2002–03 New Zealand V8 season

The 2002–03 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 19–20 October 2002 and ending 29–30 March 2003.

Calendar

Round	Date	Venue	Winner
1	19–20 October	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch	Mark Pederson Paul Radisich
2	9–10 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Paul Manuell
3	4–5 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Mark Pedersen
4	11–12 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru	John McIntyre
5	1–2 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Mark Pedersen
6	15–16 March	Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō	Paul Pedersen
7	29–30 March	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Mark Pedersen

Points structure

Points for the 2002/2003 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
Points	32	27	23	20	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Results

Pos.	Driver	RUA	PUK	TER	TIM	MAN1	TAU	MAN2	Pts
1	Mark Pedersen	32	27	70	35	78	37	74	353
2	Paul Pedersen	20	13	59	39	30	96	70	327
3	John McIntyre		12	69	72	48	77	43	321
4	Andy Booth		29	58	69	72	31	53	312
5	Paul Manuell		55	53	49	61	41	33	292
6	Michael Thom		34	54	58	38	50	20	254
7	Andrew Anderson		52	52	39	47	40	18	248
8	Wade Henshaw	10	34	28	24	45	33	59	233
9	Nick Ross		6	39	39	35	60	43	222
10	Dean Perkins	6	27	16	47	54	30	28	208
11	Dale Lambert			12	62	34	39	42	189
12	Peter Van Breugel	9	20	19	19	34	29	24	154
13	Adam Brook	13	18	27	10	13	22	29	132
14	Brady Kennett		14	20	16	46		26	122
15	Aaron Harris		20	26	24	5	19	25	119
16	Phil Stewart		22	25	7	15	11	14	94
17	Kevin Williams		18			21	27	27	93
18	Glenn Collins	20		24	12	17	10		83
19	Bernard Gillon	10	16	17	3	3	17	14	80
20	Peter Butler	12	15	8	18	6	1	3	63
21	Rob Lewis	16			41				57
22	Grant Shivas	11			7	4	13	19	54
23	Michael Wallace		9	21	14		9		53
24	Paul Radisich	32						13	45
25	Andrew Fawcet	8						24	32
26	Miles Pope		20			3	8		31
27	Paul Hinton		6	9	8	3	3	2	31
28	Dean McMillan		1	6	7	4	11		29
29	Paul Kelly	27							27
30	Roger Townshend	27							27
31	Mike Pero	23							23
32	Rick Armstrong	23							23
33	Steve Rae	16	2						18
34	Peter Sturgeon	18							18
35	Stephen Jones	18							18
36	Martin Hicks	18							18
37	Mark Wootton		7			5	5		17
38	Murray Lamb	14							14
39	Graeme Fisher	14							14
40	Kevin Bell	13							13
41	Kevin Hyde	12							12
42	Brendan Price	11							11
43	Greg Brinck	9							9
44	Wayne Huxford	8							8
45	Maurice Shapley	7							7
46	Tony Rees	7							7
47	Julia Huzziff						1	6	7
48	Grant Silvester	6							6
49	Chris Ward	5			1				6
50	Ashley Hall							6	6
51	Duane Spurdle		5						5
52	Les Summerfield	5							5
53	Dave Nichols					1	2		3
54	Graham Stokes							3	3
55	Ken Smith						1		1
Pos	Driver	RUA	PUK	TER	TIM	MAN1	TAU	MAN2	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

"NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2002-3 – Results".
"NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2002-3 – Points".