John McIntyre (racing driver)
{{Short description|New Zealand racing driver}}
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{{infobox racing driver
| name = John McIntyre
| image = File:V8 Supercar (6234302805).jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|3|10}}
| birth_place = Hastings, New Zealand
| related to =
| nationality = {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand
| car number = 47
| current team = John McIntyre Racing
| teams =
| starts = 2
| championships =
| wins = 1
| podiums = 3
| poles =
| fastest laps =
| years active = 2012 – Present
| first year = 2012
| current series = V8SuperTourer Season
| best finish =
| year =
| prev series = Nissan GT Cup
New Zealand V8s
| prev series years = 1996
2006–07 & 2007–08
}}
John Donald McIntyre{{cite web |url=https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1836749?backurl=H4sIAAAAAAAAAFXKQQoCMQxA0dt042JOUERQ3MxCHC8QmmAjnbSm6WBvryIjun3%2FDwWuVAcW5IWxQRoqgYa4vftbjrKZA4t1Jac50aUX8rtxdK%2F9IMbW31JX2rNOBtbq%2F%2FOxo%2BZWvmWKvyvgAhIITyCUvGkjN2ckv7qjRwFBwjPVlqz6J4cUSbm2AAAA |title=JOHN MCINTYRE RACING LIMITED |author= |website=New Zealand Companies Office |access-date=18 May 2024}} (born 10 March 1977) is a New Zealand racecar driver who competes in the V8SuperTourer championship and is a co-driver for Ford Performance Racing in the V8 Supercar Series at Sandown and Bathurst.
NZV8's
Hawke's Bay-born John McIntyre started in the NZV8s (aka New Zealand V8 Touring Cars) in 1996.
In 2006 he debuted his own team John McIntyre Racing and won the 2006–07 championship. McIntyre and his team successfully defended their championship title in the 2007–08 season, proving themselves a dominant force in New Zealand motorsport.
McIntyre wrapped up his competition in the NZV8s with a final championship title in 2011 (http://www.v8.co.nz/news-3900/mcintyre-takes-2011-title-in-nz-v8-champs) before moving to the then-new V8SuperTourers.
Achievements
=1990=
- First minor to race on a permanent racing track in NZ (Manfeild aged 13)
=1992=
- Shell Ultra Challenge Scholarship Winner (aged 15)
=1993=
- New Zealand Motor Sports person of the year (Junior Male)
=1994=
- Youngest ever race winner at the Wellington Street Race (Nissan GT Cup aged 17)
=1996=
- Nissan GT Cup Series Champion
=1997=
- 7th TraNZam Light Championship (contesting 57% of rounds), 2 wins, 4 seconds, 6 pole positions
=2000=
- 5th NZ V8 Touring Car Championship, 1 win, 7 top five finishes, 2 fastest laps
=2001=
- Winner of the Liquor King 500 Endurance Race for TKR at Ruapuna Raceway
- Winner of Round 5 NZ V8 Touring Car Championship at Manfeild NZ
=2002=
- Debut V8 Supercar drive, driving for Team Kiwi Racing at Willowbank Raceway, Qld Australia finishing 22nd with Jason Richards
=2003=
- Pole Position, Race 1 Winner at Winton, Vic Australia driving Corvette TraNZam
- Winner of the Manfeild 4 Hour Endurance Race driving Sierra Cosworth
- First race win in Australia at Philip Island Vic driving a Corvette TraNZam on debut
- 3rd NZ V8 Touring Car Championship for Team Kiwi Racing
=2004–2005=
- 3rd NZV8 Touring Car Championship
- 18th at Indy 300 V8 Supercar Championship, sprint round debut for WPS Racing
- Debut at Bathurst 1000 driving with David Besnard, DNF Engine while in the top 10
- 21st V8 Supercar Sandown 500 driving for WPS Racing with Alex Yoong
- Winner of the Manfeild 4 Hour Endurance Race (2nd year running) driving an Audi RS4
- Lap Record at Manfeild
- 5th Trans-Tasman Porsche GT3 Cup
=2006=
- 1st Group N (1600–2000cc) 24 Hours Nurburgring (Germany)
- 6th NZV8 Touring Car Championship
- 5th V8 Brutes Sandown 500 on debut
- 6th Pukekohe 6 Hour Endurance Race
- 4th Manfeild 4 Hour Endurance Race
=2007=
- Team Kiwi Racing Endurance driver – Sandown and Bathurst
- Jim Clark Trophy winner 2007
- Winner of the NZV8s Championship
- Closest win in NZV8 History (0.024)
- Awarded Presidents Scholarship for session with neuroscientist Kerry Spackman
- Recipient of the Ernie Sprague Memorial Trophy at Timaru
=2008=
New Zealand Gold Star Champion – JMR Ford Falcon
1st NZV8 Championship – JMR Ford Falcon
2009
- New Zealand Gold Star Champion – JMR Ford Falcon
- 2nd NZV8 Championship – JMR Ford Falcon
2010
- 2nd V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 – Gold Coast – SBR Falcon
- 3rd V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 – Gold Coast – SBR Falcon
