The 2014–15 BNT NZ SuperTourers season was a motor racing championship for touring cars held in New Zealand.[1] The season started on 27 September at Taupo Motorsport Park and ended on 12 April at Pukekohe Park Raceway. All cars used a chassis built by Paul Ceprnich of Pace Innovations in Australia, and were powered by a Chevrolet LS7 7-litre engine.
Previous NZ SuperTourers seasons ran over the calendar year from January to December but in 2014, the season ran from January to April in order to align with other New Zealand championship series – for 2014–15 – that are contested over the Southern Hemisphere summer. Greg Murphy started the season as the defending drivers' champion.
Team 4 Holden driver Simon Evans wrapped up the championship in an abbreviated season which saw two sprint rounds cancelled late in the season. Evans won the Sprint trophy and shared the endurance trophy with team-mate Shane van Gisbergen.
The 2014–15 NZ SuperTourers season consisted of seven rounds when announced in April 2014,[2] but two rounds were cancelled in February 2015 as teams pulled out of the series.[3]
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Event | Circuit | City / State | Date | ||
1 | Taupo 400 | Taupo Motorsport Park | Taupō, New Zealand | 27–28 September | |
2 | Waikato 400 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park | North Waikato, New Zealand | 1–2 November | |
3 | Fuchs 500 | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Pukekohe, New Zealand | 28–30 November | |
4 | Waikato 250 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park | North Waikato, New Zealand | 31 January – 1 February | |
– | cancelled | Timaru International Motor Raceway | Timaru, New Zealand | 7–8 March | |
– | cancelled | Mike Pero Motorsport Park | Christchurch, New Zealand | 21–22 March | |
5 | Pukekohe 250 | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Pukekohe, New Zealand | 11–12 April |
Key:
Season entries | Endurance entries | |||||
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Team | Season driver | Rounds | Endurance driver | Rounds | ||
M3 Racing | 1 | Greg Murphy | 1–3 | Jack Perkins[4] | 1–3 | |
10 | Richard Moore | 1–3 | Tim Slade | 1–3 | ||
15 | Paul Manuell[5] | 1–3, 5 | Shae Davies | 1–3 | ||
Angus Fogg Racing | 3 | Angus Fogg | 1–3 | Tony D'Alberto[6] | 1–3 | |
Tony D'Alberto | 4–5 | |||||
Team 4 | 4 | Simon Evans | All | Shane van Gisbergen[7] | 1–3 | |
5 | Mitch Evans | 4 | colspan=2 | |||
Edgell Performance Racing | 8 | Tim Edgell | 1–4 | Steve Owen[8] | 1–3 | |
iSport Racing | 9 | Dominic Storey | 1, 3–4 | Dale Wood | 1 | |
Nick Percat | 3 | |||||
Varney Motorsport | 14 | Shaun Varney | 1–4 | John Penny | 1 | |
Andrew Waite | 2–3 | |||||
Gene Rollinson | 5 | colspan=2 | ||||
Andre Heimgartner Racing | 22 | Andre Heimgartner | All | Paul Morris | 1–2 | |
Drew Russell | 3 | |||||
PSR Racing | 27 | Chris Hanley | 1–3 | Daniel Gaunt[9] | 1 | |
Gene Rollinson | 2–3 | |||||
Cunningham Racing | 32 | Mitch Cunningham | All | Cameron Waters[10] | 1–3 | |
John McIntyre Racing | 47 | Mark Gibson | 1–3 | John McIntyre[11] | 1–3 | |
International Motorsport | 96 | Ant Pedersen | 1–2 | Jonny Reid | 1–2 |
| Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap |