2002–03 New Zealand V8 season

December 2021 2002–03 New Zealand V8s season 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 New Zealand V8 season (known for commercial reasons as the 2002–03 Parker ENZED NZV8s Championship) was a motor racing series for New Zealand V8 touring cars. It consisted of seven rounds beginning on October 19 in 2002 at Ruapuna and concluded on March 30 2003 at Manfeild Autocourse. The championship was won by Mark Pedersen. An endurance race that inaugurated the season was won by Pedersen and Paul Radisich.2003-03-30 Motorsport: Pedersen clinches V8 crown https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/motorsport-pedersen-clinches-v8-crown/G5DVJQAQYUKU64QQORLFLQVW4A/ 2026-04-16 The New Zealand Herald en-NZ Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2002New Zealand 300 right New Zealand -38.393359 176.082340 Taupō bottom New Zealand -37.2150522 174.9187728 Pukekohe top New Zealand -44.297222 171.202778 Levels top New Zealand -40.2375 175.557222 Manfeild top New Zealand -43.5317881 172.4796010 Ruapuna top New Zealand -46.440556 168.260833 Teretonga right 1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 19–20 October 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 9–10 November 2003 3 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 4–5 January 4 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 11–12 January 5 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 1–2 February 6 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 15–16 March 7 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 29–30 March Teams and drivers Championship entries Endurance entries Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Driver Rounds Co-Driver Ford Ford Falcon (AU) ENZED 06 NZL Brady Kennett 2–5, 7 NZL Ken Smith 6 Nick Ross Racing 7 NZL Nick Ross 2–7 Pedersen Sheehan Racing 11 NZL Peter Van Bruegel All NZL Greg Brinck 027 NZL Mark Pedersen2002-10-20 Motorsport: Radisich wins at Ruapuna https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/motorsport-radisich-wins-at-ruapuna/7PCJEEVXEO5HEFWB2A4XLU2GGE/ 2026-04-16 The New Zealand Herald en-NZ All NZL Paul Radisich Dean McMillan Racing 18 NZL Dean McMillan 2–6 Team Hicks Racing 19 NZL Martin Hicks 2–5, 7 Ballistic Motorsport 30 NZL Ashley Hall 5, 7 31 NZL David Parsons 5, 7 GT Radial Tyres 75 NZL Dean Perkins All NZL Grant Silvester Tracer Motorsport 96 NZL Paul Pedersen 2–7 111 NZL Aaron Slight2002-09-17 Pitstop: Motorbike aces on four wheels https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/ipitstopi-motorbike-aces-on-four-wheels/Z4D3K6M6XPH3DAAKSMMGIBWPEM/ 2026-04-16 The New Zealand Herald en-NZ 1 GBR Andy Priaulx2002-10-15 Pitstop: Lady Luck to turn Yellow Pages https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/ipitstopi-lady-luck-to-turn-yellow-pages/GZB64FHZNZQZQQBLS4WLP6AP34/ 2026-04-16 The New Zealand Herald en-NZ PartsWorld 800 NZL Peter Butler All NZL Kevin Hyde Ford Falcon (EL) 10 NZL Andrew Fawcet 1 NZL Wayne Huxford Tradestaff 17 NZL Paul Hinton 2–7 Mag & Turbo 89 NZL Dale Lambert 2–7 Holden Holden Commodore (VX) Dynapac 3 NZL Aaron Harris 2–7 4 NZL Peter Sturgeon 1 NZL Stephen Jones 9 NZL Steve Rae 1–2 NZL Rob Lewis NZL Rob Lewis 