2018–19 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

The 2018–2019 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the sixth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 2 November 2018 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 10 March 2019 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Teams and drivers

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All teams are New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Neale Motorsport 7   Sam Wright 1–4
53   Jaden Ransley[1] 1–4
International Motorsport 9   Connor Adam[2] 1–4
10   Brock Gilchrist 1–4
97   Campbell Stewart 1–4
Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport 15   Kaleb Ngatoa[3] 1–4
CareVets Racing Team 17   Callum Hedge[4] 1–4
18   Arran Crighton[4] 1–4
Darkhorse Racing 21   Andrew Jackson[5] 1, 4
98   Leo Bult[5] 2–3
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport 23   Jordan Baldwin 1–4
Jacob Cranston Motorsport 31   Jacob Cranston[6] 1–4
Genweld 71   Tony Austin 1–2
Hamilton Motorsports 83   Mitch Hughes 1–4
Peter Vodanovich Motorsport 84   Peter Vodanovich[7] 1–4
Toyota Racing New Zealand 86   Jake Klien 1
M2 Competition 95   Connor Davison 1–4
Allen Racing Team 99   Justin Allen[8] 1–4

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.[9]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
2018
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
Pukekohe, Auckland
November 2–4   Jordan Baldwin   Callum Hedge   Connor Adam International Motorsport
R2   Jordan Baldwin   Callum Hedge   Connor Adam International Motorsport
R3   Jake Klien   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
2 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit)
Pukekohe, Auckland
December 7–9   Peter Vodanovich   Arran Crighton   Jaden Ransley Neale Motorsport
R2   Peter Vodanovich   Arran Crighton   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
R3   Arran Crighton   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
2019
3 R1 Highlands Motorsport Park
Cromwell, Otago
January 11–13   Callum Hedge   Callum Hedge   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
R2   Callum Hedge   Arran Crighton   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
R3   Jaden Ransley   Peter Vodanovich Peter Vodanovich Motorsport
4 R1 Teretonga Park, Invercargill
Southland
January 18–20   Jaden Ransley   Callum Hedge   Jordan Baldwin Jordan Baldwin Motorsport
R2   Jaden Ransley   Jaden Ransley   Jordan Baldwin Jordan Baldwin Motorsport
R3   Jaden Ransley   Jaden Ransley Neale Motorsport
5 R1 Circuit Chris Amon
Feilding, Manawatū District
February 8–10   Jaden Ransley   Connor Adam   Jaden Ransley Neale Motorsport
R2   Jaden Ransley   Callum Hedge   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
R3   Peter Vodanovich   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
Hampton Downs, North Waikato
March 9–10   Callum Hedge   Kaleb Ngatoa   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team
R2   Callum Hedge   Kaleb Ngatoa   Kaleb Ngatoa Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport
R3   Callum Hedge   Callum Hedge CareVets Racing Team

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. [10]

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 PUK1 PUK2 HIG TER CCA HAM Points
1   Callum Hedge 4 3 1 8 1 1 1 4 2 1138
2   Jaden Ransley 3 4 3 1 4 3 15 1 3 1038
3   Jordan Baldwin 2 2 4 4 8 2 4 2 5 957
4   Peter Vodanovich Ret 6 9 3 2 8 2 3 1 895
5   Brock Gilchrist 5 9 6 9 7 4 6 9 7 787
6   Arran Crighton 13 13 10 2 6 12 3 5 4 785
7   Kaleb Ngatoa 15 7 12 5 5 7 10 14 11 781
8   Connor Adam 1 1 2 7 3 6 5 6 13 777
9   Jacob Cranston 11 14 11 11 9 11 8 8 8 654
10   Campbell Stewart 12 12 8 6 14 15 7 10 10 637
11   Sam Wright 10 10 14 12 10 13 12 12 6 543
12   Connor Davison 14 16 15 13 9 5 9 7 15 541
13   Justin Allen 7 8 16 Ret DSQ 10 11 DSQ 9 538
14   Andrew Jackson 8 11 7 396
15   Leo Bult 14 12 11 13 11 12 312
16   Mitch Hughes 9 15 13 10 Ret 14 14 13 14 215
17   Jake Klien 6 6 5 143
18   Tony Austin 16 17 17 15 13 Ret 102
Pos. Driver PUK1 PUK2 HIG 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. ^ "Ransley back for Toyota 86 Championship challenge". Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Connor Adam first off the line for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "KALEB NGATOA TARGETING TITLE CHALLENGE AS CAREER MOMENTUM BUILDS". Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Crighton and Hedge Win CareVets Toyota 86 Scholarship". Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "DARK HORSE RACING DUO TAKE STEP UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Top ten the goal for karting sensation Cranston". Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  7. ^ "FROM PLAYSTATION TO CIRCUIT, PETER VODANOVICH STEPS UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  8. ^ "MAZDA PRO7 CHAMPION JUSTIN ALLEN JOINS TOYOTA 86 GRID". Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship - Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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