2012 V8SuperTourer season
The 2012 V8SuperTourer season is a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand. It began on 17 February at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and will end on 28 October at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Ruapuna after seven rounds. All cars use a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and are powered a Mosler 7 litre engine.
While the chassis and engines are the same (to provide a level playing field and hopefully allow the best drivers to succeed due to talent, not equipment), the cars can 'wear' body panels from any suitable model. So far, cars have appeared as either the Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore, but the chassis are a generic enough shape that a manufacturer such as Toyota or BMW could likely fit their bodywork to a Supertourer chassis and race as Lexus or 5-series model.
16 cars were confirmed to run in the inaugural season. The V8SuperTourer also confirmed an exclusive broadcasting deal with TV3 to screen all of the races live on the Gillette Motorsport show.[1]
Calendar
The 2012 V8SuperTourer season will consist of seven rounds[2]:
Rd. | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Round Winner | Team |
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1 | Hampton Downs | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park | North Waikato, New Zealand | 17–19 Feb | Greg Murphy | M3 Racing |
2 | Ruapuna | Powerbuilt Tools Raceway | Christchurch, New Zealand | 7–8 Apr | Fabian Coulthard | M3 Racing |
3 | Manfeild | Manfeild Autocourse | Feilding, New Zealand | 27–29 Apr | Jonny Reid | International Motorsport |
4 | Mike Pero 250 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park | North Waikato, New Zealand | 1–3 Jun | Scott McLaughlin | MPC Motorsport |
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5 | Father’s Day 400 | Taupo Motorsport Park | Taupo, New Zealand | 31 Aug–2 Sept | ||
6 | Pukekohe 500 International | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Auckland, New Zealand | 26–28 Oct | ||
7 | Ruapuna 500 Grand Final | Powerbuilt Tools Raceway | Christchurch, New Zealand | 23–25 Nov |
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers will compete during the 2012 V8SuperTourer season.[3][4]
Notes:
- ^1 — David Russell will be Paul Manuell's co-driver for Round 5 at Taupo, and John Penny will be driving with Manuell at Pukekohe and Ruapuna.
- ^2 — Greg Murphy will not be racing at Taupo because of his back injury so Owen Kelly will replace him and drive car #51 with an as yet undetermined co-driver.
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See also
References
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- ^ "Jonny Reid to race in V8SuperTourers class". Speedcafe. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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