3–4 12 NZL Michael Wallace 1, 3–4, 6 NZL Hamish Cross Orix Racing 15 NZL Paul Manuell All NZL Craig Gilbert 16 NZL Andrew Talley 1 NZL Richard Pollock Team Kiwi Racing 021 NZL John McIntyre All NZL Andy Booth 777 NZL Andy Booth 2–7 Strapping Systems 25 NZL Kevin Williams 2, 5–7 Mike Pero Racing 28 NZL Wade Henshaw All NZL Rick Armstrong 29 NZL Bernard Gillon All NZL Wade Henshaw 36 NZL Miles Pope 1–2, 5–6 NZL Bill Farmer 38 NZL Glenn Collins 1–6 NZL Paul Pedersen NZL Andrew Fawcet 7 StaffCV.com 42 NZL Phil Stewart All NZL Jason Kerr Hydraulink 69 NZL Michael Thom All NZL Eddie Bell 99 NZL Paul Kelly 1 NZL Roger Townshend Holden Commodore (VT) 8 NZL Mark Wootton 1–2, 5–7 NZL Brendon Sole E-Frame Racing 70 NZL Andrew Anderson All NZL Rhys McKay Holden Commodore (VL) 13 NZL Brian Friend 2, 5 Holden Commodore (VS) 13 NZL Murray Lamb 1 NZL Graeme Fisher 14 NZL Maurice Shapley 1 NZL Tony Rees 47 NZL Adam Brook All NZL Kevin Bell Steelform Taranaki Steelers 50 NZL Julia Huzziff 6–7 55 NZL Grant Shivas All NZL Brendan Price 76 NZL Duane Spurdle 1–2 NZL Dean Cockerton Holden Commodore (VK) 23 NZL Dave Nichols 5–6 51 NZL Chris Ward 1, 4 NZL Les Summerfield Results and standings Season summary Round Venue Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner 1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch NZL Mark PedersonNZL Paul Radisich Pedersen Racing NZL Mark PedersonNZL Paul Radisich 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe NZL Paul Manuell Orix Racing NZL Paul Manuell R2 NZL Andrew Anderson E-Frame Racing 3 R1 Teretonga Park, Invercargill NZL John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing NZL Mark Pedersen R2 NZL John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing R3 NZL Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing 4 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru NZL John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing NZL John McIntyre R2 NZL Andy Booth Team Kiwi Racing R3 NZL Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing 5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding NZL Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing NZL Mark Pedersen R2 NZL Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing R3 NZL Andy Booth Team Kiwi Racing 6 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō NZL Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing NZL Paul Pedersen R2 NZL Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing R3 NZL Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing 7 R1 Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding NZL Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing NZL Mark Pedersen R2 NZL Mark Pedersen Pedersen Racing R3 NZL Paul Pedersen Pedersen Racing Point system 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 Championship standings Pos. Driver RUA PUK TER TIM MAN1 TAU MAN2 Pts R R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 NZL Mark Pedersen 1 2 Ret 4 2 3 9 3 Ret 1 1 7 11 6 10 1 1 11 353 2 NZL Paul Pedersen 4 8 DNS 14 4 1 14 21 1 7 6 Ret 1 1 1 10 2 1 327 3 NZL John McIntyre Ret 9 Ret 1 1 16 1 2 8 3 9 8 2 2 3 16 4 5 321 4 NZL Andy Booth Ret 3 15 2 8 5 2 1 11 4 4 1 13 3 21 14 3 3 312 5 NZL Paul Manuell Ret 1 3 5 3 9 