The 2012 V8SuperTourer season is a motor racing championship for

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held in

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. It began on 17 February at

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and ended on the 25 November at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway, Ruapuna after seven rounds. All cars use a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and are powered a Mosler 7-litre engine. While the chassis and engines are the same (to provide a level playing field and hopefully allow the best drivers to succeed due to talent, not equipment), the cars can 'wear' body panels from any suitable model. So far, cars have appeared as either the

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, but the chassis are a generic enough shape that a manufacturer such as Toyota or BMW could likely fit their bodywork to a Supertourer chassis and race as Lexus or 5 Series model. 16 cars were confirmed to run in the inaugural season. The V8SuperTourer also confirmed an exclusive broadcasting deal with

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to screen all of the races live on the Gillette Motorsport show.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2012 V8SuperTourer season. Notes: * – Scott Harrison was Paul Manuell's co-driver for Round 5 at Taupō, and John Penny was driving with Manuell at Pukekohe and Ruapuna.

Calendar

The 2012 V8SuperTourer season consisted of seven rounds. The final three rounds were run under an endurance format akin to that run in the V8 Supercar series in Australia. Endurance Series

Championship standings

Drivers Championship

Sprint Championship

Endurance Championship

References

External links

V8SuperTourers New Zealand

V8SuperTourer News on Speedstuff
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