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

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All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
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

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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   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

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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   Ryan Yardley 2 6 2 2 2 2 3 2 7 1 6 1 744
2   Reid Harker 5 1 3 3 6 3 1 7 1 12 10 2 669
3   Michael Scott 4 3 4 4 15 5 2 8 2 2 5 5 631
4   Jack Milligan 6 4 6 6 7 6 12 9 4 7 1 8 550
5   Brody McConkey 10 13 10 7 3 10 5 3 8 9 7 3 513
6   John Penny 8 9 9 1 14 4 10 6 12 13 11 6 471
7   Jacob Smith Ret DNS DNS 9 4 8 4 4 5 3 2 4 467
8   Matt Lockwood 7 7 7 8 1 1 8 1 6 Ret 8 Ret 463
9   Connor Adam 12 11 13 14 13 14 9 5 3 11 12 11 391
10   Jaden Ransley 11 12 14 12 12 13 11 10 9 8 4 Ret 356
11   Miles Cockram 13 15 Ret 15 11 15 6 13 10 5 9 7 353
12   Mike Lightfoot Ret 14 12 11 8 9 13 11 11 4 Ret Ret 297
13   Tom Stokes Ret DNS DNS 13 9 12 7 12 13 10 13 9 281
14   Ash Blewett 1 2 1 217
15   Drew Ridge Ret 8 8 10 5 7 202
16   Ben MacDonald 9 10 11 16 16 11 171
17   Will Brown 3 5 5 158
18   Andy Knight 6 3 10 138
19   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

References

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