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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.

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.

Calendar

The 2014 V8SuperTourer season consisted of four rounds.

Teams and drivers

Season entries
Team	Vehicle	No.	Driver	Rounds
M3 Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	1	Greg Murphy	All
		10	Richard Moore	All
		15	Morgan Haber	All
Angus Fogg Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	3	Angus Fogg	1, 3–4
Team 4	Holden Commodore (VE)	4	Simon Evans	All
AV8 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	7	Steve Owen	4
Edgell Performance Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	8	Tim Edgell	All
iSport Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	9	Dominic Storey	2–4
MPC Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	22	Andre Heimgartner	All
M2 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	26	Simon McLennan	All
PSR Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	27	Chris Hanley	All
Tasman Motorsports Group	Ford Falcon (FG)	31	Andrew Waite	3–4
Cunningham Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	32	Mitch Cunningham	All
John McIntyre Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	47	Mark Gibson	All
Eddie Bell Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	69	Eddie Bell	1–2
International Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	96	Ant Pedersen	All

Event summaries

Fuchs Highlands 250

Results
Event 1	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
Pole position	Greg Murphy (M3 Racing)	Greg Murphy (M3 Racing)
Race winner	Greg Murphy (M3 Racing)	Greg Murphy (M3 Racing)	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

Results
Event 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
Pole position	Ant Pedersen (International Motorsport)	Ant Pedersen (International Motorsport)
Race winner	Greg Murphy (M3 Racing)	Greg Murphy (M3 Racing)	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	Greg Murphy	63
The Sound Manfeild 250		128
TR Group Pukekohe 250		170
ITM Auckland 500		319

Results

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.

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)
1	R1	25 January	Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing	Greg Murphy
	R2	26 January		Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
	R3				Ant Pedersen	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
2	R1	9 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Ant Pedersen	Simon Evans	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing	Greg Murphy
	R2			Ant Pedersen	Simon Evans	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
	R3				Simon Evans	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
3	R1	23 March	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Ant Pedersen	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing	Greg Murphy
	R2			Ant Pedersen	Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg	Angus Fogg Racing
	R3				Andre Heimgartner	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
4	R1	26 April	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing	Greg Murphy
	R2				Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
	R3				Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	M3 Racing
	R4				Richard Moore	Richard Moore	M3 Racing

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver No. HIG MAN PUK PUK Pts. R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Greg Murphy 1 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1155 2 Simon Evans 4 Ret 3rd 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 836 3 Richard Moore 10 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 10th 8th 3rd 2nd 3rd 13th 1st 821 4 Ant Pedersen 96 3rd 4th 10th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th 14th 13th 5th 4th 817 5 Andre Heimgartner 22 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th 5th 13th 3rd 2nd Ret DNS 732 6 Tim Edgell 8 8th 9th 7th 11th 10th 11th 6th Ret 5th 7th 6th 6th 10th 564 7 Mark Gibson 47 6th 7th 3rd 10th 9th 8th 11th Ret 8th 12th 8th 7th 7th 549 8 Mitch Cunningham 32 Ret 6th 6th 7th Ret 7th 9th 6th 11th 9th 9th 12th 6th 543 9 Morgan Haber 15 5th 10th 5th 9th Ret 6th 13th 7th 2nd 10th 7th 10th Ret 537 10 Simon McLennan 26 7th 8th 8th 13th 6th Ret 8th 12th 12th Ret 13th 8th 8th 448 11 Dominic Storey 9 8th 11th 10th 12th 9th 7th 8th 14th 9th 5th 408 12 Chris Hanley 27 12th 8th 9th 14th 11th 9th 11th 11th 11th 9th 372 13 Angus Fogg 3 Ret DNS DNS 5th 1st 14th 13th 10th 4th Ret 314 14 Andrew Waite 31 7th 10th 10th 4th Ret DNS DNS 189 15 Steve Owen 7 5th 4th 3rd Ret 164 16 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

1. "SuperTourers added Pukekohe V8 Event". SpeedCafe. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
2. ^ "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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

• V8SuperTourers New Zealand
• V8SuperTourer News on Speedstuff

• 2014 in New Zealand motorsport