2017–18 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

The 2017–2018 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fifth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2017 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2018 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
International Motorsport	3	Michael Scott	All
International Motorsport	9	Connor Adam	All
Ascent Motorsport	4	Reid Harker	1
M2 Competition	4	Peter Vodanovich	3–5
Speed Works	5	Cameron Hill	1
Richards Team Motorsport	7	Sam Wright	All
Ken Smith Motorsport	11	Tom Alexander	1–4, 6
CareVets New Zealand	17	Jack Milligan	All
CareVets New Zealand	18	Bramwell King	All
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport	23	Jordan Baldwin	All
Jacob Smith Racing	27	Jacob Smith	5–6
Ben MacDonald Racing	35	Ben MacDonald	1–2, 6
Jaden Ransley Motorsport	53	Jaden Ransley	All
Nathan Pilcher Motorsport	55	Nathan Pilcher	2
Brock Gilchrist Racing	86	Brock Gilchrist	5–6
Sam Wallace Motorsport	88	Sam Wallace	3–5
Quin Motorsport	91	Callum Quin	1
Neale Motorsport	98	Dylan Gulson	1

Race calendar and results

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.^[1]

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)
2017
1	R1	4 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Connor Adam	Cameron Hill	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Tom Alexander
	R2	5 November			Jordan Baldwin	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport
	R3	5 November		Bramwell King	Jordan Baldwin	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport
2	R1	2 December	Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō	Michael Scott	Michael Scott	Michael Scott	International Motorsport	Connor Adam
	R2	3 December			Tom Alexander	Connor Adam	International Motorsport
	R3	3 December		Tom Alexander	Michael Scott	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport
2018
3	R1	13 January	Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch	Jack Milligan	Michael Scott	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Michael Scott
	R2	14 January			Jaden Ransley	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
	R3	14 January		Jaden Ransley	Michael Scott	Jaden Ransley	Jaden Ransley Motorsport
4	R1	20 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Jaden Ransley	Jack Milligan	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Michael Scott
	R2	21 January			Connor Adam	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
	R3	21 January		Jaden Ransley	Jordan Baldwin	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
5	R1	10 February	Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding	Jack Milligan	Jordan Baldwin	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Jack Milligan
	R2	11 February			Michael Scott	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
	R3	11 February		Jack Milligan	Jack Milligan	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand
6	R1	10 March	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato	Jaden Ransley	Michael Scott	Jaden Ransley	Jaden Ransley Motorsport	Jack Milligan
	R2	11 March			Jack Milligan	Jacob Smith	Albany Toyota
	R3	11 March		Jack Milligan		Tom Alexander	Ken Smith 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.^[2] The 2017–2018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship was won by Jack Milligan. The 2017–2018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Rookie Championship was won by Jordan Baldwin

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	Jack Milligan	1	2	10	3	2	5	1	6	10	1	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	2	1117
2	Michael Scott	9	11	4	1	4	3	2	1	2	3	1	1	4	1	3	7	4	13	978
3	Connor Adam	2	9	3	4	1	2	3	7	5	9	4	5	9	5	4	8	8	5	923
4	Jaden Ransley	10	7	7	2	3	4	4	2	1	2	Ret	DNS	5	4	5	1	3	14	872
5	Jordan Baldwin	7	3	9	6	5	7	5	3	3	4	2	2	Ret	6	2	Ret	6	3	859
6	Bramwell King	12	5	11	8	6	8	6	4	7	5	8	7	2	Ret	DNS	6	7	6	706
7	Tom Alexander	3	1	1	7	11	1	8	5	4							3	14	1	666
8	Sam Wright	Ret	13	12	11	9	9	10	10	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	13	13	11	591
9	Peter Vodanovich							7	8	6	6	5	4	3	7	7				422
10	Ben MacDonald	4	8	5	5	7	6										4	9	9	407
11	Jacob Smith													6	3	6	5	1	4	328
12	Sam Wallace							9	9	9	8	6	6							240
13	Brock Gilchrist													8	9	9	11	11	7	186
14	Reid Harker	5	6	2																161
15	Callum Quin	6	10	6																123
16	Matt Griffin																10	5	10	123
17	Martin Short				9	8	10													108
18	Broc Feeney																12	10	8	103
19	Dylan Gulson	11	12	8																97
20	Nathan Pilcher				10	10	11													96
21	Cameron Hill	8	4	Ret																93
22	Callum Hedge																9	12	12	75
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
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

^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Calendar". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2017.

External links

Official website of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship

[Calendar-1] "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Calendar". Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[Standings-2] "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2017.

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