# 2005–06 New Zealand V8 season

The 2005–06 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 4 November 2005 and ending 23 April 2006. The defending champion was Andy Booth, although it would be Kayne Scott who would win his first New Zealand V8 Touring Car championship.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
| Force Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 1 | Andy Booth | All |
| Force Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 15 | Paul Manuell | All |
| GT Radial Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 2 | Ian Tulloch | All |
| GT Radial Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 75 | Dean Perkins | All |
| Ballistic Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 4 | Simon Richards | All |
| Ballistic Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 98 | Brent Collins | 1-2, 4-7 |
| Team ENZED Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 007 | Nick Ross | All |
| Hardy Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 8 | Cam Hardy | 1, 3-7 |
| Powerbuilt Tools Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 9 | Luke Youlden | All |
| Altherm | Holden VZ Commodore | 10 | Andrew Fawcet | All |
| Radio Sport | Ford BA Falcon | 11 | Darryn Henderson | All |
| Wallace Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 12 | Michael Wallace | All |
| Dean McMillan | Holden VZ Commodore | 18 | Dean McMillan | 2, 4-6 |
| Castrol Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 20 | Haydn Mackenzie | All |
| DVS Holden | Holden VZ Commodore | 22 | John Penny | 3-6 |
| Strapping Systems NZ | Holden VZ Commodore | 25 | Kevin Williams | All |
| Team Versatile | Holden VZ Commodore | 26 | Shannon O'Brien | All |
| United Video Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 27 | Mark Pedersen | All |
| Hydraulink Race Team | Ford BA Falcon | 33 | Pete Roberts | All |
| Hydraulink Race Team | Ford BA Falcon | 47 | John McIntyre | 1-4, 6-7 |
| Pinepac Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 34 | Andrew Anderson | 1-4, 6-7 |
| Pinepac Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 34 | Dean Canto | 5 |
| Karcher Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 40 | Cameron McLean | All |
| Adam Brook Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 41 | Adam Brook | 4, 7 |
| Cost Cop | Holden VZ Commodore | 42 | Phil Stewart | 1 |
| Huzziff Motors | Holden VZ Commodore | 50 | Julia Huzziff | All |
| Metalman Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 57 | Clark Proctor | All |
| American Kleaner | Holden VZ Commodore | 69 | Michael Thom | 1-2, 6-7 |
| Orcon Race Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 88 | Mark Wootton | 1, 5-7 |
| Mag & Turbo Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 89 | Dale Lambert | All |
| Caltex Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 96 | Paul Pedersen | 1-2, 6-7 |
| Caltex Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 247 | Angus Fogg | All |
| Fujitsu Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 99 | Kayne Scott | All |

## Calendar

| Round | Round | Date | Venue | Winner | Team |
| 1 | R1 | 04-6 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 1 | R2 | 04-6 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Dean Perkins | GT Radial Racing |
| 1 | R3 | 04-6 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 2 | R1 | 25–27 November | Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch | Kayne Scott | Fujitsu Racing Team |
| 2 | R2 | 25–27 November | Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch | Kayne Scott | Fujitsu Racing Team |
| 2 | R3 | 25–27 November | Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 3 | R1 | 13–15 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Angus Fogg | Caltex Racing |
| 3 | R2 | 13–15 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Kayne Scott | Fujitsu Racing Team |
| 3 | R3 | 13–15 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Mark Pedersen | United Video Racing |
| 4 | R1 | 20–22 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | Angus Fogg | Caltex Racing |
| 4 | R2 | 20–22 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | Kayne Scott | Fujitsu Racing Team |
| 4 | R3 | 20–22 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | Paul Pedersen | Caltex Racing |
| 5 | R1 | 17–19 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 5 | R2 | 17–19 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 5 | R3 | 17–19 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | Paul Pedersen | Caltex Racing |
| 6 | R1 | 17–19 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 6 | R2 | 17–19 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | John McIntyre | Hydraulink Racing Team |
| 6 | R3 | 17–19 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | Angus Fogg | Caltex Racing |
| 7 | R1 | 21–23 April | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Angus Fogg | Caltex Racing |
| 7 | R2 | 21–23 April | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Angus Fogg | Caltex Racing |
| 7 | R3 | 21–23 April | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Paul Pedersen | Caltex Racing |

