The 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series was the fourth running of the Toyota Racing Series. 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 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - 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 competed during the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series. All teams were New Zealand-registered. Team No. Driver Rounds International Motorsport 1 Earl Bamber All 2 Mitch Cunningham All 27 Daniel Gaunt 2–3 Triple X Motorsport 3 Matt Halliday 2–4 44 Kristján Einar 2–4 Knight Motorsport 5 Andy Knight All 19 Sam MacNeill 1, 5–7 Michael Pickens 2–4 Scorpion Racing 6 Hamish Cross All Jason Bargwanna NC NZ Motorsport Trust 7 Ben Harford All Motorsport Solutions 9 Nic Jordan All 74 Michael Burdett All 89 John Whelan NC Ken Smith Motorsport 10 Dominic Storey All 11 Ken Smith All Prviateer 20 Daynom Templeman 3–4 Victory Motor Racing 28 Nelson Hartley 1–5 D. J. Hewitt 40 Matthew Hamilton 2 Mark Munro 6–7 European Technique 47 Nathan Antunes All Evans European 48 Andrew Waite NC Mark Petch Motorsport 55 Christina Orr All Ben Crighton Motorsport 87 Ben Crighton All
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Round Venue Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 2007 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 2-4 November Andy Knight Andy Knight Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R2 Andy Knight Nic Jordan Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R3 Earl Bamber Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 2008 2 R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 4-6 January Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust R2 Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R3 Earl Bamber International Motorsport 3 R1 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 11-13 January Earl Bamber Matt Halliday Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport R2 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber International Motorsport R3 Nelson Hartley Andy Knight Knight Motorsport 4 R1 Taupō Motorsport Park(Taupō, Taupō District) 18-20 January Ben Harford Matt Halliday Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust R2 Michael Burdett Earl Bamber International Motorsport R3 Dominic Storey Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust 5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 15-17 February Earl Bamber Nelson Hartley Earl Bamber International Motorsport R2 Andy Knight Andy Knight Knight Motorsport R3 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber International Motorsport 6 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway(Timaru, Canterbury Region) 29 February-2 March Andy Knight Earl Bamber Earl Bamber International Motorsport R2 Ben Harford Earl Bamber International Motorsport R3 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber International Motorsport 7 R1 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland) 7-9 March Michael Burdett Earl Bamber Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions R2 Ben Harford Ben Harford NZ Motorsport Trust R3 Earl Bamber Michael Burdett Motorsport Solutions NC R1 Hamilton Street Circuit(Hamilton, Waikato District) 18-20 April Earl Bamber Andrew Waite Earl Bamber International Motorsport R2 Earl Bamber Earl Bamber International Motorsport
Championship standings DriverPUKRUAMAN1TAUMAN2TIMTERHAMPointsR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2 1 Andy Knight 1 1 1 3 1 16 3 5 1 6 3 11 2 1 Ret 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 1230 2 Earl Bamber 13 4 12 2 Ret 1 5 1 5 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 6 5 3 1 1 1207 3 Ben Harford 3 14 3 1 2 2 Ret 6 3 1 10 1 6 7 9 7 9 Ret 3 1 Ret 995 4 Michael Burdett 10 13 5 12 Ret 4 10 4 8 4 2 Ret 11 12 7 11 3 3 1 2 1 9 12 901 5 Nic Jordan 2 2 2 17 9 6 6 10 Ret 11 5 7 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 3 Ret 5 2 835 6 Mitch Cunningham 12 3 10 6 Ret 15 15 14 12 13 7 4 4 9 10 5 4 7 4 6 5 2 Ret 803 7 Dominic Storey 11 6 4 7 6 18 14 9 4 5 9 16 7 Ret Ret 3 5 4 5 7 6 792 8 Christina Orr 8 12 9 11 7 10 11 13 7 9 Ret 10 5 6 5 14 11 11 11 Ret 10 8 8 661 9 Ken Smith 5 10 11 13 11 13 16 12 11 16 15 15 8 8 11 8 8 12 10 10 9 Ret 11 652 10 Hamish Cross 9 8 8 10 Ret 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 12 DNS 4 9 Ret 10 DNS 8 11 626 11 Nelson Hartley 7 7 Ret 9 5 17 2 11 Ret 7 6 2 3 2 3 625 12 Ben Crighton 6 11 7 14 10 8 12 16 10 15 11 12 Ret 11 8 13 10 Ret 12 9 7 7 7 602 13 Sam MacNeill 4 5 6 10 12 6 DNS 5 2 12 12 6 13 11 4 Ret 5 581 14 Nathan Antunes Ret 9 Ret Ret 4 11 7 7 15 Ret 4 5 9 4 Ret 4 Ret 5 7 Ret DNS Ret 3 564 15 Matt Halliday 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 Ret Ret 417 16 Daniel Gaunt 4 Ret 7 1 2 Ret 238 17 Mark Munro 10 7 9 9 12 8 Ret 9 214 18 Michael Pickens 16 12 12 DNS 17 14 14 13 14 192 19 Kristján Einar 15 13 14 13 Ret 13 Ret 14 13 174 20 8 15 6 12 Ret 9 4 Ret 170 21 Matthew Hamilton 8 8 5 127 - Andrew Waite 6 6 0 - Jason Bargwanna Ret 10 0 - John Whelan Ret Ret 0DriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2PointsPUKRUAMAN1TAUMAN2TIMTERHAM
References toyotaracing.co.nz