2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Championship

2015–16 NZ Touring Cars
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The 2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Cars Championship is the seventeenth season of the series, and the first under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprises two classes racing on the same grid. Class one features both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars, while class two consists of older NZV8 TL cars.

Seven events will be played as competition in the 2015-16 season.

Entrants

Class One
Team	Vehicle	Type	No.	Driver	Events
Angus Fogg Racing	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	3	Angus Fogg	1-6
Team 4	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	4	Simon Evans	1-6
Concept Motorsport	Nissan Altima Holden VE Commodore	TLX	007	Nick Ross	1-6
Edgell Performance Racing	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	8	Tim Edgell	1-6
	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	10	Andy Higgins	2
M3 Racing	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	10	Richard Moore	3
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden VE Commodore	TLX	11	Tom Alexander	1-6
			84	Lance Hughes	1-4
Varney Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon	NZST	14	Gene Rollinson	1
Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	021	Craig Baird	1-2
Andre Heimgartner Racing	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	022	Andre Heimgartner	4-6
	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	22	Bryce Fullwood	1-3
Cunningham Racing	Ford FG Falcon	NZST	32	Mitch Cunningham	1-6
	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	50	Blair McDonald	1-3
	Holden VE Commodore	TLX	51	James McLaughlin	1
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry	TLX	71	Sam Barry	7
			97	Jason Bargwanna	1-6
			222	Scott Taylor	1-5
Class Two
Team	Vehicle	Type	No.	Driver	Events
Bronson Porter Racing	Holden VY Commodore	TL	40	Bronson Porter	6
	Ford BF Falcon	TL	46	Simon Fleming	1-6
Nathan Pilcher Racing	Holden VY Commodore	TL	55	Nathan Pilcher	2-5
	Holden VY Commodore	TL	63	Ian Clapperton	5
Liam MacDonald Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	69	Liam MacDonald	2, 4-5
	Ford BF Falcon	TL	71	Sam Barry	4, 6
Brad Lathrope Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	73	Brad Lathrope	1-6
Kevin Williams Racing	Holden VY Commodore	TL	88	Kevin Williams	1-3
Brock Cooley Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	TL	111	Brock Cooley	1-6
	Ford BF Falcon	TL	332	Tony Anderson
Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VY Commodore	TL	777	Alyssa Clapperton	1-2, 4-6

Calendar

Round 2 was held in support of the 2015 ITM 500 Auckland while Round 6 was in support of the 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix.

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Class 1 Winner	Class 2 Winner
2015
1	R1	Taupo Motorsport Park	17–18 October	Tim Edgell	Simon Evans	Jason Bargwanna	Tony Anderson
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
	R3				Simon Evans	Craig Baird	Brock Cooley
2	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	6–7 November	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
	R3				Simon Evans	Craig Baird	Kevin Williams
3	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	28–29 November	Simon Evans	Bryce Fullwood	Jason Bargwanna	Brock Cooley
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brock Cooley
	R3				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
2016
4	R1	Mike Pero Motorsport Park	16–17 January	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Sam Barry
	R2				Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Liam MacDonald
	R3				Andre Heimgartner	Simon Evans	Brock Cooley
5	R1	Teretonga Park	23–24 January	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Liam MacDonald
	R2				Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Brock Cooley
	R3				Andre Heimgartner	Angus Fogg	Brock Cooley
6	R1	Manfeild Autocourse	12–14 February	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Sam Barry
	R2				Andre Heimgartner	Simon Evans	Sam Barry
	R3				Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Brock Cooley
7	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	16–17 April	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brock Cooley
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brad Lathrope
	R3				Mitch Cunningham	Nick Ross	Brock Cooley

External links

• Driver standings on Database.com