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The 2012 Toyota Racing Series was the eighth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheeler motorsport category held in New Zealand. The 15-race competition was won by Nick Cassidy.
The series announced a 20-driver entry list on 28 December 2011. [1]
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giles Motorsport | 1 |  Mitch Evans [1] | 4–5 |
| 2 | Nick Cassidy [1] | All | |
| 5 |  Bruno Bonifacio [1] | All | |
| 6 |  Félix Serrallés [1] | All | |
| 15 |  Lucas Auer [1] | All | |
| 16 |  Hannes van Asseldonk [1] | All | |
| Victory Motor Racing | 4 | Chris Vlok [1] | All |
| 20 |  Dmitry Suranovich [1] | All | |
| 87 | Damon Leitch [1] | All | |
| 88 |  Michela Cerruti [1] | All | |
| ETEC Motorsport | 7 | Jono Lester [1] | All |
| 8 |  Melvin Moh [1] | All | |
| 9 |  Victor Sendin [1] | 1–3 | |
| Ken Smith [2] | 5 | ||
| 10 |  Josh Hill [1] | All | |
| 11 |  Shahaan Engineer [1] | All | |
| M2 Competition | 42 | Jordan King [1] | All |
| 43 |  Tanart Sathienthirakul [1] | All | |
| 51 | Sheban Siddiqi [1] | All | |
| 52 | Nathanaël Berthon [1] | All | |
| 53 | Raffaele Marciello [1] | All |
The calendar for the series was announced on 11 July 2011, [3] and was held over five successive weekends in January and February.
| Round | Date | Circuit/Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Race 1 | 14 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill |
| Race 2 | 15 January | ||
| Race 3 | |||
| 2 | Race 1 | 21 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru |
| Race 2 | 22 January | ||
| Race 3 | |||
| 3 | Race 1 | 28 January | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō |
| Race 2 | 29 January | ||
| Race 3 | |||
| 4 | Race 1 | 4 February | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato |
| Race 2 | 5 February | ||
| Race 3 | |||
| 5 | Race 1 | 11 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding |
| Race 2 | 12 February | ||
| Race 3 | |||
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
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| Points | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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