The 2014 V8SuperTourer season was a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand over four events between January and April 2014. All cars used a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and were powered by a Chevrolet LS7 7-litre engine.
Defending drivers' champion Greg Murphy retained his championship title, finishing over 300 points clear of his nearest rival.
The championship consisted of only four rounds, having been reduced from the originally planned seven, as a result of a calendar realignment which will see the series run from September to April from the 2014–15 season onward. The 'sprint' component of the series was kept intact, with the 'endurance' component, which was scheduled to include events at Taupo, Pukekohe and an unconfirmed venue in the South Island, being removed from the 2014 championship and becoming the opening half of the 2014–15 championship. The opening round of the championship saw the series visit Highlands Motorsport Park for the first time.
Greg Murphy entered the season as the defending drivers' champion and claimed victory again, winning 11 of the 13 races in the championship, and scoring 1155 points. Simon Evans claimed second place with 836 points and Richard Moore achieved third place overall with 821 points.
Greg Murphy dominated the opening round of the 2014 V8SuperTourer season collecting both pole positions, all three race wins and two of the three fastest laps available. One thing which was highlighted in the opening round was the lack of cars on the grid with a record low twelve cars; only ten started the final two races of the weekend. It was also the first ever SuperTourer round held at Highlands Motorsport Park, with the series running as a support category to the Toyota Racing Series. A few young drivers starred over the weekend with teenager Andre Heimgartner finishing second overall, while rookies Mark Gibson and Morgan Haber both showed great speed with Gibson eventually finishing 3rd in the final race.
Round 2 of the series was held at Manfeild Autocourse where the SuperTourers were once again running support to the Toyota Racing Series for the New Zealand Grand Prix. Greg Murphy once again took all three races for the weekend with young Simon Evans starring over the weekend keeping Murphy on his heels the whole way. Ant Pedersen returned to his 2013 pace after a disappointing round 1 but it was short lived. After claiming pole position for the opening two races, Pedersen spun at the first corner of the opening race, ruining any chance of winning. Andre Heimgartner again was very consistent leaving the meeting in second place in the championship standings, behind Murphy.
Greg Murphy won eleven of the season's thirteen races, taking podium finishes in every race.
The season starts in the South Island at the new Highlands Motorsport Park Track and finishes at Pukekohe Park Raceway supporting the Auckland 400 for V8 Supercars. The season was supposed to run over seven rounds but was reduced to four, after a calendar realignment which will have the next season run from September 2014 to April 2015.[5]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2014 V8SuperTourer season news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message 2014 V8SuperTourer Previous 2013 Next 2014 15 The 2014 V8SuperTourer season was a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand over four events between January and April 2014 All cars used a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia and were powered by a Chevrolet LS7 7 litre engine Defending drivers champion Greg Murphy retained his championship title finishing over 300 points clear of his nearest rival The championship consisted of only four rounds having been reduced from the originally planned seven as a result of a calendar realignment which will see the series run from September to April from the 2014 15 season onward The sprint component of the series was kept intact with the endurance component which was scheduled to include events at Taupo Pukekohe and an unconfirmed venue in the South Island being removed from the 2014 championship and becoming the opening half of the 2014 15 championship The opening round of the championship saw the series visit Highlands Motorsport Park for the first time Greg Murphy entered the season as the defending drivers champion and claimed victory again winning 11 of the 13 races in the championship and scoring 1155 points Simon Evans claimed second place with 836 points and Richard Moore achieved third place overall with 821 points Contents 1 Calendar 2 Teams and drivers 3 Event summaries 3 1 Fuchs Highlands 250 3 2 The Sound Manfeild 250 4 Results 5 Championship standings 5 1 Drivers Championship 6 References 7 External linksCalendar editThe 2014 V8SuperTourer season consisted of four rounds 1 Details Rnd Event Circuit City State Date 1 Fuchs Highlands 250 Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell New Zealand 25 26 January 2 Manfeild 350 Manfeild Autocourse Feilding New Zealand 8 9 February 3 Pukekohe 250 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe New Zealand 22 23 March 4 ITM 500 Auckland Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe New Zealand 25 27 AprilTeams and drivers edit nbsp Greg Murphy s championship winning Mike Pero Commodore nbsp Simon McLennan finished 10th in the 2014 season Season entries Team Vehicle No Driver Rounds M3 Racing Holden Commodore VE 1 nbsp Greg Murphy 2 All 10 nbsp Richard Moore 2 All 15 nbsp Morgan Haber 2 All Angus Fogg Racing Holden Commodore VE 3 nbsp Angus Fogg 2 1 3 4 Team 4 Holden Commodore VE 4 nbsp Simon Evans 2 All AV8 Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 7 nbsp Steve Owen 4 Edgell Performance Racing Holden Commodore VE 8 nbsp Tim Edgell 2 All iSport Racing Ford Falcon FG 9 nbsp Dominic Storey 2 4 MPC Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 22 nbsp Andre Heimgartner 2 All M2 Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 26 nbsp Simon McLennan 2 All PSR Racing Ford Falcon FG 27 nbsp Chris Hanley 3 All Tasman Motorsports Group Ford Falcon FG 31 nbsp Andrew Waite 3 4 Cunningham Racing Ford Falcon FG 32 nbsp Mitch Cunningham 2 All John McIntyre Racing Ford Falcon FG 47 nbsp Mark Gibson 4 All Eddie Bell Racing Ford Falcon FG 69 nbsp Eddie Bell 2 1 2 International Motorsport Ford Falcon FG 96 nbsp