2005 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 New Zealand Grand Prix - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2005 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Auto Motion	5	Walter Grubmuller	1–3
	5	Andrew Higgins	4–6
	40	Mark Munro	1–5
Motorsport Talent	7	Ben Harford	All
Oakley Estates	8	Kim Crocker	All
Karcher Racing	9	Matthew Hamilton	All
Karcher Racing	10	Fiona Hamilton	All
Ken Smith Racing	11	Ken Smith	All
Wynn's Racing	20	Wade Cunningham	1–4, 6
Chris Pither Motorsport	22	Chris Pither	All
EPR	26	Tim Edgell	All
GVI	28	Brendon Hartley	All
Brent Collins Motorsport	44	Brent Collins	All
International Motorsport	47	Daniel Gaunt	All
Victory Motor Racing	50	James Cressey	All
Spurdle Motorsport	76	Duane Spurdle	All
Ben Crighton Racing	87	Ben Crighton	All
Knight Motorsport	97	Andy Knight	All

Calendar edit

Rnd		Venue	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway (Timaru, Canterbury)	8–9 January	Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
	R3				Andy Knight	James Cressey	Victory Motor Racing
2	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	15–16 January	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham	Wynn's Racing
	R2				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
	R3				Brent Collins	Wade Cunningham	Wynn's Racing
3	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	22–23 January	Ben Harford	Matthew Hamilton	Matthew Hamilton	Karcher Racing
	R2				Matthew Hamilton	Matthew Hamilton	Karcher Racing
	R3				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
4	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	19–20 February	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R3				Wade Cunningham	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
5	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	2–3 April	Andy Knight	Ben Harford	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2				Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Ben Harford	Ben Harford	Motorsport Talent
6	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	16–17 April	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
6	R2	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	16–17 April		Wade Cunningham	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport

Drivers' Standings edit

Pos.	Driver	TIM	TER	RUA	MAN	MAN	PUK	Points
1	Brent Collins	1	2	2	1	15	3	942
2	Andy Knight	11	4	5	3	1	2	904
3	Daniel Gaunt	4	3	4	12	3	1	874
4	Brendon Hartley	2	8	6	2	4	6	861
5	Chris Pither	12	1	10	5	2	5	782
6	Matthew Hamilton	5	5	1	10	12	9	755
7	Ben Harford	6	6	14	4	5	4	748
8	James Cressey	3	14	9	8	10	7	601
9	Wade Cunningham	7	7	3	7		14	589
10	Ben Crighton	9	10	12	6	6	13	563
11	Ken Smith	13	11	11	16	7	10	493
12	Tim Edgell	8	17	8	14	13	8	475
13	Kim Crocker	14	9	7	9	16	16	468
14	Fiona Hamilton	16	12	13	17	14	15	398
15	Duane Spurdle	15	15	16	13	8	11	367
16	Mark Munro	17	16	17	15	9		221
17	Andrew Higgins				11	11	12	220
18	Walter Grubmuller	10	13	15				200
Pos.	Driver	TIM	TER	RUA	MAN	MAN	PUK	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

toyotaracing.co.nz