# 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.

## Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are competing in the current series.
| 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 |
| Richards Team Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 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 |
| SCG Racing | 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 |
| Porter Brothers Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 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, Hamilton | |
* The non-championship round was held in support to V8 Supercars at the Hamilton 400.

## Points table

| Pos | Driver | 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 |