The 2005–06 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 4 November 2005 and ending 23 April 2006. The defending champion was Andy Booth, although it would be Kayne Scott who would win his first New Zealand V8 Touring Car championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Force Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	1	Andy Booth	All
		15	Paul Manuell	All
GT Radial Racing	Ford BA Falcon	2	Ian Tulloch	All
		75	Dean Perkins	All
Ballistic Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	4	Simon Richards	All
		98	Brent Collins	1-2, 4-7
Team ENZED Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	007	Nick Ross	All
Hardy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	8	Cam Hardy	1, 3-7
Powerbuilt Tools Racing	Ford BA Falcon	9	Luke Youlden	All
Altherm	Holden VZ Commodore	10	Andrew Fawcet	All
Radio Sport	Ford BA Falcon	11	Darryn Henderson	All
Wallace Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	12	Michael Wallace	All
Dean McMillan	Holden VZ Commodore	18	Dean McMillan	2, 4-6
Castrol Racing	Ford BA Falcon	20	Haydn Mackenzie	All
DVS Holden	Holden VZ Commodore	22	John Penny	3-6
Strapping Systems NZ	Holden VZ Commodore	25	Kevin Williams	All
Team Versatile	Holden VZ Commodore	26	Shannon O'Brien	All
United Video Racing	Ford BA Falcon	27	Mark Pedersen	All
Hydraulink Race Team	Ford BA Falcon	33	Pete Roberts	All
		47	John McIntyre	1-4, 6-7
Pinepac Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	34	Andrew Anderson	1-4, 6-7
			Dean Canto	5
Karcher Racing	Ford BA Falcon	40	Cameron McLean	All
Adam Brook Racing	Ford BA Falcon	41	Adam Brook	4, 7
Cost Cop	Holden VZ Commodore	42	Phil Stewart	1
Huzziff Motors	Holden VZ Commodore	50	Julia Huzziff	All
Metalman Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	57	Clark Proctor	All
American Kleaner	Holden VZ Commodore	69	Michael Thom	1-2, 6-7
Orcon Race Team	Holden VZ Commodore	88	Mark Wootton	1, 5-7
Mag & Turbo Racing	Ford BA Falcon	89	Dale Lambert	All
Caltex Racing	Ford BA Falcon	96	Paul Pedersen	1-2, 6-7
		247	Angus Fogg	All
Fujitsu Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	99	Kayne Scott	All

Calendar

Round		Date	Venue	Winner	Team
1	R1	04-6 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
	R2			Dean Perkins	GT Radial Racing
	R3			John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
2	R1	25–27 November	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch	Kayne Scott	Fujitsu Racing Team
	R2			Kayne Scott	Fujitsu Racing Team
	R3			John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
3	R1	13–15 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Angus Fogg	Caltex Racing
	R2			Kayne Scott	Fujitsu Racing Team
	R3			Mark Pedersen	United Video Racing
4	R1	20–22 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru	Angus Fogg	Caltex Racing
	R2			Kayne Scott	Fujitsu Racing Team
	R3			Paul Pedersen	Caltex Racing
5	R1	17–19 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
	R2			John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
	R3			Paul Pedersen	Caltex Racing
6	R1	17–19 March	Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō	John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
	R2			John McIntyre	Hydraulink Racing Team
	R3			Angus Fogg	Caltex Racing
7	R1	21–23 April	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Angus Fogg	Caltex Racing
	R2			Angus Fogg	Caltex Racing
	R3			Paul Pedersen	Caltex Racing

Points structure

Points for the 2005/2006 championship are allocated as follows:

Driver standings

Pos. Driver R1 PUK R2 RUA R3 TIM R4 TER R5 MAN R6 TAU R7 PUK Pts 1 Kayne Scott 160 195 155 196 189 127 188 1210 2 Angus Fogg 138 104 164 202 188 195 140 1131 3 Andy Booth 174 175 105 136 204 71 55 920 4 Mark Pedersen 97 165 168 158 117 72 121 898 5 Paul Manuell 108 187 169 27 120 90 72 773 6 John McIntyre 164 139 161 159 -20 164 767 7 Luke Youlden 126 53 147 154 79 75 87 721 8 Cameron McLean 135 42 159 82 63 157 81 719 9 Dean Perkins 124 84 69 106 28 176 97 684 10 Clark Proctor 12 92 44 151 106 140 72 617 11 Shannon O'Brien 93 76 93 95 81 80 21 539 12 Andrew Anderson 56 154 121 70 30 85 516 13 Andrew Fawcet 97 20 25 37 79 28 161 447 14 Kevin Williams 1 111 43 59 77 99 44 434 15 = Dale Lambert 90 29 9 62 88 77 57 412 15 = Nick Ross 42 40 79 45 94 72 40 412 17 Haydn Mackenzie 72 67 97 44 46 49 24 399 18 Simon Richards 22 76 64 70 11 106 27 376 19 Gene Rollinson 15 74 32 41 72 54 58 346 20 Brent Collins 42 98 50 36 12 104 342 21 Darryn Henderson 40 36 54 40 32 26 81 309 22 Pete Roberts 46 14 33 49 41 47 76 306 23 Michael Wallace 20 44 64 18 58 42 54 300 24 Ian Tulloch 53 33 42 5 49 51 62 295 25 Paul Pedersen 144 6 -30 163 283 26 Jason Liefting 22 -20 57 91 18 8 174 27 Cam Hardy 8 -1 15 54 85 6 167 28 Julia Huzziff 25 35 18 5 23 50 8 164 29 John Penny 36 32 34 56 158 30 Michael Thom 66 22 22 38 148 31 Dean Canto 143 143 32 Dean McMillan 38 19 49 34 140 33 Mark Wootton 26 27 35 22 110 34 Phil Stewart 21 21 35 Adam Brook -20 33 13 Pos Driver R1 PUK R2 RUA R3 TIM R4 TER R5 MAN R6 TAU R7 PUK Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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)

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