World 240 Invitational Superstock Championship
| Category | Superstocks |
|---|---|
| Country |  New Zealand |
| Inaugural season | 1987 |
| Drivers | 107 (2019) |
| Manufacturers | Jaguar, Ford, Nissan, Toyota, Chevrolet |
| Tire suppliers | Hoosier Racing Tire |
| Drivers' champion | Jamie Hamilton 9G |
The World 240 Invitational Superstock Championship[1] is an annually hosted championship held at Paradise Valley Speedway in Rotorua, New Zealand. Contested with drivers often from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, America and New Zealand the championship winner shall be invited to compete in the BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars World Championship along with the winner of the New Zealand Superstock Championship in a fully funded campaign. The current champion is Ethan Rees from gisborne who won in 2023
The titles is unique to other superstocks racing championships with the 240s event allowing for a number of drivers to become pre-qualified to the finals field of 26 drivers. This makes the 240 championship one of the most difficult titles to master, as spots within the finals field became scarce with 5 international drivers being automatically seeded to the finals together with the defending 240s champion and with the winner of the second tier championship held on finals night. Held over just 3 races of 15 laps, the need for the best possible points result is a must with even 1 DNF making it nearly impossible to win the title.
Engines
[edit]Current Speedway New Zealand rules stipulate the engine must be no larger the 248 cubic inches, with teams using small block V8 race engines. The estimated power output figure is around 500hp. [2] Most cars tend to run:
Past champions
[edit]The following is a list of past champions of the event:
| Season | 1ST - Club | 2ND - Club | 3RD - Club | Best Overseas Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jamie Hamilton - G | Trent James - V | Dylan Marshall - V | Charlie Sworder (UK) ? |
| 2023 | Ethan Rees - G | Peter Rees - G | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 3rd |
| 2022 | Jason Long - B | Peter Bengston - P | Mitch Vickery - K | N/A (Covid19) |
| 2021 | Jack Miers - P | Josh Prentice - G | Jayden Ward - C | N/A (Covid19) |
| 2020 | Keegan Levien - W | Jason Long - B | Nick Vallance - G | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 6th |
| 2019 | Benji Sneddon - P | Thomas Stanaway - B | Jayden Ward - C | Lee Fairhurst(UK) - 10th |
| 2018 | Simon Joblin - P | Jordan Dare - P | Wayne Hemi - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 6th |
| 2017 | Simon Joblin - P | Jayden Ward - P | Peter Bengston - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 6th |
| 2016 | Scott Joblin - P | Adam Joblin - P | Bryce Steiner - R | Daniel van Spijker(NED) - 12th |
| 2015 | Bryce Steiner - R | Jordan Dare - P | Scott Joblin - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 8th |
| 2014 | Peter Bengston - P | Frankie Wainman - UK | Asher Rees - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 2nd |
| 2013 | Shane Penn - P | Phil Ogle - S | Shane Harwood - N | Daniel Wainman(UK) - 16th |
| 2012 | Andy McCabe - P | David Elsworth - R | Peter Bengston - P | Paul Harrison(UK) - 4th |
| 2011 | Peter Rees - P | Scott Joblin - P | Graeme Barr - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 7th |
| 2010 | Scott Joblin - P | Joe Faram - B | Dale Robertson - R | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 4th |
| 2009 | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Pat Westbury - R | Malcom Ngatai - C | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 1st |
| 2008 | Peter Bengston - P | Scott Redfern - H | Roydon Collingwood - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 4th |
| 2007 | Shane Penn - P | Dale Ewers - N | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 3rd |
| 2006 | Simon Joblin - P | Neville Stanaway - R | Darcy Hunter - R | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 7th |
| 2005 | Darcy Hunter - R | Stan Hickey - R | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 3rd |
| 2004 | Gary Parkes - P | Stan Hickey - R | Lionel Penn - S | Murray Harrison(UK) - 6th |
| 2003 | Wayne Hemi - W | Nick Fowler - N | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 3rd |
| 2002 | Darcy Hunter - R | Craig Pierce - M | Neil McCoard - R | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 14th |
| 2001 | Barry Podjursky - P | Brian Musgrove - W | Kelvin Grey - P | Alan Skayman(UK) - 10th |
| 2000 | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Kelvin Grey - P | Tony McLanachan - W | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 1st |
| 1999 | Tony McLanachan - W | Rodney Wood - R | Craig Boote - N | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 5th |
| 1998 | Tony Whittaker - N | Craig Pierce - A | Scott Miers - P | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 11th |
| 1997 | Frankie Wainman Junior - UK | Barry Hunter - R | Dave Tennant - A | Frankie Wainman Junior(UK) - 1st |
| 1996 | Roydon Collingwood - S | Rowan Yandle - S | Daryl Uhlenberg - S | John Lund(UK) - 5th |
| 1995 | Roydon Collingwood - S | Barry Podjursky - S | Shane Penn - B | Peter Falding(UK) - 7th |
| 1994 | Ian Carlyle - M | Clark Proctor - M | Neville Stanaway - R | John Lund(UK) - 11th |
| 1993 | Bryce Penn - B | Shane Penn - B | Frank Van Vroonhoven - H | John Lund(UK) - 12th |
| 1992 | Greg Johnston - S | Lyall Rumney - R | Dave Evans - P | Stuart Smith Sr(UK) - 4th |
| 1991 | Barry Podjursky - S | Frank Van Vroonhoven - H | Gary Parkes - P | Bert Finnikin(UK) - 13th |
| 1990 | Paul Ulrich - S | Graeme Barr - S | Bryce Penn - B | Murray Harrison(UK) - 14th |
| 1989 | Paul Whitcombe - P | Bobert James - P | Gary Nickel - S | John Lund(UK) - 6th |
| 1988 | Dave Evans - P | Robin Wildbore - P/John Lund - UK/ Paul Ulrich - S | - | John Lund(UK) - 2nd |
| 1987 | Chris Elwell - UK | Brian McPhee - W | Norm Dempster - P | Chris Elwell(UK) - 1st |
The following is a list of the "most wins" in the event:
| Most Podiums By Club | Most podiums by a driver (3 or more) | Most title wins by driver | Most title wins by club | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Club | Podiums | Rank | Driver | Podiums | Rank | Driver | Titles | Rank | Club | Titles | ||||
| 1 | Palmerston North | 36 | 1 | Frankie Wainman Junior | 7 | 1= | Frankie Wainman Junior | 3 | 1 | Palmerston North | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Rotorua | 16 | 2= | Shane Penn | 4 | 1= | Simon Joblin | 3 | 2 | United Kingdom | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Stratford | 13 | 2= | Peter Bengston | 4 | 2= | Roydon Collingwood | 2 | 3 | Stratford | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Overseas | 9 | 2= | Scott Joblin | 4 | 2= | Barry Podjursky | 2 | 4 | Rotorua | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Hawkes Bay | 6 | 3= | Barry Podjursky | 3 | 2= | Darcy Hunter | 2 | 5 | Wellington | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Wellington | 5 | 3= | Darcy Hunter | 3 | 2= | Shane Penn | 2 | 6= | Hawkes Bay | 1 | ||||
| 7= | Huntly | 3 | 3= | Roydon Collingwood | 3 | 2= | Peter Bengston | 2 | 6= | Bay Park | 1 | ||||
| 7= | Bay Park | 3 | 3= | Simon Joblin | 3 | 2= | Scott Joblin | 2 | |||||||
| 8= | Auckland | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8= | Nelson | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8= | Christchurch | 2 | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "TWS World Invitation Superstock Championship "World 240's"". Eventfinda.
- ^ "Superstock Engine Specs - Macgor's NZ Speedway". Macgor.proboards.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.