NZ Touring Cars Championship
Season Champion Vehicle
1996-97 Greg Taylor Holden Commodore ( VR )
1997-98 Wayne Huxford Holden Commodore ( VS )
1998-99 Paul Pedersen Holden Commodore ( VS )
1999-00 Mark Pedersen Holden Commodore ( VS )
2000-01 Paul Manuell Holden Commodore ( VT )
2001-02 Ashley Stichbury Ford Falcon ( AU )
2002-03 Mark Pedersen Ford Falcon ( AU )
2003-04 Andy Booth Holden Commodore ( VX )
2004-05 Andy Booth Holden Commodore ( VY )
2005-06 Kayne Scott Holden Commodore ( VY )
2006-07 John McIntyre Ford Falcon ( BA )
2007-08 John McIntyre Ford Falcon ( BA )
2008-09 Kayne Scott Ford Falcon ( BF )
2009-10 Craig Baird Ford Falcon ( BF )
2010-11 John McIntyre Ford Falcon ( BF )
2011-12 Angus Fogg Ford Falcon ( BF )
2013 TLX : Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore ( VE )
2013 TL : AJ Lauder Ford Falcon ( BF )
2013-14 TLX : Nick Ross Holden Commodore ( VE )
2013-14 TL : James McLaughlin Holden Commodore ( VY )
Champions
Motorsport NZ granted championship status to the V8 class for the 1996–97 season , at which time it was officially known as TraNZam Lights . [ 1 ] The class was renamed to NZ V8 Touring Cars for 1998/99 , to NZV8s for 2005/06 and to NZV8s at the commencement of the 2007/08 season . [ 1 ] It became NZ Touring Cars for the 2015/16 season then for the 2017/18 season was named the BNT V8s due to naming rights . .
The BNT V8s Championship is a New Zealand-based motorsport category of touring car racing. Previously known as the New Zealand V8s, TraNZam Lights and NZ Touring Cars Championship, it was founded in 1996. In 2015 it absorbed the V8SuperTourer field.