2014–15 New Zealand V8 season
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The 2014–15 New Zealand V8 season was the sixteenth season of the series, under the NZV8 guise. The season began at the Hampton Downs Motorsport Park on 1–2 November 2014 and finished at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 11–12 April after six championship meetings. Nick Ross was the reigning TLX champion, and whilst James McLaughlin won the TL Championship, graduated into the TLX class to battle for the title. The TLX Championship eventually was won by Jason Bargwanna and the TL Championship was won by Kevin Williams.
Race calendar
| Rnd | Circuit | Date | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | |||
| 1 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, Waikato) |
1–2 November | |
| 2 | Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region) |
29–30 November | |
| 2015 | |||
| 3 | Mike Pero Motorsport Park (Christchurch, Canterbury Region) |
17–18 January | |
| 4 | Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland Region) |
24–25 January | |
| 5 | Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District) |
14–15 February | |
| 6 | Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region) |
11–12 April | |
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Teams and drivers
| TLX Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Vehicle | Team | No | Driver | Rounds |
| Holden | Commodore (VE) | Concept Motorsport | 007 |  Ian Booth |
1–2 |
| Bronson Porter |
3 | ||||
| Simon Richards |
4 | ||||
| James McLaughlin |
5–6 | ||||
| No Fea Racing Team | 84 | Lance Hughes |
All | ||
| Nissan | Altima (L33) | Concept Motorsport | 1 | Nick Ross |
1–4 |
| Toyota | Camry (XV50) | Richards Team Motorsport | 02 |  Jason Bargwanna |
All |
| 22 | Scott Taylor |
All | |||
| TL Championship | |||||
| Manufacturer | Vehicle | Team | No | Driver | Rounds |
| Ford | Ford Falcon (BF) | Team Aegis Racing | 3 | Brad Lauder |
6 |
| Jamie Gaskin Racing | 5 | James Gaskin |
3–4 | ||
| Steve Taylor Racing | 33 | Steve Taylor |
All | ||
| Liam MacDonald Racing | 69 | Liam MacDonald |
3–4 | ||
| Brad Lathrope Racing | 73 | Brad Lathrope |
All | ||
| Enzed Racing Team | 99 | Grant Molloy |
3–6 | ||
| Brock Cooley Motorsport | 111 | Brock Cooley |
1–2, 5–6 | ||
| Holden | Commodore (VY) | James McLaughlin Motorsport | 2 | James McLaughlin |
1 |
| Adam Newell Racing | 2 | Adam Newell |
5–6 | ||
| Kevin Williams Racing | 8 | Kevin Williams |
All | ||
| Team Kiwi Racing | 21 | Craig Baird |
1–3, 5 | ||
| Brendan Murphy Racing | 23 | Brendan Murphy |
1–5 | ||
| Nathan Pilcher Racing | 55 | Nathan Pilcher |
All | ||
| ITM Racing | 70 | Andrew Anderson |
1 | ||
Results and standings
Season summary
Championship standings
| Pos. | Driver | HAM | PUK1 | RUA | TER | MAN | PUK2 | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Jason Bargwanna |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1272 |
| 2 | Nick Ross |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1153 |
| 3 | Lance Hughes |
3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 879 |
| 4 | Scott Taylor |
6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 799 | |||
| 5 | James McLaughlin |
4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 302 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Ian Booth |
13 | 3 | 10 | 288 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Simon Richards |
3 | Ret | 2 | 127 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bronson Porter |
Ret | Ret | 8 | 67 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| HAM | PUK1 | RUA | TER | MAN | PUK2 | |||||||||||||||
TL class standings
| Pos. | Driver | HAM | PUK1 | RUA | TER | MAN | PUK2 | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Kevin Williams |
4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1334 |
| 2 | Steve Taylor |
912 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brad Lathorpe |
844 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nathan Pilcher |
759 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Brendan Murphy |
631 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Grant Molloy |
631 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Craig Baird |
587 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Brock Cooley |
477 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Jamie Gaskin |
389 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Liam MacDonald |
343 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Adam Newell |
242 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Brad Lauder |
183 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | James McLaughlin |
174 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Bruce Verdon |
120 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Andrew Anderson |
114 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| HAM | PUK1 | RUA | TER | MAN | PUK2 | |||||||||||||||