19 4 2 5 3 4 3 26 5 11 5 16 292 6 NZL Michael Thom Ret 6 5 6 5 4 4 5 4 9 11 6 9 5 4 4 Ret Ret 254 7 NZL Andrew Anderson Ret 4 1 3 Ret 2 7 12 6 10 8 3 7 9 7 5 Ret Ret 248 8 NZL Wade Henshaw 11 7 4 7 7 Ret Ret 11 7 12 5 5 4 8 Ret 3 6 4 233 9 NZL Nick Ross 15 DNS 11 6 8 8 7 9 6 13 10 8 4 2 6 Ret 2 222 10 NZL Dean Perkins 15 25 2 Ret DSQ 6 6 8 5 2 2 Ret 21 7 6 2 20 Ret 208 11 NZL Dale Lambert DSQ DSQ 9 Ret Ret 3 6 3 11 7 11 6 11 8 9 7 6 189 12 NZL Peter Van Breugel 12 13 9 16 Ret 7 15 14 15 8 12 9 5 10 Ret 7 11 Ret 154 13 NZL Adam Brook 8 11 13 10 11 15 11 DNS 24 Ret 16 13 14 16 11 12 12 10 132 14 NZL Brady Kennett Ret 7 8 Ret 14 13 13 DNS 13 10 2 8 8 Ret 122 15 NZL Aaron Harris 14 8 18 9 10 12 10 17 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 9 17 9 12 119 16 NZL Phil Stewart Ret 10 10 17 10 11 DNS DNS 18 14 17 17 19 22 12 15 13 Ret 94 17 NZL Kevin Williams 5 Ret 15 15 12 10 12 14 13 10 13 93 18 NZL Glenn Collins 4 21 22 12 15 12 10 DNS 20 18 14 14 17 15 Ret 83 19 NZL Bernard Gillon 11 12 14 13 12 Ret 18 Ret 21 28 18 DNS 12 13 Ret 20 15 14 80 20 NZL Peter Butler 9 16 11 DNS 13 Ret 17 15 13 25 22 15 24 20 Ret Ret 18 DNS 63 21 NZL Rob Lewis 6 DNS Ret DNS 5 9 10 57 22 NZL Grant Shivas 10 23 Ret Ret Ret DNS 21 19 16 17 Ret DNS 16 Ret 13 19 16 9 54 23 NZL Michael Wallace Ret 15 14 13 16 DNS 12 15 18 Ret 53 24 NZL Paul Radisich 1 DNS DNS 8 45 25 NZL Andrew Fawcet 13 18 14 7 32 26 NZL Miles Pope Ret 17 6 22 21 18 22 17 17 31 27 NZL Paul Hinton 18 18 19 16 19 20 Ret 14 21 20 19 23 Ret 18 25 Ret 19 31 28 NZL Dean McMillan Ret 20 Ret 18 18 22 16 19 19 19 21 18 19 15 29 29 NZL Paul Kelly 2 27 30 NZL Roger Townshend 2 27 31 NZL Mike Pero 3 23 32 NZL Rick Armstrong 3 23 33 NZL Steve Rae 6 22 19 18 34 NZL Peter Sturgeon 5 18 35 NZL Stephen Jones 5 18 36 NZL Martin Hicks Ret 21 20 17 17 23 18 Ret 20 23 Ret 21 17 20 18 37 NZL Mark Wootton 19 16 Ret Ret 16 25 23 16 22 Ret Ret 17 38 NZL Murray Lamb 7 14 39 NZL Graeme Fisher 7 14 40 NZL Kevin Bell 8 13 41 NZL Kevin Hyde 9 12 42 NZL Brendan Price 10 11 43 NZL Greg Brinck 12 9 44 NZL Wayne Huxford 13 8 45 NZL Maurice Shapley 14 7 46 NZL Tony Rees 14 7 47 NZL Julia Huzziff Ret 24 20 23 19 17 7 48 NZL Grant Silvester 15 6 49 NZL Chris Ward 16 24 20 23 6 50 NZL Ashley Hall 23 28 24 24 DSQ 15 6 51 NZL Duane Spurdle Ret 20 17 5 52 NZL Les Summerfield 16 5 53 NZL Dave Nichols 26 24 20 26 25 19 3 54 NZL Graham Stokes 24 26 Ret 27 Ret 18 3 55 NZL Ken Smith 20 21 DNS 1 - NZL Eddie Bell Ret - - NZL Dean Cockerton Ret - - NZL Hamish Cross Ret - - NZL Bill Farmer Ret - - NZL Brian Friend 24 Ret Ret 25 22 - - NZL Craig Gilbert Ret - - NZL Jason Kerr Ret - - NZL Rhys McKay Ret - - NZL David Parsons 27 27 23 26 21 Ret - - NZL Richard Pollock Ret - - GBR Andy Priaulx Ret - - NZL Aaron Slight Ret - - NZL Brendon Sole Ret - - NZL Andrew Talley Ret - Pos. Driver R R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts RUA PUK TER TIM MAN1 TAU MAN2 References http://www.nzmotorsport.co.nz/content/results_calendar.cfm?ID=9 NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2002-3 – Results http://www.nzmotorsport.co.nz/content/results_points.cfm?ID=9 NZ V8 Touring Car Championship 2002-3 – Points Category:NZ Touring Cars Championship seasons V8 season V8 season