The 2014–2015 Toyota Finance 86 Championship was the second running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 27 September 2014 at Taupo Motorsport Park and ended on 1 March 2015 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park after eighteen races held at six meetings.
The championship was won by Ken Smith Motor Racing driver Tom Alexander, after a run of six successive wins – four overall wins plus two class wins, behind the non-scoring Nick Cassidy (Neale Motorsport) at Manfeild – at Teretonga, Manfeild and Hampton Downs. Alexander won the championship by 66 points ahead of defending champion Jamie McNee, who won races at Taupō, Pukekohe and Hampton Downs for ETEC Motorsport. Ash Blewett finished in third place in the series, 52 points in arrears of McNee and 118 of Alexander. He won four races over the course of the season, including a double at Pukekohe. The other drivers to win races were Marcus Armstrong, who won races at each of the first three race meetings, Matt Gibson won the opening race at Taupō, en route to fifth in the championship, while Cassidy won a third race at Teretonga, the only round in which he was eligible for championship points.
Race calendar Round Circuit Date Map 2014 1 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 27 September R2 28 September R3 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 29 November R2 30 November R3 2015 3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 17 January R2 18 January R3 4 R1 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 24 January R2 25 January R3 5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse(Feilding, Manawatū District) 14 February R2 15 February R3 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 28 February R2 1 March R3
Teams and drivers All teams were New-Zealand registered. Team Driver Class Rounds ETEC Motorsport 1 Jamie McNee E All 96 Luis Leeds 3 Neale Motorsport 002 Rick Armstrong 3 Nick Cassidy 5 Reid Harker 6 9 Marcus Armstrong 1–3 Nick Cassidy 4 Rick Armstrong 5 Neil Allport Motorsports 8 Neil Allport 1–5 Ken Smith Motor Racing 11 Tom Alexander E All West City Motorsport 15 Bruce Thomlinson 1–2, 6 66 Ash Blewett A All Richards Team Motorsport 58 Cory Holmes 1–2 Matt Gibson Motorsport 88 Matt Gibson A All Quin Motorsport NZ 91 Callum Quin A All Icon Class E Elite A Amateur
Results and standings Season summary All rounds were held in New Zealand. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 were held with the Toyota Racing Series.
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 2014 1 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park Matt Gibson Ash Blewett Matt Gibson Matt Gibson Motorsport Jamie McNee Ash Blewett R2 Matt Gibson Jamie McNee Etec Motorsport R3 Matt Gibson Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport 2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Ash Blewett Ash Blewett Ash Blewett West City Motorsport Ash Blewett R2 Tom Alexander Jamie McNee Etec Motorsport R3 Tom Alexander Ash Blewett West City Motorsport 2015 3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park Marcus Armstrong Tom Alexander Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport Marcus Armstrong R2 Ash Blewett Ash Blewett West City Motorsport R3 Marcus Armstrong Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport 4 R1 Teretonga Park Nick Cassidy Tom Alexander Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport Tom Alexander R2 Nick Cassidy Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing R3 Nick Cassidy Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing 5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse Tom Alexander Nick Cassidy Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport Nick Cassidy R2 Tom Alexander Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport R3 Nick Cassidy Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing Jamie McNee R2 Ash Blewett Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport R3 Tom Alexander Ash Blewett West City 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.
Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36
Driver TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HAM Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Tom Alexander (E) 4 5 7 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 1162 2 Jamie McNee (E) 2 1 6 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 5 5 5 2 1 3 1096 3 Ash Blewett (A) 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 1 DNS 5 6 3 4 4 3 7 3 1 1044 4 Callum Quin (A) 5 4 3 5 6 6 9 5 Ret 6 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 910 5 Matt Gibson (A) 1 2 Ret 8 7 5 5 6 4 3 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 857 6 Neil Allport 7 7 5 7 9 8 7 Ret 6 7 5 7 8 8 8 596 7 Marcus Armstrong 9 6 1 DNS 5 3 1 2 1 482 8 Bruce Thomlinson 8 9 4 6 8 9 6 7 7 378 9 Rick Armstrong 6 8 7 7 7 7 261 10 Cory Holmes 6 8 Ret 4 4 7 234 11 Nick Cassidy 1 3 2 1 1 2 202 12 Reid Harker 4 5 4 157 13 Luis Leeds 8 7 5 130 Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HAMBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (E) – Elite (A) – Amateur
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