2017–18 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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.

2017–18 Toyota Finance 86 Championship
Previous: 2016–17 Next: 2018–19

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, Taupo 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 Fenney 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
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.
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