2017–18 NZ Touring Cars Championship

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

Entrants

Team	Vehicle	No.	Driver	Events
Class One
Concept Motorsport	Nissan Altima (L33)	007	Nick Ross^[1]	All
JumpFlex Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	42	Matthew Tubbs	2–6
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry (XV50)	71	Andre Heimgartner^[2]	All
		97	Jason Bargwanna	All
		222	Scott Taylor	6
Lathrope Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	73	Brad Lathrope^[3]	1–2, 5–6
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden Commodore (VE)	84	Lance Hughes	All
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden Commodore (VE)	85	Jack Smith^[4]	1–3, 5–6
Class Two
Alan McCarrison Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	9	Alan McCarrison	1
Digga	Ford Falcon (BF)	11	Justin Ashwell	All
Bronson Porter Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	40	Bronson Porter	1–2
Brock Timperley Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BF)	59	Brock Timperley	All
Chelsea Herbert Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	62	Chelsea Herbert	All
Nick Farrier Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	63	Nick Farrier	1–2, 6
Liam MacDonald Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	69	Liam MacDonald	All
Grand Design Timber	Ford Falcon (BF)	77	Rob Wallace	1–2, 5–6
Dign4U	Ford Falcon (BF)	777	Matt Podjursky^[5]	1–2, 5–6
Invitational
Nigel Karl Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	17 171	Nigel Karl	1–2, 5–6
Motorsport Services	Hyundai i45	17	Todd Murphy	6
Thirsty Liquor	Ford Falcon (BF)	18 117	Shane Whitley	1 2
Shaws Asphalters	Holden Commodore (VE)	23	John de Veth	6
AV8 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	3	Tony Anderson	2
AV8 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BA)	32	Tony Anderson	6
McDonald Kerbing Specialists	Holden Commodore (VE)	50	Blair McDonald	6
4H Investments	Holden Commodore (VE)	57	Eric Hennephof	6
DFM Racing	Ford Falcon (BA)	80	Jono Lester	6
BM Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	98	Andrew Nugent	1
Mortimer Motorsport	BMW M3 (E46)	177	Matt Griffin^[6]	1
Mortimer Motorsport	BMW M3 (E92)	197	Warwick Mortimer^[6]	1

Calendar

Round 1 will be held in support of the 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint while Round 5 will be in support of the 2018 New Zealand Grand Prix.^[7]

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Class 1 Winner	Class 2 Winner	Invitational Winner
2017
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	3–5 November	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	1–3 December	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	12–14 January	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	19–21 January	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	Circuit Chris Amon	9–11 February	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	9–11 March	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
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	PUK			TAU			RUA			TER			MAN			HAM			Pen.	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ "NICK ROSS READY FOR MILESTONE BNT V8S SEASON". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "ANDRÉ HEIMGARTNER RETURNS TO BNT V8S IN RTM TOYOTA CAMRY". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "BRAD LATHROPE READY FOR BNT V8S CLASS ONE DEBUT". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "AUSTRALIAN V8 CHAMPION JOINS BNT V8 GRID FOR ITM AUCKLAND SUPERSPRINT". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "YOUNG GUN MATT PODJURSKY CONFIRMED FOR NZ TOURING CAR DEBUT". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "MATT GRIFFIN BRINGS BMW M3 TO BNT V8S GRID FOR CLASS THREE TILT". Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "NZ V8 Touring Cars - 2017/18 Calendar". NZ Touring Cars Championship. NZ V8 Touring Cars. 5 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links

[Ross-1] "NICK ROSS READY FOR MILESTONE BNT V8S SEASON". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Heimgartner-2] "ANDRÉ HEIMGARTNER RETURNS TO BNT V8S IN RTM TOYOTA CAMRY". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Lathrope-3] "BRAD LATHROPE READY FOR BNT V8S CLASS ONE DEBUT". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[JackSmith-4] "AUSTRALIAN V8 CHAMPION JOINS BNT V8 GRID FOR ITM AUCKLAND SUPERSPRINT". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Prodjursky-5] "YOUNG GUN MATT PODJURSKY CONFIRMED FOR NZ TOURING CAR DEBUT". Retrieved 8 November 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Mortimer-6] "MATT GRIFFIN BRINGS BMW M3 TO BNT V8S GRID FOR CLASS THREE TILT". Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[7] "NZ V8 Touring Cars - 2017/18 Calendar". NZ Touring Cars Championship. NZ V8 Touring Cars. 5 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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