2013–14 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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2013–14 Toyota Finance 86 Championship
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The Toyota Finance 86 Championship was a brand new One-make racing series in New Zealand,^[1] made up of race ready Toyota 86 cars. The series ran across six rounds throughout the New Zealand summer, after the seventh round – a scheduled three-hour endurance race at Pukekohe Park Raceway ^[2] – was cancelled.

New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.

The Toyota 86 is a 2+2 sports car jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, manufactured at Subaru's Gunma assembly plant — along with a badge engineered variant, marketed as the Subaru BRZ.

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 Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier "open-wheeler" motorsport category. The Series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The cars are also the category for the New Zealand Grand Prix – one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Neil Allport Motorsports	001	Bill Williams^[3]	M	1
	08	Matthew Williams^[3]	M	1
		Neil Allport	M	4
		John Lovich	A	5–6
	18	Richard Oxton^[4]	A	2–3
Neale Motorsport	9	Marcus Armstrong	A	5–6
Ken Smith Motor Racing	11	Tom Alexander^[3]	E	All
Gulf Foods Racing	22	Angus Fogg ^[3]	E	1–2
ETEC Motorsport	47	Ken Smith ^[4]	M	2
	48	Ken Smith ^[4]	M	6
	48	Andrew Waite	E	3–5
M3 Racing	58	Tony Houston^[3]	M	1–2, 5–6
		Craig Innes	E	3
		Geoff Spencer	M	4
West City Motorsport	66	Ash Blewett^[3]	A	All
Richards Team Motorsport	69	Jamie McNee^[3]	E	All
Matt Gibson Motorsport	88	Matt Gibson^[3]	A	All
Quin Motorsport	91	Callum Quin^[3]	A	All

Icon	Class
E	Elite
A	Amateur
M	Master

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in New Zealand.^[2] Rounds 3 and 4 were held with the Toyota Racing Series. The original final round, that was scheduled for Pukekohe Park Raceway on 17 and 18 May, was later removed from the calendar.

The 2014 Toyota Racing Series was the tenth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheeler motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series, which consists of five meetings of three races, began on 11 January at Teretonga Park in Invercargill and ended on 9 February with the 59th running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Manfeild Autocourse in Feilding.

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)
2013
1	R1	9 November	Highlands Motorsport Park	Angus Fogg	Callum Quin	Angus Fogg	Gulf Foods Racing	Angus Fogg
	R2	9 November			Jamie McNee	Jamie McNee	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3	10 November			Callum Quin	Angus Fogg	Gulf Foods Racing
2	R1	30 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Angus Fogg	Tom Alexander	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport	Ash Blewett
	R2	30 November			Angus Fogg	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
	R3	1 December			Angus Fogg	Jamie McNee	Richards Team Motorsport
2014
3	R1	1 February	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Andrew Waite	Andrew Waite	Jamie McNee	Richards Team Motorsport	Andrew Waite
	R2	2 February			Andrew Waite	Andrew Waite	ETEC Motorsport
	R3	2 February			Jamie McNee	Andrew Waite	ETEC Motorsport
4	R1	8 February	Manfeild Autocourse	Ash Blewett	Andrew Waite	Andrew Waite	ETEC Motorsport	Jamie McNee
	R2	9 February			Tom Alexander	Jamie McNee	Richards Team Motorsport
	R3	9 February			Andrew Waite	Andrew Waite	ETEC Motorsport
5	R1	8 March	Taupo Motorsport Park	Ash Blewett	Tom Alexander	Jamie McNee	Richards Team Motorsport	Jamie McNee
	R2	9 March			Tom Alexander	Callum Quin	Quin Motorsport
	R3	9 March			Andrew Waite	Andrew Waite	ETEC Motorsport
6	R1	3 May	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Jamie McNee	Tom Alexander	Jamie McNee	Richards Team Motorsport	Ash Blewett
	R2	3 May			Jamie McNee	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport
	R3	4 May			Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport
	R4	4 May			Tom Alexander	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport

Championship standings

In order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 90% of the race winner's distance. All races counted towards the final championship standings.

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Points	75	67	60	54	49	45	42	39	36

Pos	Driver	HGH			PUK			HMP			MAN			TAU			HMP				Points
1	Jamie McNee (E)	5	1	2	8	5	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	1	2	3	1	2	DSQ	2	1170
2	Ash Blewett (A)	Ret	5	6	1	2	2	3	3	6	5	3	3	2	4	4	4	1	1	1	1091
3	Callum Quin (A)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	7	3	4	2	5	3	1	6	3	3	3	4	1070
4	Tom Alexander (E)	2	3	3	3	1	3	7	6	7	3	7	2	DSQ	3	2	2	4	2	3	1055
5	Matt Gibson (A)	3	2	5	5	6	6	5	4	5	6	4	6	4	6	5	5	5	4	6	956
6	Andrew Waite (E)							2	1	1	1	8	1	Ret	5	1					530
7	Angus Fogg (E)	1	6	1	2	4	7														358
8	Marcus Armstrong (A)													5	7	7	6	6	5	5	321
9	Tony Houston (M)	6	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	9							7	9	9	8	8	DNS	DNS	315
10	Ken Smith (M)				7	8	8										9	7	6	7	285
11	Richard Oxton (A)				6	7	5	6	5	4											284
12	John Lovich (A)													6	8	8	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	165
13	Geoff Spencer (M)										7	5	8								130
14	Neil Allport (M)										8	6	7								126
15	Matthew Williams (M)	7	8	7																	123
16	Craig Innes (E)							DNS	8	8											78
17	Bill Williams (M)	DNS	9	Ret																	36

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(E) – Elite
(A) – Amateur
(M) – Master

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References

1 2 "Toyota gives motorsport fans more of what they love". Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
1 2 "TOYOTA'S ONE MAKE 86 RACING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS". Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "TR86 13 14 Round 1 Saturday Race 1 Results" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
1 2 "TR86 13 14 Round 2 Saturday Race 1 Results" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

External links

Official website of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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[new-1] 1 2 "Toyota gives motorsport fans more of what they love". Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

[calendar-2] 1 2 "TOYOTA'S ONE MAKE 86 RACING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS". Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

[R1-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "TR86 13 14 Round 1 Saturday Race 1 Results" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[R2-4] 1 2 "TR86 13 14 Round 2 Saturday Race 1 Results" (PDF). Toyota Racing Series . Toyota Racing Management. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

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