2003–04 New Zealand V8 season

The 2003–04 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 7–9 November 2003 and ending 27–38 March 2004. The championship was won by Andy Booth, for the first time in his career.

Calendar

Round		Date	Venue	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
2003
1	R1	7–9 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Paul Manuell	Mark Pedersen	Andy Booth
1	R2	7–9 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe		Paul Manuell	Paul Manuell
2004
2	R1	10–11 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru	Kayne Scott	Kayne Scott	Andy Booth
	R2				Kayne Scott	Andy Booth
	R3				Kayne Scott	Wade Henshaw
3	R1	17–18 January	Teretonga Park, Christchurch			Kayne Scott
	R2					Paul Radisich
	R3					Paul Radisich
4	R1	31 January-1 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Angus Fogg	Andrew Fawcet	Andrew Fawcet
	R2				Andy Booth	Wade Henshaw
	R3				Andy Booth	Andy Booth
5	R1	14–15 February	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Kayne Scott	Kayne Scott	Kayne Scott
	R2				Paul Pedersen	Paul Pedersen
	R3				Dean Perkins	Paul Radisich
6	R1	20–21 March	Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupo	Andy Booth	Andy Booth	Andy Booth
	R2				Paul Manuell	Andy Booth
	R3				Paul Pedersen	Wade Henshaw
7	R1	27–28 March	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	John McIntyre	John McIntyre	John McIntyre
	R2				Andy Booth	John McIntyre
	R3				Andy Booth	Andy Booth

Points structure

Points for the 2003/2004 championship are allocated as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	32	27	23	20	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Results

Pos.	Driver	R1 PUK	R2 TIM	R3 TER	R4 MAN	R5 PUK	R6 TAU	R7 MAN	Pts
1	Andy Booth	50	84	62	61	55	76	69	457
2	Paul Pedersen	30	52	31	41	82	61	37	334
3	Dean Perkins	54	38	38	54	32	58	44	318
4	Angus Fogg	46	81	33	27	58	52	13	310
5	Wade Henshaw	28	68	4	59	16	71	21	267
6	Kayne Scott	33		59	10	77	22	58	259
7	Brady Kennett	10	49	38	57	14	60	28	256
8	Dale Lambert	8	18	29	46	34	46	42	233
9	Nick Ross	29	53	41	41	9	6	34	213
10	Paul Manuell	43			29	38	35	54	199
11	Clark Proctor	8	4	47	21	35	54	18	189
12	Paul Radisich			91		78			169
13	Michael Shepherd	8	23	43	12	20	11	46	163
14	Andrew Anderson	20	38	49	27	7	16		157
15	Michael Thom	28	29	24	34	28		6	149
16	Andrew Fawcet	20	7	16	52	21		21	137
17	Craig Boote			30	7	26	21	43	127
18	Jared Carlyle		16	14	23	10	21	26	110
19	Michael Wallace	4	22	22	9	7	7	16	87
20	Adam Brook	15	26		28	8			77
21	John McIntyre							76	76
22	David Thexton	16	14	20	11	4			65
23	Haydn Mackenzie	2	7		3	27	1	14	54
24	Aaron Harris		22			10	21		53
25	Mark Pedersen	3	25		23				51
26	Grant Shivas		2		24	7	9	4	46
27	Kevin Williams				4		16	20	40
28	Mike Pero			5			21	9	29
29	Peter Butler	1			3	6	7	15	32
30	Dean McMillan	3			4		17		24
31	Rob Lewis		23						23
32	Miles Pope	4				14			18
33	Julia Huzziff			9	2			7	18
34	Daynom Templeman		14	1		1			16
35	Mark Wootton	2			7		3	3	15
36	David Parsons		4	7	3				14
37	Ashley Hall		4	9					13
38	Duane Spurdle	6					6		12
39	Martin Hicks	5					5		10
40	Phil Stewart	6							6
Pos	Driver	R1 PUK	R2 TIM	R3 TER	R4 MAN	R5 PUK	R6 TAU	R7 MAN	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)

References

"NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2003-4 - Results".
"NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2003-4 - Points".