Ant Pedersen 2 AllEvent summaries editFuchs Highlands 250 edit Results Event 1 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Poleposition nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing Racewinner nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing Greg Murphy dominated the opening round of the 2014 V8SuperTourer season collecting both pole positions all three race wins and two of the three fastest laps available One thing which was highlighted in the opening round was the lack of cars on the grid with a record low twelve cars only ten started the final two races of the weekend It was also the first ever SuperTourer round held at Highlands Motorsport Park with the series running as a support category to the Toyota Racing Series A few young drivers starred over the weekend with teenager Andre Heimgartner finishing second overall while rookies Mark Gibson and Morgan Haber both showed great speed with Gibson eventually finishing 3rd in the final race The Sound Manfeild 250 edit Results Event 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Poleposition nbsp Ant Pedersen International Motorsport nbsp Ant Pedersen International Motorsport Racewinner nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing Round 2 of the series was held at Manfeild Autocourse where the SuperTourers were once again running support to the Toyota Racing Series for the New Zealand Grand Prix Greg Murphy once again took all three races for the weekend with young Simon Evans starring over the weekend keeping Murphy on his heels the whole way Ant Pedersen returned to his 2013 pace after a disappointing round 1 but it was short lived After claiming pole position for the opening two races Pedersen spun at the first corner of the opening race ruining any chance of winning Andre Heimgartner again was very consistent leaving the meeting in second place in the championship standings behind Murphy Championship leader table Round Championship leader Lead Fuchs Highlands 250 nbsp Greg Murphy 63 The Sound Manfeild 250 128 TR Group Pukekohe 250 170 ITM Auckland 500 319Results edit nbsp Greg Murphy won eleven of the season s thirteen races taking podium finishes in every race The season starts in the South Island at the new Highlands Motorsport Park Track and finishes at Pukekohe Park Raceway supporting the Auckland 400 for V8 Supercars The season was supposed to run over seven rounds but was reduced to four after a calendar realignment which will have the next season run from September 2014 to April 2015 5 Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner s 1 R1 25 January Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy R2 26 January nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing R3 nbsp Ant Pedersen nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing 2 R1 9 February Manfeild Autocourse Feilding nbsp Ant Pedersen nbsp Simon Evans nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy R2 nbsp Ant Pedersen nbsp Simon Evans nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing R3 nbsp Simon Evans nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing 3 R1 23 March Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe nbsp Ant Pedersen nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy R2 nbsp Ant Pedersen nbsp Angus Fogg nbsp Angus Fogg Angus Fogg Racing R3 nbsp Andre Heimgartner nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing 4 R1 26 April Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing nbsp Greg Murphy R2 nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing R3 nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Greg Murphy M3 Racing R4 nbsp Richard Moore nbsp Richard Moore M3 RacingChampionship standings editDrivers Championship edit nbsp Andre Heimgartner finished 5th in 2014 in his Commodore nbsp Steve Owen finished 15th in 2014 for AV8 Motorsport Pos Driver No HIG MAN PUK PUK Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 nbsp Greg Murphy 1 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1155 2 nbsp Simon Evans 4 Ret 3rd 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 836 3 nbsp Richard Moore 10 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 10th 8th 3rd 2nd 3rd 13th 1st 821 4 nbsp Ant Pedersen 96 3rd 4th 10th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th 14th 13th 5th 4th 817 5 nbsp Andre Heimgartner 22 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th 5th 13th 3rd 2nd Ret DNS 732 6 nbsp Tim Edgell 8 8th 9th 7th 11th 10th 11th 6th Ret 5th 7th 6th 6th 10th 564 7 nbsp Mark Gibson 47 6th 7th 3rd 10th 9th 8th 11th Ret 8th 12th 8th 7th 7th 549 8 nbsp Mitch Cunningham 32 Ret 6th 6th 7th Ret 7th 9th 6th 11th 9th 9th 12th 6th 543 9 nbsp Morgan Haber 15 5th 10th 5th 9th Ret 6th 13th 7th 2nd 10th 7th 10th Ret 537 10 nbsp Simon McLennan 26 7th 8th 8th 13th 6th Ret 8th 12th 12th Ret 13th 8th 8th 448 11 nbsp Dominic Storey 9 8th 11th 10th 12th 9th 7th 8th 14th 9th 5th 408 12 nbsp Chris Hanley 27 12th 8th 9th 14th 11th 9th 11th 11th 11th 9th 372 13 nbsp Angus Fogg 3 Ret DNS DNS 5th 1st 14th 13th 10th 4th Ret 314 14 nbsp Andrew Waite 31 7th 10th 10th 4th Ret DNS DNS 189 15 nbsp Steve Owen 7 5th 4th 3rd Ret 164 16 nbsp Eddie Bell 69 DNS DNS DNS 6th 7th 12th 148 Pos Driver No HIG MAN PUK PUK Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired 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 References edit SuperTourers added Pukekohe V8 Event SpeedCafe 6 December 2013 Archived from the original on 9 December 2013 Retrieved 6 December 2013 a b c d e f g h i j k Driver entry list for the Fuchs 250 v8st co nz 21 January 2014 Archived from the original on 2 February 2014 Retrieved 21 January 2014 Hanley Steps up to V8ST in the PSR West Team Ford v8st co nz 4 February 2014 Archived from the original on 22 February 2014 Retrieved 4 February 2014 John McIntyre hands v8 drive to rookie Mark Gibson JMR co nz John McIntyre Racing 13 January 2014 Archived from the original on 16 January 2014 Retrieved 13 January 2014 Murphy seals second straight BNT V8 SuperTourers championship v8st co nz 26 April 2014 Archived from the original on 27 April 2014 Retrieved 26 April 2014 External links editV8SuperTourers New Zealand V8SuperTourer News on Speedstuff Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2014 V8SuperTourer season amp oldid 1129789197, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
