2004–05 New Zealand V8 season

The 2004–05 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 16–17 October 2004 and ending 15–17 April 2005. Defending champion Andy Booth held on to take his second New Zealand V8 championship in succession.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Orix Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	1	Andy Booth	All
Orix Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	15	Paul Manuell	All
Caltex Havoline Racing	Ford BA Falcon	2	Angus Fogg	All
Caltex Havoline Racing	Ford BA Falcon	96	Paul Pedersen	1–6
Hardy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	4	Cam Hardy	All
ENZED Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	06	Brady Kennett	All
Concept Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	007	Nick Ross	1–6
Orcon Race Team	Holden VZ Commodore	8	Mark Wootton	1–3, 5, 7
		8	Phil Stewart	4
Rivet	Holden VZ Commodore	9	Daynom Templeman	1–5
Collins Group Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	10	Andrew Fawcet	1–2, 5–7
Kitchens for Less	Holden VZ Commodore	12	Michael Wallace	All
Central House Movers	Ford BA Falcon	16	Miles Worsley	1–5
Car Dealer	Holden VZ Commodore	18	Dean McMilan	1–2, 5–7
Team Hicks Racing	Ford BA Falcon	19	Martin Hicks	3–7
Repco	Ford BA Falcon	20	Haydn Mackenzie	All
Strapping Systems NZ	Holden VZ Commodore	25	Kevin Williams	All
United Video Racing	Ford BA Falcon	27	Mark Pedersen	All
Mike Pero Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	28	Wade Henshaw	All
Mike Pero Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	29	Mike Pero	All
Ballistic Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	31	David Parsons	All
		57	Clark Proctor	All
		58	Joe Faram	All
DVS	Holden VZ Commodore	33	Pete Roberts	All
Pinepac Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	34	Andrew Anderson	All
Mountain Recording	Ford BA Falcon	37	Jared Carlyle	1, 3–7
Radio Sport	Holden VZ Commodore	38	Darryn Henderson	All
		40	Cameron McLean	7
Super Vault Racing	Ford BA Falcon	41	Adam Brook	1–5, 7
		42	Phil Stewart	7
Tracer Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	47	John McIntyre	All
Tracer Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	74	Charlie O'Brien	1–2
Huzziff Motors	Holden VZ Commodore	50	Julia Huzziff	All
GJS Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	55	Grant Shivas	All
Hydraulink Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	69	Michael Thom	All
GT Radial Racing	Ford BA Falcon	75	Dean Perkins	All
Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	77	Craig Boote	All
Mag & Turbo Racing	Ford BA Falcon	89	Dale Lambert	All
Powerbuilt Tools Racing	Ford BA Falcon	91	Shane Drake	All
Supercheap Auto Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	99	Kayne Scott	All

Calendar[edit]

Round		Date	Venue	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2004
1	R1	16–17 October	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Andy Booth	Andy Booth	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
	R2				Angus Fogg	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
	R3				Wade Henshaw	Mark Pedersen	United Video Racing
2	R1	27–28 November	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch	Paul Manuell	Wade Henshaw	Wade Henshaw	Mike Pero Racing
	R2				John McIntyre	Wade Henshaw	Mike Pero Racing
	R3				John McIntyre	Wade Henshaw	Mike Pero Racing
2005
3	R1	8–9 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru	Wade Henshaw	John McIntyre	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport
	R2				John McIntyre	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport
	R3				Wade Henshaw	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
4	R1	15–16 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Kayne Scott	Kayne Scott	Kayne Scott	Supercheap Auto Racing
	R2				John McIntyre	Kayne Scott	Supercheap Auto Racing
	R3				John McIntyre	Mark Pedersen	United Video Racing
5	R1	19–20 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	John McIntyre	John McIntyre	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport
	R2				John McIntyre	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport
	R3				John McIntyre	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
6	R1	12–13 March	Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō	John McIntyre	John McIntyre	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport
	R2				Angus Fogg	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport
	R3				Angus Fogg	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
7	R1	15–17 April	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Kayne Scott	Mark Pedersen	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
	R2				Mark Pedersen	Andy Booth	Orix Racing
	R3				Angus Fogg	John McIntyre	Tracer Motorsport

Points structure[edit]

Points for the 2004/2005 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

Drivers standings[edit]

Pos.	Driver	R1 PUK	R2 RUA	R3 TIM	R4 TER	R5 MAN	R6 TAU	R7 PUK	Pts
1	Andy Booth	192	153	156	141	209	137	195	1183
2	Wade Henshaw	201	225	187	179	139	143	87	1161
3	John McIntyre	103	181	210	29	217	168	189	1097
4	Kayne Scott	78	147	176	189	114	126	194	1024
5	Paul Manuell	157	169	78	163	58	133	91	849
6	Shane Drake	89	130	144	154	98	50	112	777
7	Mark Pedersen	153	126	36	156	90	45	153	759
8	Paul Pedersen	60	120	139	163	59	102		643
9	Dean Perkins	105	89	46	36	136	78	129	619
10	Michael Thom	80	70	118	53	58	127	89	595
11	Andrew Anderson	153	23	129	36	51	103	98	593
12	Angus Fogg	69	68	32	22	78	140	161	570
13	Clark Proctor	54	4	35	108	128	126	80	535
14	Craig Boote	68	103	26	84	43	62	64	450
15	Michael Wallace	48	42	76	97	30	91	32	416
16	Andrew Fawcet	135	38			64	46	96	379
17	Kevin Williams		66	93	44	58	44	54	359
18	Nick Ross	22	94	56	77	62	46		357
19	Brady Kennett	57	42	26		105	60	61	351
20	Jared Carlyle	2		76	44	72	93	48	335
21	Adam Brook	36	82	130	18	6		47	319
22	Dale Lambert		52	21	94	94	-20	50	291
23	Haydn Mackenzie	62	27	56	24	39	55	12	275
24	Daynom Templeman	24	28	40	58	58			208
25	Charlie O'Brien	121	58						179
26	Grant Shivas	10	26	8	32	38	44	15	173
27	Pete Roberts	22	19	31	29	7	36	22	166
28	Cam Hardy	18	15	13	31	16	27	38	158
29	Dean McMillan	14	25			40	54	20	153
30	Wayne Huxford			13	133				146
31	David Parsons	24	8	24	-4	10	35	28	125
32	Darryn Henderson	27	8	17	4		13	29	98
33	Mike Pero	35		8	4	33	14		94
34	Joe Faram	14	6	17	19	18			74
35	Miles Worsley	22	12	9	12	16			71
36	Julia Huzziff		3	14	11	18	-2	11	55
37	Martin Hicks			11	13	2	12	8	46
38	Cameron McLean							30	30
39	Mark Wootton	13	3	-6		5		14	29
40	Phil Stewart							13	13
41	Brendon Sole				9				9
Pos	Driver	R1 PUK	R2 RUA	R3 TIM	R4 TER	R5 MAN	R6 TAU	R7 PUK	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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]

"NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2004-5 – Results".
"NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2004-5 – Points".