2nd NZV8 Championship – 10 Race Wins – JMR Ford Falcon
1st NZV8 3 Race Wins – Round Win – ITM 400 Hamilton Street Race – JMR Ford Falcon
2011
6th V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 – Mount Panorama – SBR Falcon
5th V8 Supercars Phillip Island 500 – Phillip Island – SBR Falcon
New Zealand Gold Star Champion (3rd) – JMR Ford Falcon
1st NZV8 Championship (3rd) – 9 Race Wins – JMR Ford Falcon
1st NZV8 Championship Final – Pole Position – 3 Race Wins – Round Win – ITM 400 Hamilton Street Race – JMR Ford Falcon
2012
3rd Overall V8 SuperTourers Championship – JMR Ford Falcon
1st V8 SuperTourers Sprint Championship – JMR Ford Falcon
Pole Position (co-driver) V8 Supercar Bathurst 1000 – FPR Falcon
1 Feature Race Win and 7 Podiums V8 SuperTourers Championship – JMR Ford Falcon
2013
10th Overall 101 GT Endurance Race Highlands Motorsport Park – Porsche GT3 997
1st NZV8 Championship Final – Pole Position – 2 Wins – Round Win ITM 400 – Pukekohe Park Raceway (62x NZV8 Race Wins)
3rd Overall Round 4 South Island Endurance Series – Highlands Motorsport Park – Porsche GT3 997
Pole Position and 1st Overall Round 1 South Island Endurance Series – Teretonga Park – Porsche GT3 997
13th V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 – Mount Panorama – Team Jeldwen FPR Falcon
2x Podiums V8 SuperTourers Championship – JMR Ford Falcon
2014
5th NZ SuperTourers Endurance Series
Pole Position and 6th Overall Round 3 North Island Endurance Series – Hampton Downs – Porsche GT3 997
2nd Overall Round 2 North Island Endurance Series – Taupo Motorsport Park – Porsche GT3 997
2015
1st overall North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour
Pole position and 1st overall North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Pukekohe
Pole position and 1st overall North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Hampton Downs
2nd overall North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Taupo
Qualified 16th Bathurst 12 Hour – Trass Family Motorsport Ferrari 458 Fia GT3 spec
2016
NZ 3 Hour Endurance Racing Champion – Hampton Downs 12 March – Driving with Inky Tulloch
2nd Overall South Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – driving with Simon Gilbertson
Pole Position and 2nd Place South Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Timaru
Pole Position and 4th Place South Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Ruapuna
Pole Position and 2nd Place South Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Teretonga (new outright Saloon Car Lap Record)
3rd Overall North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Driving with Simon Gilbertson
3rd Place North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Hampton Downs
Pole Position and 1st Place North Island Endurance Series 3 Hour – Taupo
2017
Pole Position and 2nd Place NZ 3 Hour Endurance Championship – Ruapuna 18 March – Driving with Mark Gibson
2nd Place South Island Endurance Series – Timaru – with Simon Gilbertson Porsche 991 M
2018
1st Overall North Island Endurance Series – with Simon Gilbertson Porsche 991 MR
2nd Place North Island Endurance Series – Manfeild – with Simon Gilbertson Porsche 991 MR
1st Place North Island Endurance Series – Hampton Downs – with Simon Gilbertson Porsche 991 MR
=Complete Bathurst 1000 results=
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| Year
! Car# ! Team ! Car ! Co-driver ! Position ! Laps |
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| 2004
| 23 | {{flagicon|AUS}} David Besnard | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 99 |
| 2007
| 021 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen | align="center" | DNF | align="center" | 148 |
| 2009
| 4 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Daniel Gaunt | align="center" | 19th | align="center" | 160 |
| 2010
| 9 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen | align="center" | 21st | align="center" | 158 |
| 2011
| 9 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen | align="center" | 6th | align="center" | 161 |
| 2012
| 6 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Davison | align="center" | 24th | align="center" | 143 |
| 2013
| 18 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex Davison | align="center" | 13th | align="center" | 161 |
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