport
	19				Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb	Daniel Gaunt Andrew Waite	Tasman Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers Championship

Sprint Championship

Pos Driver HAM RUA MAN HAM Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 John McIntyre 9th 6th 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 7th 2nd 5th 3rd 8th 2555 2 Jonny Reid 4th 2nd 9th 3rd 2nd 10th 1st 1st 5th 3rd Ret 4th 2334 3 Scott McLaughlin 10th 15th 3rd Ret 7th 15th 1st 1st 1st 2055 4 Andy Booth 3rd 4th 11th 7th 8th 4th Ret 5th 12th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1958 5 Greg Murphy 1st 1st 7th 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 5th 3rd 1742 6 Kayne Scott 2nd 3rd 13th 6th 5th 5th 10th 10th 7th 6th 10th Ret 1695 7 Ant Pedersen 8th 9th 1st 5th 6th 6th 4th 6th 9th Ret 14th 6th 1661 8 Craig Baird 5th DNF 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 9th 8th Ret 7th Ret 1604 9 Steven Richards 13th 10th 4th 11th 9th 7th 8th 4th 6th 10th 15th 10th 1553 10 Andre Heimgartner 16th 13th 5th 8th 13th 11th 12th 8th 13th 8th 4th 5th 1461 11 Andy Knight 6th 7th 8th 12th Ret Ret 7th 2nd 10th 9th 6th 7th 1277 12 Richard Moore 12th 11th Ret 10th 12th 14th 13th 11th 3rd Ret Ret 13th 1220 13 Paul Manuell 11th 8th Ret 14th 11th 12th 9th Ret 4th 7th 12th 9th 1184 14 Eddie Bell 7th 5th 12th 15th 10th 8th 5th 12th 11th 11th 9th Ret 1039 15 Geoff Emery 15th 12th 10th 9th 14th 9th 12th 11th 12th 639 16 Fabian Coulthard 1st 1st 2nd 757 17 Daniel Gaunt 14th 8th 11th 570 18 Colin Corkery 14th 14th Ret 13th Ret 13th 11th Ret Ret 439 19 Angus Fogg 13th 13th 14th 302 20 Mitch Cunningham 185 21 Simon McLennan 144 22 Tim Edgell 124 23 Gene Rollinson 0 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Endurance Championship

Pos. Drivers Team TAU PUK RUA Pts. R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 1 Nick Cassidy (Taupo) Greg Murphy (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) Jack Perkins Mike Pero Racing 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 13th 5th 1852 2 Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb MPC Motorsport 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 15th 1803 3 Richard Moore Owen Kelly M3 Racing 4th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 10th 13th 1220 4 Daniel Gaunt Andrew Waite Tasman Motorsports Group 6th 14th 7th 3rd 5th Ret 1st 1162 5 Ant Pedersen Matt Halliday (Taupo & Pukekohe) Alex Davison (Ruapuna) International Motorsport 18th 8th 6th 6th 7th 8th 4th 1068 6 Craig Baird (Taupo) George Miedecke (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) Chris Pither PSR Racing 8th 7th 10th 12th 11th 3rd 10th 976 7 Andre Heimgartner Gene Rollinson (Pukekohe R2 & R3) Paul Morris Andy Booth (Pukekohe R2 & R3) AV8 Motorsport 5th Ret 8th 11th 6th 9th 11th 856 8 Steven Richards William Bamber (Taupo) Scott Harrison (Pukekohe) Dominic Storey (Ruapuna) John McIntyre Racing 7th 9th 14th Ret 9th 7th 8th 795 9 Mitch Cunningham Dean Canto International Motorsport 10th 15th 13th 8th 13th 4th 16th 779 10 Andy Booth Tony D'Alberto AV8 Motorsport 9th 11th 5th DNS DNS 2nd 14th 777 11 John McIntyre Jono Lester John McIntyre Racing 3rd 3rd 18th 7th 14th DNS DNS 771 12 Geoff Emery Christian Klien (Taupo) Steve Owen (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) MPC Motorsport 17th 12th 15th 5th 15th Ret 2nd 755 13 Kayne Scott Simon Evans Farmer Racing Services Ret 5th 3rd 15th 4th DNS DNS 728 14 Simon McLennan Craig Innes (Taupo) Cameron Waters (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) M2 Motorsport 12th 18th 17th 13th 10th 5th 12th 692 15 Jonny Reid Wade Cunningham International Motorsport 13th 6th 9th 14th 16th 11th 17th 690 16 Angus Fogg Hugh Gardiner Angus Fogg Racing 14th 17th 12th 10th 12th 12th 9th 659 17 Paul Manuell Scott Harrison (Taupo) John Penny (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) M3 Racing 15th 13th 11th 9th 8th Ret 6th 608 18 Tim Edgell Nick Chester (Taupo) Chris van der Drift (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) Edgell Performance Racing 16th 16th 16th Ret DNS Ret 3rd 429 19 Eddie Bell Luke Youlden (Taupo & Ruapuna) William Bamber (Pukekohe) Eddie Bell Racing Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 6th 7th 336 20 Colin Corkery Jeroen Bleekemolen Racing Projects 11th 10th Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 221 Pos. Drivers Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts. TAU PUK RUA

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

See also

V8SuperTourer

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External links

• V8SuperTourers New Zealand
• V8SuperTourer News on Speedstuff