2017–18 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

The 2017–2018 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fifth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2017 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2018 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Teams and drivers

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All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
International Motorsport 3   Michael Scott All
9   Connor Adam All
Ascent Motorsport 4   Reid Harker 1
M2 Competition 4   Peter Vodanovich 3–5
Speed Works 5   Cameron Hill 1
Richards Team Motorsport 7   Sam Wright All
Ken Smith Motorsport 11   Tom Alexander 1–4, 6
CareVets New Zealand 17   Jack Milligan All
18   Bramwell King All
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport 23   Jordan Baldwin All
Jacob Smith Racing 27   Jacob Smith 5–6
Ben MacDonald Racing 35   Ben MacDonald 1–2, 6
Jaden Ransley Motorsport 53   Jaden Ransley All
Nathan Pilcher Motorsport 55   Nathan Pilcher 2
Brock Gilchrist Racing 86   Brock Gilchrist 5–6
Sam Wallace Motorsport 88   Sam Wallace 3–5
Quin Motorsport 91   Callum Quin 1
Neale Motorsport 98   Dylan Gulson 1

Race calendar and results

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All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.[1]

Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s)
2017
1 R1 4 November Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe   Connor Adam   Cameron Hill   Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand   Tom Alexander
R2 5 November   Jordan Baldwin   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport
R3   Bramwell King   Jordan Baldwin   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport
2 R1 2 December Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō   Michael Scott   Michael Scott   Michael Scott International Motorsport   Connor Adam
R2 3 December   Tom Alexander   Connor Adam International Motorsport
R3   Tom Alexander   Michael Scott   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport
2018
3 R1 13 January Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch   Jack Milligan   Michael Scott   Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand   Michael Scott
R2 14 January   Jaden Ransley   Michael Scott International Motorsport
R3   Jaden Ransley   Michael Scott   Jaden Ransley Jaden Ransley Motorsport
4 R1 20 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill   Jaden Ransley   Jack Milligan   Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand   Michael Scott
R2 21 January   Connor Adam   Michael Scott International Motorsport
R3   Jaden Ransley   Jordan Baldwin   Michael Scott International Motorsport
5 R1 10 February Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding   Jack Milligan   Jordan Baldwin   Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand   Jack Milligan
R2 11 February   Michael Scott   Michael Scott International Motorsport
R3   Jack Milligan   Jack Milligan   Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand
6 R1 10 March Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato   Jaden Ransley   Michael Scott   Jaden Ransley Jaden Ransley Motorsport   Jack Milligan
R2 11 March   Jack Milligan   Jacob Smith Albany Toyota
R3   Jack Milligan   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motorsport

Championship standings

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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.[2] The 2017–2018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship was won by Jack Milligan. The 2017–2018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Rookie Championship was won by Jordan Baldwin

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
Pos. Driver PUK BRU RUA TER CCA HAM Points
1   Jack Milligan 1 2 10 3 2 5 1 6 10 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1117
2   Michael Scott 9 11 4 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 7 4 13 978
3   Connor Adam 2 9 3 4 1 2 3 7 5 9 4 5 9 5 4 8 8 5 923
4   Jaden Ransley 10 7 7 2 3 4 4 2 1 2 Ret DNS 5 4 5 1 3 14 872
5   Jordan Baldwin 7 3 9 6 5 7 5 3 3 4 2 2 Ret 6 2 Ret 6 3 859
6   Bramwell King 12 5 11 8 6 8 6 4 7 5 8 7 2 Ret DNS 6 7 6 706
7   Tom Alexander 3 1 1 7 11 1 8 5 4 3 14 1 666
8   Sam Wright Ret 13 12 11 9 9 10 10 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 13 13 11 591
9   Peter Vodanovich 7 8 6 6 5 4 3 7 7 422
10   Ben MacDonald 4 8 5 5 7 6 4 9 9 407
11   Jacob Smith 6 3 6 5 1 4 328
12   Sam Wallace 9 9 9 8 6 6 240
13   Brock Gilchrist 8 9 9 11 11 7 186
14   Reid Harker 5 6 2 161
15   Callum Quin 6 10 6 123
16   Matt Griffin 10 5 10 123
17   Martin Short 9 8 10 108
18   Broc Feeney 12 10 8 103
19   Dylan Gulson 11 12 8 97
20   Nathan Pilcher 10 10 11 96
21   Cameron Hill 8 4 Ret 93
22   Callum Hedge 9 12 12 75
Pos. Driver PUK BRU RUA TER CCA HAM Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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  1. ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Calendar". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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