2016–17 Toyota Finance 86 Championship Explained

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.

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

TeamDriverRounds
West City Motorsportalign=center 1 Ash Blewett1
Penny Homes Racing3 John Penny1–5
Ascent Motorsport4 Reid Harker1–5
Eastpackalign=center 5 Michael Scott1–5
TS Racing6 Thomas Stokes1–5
Matt Lockwood Racing7 Matt Lockwood1–4
Alex Sherie Racing9 Connor Adam1–5
Ken Smith Motor Racing11 Miles Cockram1–5
CareVets New Zealandalign=center 17 Jack Milligan1–5
align=center 18 Ryan Yardley1–5
Albany Toyotaalign=center 14 Drew Ridge1–2
23 Brody McConkey1–5
Jacob Smith Racingalign=center 27 Jacob Smith1–5
Ben MacDonald Racing35 Ben MacDonald1–2
Lighting Plusalign=center 53 Jaden Ransley1–5
Lightfoot Motorsportalign=center 96 Mike Lightfoot1–4
Neale Motorsport99 Will Brown1
Martin Short2
Andy Knight3–4
Tom Alexander5

Race calendar and results

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.

RoundDateCircuitPole positionFastest LapWinning driverWinning team
2016
1R15 NovemberPukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe Ash Blewett Ryan Yardley Ash BlewettWest City Motorsport Ash Blewett
R26 November Will Brown Reid HarkerAscent Motorsport
R3 Ash Blewett Drew Ridge Ash BlewettWest City Motorsport
2R110 DecemberBruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō Reid Harker Matt Lockwood John PennyPenny Homes Racing Ryan Yardley
R211 December Reid Harker Matt LockwoodMatt Lockwood Racing
R3 Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Matt LockwoodMatt Lockwood Racing
2017
3R114 JanuaryMike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch Reid Harker Ryan Yardley Reid HarkerAscent Motorsport Reid Harker
R215 January Michael Scott Matt LockwoodMatt Lockwood Racing
R3 Reid Harker Ryan Yardley Reid HarkerAscent Motorsport
4R121 JanuaryTeretonga Park, Invercargill Reid Harker Ryan Yardley Ryan YardleyCareVets New Zealand Ryan Yardley
R222 January Jacob Smith Jack MilliganCareVets New Zealand
R3 Ryan Yardley Ryan Yardley Ryan YardleyCareVets New Zealand
5R111 FebruaryCircuit Chris Amon, Feilding Reid Harker Reid Harker Reid HarkerAscent Motorsport Reid Harker
R212 February Reid Harker Reid HarkerAscent Motorsport
R3 Reid Harker Michael Scott Reid HarkerAscent Motorsport
6R111 MarchHampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato
R212 March
R3

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.

Scoring system
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th
Points7567605449454239363330282624222018

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DriverPUKBRURUATERCCAHAMPoints
1 Ryan Yardley262222327161744
2 Reid Harker51336317112102669
3 Michael Scott4344155282255631
4 Jack Milligan6466761294718550
5 Brody McConkey1013107310538973513
6 John Penny89911441061213116471
7 Jacob SmithRetDNSDNS948445324467
8 Matt Lockwood777811816Ret8Ret463
9 Connor Adam121113141314953111211391
10 Jaden Ransley1112141212131110984Ret356
11 Miles Cockram1315Ret15111561310597353
12 Mike LightfootRet141211891311114RetRet297
13 Tom StokesRetDNSDNS139127121310139281
14 Ash Blewett121217
15 Drew RidgeRet881057202
16 Ben MacDonald91011161611171
17 Will Brown355158
18 Andy Knight6310138
19 Martin Short510DNS82
DriverPUKBRURUATERCCAHAMPoints
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(M) – Driver aged 40 over
(R) – Rookie