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 New Zealand Michael Scott All
9 New Zealand Connor Adam All
Ascent Motorsport 4 New Zealand Reid Harker 1
M2 Competition 4 New Zealand Peter Vodanovich 3–5
Speed Works 5 Australia Cameron Hill 1
Richards Team Motorsport 7 New Zealand Sam Wright All
Ken Smith Motorsport 11 New Zealand Tom Alexander 1–4, 6
CareVets New Zealand 17 New Zealand Jack Milligan All
18 New Zealand Bramwell King All
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport 23 New Zealand Jordan Baldwin All
Jacob Smith Racing 27 New Zealand Jacob Smith 5–6
Ben MacDonald Racing 35 New Zealand Ben MacDonald 1–2, 6
Jaden Ransley Motorsport 53 New Zealand Jaden Ransley All
Nathan Pilcher Motorsport 55 New Zealand Nathan Pilcher 2
Brock Gilchrist Racing 86 New Zealand Brock Gilchrist 5–6
Sam Wallace Motorsport 88 New Zealand Sam Wallace 3–5
Quin Motorsport 91 New Zealand Callum Quin 1
Neale Motorsport 98 Australia 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 New Zealand Connor Adam Australia Cameron Hill New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand New Zealand Tom Alexander
R2 5 November New Zealand Jordan Baldwin New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Bramwell King New Zealand Jordan Baldwin New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport
2 R1 2 December Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Michael Scott International Motorsport New Zealand Connor Adam
R2 3 December New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Connor Adam International Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport
2018
3 R1 13 January Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand New Zealand Michael Scott
R2 14 January New Zealand Jaden Ransley New Zealand Michael Scott International Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Jaden Ransley New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Jaden Ransley Jaden Ransley Motorsport
4 R1 20 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill New Zealand Jaden Ransley New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand New Zealand Michael Scott
R2 21 January New Zealand Connor Adam New Zealand Michael Scott International Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Jaden Ransley New Zealand Jordan Baldwin New Zealand Michael Scott International Motorsport
5 R1 10 February Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand Jordan Baldwin New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand New Zealand Jack Milligan
R2 11 February New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Michael Scott International Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand
6 R1 10 March Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato New Zealand Jaden Ransley New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Jaden Ransley Jaden Ransley Motorsport New Zealand Jack Milligan
R2 11 March New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand Jacob Smith Albany Toyota
R3 New Zealand Jack Milligan New Zealand 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 New Zealand Jack Milligan 1 2 10 3 2 5 1 6 10 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1117
2 New Zealand Michael Scott 9 11 4 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 7 4 13 978
3 New Zealand Connor Adam 2 9 3 4 1 2 3 7 5 9 4 5 9 5 4 8 8 5 923
4 New Zealand Jaden Ransley 10 7 7 2 3 4 4 2 1 2 Ret DNS 5 4 5 1 3 14 872
5 New Zealand Jordan Baldwin 7 3 9 6 5 7 5 3 3 4 2 2 Ret 6 2 Ret 6 3 859
6 New Zealand Bramwell King 12 5 11 8 6 8 6 4 7 5 8 7 2 Ret DNS 6 7 6 706
7 New Zealand Tom Alexander 3 1 1 7 11 1 8 5 4 3 14 1 666
8 New Zealand Sam Wright Ret 13 12 11 9 9 10 10 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 13 13 11 591
9 New Zealand Peter Vodanovich 7 8 6 6 5 4 3 7 7 422
10 New Zealand Ben MacDonald 4 8 5 5 7 6 4 9 9 407
11 New Zealand Jacob Smith 6 3 6 5 1 4 328
12 New Zealand Sam Wallace 9 9 9 8 6 6 240
13 New Zealand Brock Gilchrist 8 9 9 11 11 7 186
14 New Zealand Reid Harker 5 6 2 161
15 New Zealand Callum Quin 6 10 6 123
16 New Zealand Matt Griffin 10 5 10 123
17 New Zealand Martin Short 9 8 10 108
18 Australia Broc Feeney 12 10 8 103
19 Australia Dylan Gulson 11 12 8 97
20 New Zealand Nathan Pilcher 10 10 11 96
21 Australia Cameron Hill 8 4 Ret 93
22 New Zealand 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
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

References

  1. ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Calendar". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2017.