2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship

The 2018–19 NZ Touring Cars Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2018–19 BNT V8s Championship) was the twentieth season of the series, and the fourth under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field consisted of two classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two consisted of older NZV8 TL cars. The series was won by Australian Jack Smith, with Justin Ashwell taking the Class Two championship.

Race calendar

Rnd	Circuit	Date	Map
2018			Hampton Downs Highlands Pukekohe Manfeild Teretonga
1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	2–4 November
2	Pukekohe Park Raceway (short layout) (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	7–9 December
2019
3	Highlands Motorsport Park (Cromwell, Southland)	11–13 January
4	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland Region)	18–20 January
5	Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon (Feilding, Manawatū District)	8–10 February
6	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, Waikato)	8–10 March

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Entrant	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class One
Ford	Falcon (FG)	Lathrope Racing	73	Brad Lathrope[1]	All
Holden	Commodore (VE)	JumpFlex Racing	42	Matt Tubbs[1]	All
		Rob Wallace Racing	51	Rob Wallace[1]	All
		Hamilton Motorsports	84	Lance Hughes[2]	All
			85	Jack Smith[2]	All
Nissan	Altima (L33)	Concept Motorsport	007	Nick Ross[1]	All
Toyota	Camary (XV50)	Richards Team Motorsport	10	Brenton Grove[3]	All
			62	Chelsea Herbert[4]	All
			222	Scott Taylor[3]	1–3, 5
Class Two
Ford	Falcon (BF)	Justin Ashwell Motorsport	11	Justin Ashwell[1]	All
		Brock Timperley Motorsport	59	Brock Timperley[5]	1
		Matt Podjursky Racing	77	Matt Podjursky[1]	All
Holden	Commodore (VZ)	Matthew Clarke Racing	80	Matthew Clarke[1]	1
Class Three
BMW	M3 (E92)	Mortimer Motorsport	15	Kent Baigent[1]	1
			98	Andrew Nugent	5
	M3 GTR (E46)		177	Matt Griffin[1]	1
Ford	Falcon (BF)	Brayden Philips Racing	17	Brayden Philips	3–4
		Darryl Clarke Racing	54	Darryl Clarke[1]	1
		Murray Bell Racing	110	Murray Bell	5–6
		Nigel Karl Racing	171	Nigel Karl[1]	1
	Mustang (S550)	Collins Motorsport	777	Sam Collins	5
				Paul Radisich	6
Holden	Commodore (VE)	AV8 Motorsport	3	Tony Anderson[1]	2, 5–6
			32		1
		Shaws Asphalters	23	John de Veth[1]	1
		McDonald Kerbing Specialist	50	Blair McDonald	2, 6
		4H Investments- Auto Garage	57	Eric Hennephof	2, 6
	Commodore (VZ)	Justin McIllroy Racing	25	Justin McIllroy	5
Hyundai	Hyundai i45	Motorsport Services	17	Todd Murphy[1]	1

Race calendar and results

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.^[6]

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Class One winner	Class Two winner	Class Three winner
2018
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland Region	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Brock Timperley	John de Veth
	R2			Lance Hughes	Nick Ross	Brock Timperely	Tony Anderson
	R3			Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Brock Timperely	John de Veth
2	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit) Pukekohe, Auckland Region	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Justin Ashwell	Tony Anderson
	R2			Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Tony Anderson
	R3			Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Justin Ashwell	Tony Anderson
2019
3	R1	Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell, Otago	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R2			Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R3			Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Justin Ashwell	Brayden Philips
4	R1	Teretonga Park Invercargill, Southland	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R2			Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
	R3			Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Matt Podjursky	Brayden Philips
5	R1	Circuit Chris Amon Feilding, Manawatū District	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Nick Ross	Matt Podjursky	Blair McDonald
	R2			Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Tony Anderson
	R3			Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Matt Podjursky	Tony Anderson
6	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Hampton Downs, North Waikato	Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Justin Ashwell	Tony Anderson
	R2			Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Matt Podjursky	Paul Radisich
	R3			Lance Hughes	Lance Hughes	Matt Podjursky	Paul Radisich

Championship standings

Pos Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Class One 1 Jack Smith 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 9 5 2 1181 2 Nick Ross 2 1 1 8 3 1 3 9 8 3 3 1 1 2 Ret 4 4 4 1084 3 Lance Hughes 3 3 3 2 2 3 12 3 2 Ret 4 9 3 3 2 1 1 1 1023 4 Brenton Grove 4 14 9 Ret 5 4 2 2 Ret 2 2 2 6 9 6 2 2 Ret 867 5 Robert Wallace 8 8 6 5 9 7 6 6 5 5 7 5 4 6 3 6 13 Ret 833 6 Chelsea Herbert 6 Ret Ret 14 6 6 4 5 9 4 5 3 7 7 8 5 7 5 753 7 Brad Lathrope 10 Ret DNS 9 14 9 5 4 4 6 6 4 8 8 7 11 8 6 733 8 Matt Tubbs 12 6 Ret 6 7 8 8 7 10 10 8 6 8 Ret 8 516 9 Scott Taylor 11 10 Ret 7 10 10 7 11 3 309 Class Two 1 Justin Ashwell Ret 17 13 11 13 11 10 12 6 8 10 8 11 Ret 11 DSQ 11 9 1022 2 Matt Podjursky 17 12 Ret 13 11 12 9 10 7 7 9 7 10 13 10 Ret 10 7 1018 3 Brock Timperley 15 11 11 225 4 Matthew Clark 18 18 Ret 114 Class Three - Tony Anderson 7 4 5 3 4 5 Ret 4 4 3 DNS DNS - Paul Radisich 10 3 3 - John de Veth 5 5 4 - Blair McDonald 4 8 13 5 Ret DNS 7 6 Ret - Andrew Nugent 9 5 5 - Matt Griffin Ret 7 7 - Brayden Philips 11 8 11 9 11 10 - Todd Murphy 8 15 8 - Kent Baigent 13 9 12 - Sam Collins DNS 10 9 - Eric Hennephof 10 12 14 12 9 Ret - Darryl Clarke 14 13 10 - Murray Bell 12 11 12 13 12 Ret - Justin McIllory 13 12 13 - Nigel Karl 16 16 14 12 DNS DNS Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

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