The 2014–15 BNT NZ SuperTourers season was a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand. 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, but two rounds were cancelled in February 2015 as teams pulled out of the series.

Details 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:

Teams and drivers Season entries Endurance entries Team Season driver Rounds Endurance driver Rounds M3 Racing 1 Greg Murphy 1–3 Jack Perkins 1–3 10 Richard Moore 1–3 Tim Slade 1–3 15 Paul Manuell 1–3, 5 Shae Davies 1–3 Angus Fogg Racing 3 Angus Fogg 1–3 Tony D'Alberto 1–3 Tony D'Alberto 4–5 Team 4 4 Simon Evans All Shane van Gisbergen 1–3 5 Mitch Evans 4colspan=2 Edgell Performance Racing 8 Tim Edgell 1–4 Steve Owen 1–3 iSport Racing 9 Dominic Storey 1, 3–4 Dale Wood 1 Nick Percat 3 Varney Motorsport 14 Shaun Varney 1–4 John Penny 1 Andrew Waite 2–3 Gene Rollinson 5colspan=2 Andre Heimgartner Racing 22 Andre Heimgartner All Paul Morris 1–2 Drew Russell 3 PSR Racing 27 Chris Hanley 1–3 Daniel Gaunt 1 Gene Rollinson 2–3 Cunningham Racing 32 Mitch Cunningham All Cameron Waters 1–3 John McIntyre Racing 47 Mark Gibson 1–3 John McIntyre 1–3 International Motorsport 96 Ant Pedersen 1–2 Jonny Reid 1–2

Results

Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 27 September 2014 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō) Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Team 4 Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen R2 28 September 2014 Shane van Gisbergen Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Team 4 R3 Greg Murphy Mitch Cunningham Cameron Waters Cunningham Racing 2 R1 1 November 2014 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(North Waikato) Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Team 4 Richard Moore Tim Slade R2 2 November 2014 Shane van Gisbergen Richard Moore Tim Slade M3 Racing R3 Shane van Gisbergen Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Team 4 3 R1 29 November 2014 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe) Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Team 4 Tim Edgell Steve Owen R2 30 November 2014 Shane van Gisbergen Simon Evans Shane van Gisbergen Team 4 R3 Shane van Gisbergen Mitch Cunningham Cameron Waters Cunningham Racing 4 R1 31 January 2015 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(North Waikato) Simon Evans Andre Heimgartner Simon Evans Team 4 Simon Evans R2 1 February 2015 Simon Evans Mitch Evans Simon Evans Team 4 R3 Andre Heimgartner 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) Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Racing Simon Evans R2 12 April 2015 Simon Evans Tony D'Alberto Angus Fogg Racing R3 Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' championship Driver TAU HMP PUK HMP PUK 1 Simon Evans 4 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 80 1609 2 Andre Heimgartner 22 3 3 7 3 3 7 7 5 7 2 Ret 3 1 Ret 1 30 1340 3 Tony D'Alberto 3 7 7 9 10 7 8 5 2 Ret 3 Ret 5 3 1 3 0 1155 4 Shane van Gisbergen 4 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 3 80 1102 5 Paul Manuell 15 6 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 6 6 3 5 0 1019 6 Tim Slade 10 2 6 5 5 1 2 3 11 8 0 973 7 Tim Edgell 8 DNS 9 10 9 9 4 2 6 2 7 3 6 0 962 8 Richard Moore 10 2 6 5 5 1 2 3 11 8 0 951 9 Jack Perkins 1 Ret 2 6 2 2 3 6 3 4 0 944 10 Mitch Cunningham 32 8 10 1 8 10 10 Ret Ret 1 5 4 Ret 5 5 6 60 938 11 Greg Murphy 1 Ret 2 6 2 2 3 6 3 4 0 934 12 John McIntyre 47 4 5 4 7 4 5 8 7 10 0 882 13 Mark Gibson 47 4 5 4 7 4 5 8 7 10 0 874 14 Shae Davies 15 6 8 8 6 5 6 9 8 6 0 836 15 Steve Owen 8 DNS 9 10 9 9 4 2 6 2 0 834 16 Angus Fogg 3 7 7 9 10 7 8 5 2 Ret 0 737 17 Cameron Waters 32 8 10 1 8 10 10 Ret Ret 1 0 707 18 Paul Morris 22 3 3 7 3 3 7 0 634 19 Shaun Varney 14 11 Ret 13 12 Ret 12 DNS 9 9 8 5 7 0 622 20 Jonny Reid 96 5 4 2 4 6 9 0 615 21 Dominic Storey 9 10 Ret 12 4 4 5 6 Ret 4 0 612 22 Ant Pedersen 96 5 4 2 4 6 9 0 598 23 Chris Hanley 27 9 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Ret 20 594 24 Gene Rollinson 2714 11 11 11 10 10 Ret 4 4 4 20 553 25 Andrew Waite 14 12 Ret 12 DNS 9 9 10 315 26 Nick Percat 9 4 4 5 0 314 27 Drew Russell 22 7 5 7 0 284 28 Mitch Evans 5 4 2 2 0 245 29 Daniel Gaunt 27 9 11 11 0 237 30 Dale Wood 9 10 Ret 12 0 141 31 John Penny 14 11 Ret 13 0 134 Driver TAU HMP PUK HMP PUK Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

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