2014–15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

The 2014–2015 Toyota Finance 86 Championship was the second running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 27 September 2014 at Taupo Motorsport Park and ended on 1 March 2015 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park after eighteen races held at six meetings.^[1]

The championship was won by Ken Smith Motor Racing driver Tom Alexander, after a run of six successive wins – four overall wins plus two class wins, behind the non-scoring Nick Cassidy (Neale Motorsport) at Manfeild – at Teretonga, Manfeild and Hampton Downs. Alexander won the championship by 66 points ahead of defending champion Jamie McNee, who won races at Taupō, Pukekohe and Hampton Downs for ETEC Motorsport. Ash Blewett finished in third place in the series, 52 points in arrears of McNee and 118 of Alexander. He won four races over the course of the season, including a double at Pukekohe. The other drivers to win races were Marcus Armstrong, who won races at each of the first three race meetings, Matt Gibson won the opening race at Taupō, en route to fifth in the championship, while Cassidy won a third race at Teretonga, the only round in which he was eligible for championship points.

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
ETEC Motorsport	1	Jamie McNee	E	All
ETEC Motorsport	96	Luis Leeds		3
Neale Motorsport	002	Rick Armstrong		3
		Nick Cassidy		5
		Reid Harker		6
	9	Marcus Armstrong		1–3
		Nick Cassidy		4
		Rick Armstrong		5
Neil Allport Motorsports	8	Neil Allport		1–5
Ken Smith Motor Racing	11	Tom Alexander	E	All
West City Motorsport	15	Bruce Thomlinson		1–2, 6
West City Motorsport	66	Ash Blewett	A	All
Richards Team Motorsport	58	Cory Holmes		1–2
Matt Gibson Motorsport	88	Matt Gibson	A	All
Quin Motorsport NZ	91	Callum Quin	A	All

Icon	Class
E	Elite
A	Amateur

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in New Zealand. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 were held with the Toyota Racing Series.^[1]

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)
2014
1	R1	27 September	Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō	Matt Gibson	Ash Blewett	Matt Gibson	Matt Gibson Motorsport	Jamie McNee Ash Blewett
	R2	28 September			Matt Gibson	Jamie McNee	Etec Motorsport
	R3	28 September			Matt Gibson	Marcus Armstrong	Neale Motorsport
2	R1	29 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport	Ash Blewett
	R2	30 November			Tom Alexander	Jamie McNee	Etec Motorsport
	R3	30 November			Tom Alexander	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport
2015
3	R1	17 January	Ruapuna Park, Christchurch	Marcus Armstrong	Tom Alexander	Marcus Armstrong	Neale Motorsport	Marcus Armstrong
	R2	18 January			Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport
	R3	18 January			Marcus Armstrong	Marcus Armstrong	Neale Motorsport
4	R1	24 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Nick Cassidy	Neale Motorsport	Tom Alexander
	R2	25 January			Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
	R3	25 January			Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
5	R1	14 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Tom Alexander	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Neale Motorsport	Nick Cassidy
	R2	15 February			Tom Alexander	Nick Cassidy	Neale Motorsport
	R3	15 February			Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
6	R1	28 February	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato	Tom Alexander	Tom Alexander	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing	Jamie McNee
	R2	1 March			Ash Blewett	Jamie McNee	ETEC Motorsport
	R3	1 March			Tom Alexander	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport

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
Points	75	67	60	54	49	45	42	39	36

Pos.	Driver	TAU			PUK			RUA			TER			MAN			HMP			Points
1	Tom Alexander (E)	4	5	7	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	6	1162
2	Jamie McNee (E)	2	1	6	2	1	4	3	4	3	4	2	4	5	5	5	2	1	3	1096
3	Ash Blewett (A)	3	3	2	1	3	1	4	1	DNS	5	6	3	4	4	3	7	3	1	1044
4	Callum Quin (A)	5	4	3	5	6	6	9	5	Ret	6	4	5	3	3	4	3	4	2	910
5	Matt Gibson (A)	1	2	Ret	8	7	5	5	6	4	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	857
6	Neil Allport	7	7	5	7	9	8	7	Ret	6	7	5	7	8	8	8				596
7	Marcus Armstrong	9	6	1	DNS	5	3	1	2	1										482
8	Bruce Thomlinson	8	9	4	6	8	9										6	7	7	378
9	Rick Armstrong							6	8	7				7	7	7				261
10	Cory Holmes	6	8	Ret	4	4	7													234
11	Nick Cassidy										1	3	2	1	1	2				202
12	Reid Harker																4	5	4	157
13	Luis Leeds							8	7	5										130
Pos.	Driver	TAU			PUK			RUA			TER			MAN			HMP			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
(E) – Elite
(A) – Amateur

References

^ ^a ^b "New circuits to test drivers in Toyota Finance 86 Championship". Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

External links

Official website of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship

[calendar-1] "New circuits to test drivers in Toyota Finance 86 Championship". Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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