The 2016–2017 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fourth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2016 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2017 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.
Race calendar Round Circuit Date Map 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 5 November 2016 R2 6 November 2016 R3 2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park(Taupō, Waikato) 10 December 2016 R2 11 December 2016 R3 3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park(Christchurch, Canterbury Region) 14 January 2017 R2 15 January 2017 R3 4 R1 Teretonga Park(Invercargill, Southland Region) 21 January 2017 R2 22 January 2017 R3 5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon(Feilding, Manawatū District) 11 February 2017 R2 12 February 2017 R3 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park(Hampton Downs, North Waikato) 11 March 2017 R2 12 March 2017 R3
Teams and drivers All teams were New-Zealand registered.
Team Driver Rounds West City Motorsport 1 Ash Blewett 1 Penny Homes Racing 3 John Penny 1–5 Ascent Motorsport 4 Reid Harker 1–5 Eastpack 5 Michael Scott 1–5 TS Racing 6 Thomas Stokes 1–5 Matt Lockwood Racing 7 Matt Lockwood 1–4 Alex Sherie Racing 9 Connor Adam 1–5 Ken Smith Motor Racing 11 Miles Cockram 1–5 CareVets New Zealand 17 Jack Milligan 1–5 18 Ryan Yardley 1–5 Albany Toyota 14 Drew Ridge 1–2 23 Brody McConkey 1–5 Jacob Smith Racing 27 Jacob Smith 1–5 Ben MacDonald Racing 35 Ben MacDonald 1–2 Lighting Plus 53 Jaden Ransley 1–5 Lightfoot Motorsport 96 Mike Lightfoot 1–4 Neale Motorsport 99 Will Brown 1 Martin Short 2 Andy Knight 3–4 Tom Alexander 5
Results and standings Season summary All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The round one in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the V8 Supercars. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.
Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 2016 1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Ash Blewett Ryan Yardley Ash Blewett West City Motorsport Ash Blewett R2 Will Brown Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport R3 Ash Blewett Drew Ridge Ash Blewett West City Motorsport 2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park Reid Harker Matt Lockwood John Penny Penny Homes Racing Ryan Yardley R2 Reid Harker Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing R3 Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing 2017 3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park Reid Harker Ryan Yardley Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport Reid Harker R2 Michael Scott Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing R3 Reid Harker Ryan Yardley Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport 4 R1 Teretonga Park Reid Harker Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley CareVets New Zealand Ryan Yardley R2 Jacob Smith Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand R3 Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley CareVets New Zealand 5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon Reid Harker Reid Harker Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport Reid Harker R2 Reid Harker Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport R3 Reid Harker Michael Scott Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport 6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Neale Motorsport Reid Harker R2 Michael Scott Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport R3 Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Tom Alexander Neale 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 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18
Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Ryan Yardley 2 6 2 2 2 2 3 2 7 1 6 1 3 2 3 3 4 2 1112 2 Reid Harker 5 1 3 3 6 3 1 7 1 12 10 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1059 3 Michael Scott 4 3 4 4 15 5 2 8 2 2 5 5 2 3 2 5 2 6 991 4 Jack Milligan 6 4 6 6 7 6 12 9 4 7 1 8 4 4 6 6 3 4 865 5 Jacob Smith Ret DNS DNS 9 4 8 4 4 5 3 2 4 11 5 5 7 8 9 718 6 Brody McConkey 10 13 10 7 3 10 5 3 8 9 7 3 8 6 4 4 Ret Ret 712 7 John Penny 8 9 9 1 14 4 10 6 12 13 11 6 5 8 7 605 8 Connor Adam 12 11 13 14 13 14 9 5 3 11 12 11 7 7 Ret 8 6 7 604 9 Miles Cockram 13 15 Ret 15 11 15 6 13 10 5 9 7 6 9 9 9 5 8 597 10 Matt Lockwood 7 7 7 8 1 1 8 1 6 Ret 8 Ret 463 11 Jaden Ransley 11 12 14 12 12 13 11 10 9 8 4 Ret 9 11 Ret 10 7 5 463 12 Tom Stokes Ret DNS DNS 13 9 12 7 12 13 10 13 9 10 10 8 389 13 Mike Lightfoot Ret 14 12 11 8 9 13 11 11 4 Ret Ret 297 14 Ash Blewett 1 2 1 217 15 Drew Ridge Ret 8 8 10 5 7 202 16 Ben MacDonald 9 10 11 16 16 11 169 17 Will Brown 3 5 5 158 18 Tom Alexander DNS DNS DNS 1 Ret 1 150 19 Andy Knight 6 3 10 141 20 Martin Short 5 10 DNS 82 Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAMBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap(M) – Driver aged 40 over(R) – Rookie
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