The 2002–03 New Zealand V8 season (known for commercial reasons as the 2002–03 Parker ENZED NZV8s Championship) was a motor racing series for New Zealand V8 touring cars. It consisted of seven rounds beginning on October 19 in 2002 at Ruapuna and concluded on March 30 2003 at Manfeild Autocourse.

The championship was won by Mark Pedersen. An endurance race that inaugurated the season was won by Pedersen and Paul Radisich.

Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2002 1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 19–20 October 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 9–10 November 2003 3 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 4–5 January 4 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 11–12 January 5 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 1–2 February 6 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 15–16 March 7 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 29–30 March

Teams and drivers Championship entries Endurance entries Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Driver Rounds Co-Driver Ford Ford Falcon (AU) ENZED 06 Brady Kennett 2–5, 7 Ken Smith 6 Nick Ross Racing 7 Nick Ross 2–7 Pedersen Sheehan Racing 11 Peter Van Bruegel All Greg Brinck 027 Mark Pedersen All Paul Radisich Dean McMillan Racing 18 Dean McMillan 2–6 Team Hicks Racing 19 Martin Hicks 2–5, 7 Ballistic Motorsport 30 Ashley Hall 5, 7 31 David Parsons 5, 7 GT Radial Tyres 75 Dean Perkins All Grant Silvester Tracer Motorsport 96 Paul Pedersen 2–7 111 Aaron Slight 1 Andy Priaulx PartsWorld 800 Peter Butler All Kevin Hyde Ford Falcon (EL) 10 Andrew Fawcet 1 Wayne Huxford Tradestaff 17 Paul Hinton 2–7 Mag & Turbo 89 Dale Lambert 2–7 Holden Holden Commodore (VX) Dynapac 3 Aaron Harris 2–7 4 Peter Sturgeon 1 Stephen Jones 9 Steve Rae 1–2 Rob Lewis Rob Lewis 3–4 12 Michael Wallace 1, 3–4, 6 Hamish Cross Orix Racing 15 Paul Manuell All Craig Gilbert 16 Andrew Talley 1 Richard Pollock Team Kiwi Racing 021 John McIntyre All Andy Booth 777 Andy Booth 2–7 Strapping Systems 25 Kevin Williams 2, 5–7 Mike Pero Racing 28 Wade Henshaw All Rick Armstrong 29 Bernard Gillon All Wade Henshaw 36 Miles Pope 1–2, 5–6 Bill Farmer 38 Glenn Collins 1–6 Paul Pedersen Andrew Fawcet 7 StaffCV.com 42 Phil Stewart All Jason Kerr Hydraulink 69 Michael Thom All Eddie Bell 99 Paul Kelly 1 Roger Townshend Holden Commodore (VT) 8 Mark Wootton 1–2, 5–7 Brendon Sole E-Frame Racing 70 Andrew Anderson All Rhys McKay Holden Commodore (VL) 13 Brian Friend 2, 5 Holden Commodore (VS) 13 Murray Lamb 1 Graeme Fisher 14 Maurice Shapley 1 Tony Rees 47 Adam Brook All Kevin Bell Steelform Taranaki Steelers 50 Julia Huzziff 6–7 55 Grant Shivas All Brendan Price 76 Duane Spurdle 1–2 Dean Cockerton Holden Commodore (VK) 23 Dave Nichols 5–6 51 Chris Ward 1, 4 Les Summerfield

Results and standings Season summary Round Venue Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner 1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch Mark Pederson Paul Radisich Pedersen Racing Mark Pederson Paul Radisich 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe Paul Manuell Orix Racing Paul Manuell R2 Andrew Anderson E-Frame Racing 3 R1 Teretonga Park, Invercargill John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing Mark Pedersen R2 John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing R3 Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing 4 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing John McIntyre R2 Andy Booth Team Kiwi Racing R3 Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing 5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing Mark Pedersen R2 Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing R3 Andy Booth Team Kiwi Racing 6 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing Paul Pedersen R2 Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing R3 Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing 7 R1 Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing Mark Pedersen R2 Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing R3 Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing

