2017–18 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

2017–18 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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The 2017–2018 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fifth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2017 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2018 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
International Motorsport	3	Michael Scott	All
	9	Connor Adam	All
Ascent Motorsport	4	Reid Harker	1
M2 Competition	4	Peter Vodanovich	3–5
Speed Works	5	Cameron Hill	1
Richards Team Motorsport	7	Sam Wright	All
Ken Smith Motorsport	11	Tom Alexander	1–4, 6
CareVets New Zealand	17	Jack Milligan	All
	18	Bramwell King	All
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport	23	Jordan Baldwin	All
Jacob Smith Racing	27	Jacob Smith	5–6
Ben MacDonald Racing	35	Ben MacDonald	1–2, 6
Jaden Ransley Motorsport	53	Jaden Ransley	All
Nathan Pilcher Motorsport	55	Nathan Pilcher	2
Brock Gilchrist Racing	86	Brock Gilchrist	5–6
Sam Wallace Motorsport	88	Sam Wallace	3–5
Quin Motorsport	91	Callum Quin	1
Neale Motorsport	98	Dylan Gulson	1

Race calendar and results

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. ^[1]

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)
2017
1	R1	4 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Connor Adam	Cameron Hill	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Tom Alexander
	R2	5 November			Jordan Baldwin	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport
	R3			Bramwell King	Jordan Baldwin	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport
2	R1	2 December	Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō	Michael Scott	Michael Scott	Michael Scott	International Motorsport	Connor Adam
	R2	3 December			Tom Alexander	Connor Adam	International Motorsport
	R3			Tom Alexander	Michael Scott	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport
2018
3	R1	13 January	Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch	Jack Milligan	Michael Scott	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Michael Scott
	R2	14 January			Jaden Ransley	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
	R3			Jaden Ransley	Michael Scott	Jaden Ransley	Jaden Ransley Motorsport
4	R1	20 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Jaden Ransley	Jack Milligan	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Michael Scott
	R2	21 January			Connor Adam	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
	R3			Jaden Ransley	Jordan Baldwin	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
5	R1	10 February	Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding	Jack Milligan	Jordan Baldwin	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand	Jack Milligan
	R2	11 February			Michael Scott	Michael Scott	International Motorsport
	R3			Jack Milligan	Jack Milligan	Jack Milligan	CareVets New Zealand
6	R1	10 March	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato	Jaden Ransley	Michael Scott	Jaden Ransley	Jaden Ransley Motorsport	Jack Milligan
	R2	11 March			Jack Milligan	Jacob Smith	Albany Toyota
	R3			Jack Milligan		Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motorsport

Championship standings

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. ^[2] The 2017–2018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Championship was won by Jack Milligan. The 2017–2018 New Zealand Toyota 86 Rookie Championship was won by Jordan Baldwin

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 PUK BRU RUA TER CCA HAM Points 1 Jack Milligan 1 2 10 3 2 5 1 6 10 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1117 2 Michael Scott 9 11 4 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 7 4 13 978 3 Connor Adam 2 9 3 4 1 2 3 7 5 9 4 5 9 5 4 8 8 5 923 4 Jaden Ransley 10 7 7 2 3 4 4 2 1 2 Ret DNS 5 4 5 1 3 14 872 5 Jordan Baldwin 7 3 9 6 5 7 5 3 3 4 2 2 Ret 6 2 Ret 6 3 859 6 Bramwell King 12 5 11 8 6 8 6 4 7 5 8 7 2 Ret DNS 6 7 6 706 7 Tom Alexander 3 1 1 7 11 1 8 5 4 3 14 1 666 8 Sam Wright Ret 13 12 11 9 9 10 10 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 13 13 11 591 9 Peter Vodanovich 7 8 6 6 5 4 3 7 7 422 10 Ben MacDonald 4 8 5 5 7 6 4 9 9 407 11 Jacob Smith 6 3 6 5 1 4 328 12 Sam Wallace 9 9 9 8 6 6 240 13 Brock Gilchrist 8 9 9 11 11 7 186 14 Reid Harker 5 6 2 161 15 Callum Quin 6 10 6 123 16 Matt Griffin 10 5 10 123 17 Martin Short 9 8 10 108 18 Broc Feeney 12 10 8 103 19 Dylan Gulson 11 12 8 97 20 Nathan Pilcher 10 10 11 96 21 Cameron Hill 8 4 Ret 93 22 Callum Hedge 9 12 12 75 Pos. Driver PUK BRU RUA TER CCA HAM Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

1. "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Calendar" . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
2. "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship – Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2017.

External links

• Official website of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship