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The 2008–09 New Zealand V8 season began at Taupō on 3–5 October 2008 and finished at Hamilton near Auckland on 17–19 April 2009 after seven championship meetings and one season-ending non-championship event. Kayne Scott overturned a 38-point deficit heading into the final round at Pukekohe Park Raceway, to finish as champion; winning the title by nine points ahead of John McIntyre.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers are competing in the current series.
Points structure
Each championship round consists of three races, one on Saturday afternoon, one on Sunday morning and a final reverse grid race on Sunday afternoon. Points for the 2008/2009 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 | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
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Points | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Calendar
Rd | Date | Circuit | Winner |
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2008 | |||
1 | 3–5 October | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | Paul Radisich |
2 | 7–9 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | John McIntyre |
3 | 28–30 November | Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch | Kayne Scott |
2009 | |||
4 | 9–11 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | Kayne Scott |
5 | 16–18 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Andy Booth |
6 | 27 February – 1 March 2009 | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | John McIntyre |
7 | 13–15 March | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Kayne Scott |
NC | 17–19 April | Hamilton Street Circuit, Hamilton |
- The non-championship round was held in support to V8 Supercars at the Hamilton 400.
Points table
Pos | Driver | Make | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Pts |
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1 | Kayne Scott | 178 | 154 | 201 | 186 | 110 | 155 | 195 | 1179 | |
2 | John McIntyre | 161 | 184 | 184 | 159 | 109 | 225 | 148 | 1170 | |
3 | Craig Baird | 96 | 100 | 163 | 162 | 170 | 165 | 192 | 1048 | |
4 | Andy Booth | 162 | 91 | 163 | 115 | 175 | 121 | 156 | 983 | |
5 | Paul Manuell | 58 | 181 | 88 | 110 | 144 | 157 | 78 | 816 | |
6 | Angus Fogg | 122 | 16 | 168 | 156 | 108 | 85 | 136 | 791 | |
7 | Eddie Bell | 93 | 102 | 114 | 109 | 79 | 105 | 104 | 709 | |
8 | Andrew Anderson | 90 | 149 | 53 | 114 | 82 | 77 | 130 | 694 | |
9 | Adam Brook | 58 | 106 | 105 | 92 | 103 | 125 | 78 | 647 | |
10 | Tim Edgell | 49 | 121 | 143 | 107 | 87 | 124 | 631 | ||
11 | Michael Bristow | 114 | 108 | 57 | 89 | 85 | 105 | 49 | 607 | |
12 | Paul Pederson | 101 | 133 | 97 | 85 | 134 | 40 | 590 | ||
13 | John Penny | 82 | 81 | 72 | 80 | 103 | 67 | 76 | 561 | |
14 | Dale Williams | 81 | 108 | 111 | 66 | 40 | 66 | 56 | 528 | |
15 | Andrew Porter | 87 | 88 | 51 | 71 | 104 | 104 | 505 | ||
16 | Nick Ross | 33 | 52 | 74 | 79 | 101 | 50 | 72 | 461 | |
17 | Ian Tulloch | 53 | 46 | 42 | 64 | 122 | 60 | 62 | 449 | |
18 | Simon Richards | 62 | 78 | 60 | 28 | 58 | 64 | 55 | 405 | |
19 | Andy Knight | 18 | 59 | 73 | 56 | 28 | 47 | 77 | 358 | |
20 | John Hepburn | 22 | 69 | 58 | 50 | 20 | 50 | 54 | 323 | |
21 | Luke Youlden | 102 | 99 | 90 | 291 | |||||
22 | Alan McCarrison | 48 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 26 | 197 | |||
22 | Chris Adams | 46 | 28 | 36 | 87 | 197 | ||||
24 | Paul Radisich | 181 | 181 | |||||||
25 | Steve Owen | 108 | 36 | 144 | ||||||
26 | Boyd Norwood | 54 | 44 | 16 | 114 | |||||
27 | Dave Stewart | 44 | 60 | 104 | ||||||
28 | David Besnard | 88 | 88 | |||||||
29 | Mack Peach | 50 | 24 | 74 | ||||||
30 | David Hopper | 39 | 28 | 67 | ||||||
31 | Cam Hardy | 18 | 36 | 54 | ||||||
32 | Julia Huzziff | 48 | 48 | |||||||
33 | Shaun Turton | 18 | 18 |
References
- "Motorsport – New Zealand V8s Championship". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- "Hamilton Street Circuit 19 April 2009". National Software.
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