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 Driver Rounds Auto Motion 5 Walter Grubmüller 1–3 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 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 R2 Wade Cunningham Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport

Drivers' standings Pos Driver TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUK Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 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 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 Grubmüller 11 12 11 9 Ret 15 DNS 11 14 200 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Points TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUKBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links toyotaracing.co.nz