The 2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship was the eighteenth season of the series, and the second under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprised three classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two and three consisted of older NZV8 TL cars.

Simon Evans successfully defended the title with another dominant display throughout the championship, whilst Liam MacDonald won the Class Two category.

Race calendar Rnd Circuit Date Map 2016 1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 4–6 November 2 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 10–11 December 2017 3 Mike Pero Motorsport Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 13–15 January 4 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 20–22 January 5 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon(Feilding, Manawatū District) 10–12 February 6 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, Waikato) 10–12 March

Teams and drivers Manufacturer Vehicle Team Driver Rounds Class One Ford Falcon (FG) John Midgley Racing 19 John Midgley 1, 6 Richards Team Motorsport 97 Jason Bargwanna All Brock Cooley Motorsport 111 Brock Cooley All Holden Commodore (VE) Team 4 1 Simon Evans All Hamilton Motorsports 11 Tom Alexander All 84 Lance Hughes All Quin Motorsport 91 Callum Quin 2, 5 Nissan Altima (L33) Concept Motorsport 007 Nick Ross All Toyota Toyota Camry (XV50) Richards Team Motorsport 71 Sam Barry All Class Two Ford Falcon (BF) Jamie Conroy Racing 16 Jamie Conroy All Steve Taylor Racing 33 Steve Taylor 1–2 Bronson Porter Racing 40 Bronson Porter 1 Average Joe Racing 46 Simon Fleming All Cheslea Herbert Racing 62 Chelsea Herbert All Nick Farrier Motorsport 63 Nick Farrier All Liam MacDonald Racing 69 Liam MacDonald All Brad Lathrope Racing 73 Brad Lathrope All Robert Wallace Racing 77 Robert Wallace 1–2, 5–6 Holden Commodore (VY) Brendon Murphy Motorsport 23 Brendon Murphy 1

Calendar

Round 1 will be held in support of the 2016 ITM Auckland SuperSprint while Round 5 will be in support of the 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix.

Rnd Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Class 1 Winner Class 2 Winner 2016 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Brad Lathrope R2 Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald R3 Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald 2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park(Taupō, Taupō District) Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald R2 Simon Evans Simon Evans Jamie Conroy R3 Jason Bargwanna Simon Evans Liam MacDonald 2017 3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park(Christchurch, Canterbury) Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald R2 Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald R3 Jason Bargwanna Simon Evans Liam MacDonald 4 R1 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland) Simon Evans Simon Evans Nick Ross Liam MacDonald R2 Simon Evans Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald R3 Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald 5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon(Feilding, Manawatū District) Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Brad Lathrope R2 Simon Evans Simon Evans Jamie Conroy R3 Simon Evans Sam Barry Liam MacDonald 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald R2 Simon Evans Jason Bargwanna Nick Farrier R3 Jason Bargwanna Simon Evans Jamie Conroy

Championship standings Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Class One 1 Simon Evans 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1272 2 Tom Alexander 4 2 4 3 4 6 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 Ret 4 7 965 3 Jason Bargwanna 5 Ret DNS DNS 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 Ret DNS 2 1 2 848 4 Sam Barry 3 Ret 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 Ret 10 Ret 2 1 5 5 9 846 5 Lance Hughes 6 5 3 5 5 7 7 Ret 7 Ret 5 15 5 5 5 4 3 4 802 6 Nick Ross 2 Ret Ret 2 2 5 3 Ret DNS 1 2 9 2 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 670 7 Brock Cooley Ret 4 6 6 7 13 6 DNS DNS 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 8 Ret 646 8 Callum Quin 7 11 3 6 3 4 300 9 John Midgley 8 DNS DNS Ret Ret 3 42 Class Two 1 Liam MacDonald 13 6 7 9 13 8 8 5 5 7 7 4 15 10 8 9 12 8 1234 2 Brad Lathrope 9 16 8 12 10 12 11 6 8 8 11 8 8 8 9 Ret DNS DNS 911 3 Jamie Conroy 19 11 11 10 9 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 5 DNS 7 11 14 10 6 858 4 Chelsea Herbert 14 8 13 14 18 Ret 12 9 10 10 12 13 9 11 Ret 13 11 10 814 5 Nick Farrier 10 10 18 Ret 14 10 10 Ret Ret 12 10 11 10 13 10 10 9 Ret 778 6 Simon Fleming 18 13 12 17 Ret DNS 13 7 11 9 13 14 11 Ret 13 12 13 11 721 7 Robert Wallace 15 15 15 13 15 11 12 9 Ret 11 Ret DNS 446 8 Justin Ashwell 9 8 9 11 9 7 344 9 Steve Taylor 12 7 10 16 16 DNS 322 10 Bronson Porter 16 9 14 138 11 Ian Clapperton Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 12 129 12 Brendan Murphy 17 12 16 117 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pen. Pts PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAMBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

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