Point system Points for the 2002/2003 championship are allocated as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points 32 27 23 20 18 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Championship standings Pos. Driver RUA PUK TER TIM MAN1 TAU MAN2 Pts R R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Mark Pedersen 1 2 Ret 4 2 3 9 3 Ret 1 1 7 11 6 10 1 1 11 353 2 Paul Pedersen 4 8 DNS 14 4 1 14 21 1 7 6 Ret 1 1 1 10 2 1 327 3 John McIntyre Ret 9 Ret 1 1 16 1 2 8 3 9 8 2 2 3 16 4 5 321 4 Andy Booth Ret 3 15 2 8 5 2 1 11 4 4 1 13 3 21 14 3 3 312 5 Paul Manuell Ret 1 3 5 3 9 19 4 2 5 3 4 3 26 5 11 5 16 292 6 Michael Thom Ret 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 4 9 11 6 9 5 4 4 Ret Ret 254 7 Andrew Anderson Ret 4 1 3 Ret 2 7 12 6 10 8 3 7 9 7 5 Ret Ret 248 8 Wade Henshaw 11 7 4 7 7 Ret Ret 11 7 12 5 5 4 8 Ret 3 6 4 233 9 Nick Ross 15 DNS 11 6 8 8 7 9 6 13 10 8 4 2 6 Ret 2 222 10 Dean Perkins 15 25 2 Ret DSQ 6 6 8 5 2 2 Ret 21 7 6 2 20 Ret 208 11 Dale Lambert DSQ DSQ 9 Ret Ret 3 6 3 11 7 11 6 11 8 9 7 6 189 12 Peter Van Breugel 12 13 9 16 Ret 7 15 14 15 8 12 9 5 10 Ret 7 11 Ret 154 13 Adam Brook 8 11 13 10 11 15 11 DNS 24 Ret 16 13 14 16 11 12 12 10 132 14 Brady Kennett Ret 7 8 Ret 14 13 13 DNS 13 10 2 8 8 Ret 122 15 Aaron Harris 14 8 18 9 10 12 10 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 9 17 9 12 119 16 Phil Stewart Ret 10 10 17 10 11 DNS DNS 18 14 17 17 19 22 12 15 13 Ret 94 17 Kevin Williams 5 Ret 15 15 12 10 12 14 13 10 13 93 18 Glenn Collins 4 21 22 12 15 12 10 DNS 20 18 14 14 17 15 Ret 83 19 Bernard Gillon 11 12 14 13 12 Ret 18 Ret 21 28 18 DNS 12 13 Ret 20 15 14 80 20 Peter Butler 9 16 11 DNS 13 Ret 17 15 13 25 22 15 24 20 Ret Ret 18 DNS 63 21 Rob Lewis 6 DNS Ret DNS 5 9 10 57 22 Grant Shivas 10 23 Ret Ret Ret DNS 21 19 16 17 Ret DNS 16 Ret 13 19 16 9 54 23 Michael Wallace Ret 15 14 13 16 DNS 12 15 18 Ret 53 24 Paul Radisich 1 DNS DNS 8 45 25 Andrew Fawcet 13 18 14 7 32 26 Miles Pope Ret 17 6 22 21 18 22 17 17 31 27 Paul Hinton 18 18 19 16 19 20 Ret 14 21 20 19 23 Ret 18 25 Ret 19 31 28 Dean McMillan Ret 20 Ret 18 18 22 16 19 19 19 21 18 19 15 29 29 Paul Kelly 2 27 30 Roger Townshend 2 27 31 Mike Pero 3 23 32 Rick Armstrong 3 23 33 Steve Rae 6 22 19 18 34 Peter Sturgeon 5 18 35 Stephen Jones 5 18 36 Martin Hicks Ret 21 20 17 17 23 18 Ret 20 23 Ret 21 17 20 18 37 Mark Wootton 19 16 Ret Ret 16 25 23 16 22 Ret Ret 17 38 Murray Lamb 7 14 39 Graeme Fisher 7 14 40 Kevin Bell 8 13 41 Kevin Hyde 9 12 42 Brendan Price 10 11 43 Greg Brinck 12 9 44 Wayne Huxford 13 8 45 Maurice Shapley 14 7 46 Tony Rees 14 7 47 Julia Huzziff Ret 24 20 23 19 17 7 48 Grant Silvester 15 6 49 Chris Ward 16 24 20 23 6 50 Ashley Hall 23 28 24 24 DSQ 15 6 51 Duane Spurdle Ret 20 17 5 52 Les Summerfield 16 5 53 Dave Nichols 26 24 20 26 25 19 3 54 Graham Stokes 24 26 Ret 27 Ret 18 3 55 Ken Smith 20 21 DNS 1 - Eddie Bell Ret - - Dean Cockerton Ret - - Hamish Cross Ret - - Bill Farmer Ret - - Brian Friend 24 Ret Ret 25 22 - - Craig Gilbert Ret - - Jason Kerr Ret - - Rhys McKay Ret - - David Parsons 27 27 23 26 21 Ret - - Richard Pollock Ret - - Andy Priaulx Ret - - Aaron Slight Ret - - Brendon Sole Ret - - Andrew Talley Ret - Pos. Driver R R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts RUA PUK TER TIM MAN1 TAU MAN2

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