## Points structure

Points for the 2005/2006 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 |

## Driver standings

| Pos. | Driver | R1 PUK | R2 RUA | R3 TIM | R4 TER | R5 MAN | R6 TAU | R7 PUK | Pts |
| 1 | Kayne Scott | 160 | 195 | 155 | 196 | 189 | 127 | 188 | 1210 |
| 2 | Angus Fogg | 138 | 104 | 164 | 202 | 188 | 195 | 140 | 1131 |
| 3 | Andy Booth | 174 | 175 | 105 | 136 | 204 | 71 | 55 | 920 |
| 4 | Mark Pedersen | 97 | 165 | 168 | 158 | 117 | 72 | 121 | 898 |
| 5 | Paul Manuell | 108 | 187 | 169 | 27 | 120 | 90 | 72 | 773 |
| 6 | John McIntyre | 164 | 139 | 161 | 159 | | -20 | 164 | 767 |
| 7 | Luke Youlden | 126 | 53 | 147 | 154 | 79 | 75 | 87 | 721 |
| 8 | Cameron McLean | 135 | 42 | 159 | 82 | 63 | 157 | 81 | 719 |
| 9 | Dean Perkins | 124 | 84 | 69 | 106 | 28 | 176 | 97 | 684 |
| 10 | Clark Proctor | 12 | 92 | 44 | 151 | 106 | 140 | 72 | 617 |
| 11 | Shannon O'Brien | 93 | 76 | 93 | 95 | 81 | 80 | 21 | 539 |
| 12 | Andrew Anderson | 56 | 154 | 121 | 70 | | 30 | 85 | 516 |
| 13 | Andrew Fawcet | 97 | 20 | 25 | 37 | 79 | 28 | 161 | 447 |
| 14 | Kevin Williams | 1 | 111 | 43 | 59 | 77 | 99 | 44 | 434 |
| 15 = | Dale Lambert | 90 | 29 | 9 | 62 | 88 | 77 | 57 | 412 |
| 15 = | Nick Ross | 42 | 40 | 79 | 45 | 94 | 72 | 40 | 412 |
| 17 | Haydn Mackenzie | 72 | 67 | 97 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 24 | 399 |
| 18 | Simon Richards | 22 | 76 | 64 | 70 | 11 | 106 | 27 | 376 |
| 19 | Gene Rollinson | 15 | 74 | 32 | 41 | 72 | 54 | 58 | 346 |
| 20 | Brent Collins | 42 | 98 | | 50 | 36 | 12 | 104 | 342 |
| 21 | Darryn Henderson | 40 | 36 | 54 | 40 | 32 | 26 | 81 | 309 |
| 22 | Pete Roberts | 46 | 14 | 33 | 49 | 41 | 47 | 76 | 306 |
| 23 | Michael Wallace | 20 | 44 | 64 | 18 | 58 | 42 | 54 | 300 |
| 24 | Ian Tulloch | 53 | 33 | 42 | 5 | 49 | 51 | 62 | 295 |
| 25 | Paul Pedersen | 144 | 6 | | | | -30 | 163 | 283 |
| 26 | Jason Liefting | 22 | -20 | 57 | 91 | 18 | 8 | | 174 |
| 27 | Cam Hardy | 8 | | -1 | 15 | 54 | 85 | 6 | 167 |
| 28 | Julia Huzziff | 25 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 164 |
| 29 | John Penny | | | 36 | 32 | 34 | 56 | | 158 |
| 30 | Michael Thom | 66 | 22 | | | | 22 | 38 | 148 |
| 31 | Dean Canto | | | | | 143 | | | 143 |
| 32 | Dean McMillan | | 38 | | 19 | 49 | 34 | | 140 |
| 33 | Mark Wootton | 26 | | | | 27 | 35 | 22 | 110 |
| 34 | Phil Stewart | 21 | | | | | | | 21 |
| 35 | Adam Brook | | | | -20 | | | 33 | 13 |
| 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |