2014–15 V8SuperTourer season

The 2014–15 BNT NZ SuperTourers season was a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand.^[1] 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.

2014–15 V8SuperTourer

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Defending drivers' champion Greg Murphy.

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,^[2] but two rounds were cancelled in February 2015 as teams pulled out of the series.^[3]

Details
Rnd.	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:

  Race forms part of the NZ SuperTourers Championship.

  Race forms part of the NZ SuperTourers Championship and the Endurance Series.

Teams and drivers

Season entries					Endurance entries
Team	No.	Season driver	Rounds		Endurance driver	Rounds
M3 Racing	1	Greg Murphy	1–3		Jack Perkins[4]	1–3
	10	Richard Moore	1–3		Tim Slade	1–3
	15	Paul Manuell[5]	1–3, 5		Shae Davies	1–3
Angus Fogg Racing	3	Angus Fogg	1–3		Tony D'Alberto[6]	1–3
		Tony D'Alberto	4–5
Team 4	4	Simon Evans	All		Shane van Gisbergen[7]	1–3
	5	Mitch Evans	4		—
Edgell Performance Racing	8	Tim Edgell	1–4		Steve Owen[8]	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	5		—
Andre Heimgartner Racing	22	Andre Heimgartner	All		Paul Morris	1–2
					Drew Russell	3
PSR Racing	27	Chris Hanley	1–3		Daniel Gaunt[9]	1
					Gene Rollinson	2–3
Cunningham Racing	32	Mitch Cunningham	All		Cameron Waters[10]	1–3
John McIntyre Racing	47	Mark Gibson	1–3		John McIntyre[11]	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	Round winner(s)
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

Pos. Driver No. TAU HMP PUK HMP PUK Pen. Pts. 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 27 14 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 Pos. Driver No. TAU HMP PUK HMP PUK Pen. Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

References

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2. "2014 V8SuperTourer Calendar". v8st.co.nz. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
3. "BNT NZ SuperTourers Cancels South Island Events". V8SuperTourer. V8SuperTourers New Zealand Ltd. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
4. "Murphy and Perkins aim to build on successful partnership". NZ SuperTourers (Press release). 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
5. "PAUL MANUELL ON HUNT FOR V8ST CO-DRIVER". Speedcafe (Press release). 18 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
6. "D'Alberto Joins Fogg For NZST Enduros". Motornews.co.nz (Press release). CRC Industries New Zealand Limited. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
7. "Van Gisbergen confirms co-drive with Simon Evans". NZ SuperTourers (Press release). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8. "Edgell Secures Ace Co-Driver". NZ SuperTourers (Press release). 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
9. "From Lamborghini to a Fast Ford". NZ SuperTourers (Press release). 11 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
10. "Trans-Tasman partnership in BNT NZ SuperTourers". NZ SuperTourers (Press release). 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
11. "Refreshed McIntyre raring to race". NZ SuperTourers (Press release). 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

External links

• Official website