2016–17 Toyota Finance 86 Championship
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
All teams were New-Zealand registered.
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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West City Motorsport | 1 | Ash Blewett | 1 |
Penny Homes Racing | 3 | John Penny | 1–5 |
Ascent Motorsport | 4 | Reid Harker | 1–5 |
Eastpack | 5 | Michael Scott | 1–5 |
TS Racing | 6 | Thomas Stokes | 1–5 |
Matt Lockwood Racing | 7 | Matt Lockwood | 1–4 |
Alex Sherie Racing | 9 | Connor Adam | 1–5 |
Ken Smith Motor Racing | 11 | Miles Cockram | 1–5 |
CareVets New Zealand | 17 | Jack Milligan | 1–5 |
18 | Ryan Yardley | 1–5 | |
Albany Toyota | 14 | Drew Ridge | 1–2 |
23 | Brody McConkey | 1–5 | |
Jacob Smith Racing | 27 | Jacob Smith | 1–5 |
Ben MacDonald Racing | 35 | Ben MacDonald | 1–2 |
Lighting Plus | 53 | Jaden Ransley | 1–5 |
Lightfoot Motorsport | 96 | Mike Lightfoot | 1–4 |
Neale Motorsport | 99 | Will Brown | 1 |
Martin Short | 2 | ||
Andy Knight | 3–4 | ||
Tom Alexander | 5 |
Race calendar and results
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) | |
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2016 | ||||||||
1 | R1 | 5 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Ash Blewett | Ryan Yardley | Ash Blewett | West City Motorsport | Ash Blewett |
R2 | 6 November | Will Brown | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
R3 | Ash Blewett | Drew Ridge | Ash Blewett | West City Motorsport | ||||
2 | R1 | 10 December | Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō | Reid Harker | Matt Lockwood | John Penny | Penny Homes Racing | Ryan Yardley |
R2 | 11 December | Reid Harker | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | ||||
R3 | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | ||||
2017 | ||||||||
3 | R1 | 14 January | Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
R2 | 15 January | Michael Scott | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | ||||
R3 | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
4 | R1 | 21 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | CareVets New Zealand | Ryan Yardley |
R2 | 22 January | Jacob Smith | Jack Milligan | CareVets New Zealand | ||||
R3 | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | CareVets New Zealand | ||||
5 | R1 | 11 February | Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
R2 | 12 February | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
R3 | Reid Harker | Michael Scott | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
6 | R1 | 11 March | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | |||||
R2 | 12 March | |||||||
R3 |
Championship standings
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 |
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Points | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
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Bold – Pole |