The 2017–18 NZ Touring Cars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2017–18 BNT V8s Championship) was the nineteenth season of the series, and the third under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field consisted of three classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two and three consisted of older NZV8 TL and varying touring cars.

The Class One championship was won by Andre Heimgartner while Class Two honours went to Liam MacDonald.

Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2017 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 3–5 November 2 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 1–3 December 2018 3 Mike Pero Motorsport Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 12–14 January 4 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 19–21 January 5 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon(Feilding, Manawatū District) 9–11 February 6 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, Waikato) 9–11 March

Teams and drivers Manufacturer Vehicle Team Driver Events Class One Holden Commodore (VE) JumpFlex Racing 42 Matthew Tubbs 2–6 Hamilton Motorsports 84 Lance Hughes All 85 Jack Smith 1–3, 5–6 Nissan Altima (L33) Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All Toyota Camary (XV50) Richards Team Motorsport 71 Andre Heimgartner All 97 Jason Bargwanna All 222 Scott Taylor 6 Ford Falcon (FG) Lathrope Racing 73 Brad Lathrope 1–2, 5–6 Class Two Ford Falcon (BF) Alan McCarrison Racing 9 Alan McCarrison 1 Digga 11 Justin Ashwell All Brock Timperley Motorsport 59 Brock Timperley All Chelsea Herbert Racing 62 Chelsea Herbert All Nick Farrier Racing 63 Nick Farrier 1–2, 6 Liam MacDonald Racing 69 Liam MacDonald All Grand Design Timber 77 Rob Wallace 1–2, 5–6 Dign4U 777 Matt Podjursky 1–2, 5–6 Holden Commodore (VZ) Bronson Porter Racing 40 Bronson Porter 1–2 Invitational BMW M3 (E46) Mortimer Motorsport 177 Matt Griffin 1 M3 (E92) 197 Warwick Mortimer 1 BM Racing 98 Andrew Nugent 1 Ford Falcon (BF) Nigel Karl Racing 17171 Nigel Karl 1–2, 5–6 Thirsty Liquor 18117 Shane Whitley 12 Ford Falcon (BA) AV8 Motorsport 32 Tony Anderson 6 DFM Racing 80 Jono Lester 6 Hyundai Hyundai i45 Motorsport Services 17 Todd Murphy 6 Holden Commodore (VE) Shaws Asphalters 23 John de Veth 6 AV8 Motorsport 3 Tony Anderson 2 McDonald Kerbing Specialists 50 Blair McDonald 6 4H Investments 57 Eric Hennephof 6

Calendar Round 1 was held in support of the 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint while Round 5 was in support of the 2018 New Zealand Grand Prix.

Rnd Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Class 1 Winner Class 2 Winner Invitational Winner 2017 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Andre Heimgartner Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald Andrew Nugent R2 Nick Ross Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald Matt Griffin R3 Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Liam MacDonald Andrew Nugent 2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Chelsea Herbert Nigel Karl R2 Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald Nigel Karl R3 Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Brock Timperley no starters 2018 3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Chelsea Herbert no entrants R2 Jason Bargwanna Andre Heimgartner Liam MacDonald no entrants R3 Nick Ross Andre Heimgartner Justin Ashwell no entrants 4 R1 Teretonga Park Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Brock Timperley no entrants R2 Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald no entrants R3 Jason Bargwanna Nick Ross Brock Timperley no entrants 5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon Nick Ross Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner Brock Timperley no starters R2 Jack Smith Nick Ross Brock Timperley no starters R3 Jack Smith Jason Bargwanna Brock Timperley no starters 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Brock Timperley John de Veth R2 Jack Smith Nick Ross Liam MacDonald John de Veth R3 Jack Smith Jack Smith Brock Timperley Nigel Karl

Championship standings Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Class One 1 Andre Heimgartner 18 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 10 2 4 4 1179 2 Jason Bargwanna 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 Ret 2 2 1 3 12 5 1 1 10 3 1106 3 Nick Ross 3 17 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 Ret 3 1 2 1 3 17 1 2 1065 4 Lance Hughes 2 4 Ret 5 5 4 4 9 4 3 4 9 4 4 2 3 18 15 873 5 Jack Smith 8 5 12 3 3 5 9 3 Ret 3 2 4 5 2 1 817 6 Matthew Tubbs 7 7 10 10 4 7 7 5 6 10 13 11 9 5 6 704 7 Brad Lathrope Ret 6 Ret 6 6 6 5 6 13 8 6 5 463 8 Scott Taylor 7 8 7 136 Class Two 1 Liam MacDonald 6 8 3 13 8 8 6 5 Ret DSQ 6 5 7 9 6 15 11 9 1090 2 Brock Timperley 12 16 6 Ret 10 7 8 7 Ret 4 7 4 6 7 5 11 12 8 1055 3 Chelsea Herbert 9 9 7 8 Ret 11 5 6 6 5 8 7 8 8 8 13 15 14 1041 4 Justin Ashwell 11 15 14 12 13 13 7 8 5 6 9 8 9 11 9 16 14 11 948 5 Matt Podjurksy 10 Ret Ret 9 14 14 11 10 7 12 13 10 555 6 Robert Wallace 7 11 5 Ret 11 Ret DNS 12 12 14 16 18 431 7 Nick Farrier 13 10 8 14 9 9 20 17 13 418 8 Bronson Porter Ret 12 13 Ret 12 12 192 9 Alan McCarrison 15 Ret Ret 39 Invitational - John DeVeth 4 3 16 - - Matt Griffin 5 3 Ret - - Andrew Nugent 4 Ret 9 - - Blair McDonald 6 7 19 - - Warwick Mortimer 17 7 10 - - Jono Lester 10 9 17 - - Nigel Karl 14 13 11 10 15 DNS DNS DNS DNS 19 DNS 12 - - Shane Whitley 16 14 15 11 Ret DNS - - Eric Hennephof 18 DNS DNS - - Tony Anderson DNS DNS DNS - Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pen. Pts PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAMBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

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