Contested within a single race season, the Superstock Grand Slam Cup is a series based on the rankings points scored at each of the Grand Slam Championship events.

While each meeting has stories and winners of its own, the kiwisuperstocks Grand Slam Cup combines these results to find the top driver of the season across all the major events.

THE 2012 GRAND SLAM CUP
updated : Monday 30 January 2012
This GRAND SLAM EVENT update contains updated points following the New Zealand Superstock Championships staged in late-January.

After the action-packed New Zealand Championships, Graeme Barr has taken back the lead in the chase for the 2012 Kiwi Superstock Grand Slam Cup, but holds the narrowest of leads from the new 1NZ Joe Faram.

Current Top-3
1. GRAEME BARR - 32p - Taranaki
2. JOE FARAM - 1NZ/4b - Hawkes Bay
3. PETER BENGSTON - 58p - Wairarapa

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HOW THE GRAND SLAM CUP WORKS
The Superstock Grand Slam Cup is a series contested within a single race season, and is based on the rankings points scored at the five major Grand Slam Championships contested around the country. Each season four of these championships move to different cities, testing the ability of drivers and crew to adapt to the different venues.

These are the iconic events on our racing calendar, that have a large following by both drivers and fans over a long period of time. Effectively the Grand Slam Cup is a 'national series' based on existing meetings, therefore requiring no additional commitment from drivers apart from their regular forays into the championship schedule.

At a Grand Slam event, drivers earn points for attending, then qualifying for the finals, with the Top 10 placegetters scoring additional points scaled on finishing positions.

The Grand Slam events are:
* New Zealand Championship
* World Invitation Championship
* New Zealand Grand Prix
* South Island Championship
* North Island Championship

Each driver is able to contest a maximum of four Grand Slam titles, as drivers are only permitted to race in the Island Championship relevant to the home track location as per Speedway New Zealand regulations.

At the conclusion of the Grand Slam race programme, the top points scorer will be announced as the Grand Slam Cup Champion.

GRAND SLAM CUP HISTORY
The 2007 race season was the first (public) running of this competition, so at this stage there is not actually much history to the Superstock Grand Slam Cup. However due to the research conducted over previous years to compile the rankings system, kiwisuperstocks.co.nz had all the information required to provide an insight into how the Grand Slam concept works.
The information used in these early results (pre-07) could be debatable for some of the 'minor positions' due to a lack of information regarding full entry lists. However the advent of more modern record keeping now ensures that these records are as close to 100% accurate as possible.

SEASON 2011 Standing on the podium at all the Grand Slam events during the season meant this driver was untouchable in the chase for the overall Grand Slam title. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2010 In his first full season racing Superstocks, a major title win plus qualification at all the Grand Slam events made this driver the top overall racer of the season. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2009 It was a dominating performance overall by the mainlanders, which produced a see-saw battle all season long as the countries top-2 drivers swapped the top spot throughout the summer. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2008 Two event wins and a third podium spot meant that this racer firmly established himself as the top major event driver of the 2008 season. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2007 Three podium finishes in his four elegible Grand Slam events was enough to see this racer emerge at the top of the list in the first 'official' kiwisuperstocks Grand Slam Cup. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2006 2006 was the closest finish yet, with just a solitary point seperating the top two drivers. Both drivers scored wins at Grand Slam events, and for the first time the 1NZ finished in the Grand Slam top-3. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2005 There was a runaway winner in 2005 who finished in the top-4 in all his Grand Slam events, with only twelve drivers from the previous year backing up to make the top-26 two years in a row. The Full Season Updates »

SEASON 2004 It was a far-north trifecta in 2004, but there were plenty of mainlanders who also featured in the top-26, largely due to three of the five Grand Slam event being held in the South Island. The Full Season Updates »