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The 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series was the third Toyota Racing Series season. It began on 4 November 2006 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand and ended on 22 April 2007, also at Pukekohe.
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Pukekohe Park is a horse racing, motor racing, and community events facility located in Pukekohe, New Zealand, approximately 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) south of the Auckland CBD, in the Auckland Region of the North Island. The venue, owned by Counties Racing Club Inc. is used seven days a week for horse training, driver training, motor sport events, cycling and various events and functions.
The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.
Team | No. | Driver |
---|---|---|
International Motorsport | 1 | |
97 | ||
Knight Motorsport | 3 | |
Motorsport Solutions | 4 | |
22 | ||
Auto Motion | 5 | |
6 | ||
7 | ||
9 | ||
40 | ||
44 | ||
Ken Smith Motorsport | 11 | |
Mark Petch Motorsport | 16 | |
38 | ||
55 | ||
Zenith Racing | 20 | |
Victory Motor Racing | 28 | |
44 | ||
98 | ||
European Technique | 42 | |
47 | ||
ESWA Racing | 45 | |
84 | ||
Chris van der Drift | 71 | |
David Besnard | 72 | |
Team Meritus | 78 | |
Ben Crighton Racing | 87 |
Nine drivers in all: USA's Michael Johnson, Italy's Edoardo Piscopo, Bahrain's Hamad Al Fardan, Britain's Ben Clucas and five Australian drivers.
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