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.
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.
Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed during the 2012 V8SuperTourer season. Team Vehicle No Driver Co-driver Rounds International Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 2 Jonny Reid Wade Cunningham All 32 Mitch Cunningham Dean Canto 5–7 96 Ant Pedersen Matt Halliday Alex Davison All Knight Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 5 Andy Knight 1–4 Edgell Performance Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 8 Tim Edgell Nick Chester Chris van der Drift All MPC Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 12 Geoff Emery Christian Klien Steve Owen 1–2, 4–7 93 Scott McLaughlin Jonathon Webb 1–2, 4–7 M3 Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 10 Richard Moore Owen Kelly All 15 Paul Manuell Scott Harrison John Penny All 51 Greg Murphy Fabian Coulthard Nick Cassidy Jack Perkins 1, 3–4, 6–725 AV8 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 22 Andre Heimgartner Gene Rollinson Paul Morris Andy Booth All6 23 Andy Booth Tony D'Alberto All M2 Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 26 Simon McLennan Craig Innes Cam Watershttps://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr#!/photo.php?fbid=440159732688533&set=a.309190979118743.64684.303972492973925&type=1&theater 5–7 PSR Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 27 Craig Baird George Miedecke Chris Pither All Tasman Motorsports Group Ford Falcon (FG) 31 Daniel Gaunt Andrew Waite 4–7 John McIntyre Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 47 John McIntyre Jono Lester All 55670 Steven Richards Will Bamber Scott Harrison Dominic StoreyConfirmed by @dom_storey on Instagram Racing Projects Ford Falcon (FG) 66 Colin Corkery Jeroen Bleekemolen 1–3, 5–7 Eddie Bell Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 69 Eddie Bell Luke Youlden Will Bamber All Farmer Racing Services Holden Commodore (VE) 99 Kayne Scott Simon Evans All Angus Fogg Racing Holden Commodore (VE) 247 Angus Fogg Hugh Gardiner 4–7
Notes: – Scott Harrison was Paul Manuell's co-driver for Round 5 at Taupō, and John Penny was driving with Manuell at Pukekohe and Ruapuna.
Calendar The 2012 V8SuperTourer season consisted of seven rounds. 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, Manawatū 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(Taupō, Taupō 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
Endurance Championship
Drivers Team TAU PUK RUA 1 Nick Cassidy (Taupō) 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 (Taupō & Pukekohe) Alex Davison (Ruapuna) International Motorsport 18th 8th 6th 6th 7th 8th 4th 1068 6 Craig Baird (Taupō) 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 Will Bamber (Taupō) 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 (Taupō) 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 (Taupō) Cam 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 (Taupō) John Penny (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) M3 Racing 15th 13th 11th 9th 8th Ret 6th 608 18 Tim Edgell Nick Chester (Taupō) Chris van der Drift (Pukekohe & Ruapuna) Edgell Performance Racing 16th 16th 16th Ret DNS Ret 3rd 429 19 Eddie Bell Luke Youlden (Taupō & Ruapuna) Will 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 Drivers Team TAU PUK RUA
See also V8SuperTourer
References
External links V8SuperTourers New Zealand V8SuperTourer News on Speedstuff