2005 Toyota Racing Series

The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier "open-wheeler" motorsport category. The series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The cars are also the category for the New Zealand Grand Prix - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2005 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Auto Motion	5	Walter Grubmuller	1–3
	5	Andrew Higgins	4–6
	40	Mark Munro	1–5
Motorsport Talent	7	Ben Harford	All
Oakley Estates	8	Kim Crocker	All
Karcher Racing	9	Matthew Hamilton	All
Karcher Racing	10	Fiona Hamilton	All
Ken Smith Racing	11	Ken Smith	All
Wynn's Racing	20	Wade Cunningham	1–4, 6
Chris Pither Motorsport	22	Chris Pither	All
EPR	26	Tim Edgell	All
GVI	28	Brendon Hartley	All
Brent Collins Motorsport	44	Brent Collins	All
International Motorsport	47	Daniel Gaunt	All
Victory Motor Racing	50	James Cressey	All
Spurdle Motorsport	76	Duane Spurdle	All
Ben Crighton Racing	87	Ben Crighton	All
Knight Motorsport	97	Andy Knight	All

Calendar

Rnd		Venue	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway (Timaru, Canterbury)	8–9 January	Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
	R3				Andy Knight	James Cressey	Victory Motor Racing
2	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	15–16 January	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham	Wynn's Racing
	R2				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
	R3				Brent Collins	Wade Cunningham	Wynn's Racing
3	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	22–23 January	Ben Harford	Matthew Hamilton	Matthew Hamilton	Karcher Racing
	R2				Matthew Hamilton	Matthew Hamilton	Karcher Racing
	R3				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
4	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	19–20 February	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R3				Wade Cunningham	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
5	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	2–3 April	Andy Knight	Ben Harford	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2				Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Ben Harford	Ben Harford	Motorsport Talent
6	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	16–17 April	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
6	R2	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	16–17 April		Wade Cunningham	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport

Drivers' Standings

Pos.^[1]	Driver	TIM			TER			RUA			MAN			MAN			PUK		Points
1	Brent Collins	2	1	2	11	1	1	5	3	1	6	3	1	DNS	9	8	3	5	942
2	Andy Knight	Ret	10	5	7	2	10	4	4	6	5	4	2	1	1	2	1	3	904
3	Daniel Gaunt	3	6	3	3	10	3	10	2	3	4	14	DNS	3	2	5	2	1	874
4	Brendon Hartley	1	2	6	2	DNS	6	2	13	8	1	1	14	5	4	3	8	4	861
5	Chris Pither	8	8	Ret	4	3	2	7	16	10	8	5	3	2	3	4	4	6	782
6	Matthew Hamilton	5	3	8	6	4	7	1	1	2	7	DNS	4	DNS	8	7	10	8	755
7	Ben Harford	7	4	7	5	9	4	11	Ret	7	3	2	9	4	14	1	9	2	748
8	James Cressey	4	5	1	Ret	Ret	12	8	8	9	16	6	6	DNS	7	6	7	7	601
9	Wade Cunningham	9	7	4	1	Ret	5	3	5	4	2	DNS	5				5	Ret	589
10	Ben Crighton	10	11	12	12	6	9	12	12	13	9	7	8	8	6	12	15	11	563
11	Ken Smith	6	Ret	10	8	8	8	14	9	12	11	10	Ret	10	12	10	11	10	493
12	Tim Edgell	13	9	9	DNS	DNS	16	6	6	11	10	DNS	7	6	DNS	9	6	9	475
13	Kim Crocker	14	14	14	10	5	11	9	7	5	12	9	10	9	DNS	DNS	14	Ret	468
14	Fiona Hamilton	15	15	15	13	7	17	13	15	15	DNS	13	12	13	13	13	16	14	398
15	Duane Spurdle	16	13	13	Ret	DNS	13	15	14	Ret	14	12	13	12	10	11	12	13	367
16	Mark Munro	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	Ret	10	DNS	13	8	Ret	7	5	DNS	Ret	Ret	221
17	Andrew Higgins										15	11	11	11	11	14	13	12	220
18	Walter Grubmuller	11	12	11	9	Ret	15	DNS	11	14									200
Pos.	Driver	TIM			TER			RUA			MAN			MAN			PUK		Points

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

References

^ "Toyota Racing Series 2005 Results". Toyota Racing. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2024-10-31.

External links

toyotaracing.co.nz

[1] "Toyota Racing Series 2005 Results". Toyota Racing. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2024-10-31.

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