The 2016–2017 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fourth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2016 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2016 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.
All teams were New-Zealand registered.
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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West City Motorsport | 1 | Ash Blewett | 1 |
Penny Homes Racing | 3 | John Penny | 1–5 |
Ascent Motorsport | 4 | Reid Harker | 1–5 |
Eastpack | 5 | Michael Scott | 1–5 |
TS Racing | 6 | Thomas Stokes | 1–5 |
Matt Lockwood Racing | 7 | Matt Lockwood | 1–4 |
Alex Sherie Racing | 9 | Connor Adam | 1–5 |
Ken Smith Motor Racing | 11 | Miles Cockram | 1–5 |
CareVets New Zealand | 17 | Jack Milligan | 1–5 |
18 | Ryan Yardley | 1–5 | |
Albany Toyota | 14 | Drew Ridge | 1–2 |
23 | Brody McConkey | 1–5 | |
Jacob Smith Racing | 27 | Jacob Smith | 1–5 |
Ben MacDonald Racing | 35 | Ben MacDonald | 1–2 |
Lighting Plus | 53 | Jaden Ransley | 1–5 |
Lightfoot Motorsport | 96 | Mike Lightfoot | 1–4 |
Neale Motorsport | 99 | Will Brown | 1 |
Martin Short | 2 | ||
Andy Knight | 3–4 | ||
Tom Alexander | 5 |
All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The round one in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the V8 Supercars. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.
Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Round winner(s) | |
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2016 | ||||||||
1 | R1 | 5 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Ash Blewett | Ryan Yardley | Ash Blewett | West City Motorsport | Ash Blewett |
R2 | 6 November | Will Brown | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
R3 | Ash Blewett | Drew Ridge | Ash Blewett | West City Motorsport | ||||
2 | R1 | 10 December | Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupo | Reid Harker | Matt Lockwood | John Penny | Penny Homes Racing | Ryan Yardley |
R2 | 11 December | Reid Harker | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | ||||
R3 | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | ||||
2017 | ||||||||
3 | R1 | 14 January | Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
R2 | 15 January | Michael Scott | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | ||||
R3 | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
4 | R1 | 21 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | CareVets New Zealand | Ryan Yardley |
R2 | 22 January | Jacob Smith | Jack Milligan | CareVets New Zealand | ||||
R3 | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | CareVets New Zealand | ||||
5 | R1 | 11 February | Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
R2 | 12 February | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
R3 | Reid Harker | Michael Scott | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | ||||
6 | R1 | 11 March | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | |||||
R2 | 12 March | |||||||
R3 | ||||||||
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.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
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Points | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
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Bold – Pole |
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