2008–09 New Zealand V8 season

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.

2008–09 New Zealand V8s season

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Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are competing in the current series.^[1]

Team	Car	Car #	Driver
John McIntyre Racing	Ford BF Falcon	1	John McIntyre
Angus Fogg Racing	Ford BA Falcon	2	Angus Fogg
Richards Team Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	4	Simon Richards
		82	Michael Bristow
Dave Stewart Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	5	Dave Stewart
Concept Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	007	Nick Ross
Hardy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	8	Cam Hardy
Autotek	Ford BF Falcon	9	Andy Knight Luke Youlden
Tulloch Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	12	Ian Tulloch
Ezybuy Racing	Ford BF Falcon	21	Alan McCarrison
Paul Manuell Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	15	Paul Manuell
AV8 Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	23	Andy Booth
Edgell Performance Racing	Ford BF Falcon	26	Tim Edgell
Pedersen Sheehan Racing	Ford BF Falcon	27	Craig Baird
SCG Racing	Ford BA Falcon	22	Dale Williams
	Ford BA Falcon	48	David Besnard Mack Peach
Versatile Buildings	Ford BA Falcon	41	Adam Brook
Penny Homes Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	49	John Penny
Huzliff Motors	Holden VZ Commodore	50	Julia Huzliff
Adams Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	51	Chris Adams
John Hepburn Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	52	John Hepburn
Porter Brothers Racing	Ford BF Falcon	69	Eddie Bell
		111	Andrew Porter
ITM Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	70	Andrew Anderson
Boyd Norwood	Ford BF Falcon	88	Boyd Norwood
PW Racing	Holden VY Commodore	90	Shaun Turton
International Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	96	Paul Pedersen
Mark Petch Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	99	Kayne Scott
HPM Racing	Ford BF Falcon	777	Paul Radisich Steve Owen

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
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
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,[2] 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
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