The 2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2018–19 BNT V8s Championship) was the twentieth season of the series, and the fourth under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field consisted of two classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two consisted of older NZV8 TL cars. The series was won by Australian Jack Smith, with Justin Ashwell taking the Class Two championship.
Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2018 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 2–4 November 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway (short layout)(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 7–9 December 2019 3 Highlands Motorsport Park(Cromwell, Southland) 11–13 January 4 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 18–20 January 5 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon(Feilding, Manawatū District) 8–10 February 6 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, Waikato) 8–10 March
Teams and drivers Manufacturer Vehicle Entrant Driver Rounds Class One Ford Falcon (FG) Lathrope Racing 73 Brad Lathrope All Holden Commodore (VE) JumpFlex Racing 42 Matt Tubbs All Rob Wallace Racing 51 Rob Wallace All Hamilton Motorsports 84 Lance Hughes All 85 Jack Smith All Nissan Altima (L33) Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All Toyota Camary (XV50) Richards Team Motorsport 10 Brenton Grove All 62 Chelsea Herbert All 222 Scott Taylor 1–3, 5 Class Two Ford Falcon (BF) Justin Ashwell Motorsport 11 Justin Ashwell All Brock Timperley Motorsport 59 Brock Timperley 1 Matt Podjursky Racing 77 Matt Podjursky All Holden Commodore (VZ) Matthew Clarke Racing 80 Matthew Clarke 1 Class Three BMW M3 (E92) Mortimer Motorsport 15 Kent Baigent 1 98 Andrew Nugent 5 M3 GTR (E46) 177 Matt Griffin 1 Ford Falcon (BF) Brayden Philips Racing 17 Brayden Philips 3–4 Darryl Clarke Racing 54 Darryl Clarke 1 Murray Bell Racing 110 Murray Bell 5–6 Nigel Karl Racing 171 Nigel Karl 1 Mustang (S550) Collins Motorsport 777 Sam Collins 5 Paul Radisich 6 Holden Commodore (VE) AV8 Motorsport 3 Tony Anderson 2, 5–6 32 1 Shaws Asphalters 23 John de Veth 1 McDonald Kerbing Specialist 50 Blair McDonald 2, 6 4H Investments- Auto Garage 57 Eric Hennephof 2, 6 Commodore (VZ) Justin McIllroy Racing 25 Justin McIllroy 5 Hyundai Hyundai i45 Motorsport Services 17 Todd Murphy 1
Race calendar and results All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Class One winner Class Two winner Class Three winner 2018 1 R1 Pukekohe Park RacewayPukekohe, Auckland Region Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Brock Timperley John de Veth R2 Lance Hughes Nick Ross Brock Timperely Tony Anderson R3 Jack Smith Nick Ross Brock Timperely John de Veth 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit)Pukekohe, Auckland Region Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Justin Ashwell Tony Anderson R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Tony Anderson R3 Jack Smith Nick Ross Justin Ashwell Tony Anderson 2019 3 R1 Highlands Motorsport ParkCromwell, Otago Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips R3 Jack Smith Jack Smith Justin Ashwell Brayden Philips 4 R1 Teretonga ParkInvercargill, Southland Jack Smith Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips R3 Jack Smith Nick Ross Matt Podjursky Brayden Philips 5 R1 Circuit Chris AmonFeilding, Manawatū District Jack Smith Jack Smith Nick Ross Matt Podjursky Blair McDonald R2 Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Tony Anderson R3 Jack Smith Jack Smith Matt Podjursky Tony Anderson 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport ParkHampton Downs, North Waikato Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Justin Ashwell Tony Anderson R2 Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Matt Podjursky Paul Radisich R3 Lance Hughes Lance Hughes Matt Podjursky Paul Radisich
Championship standings Pos Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Class One 1 Jack Smith 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 9 5 2 1181 2 Nick Ross 2 1 1 8 3 1 3 9 8 3 3 1 1 2 Ret 4 4 4 1084 3 Lance Hughes 3 3 3 2 2 3 12 3 2 Ret 4 9 3 3 2 1 1 1 1023 4 Brenton Grove 4 14 9 Ret 5 4 2 2 Ret 2 2 2 6 9 6 2 2 Ret 867 5 Robert Wallace 8 8 6 5 9 7 6 6 5 5 7 5 4 6 3 6 13 Ret 833 6 Chelsea Herbert 6 Ret Ret 14 6 6 4 5 9 4 5 3 7 7 8 5 7 5 753 7 Brad Lathrope 10 Ret DNS 9 14 9 5 4 4 6 6 4 8 8 7 11 8 6 733 8 Matt Tubbs 12 6 Ret 6 7 8 8 7 10 10 8 6 8 Ret 8 516 9 Scott Taylor 11 10 Ret 7 10 10 7 11 3 309 Class Two 1 Justin Ashwell Ret 17 13 11 13 11 10 12 6 8 10 8 11 Ret 11 DSQ 11 9 1022 2 Matt Podjursky 17 12 Ret 13 11 12 9 10 7 7 9 7 10 13 10 Ret 10 7 1018 3 Brock Timperley 15 11 11 225 4 Matthew Clark 18 18 Ret 114 Class Three - Tony Anderson 7 4 5 3 4 5 Ret 4 4 3 DNS DNS - Paul Radisich 10 3 3 - John de Veth 5 5 4 - Blair McDonald 4 8 13 5 Ret DNS 7 6 Ret - Andrew Nugent 9 5 5 - Matt Griffin Ret 7 7 - Brayden Philips 11 8 11 9 11 10 - Todd Murphy 8 15 8 - Kent Baigent 13 9 12 - Sam Collins DNS 10 9 - Eric Hennephof 10 12 14 12 9 Ret - Darryl Clarke 14 13 10 - Murray Bell 12 11 12 13 12 Ret - Justin McIllory 13 12 13 - Nigel Karl 16 16 14 12 DNS DNS Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAMBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap
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