2016–17 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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The 2016–2017 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fourth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2016 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2016 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
West City Motorsport 1 New Zealand Ash Blewett 1
Penny Homes Racing 3 New Zealand John Penny 1–5
Ascent Motorsport 4 New Zealand Reid Harker 1–5
Eastpack 5 New Zealand Michael Scott 1–5
TS Racing 6 New Zealand Thomas Stokes 1–5
Matt Lockwood Racing 7 New Zealand Matt Lockwood 1–4
Alex Sherie Racing 9 New Zealand Connor Adam 1–5
Ken Smith Motor Racing 11 New Zealand Miles Cockram 1–5
CareVets New Zealand 17 New Zealand Jack Milligan 1–5
18 New Zealand Ryan Yardley 1–5
Albany Toyota 14 Australia Drew Ridge 1–2
23 New Zealand Brody McConkey 1–5
Jacob Smith Racing 27 New Zealand Jacob Smith 1–5
Ben MacDonald Racing 35 New Zealand Ben MacDonald 1–2
Lighting Plus 53 New Zealand Jaden Ransley 1–5
Lightfoot Motorsport 96 New Zealand Mike Lightfoot 1–4
Neale Motorsport 99 Australia Will Brown 1
New Zealand Martin Short 2
New Zealand Andy Knight 3–4
New Zealand Tom Alexander 5

Race calendar and results[edit]

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The round one in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the V8 Supercars. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.

Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s)
2016
1 R1 5 November Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport New Zealand Ash Blewett
R2 6 November Australia Will Brown New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Ash Blewett Australia Drew Ridge New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport
2 R1 10 December Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Matt Lockwood New Zealand John Penny Penny Homes Racing New Zealand Ryan Yardley
R2 11 December New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing
R3 New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing
2017
3 R1 14 January Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport New Zealand Reid Harker
R2 15 January New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing
R3 New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
4 R1 21 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley CareVets New Zealand New Zealand Ryan Yardley
R2 22 January New Zealand Jacob Smith New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand
R3 New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley CareVets New Zealand
5 R1 11 February Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport New Zealand Reid Harker
R2 12 February New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
6 R1 11 March Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato
R2 12 March
R3

Championship standings[edit]

In order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the finish. All races counted towards the final championship standings.

Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18
Pos. Driver PUK BRU RUA TER CCA HAM Points
1 New Zealand Ryan Yardley 2 6 2 2 2 2 3 2 7 1 6 1 744
2 New Zealand Reid Harker 5 1 3 3 6 3 1 7 1 12 10 2 669
3 New Zealand Michael Scott 4 3 4 4 15 5 2 8 2 2 5 5 631
4 New Zealand Jack Milligan 6 4 6 6 7 6 12 9 4 7 1 8 550
5 New Zealand Brody McConkey 10 13 10 7 3 10 5 3 8 9 7 3 513
6 New Zealand John Penny 8 9 9 1 14 4 10 6 12 13 11 6 471
7 New Zealand Jacob Smith Ret DNS DNS 9 4 8 4 4 5 3 2 4 467
8 New Zealand Matt Lockwood 7 7 7 8 1 1 8 1 6 Ret 8 Ret 463
9 New Zealand Connor Adam 12 11 13 14 13 14 9 5 3 11 12 11 391
10 New Zealand Jaden Ransley 11 12 14 12 12 13 11 10 9 8 4 Ret 356
11 New Zealand Miles Cockram 13 15 Ret 15 11 15 6 13 10 5 9 7 353
12 New Zealand Mike Lightfoot Ret 14 12 11 8 9 13 11 11 4 Ret Ret 297
13 New Zealand Tom Stokes Ret DNS DNS 13 9 12 7 12 13 10 13 9 281
14 New Zealand Ash Blewett 1 2 1 217
15 Australia Drew Ridge Ret 8 8 10 5 7 202
16 New Zealand Ben MacDonald 9 10 11 16 16 11 171
17 Australia Will Brown 3 5 5 158
18 New Zealand Andy Knight 6 3 10 138
19 New Zealand Martin Short 5 10 DNS 82
Pos. Driver PUK BRU RUA TER CCA HAM Points
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(M) – Driver aged 40 over
(R) – Rookie

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External links[edit]

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