The 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series was the third Toyota Racing Series season. It began on 4 November 2006 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand and ended on 22 April 2007, also at Pukekohe.
Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine. Team Driver Rounds International Motorsport 1 Daniel Gaunt All 97 Shane van Gisbergen All Knight Motorsport 3 Andy Knight All Motorsport Solutions 4 Andrew Higgins 3, 7 22 Michael Johnson 1 Auto Motion 5 Marc Doran 1–4 Dominic Storey 6 6 Jayant Singh 1–2 7 Ben Harford All 9 Nic Jordan 1–6 40 Mark Munro 3–6 44 Brent Collins 7 Ken Smith Motorsport 11 Ken Smith 1–2, 4–7 Wade Cunningham 3 Mark Petch Motorsport 16 Edoardo Piscopo 3 38 Hamad Al Fardan 1–3 55 Christina Orr All Zenith Racing 20 Daynom Templeman All Victory Motor Racing 28 Brendon Hartley Nelson Hartley 3–7 44 Will Thomason 1–3 98 Mark Russ All European Technique 42 Leanne Tander 4–6 47 Lucas Dumbrell 1–2 Barton Mawer 3–4 Tim Slade 7 ESWA Racing 45 Keeley Pudney 4–5 Matthew Hamilton 6–7 84 Ben Clucas 1–3 Chris van der Drift 71 Chris van der Drift David Besnard 72 David Besnard 6 Team Meritus 78 Earl Bamber All Ben Crighton Racing 87 Ben Crighton All
International Drivers Nine drivers in all: USA's Michael Johnson, Italy's Edoardo Piscopo, Bahrain's Hamad Al Fardan, Britain's Ben Clucas and five Australian drivers.
Race calendar RoundCircuitDateMap of circuit locations1R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 4 NovemberR2 5 NovemberR3 2R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury) 25 NovemberR2 26 November 3R1 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 20 JanuaryR2 21 JanuaryR3 4R1 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 17 FebruaryR2 18 FebruaryR3 5 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury) 3 March R2 4 March R3 6 R1 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland) 10 March R2 11 March R3 7 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 21 April R2 22 April R3
Race results Round Venue Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport R2 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport R3 Shane van Gisbergen Ben Clucas ESWA Racing 2 R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park Ben Clucas Andy Knight Hamad Al Fardan Mark Petch Motorsport R2 Andy Knight Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 3 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park Shane van Gisbergen Ben Harford Ben Clucas ESWA Racing R2 Ben Harford Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport R3 Shane van Gisbergen Ben Harford Auto Motion 4 R1 Manfeild Autocourse Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen International Motorsport R2 Andy Knight Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R3 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 5 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R2 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport R3 Andy Knight Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 6 R1 Teretonga Park Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport R2 Andy Knight Ben Harford Auto Motion R3 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport 7 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R2 Andy Knight Shane van Gisbergen International Motorsport
Championship standings DriverPUK1RUATAUMANTIMTERPUK2PointsR1R2R3R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2 1 Daniel Gaunt 1 1 5 4 2 2 1 14 3 3 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1448 2 5 11 2 DNS 9 5 3 2 1 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 12 14 1 1120 3 Ben Harford 2 2 Ret 3 5 Ret 4 1 4 2 Ret Ret 3 5 2 1 14 3 Ret 1025 4 Andy Knight 3 13 4 5 1 4 19 4 2 1 Ret 1 8 2 5 15 13 1 2 1015 5 Christina Orr 7 4 14 10 11 16 12 8 5 6 Ret 4 9 11 12 12 6 6 7 750 6 Daynom Templeman 6 Ret 3 9 16 11 7 5 11 8 4 Ret 11 6 7 DNS 3 5 10 717 7 Earl Bamber 8 8 9 12 12 6 11 Ret 9 10 6 13 Ret 12 9 5 Ret 4 4 600 8 Nelson Hartley 8 9 10 6 7 3 11 4 7 11 8 8 7 8 566 9 Ben Clucas 4 14 1 2 4 1 17 Ret 554 10 Nic Jordan 13 5 11 8 10 10 6 Ret 7 13 8 3 Ret 4 Ret 10 5 541 11 Hamad Al Fardan 12 Ret DNS 1 3 3 2 Ret 530 12 Ken Smith 14 6 8 15 14 8 4 5 12 5 8 13 11 Ret 11 9 490 13 Mark Russ 15 10 7 7 6 13 10 11 13 17 Ret 7 Ret 15 14 13 9 9 6 489 14 Marc Doran 9 3 10 14 8 7 5 DNS 10 11 10 469 15 Ben Crighton 11 Ret Ret 11 13 18 18 13 14 14 9 9 10 9 15 14 11 15 DNS 240 16 Matthew Hamilton 3 3 2 12 5 236 17 Leanne Tander Ret 9 7 10 6 14 16 9 10 225 18 Jayant Singh 10 7 6 6 7 207 19 Mark Munro 17 16 Ret Ret 16 11 5 12 10 10 Ret 7 157 20 Dominic Storey 8 7 4 135 21 Andrew Higgins 15 13 7 10 12 127 22 Keeley Pudney 12 12 Ret 8 7 13 109 23 Barton Mawer 9 8 9 15 15 Ret 101 24 David Besnard 6 6 15 90 25 Edoardo Piscopo DSQ 15 3 78 26 Wade Cunningham 12 14 6 57 27 Will Thomason 18 Ret 13 13 15 14 Ret 12 43 28 Tim Slade 8 11 39 29 Michael Johnson 17 9 12 36 30 Lucas Dumbrell 16 12 15 16 Ret 14 31 Brendon Hartley 0 32 Brent Collins 13 13 0 33 Chris van der Drift 0DriverR1R2R3R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2PointsPUK1RUATAUMANTIMTERPUK2
References
Final standings on Driver Database