2016–17 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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 2017 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date Map
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region)		 5 November 2016
R2 6 November 2016
R3
2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Waikato)		 10 December 2016
R2 11 December 2016
R3
3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury Region)		 14 January 2017
R2 15 January 2017
R3
4 R1 Teretonga Park
(Invercargill, Southland Region)		 21 January 2017
R2 22 January 2017
R3
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
(Feilding, Manawatū District)		 11 February 2017
R2 12 February 2017
R3
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato)		 11 March 2017
R2 12 March 2017
R3

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
West City Motorsport 1 New Zealand Ash Blewett[1] 1
Penny Homes Racing 3 New Zealand John Penny 1–5
Ascent Motorsport 4 New Zealand Reid Harker 1–5
Eastpack 5 New Zealand Michael Scott[1] 1–5
TS Racing 6 New Zealand Thomas Stokes 1–5
Matt Lockwood Racing 7 New Zealand Matt Lockwood 1–4
Alex Sherie Racing 9 New Zealand Connor Adam 1–5
Ken Smith Motor Racing 11 New Zealand Miles Cockram 1–5
CareVets New Zealand 17 New Zealand Jack Milligan[1] 1–5
18 New Zealand Ryan Yardley[1] 1–5
Albany Toyota 14 Australia Drew Ridge[2] 1–2
23 New Zealand Brody McConkey[1] 1–5
Jacob Smith Racing 27 New Zealand Jacob Smith 1–5
Ben MacDonald Racing 35 New Zealand Ben MacDonald[1] 1–2
Lighting Plus 53 New Zealand Jaden Ransley[3] 1–5
Lightfoot Motorsport 96 New Zealand Mike Lightfoot 1–4
Neale Motorsport 99 Australia Will Brown[2] 1
New Zealand Martin Short 2
New Zealand Andy Knight 3–4
New Zealand Tom Alexander[4] 5

Results and standings

Season summary

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 Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s)
2016
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport New Zealand Ash Blewett
R2 Australia Will Brown New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Ash Blewett Australia Drew Ridge New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport
2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Matt Lockwood New Zealand John Penny Penny Homes Racing New Zealand Ryan Yardley
R2 New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing
R3 New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing
2017
3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport New Zealand Reid Harker
R2 New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Matt Lockwood Matt Lockwood Racing
R3 New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
4 R1 Teretonga Park New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley CareVets New Zealand New Zealand Ryan Yardley
R2 New Zealand Jacob Smith New Zealand Jack Milligan CareVets New Zealand
R3 New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley New Zealand Ryan Yardley CareVets New Zealand
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport New Zealand Reid Harker
R2 New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Reid Harker New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Tom Alexander Neale Motorsport New Zealand Reid Harker
R2 New Zealand Michael Scott New Zealand Reid Harker Ascent Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Tom Alexander Neale 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.

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 TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 New Zealand Ryan Yardley 2 6 2 2 2 2 3 2 7 1 6 1 3 2 3 3 4 2 1112
2 New Zealand Reid Harker 5 1 3 3 6 3 1 7 1 12 10 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1059
3 New Zealand Michael Scott 4 3 4 4 15 5 2 8 2 2 5 5 2 3 2 5 2 6 991
4 New Zealand Jack Milligan 6 4 6 6 7 6 12 9 4 7 1 8 4 4 6 6 3 4 865
5 New Zealand Jacob Smith Ret DNS DNS 9 4 8 4 4 5 3 2 4 11 5 5 7 8 9 718
6 New Zealand Brody McConkey 10 13 10 7 3 10 5 3 8 9 7 3 8 6 4 4 Ret Ret 712
7 New Zealand John Penny 8 9 9 1 14 4 10 6 12 13 11 6 5 8 7 605
8 New Zealand Connor Adam 12 11 13 14 13 14 9 5 3 11 12 11 7 7 Ret 8 6 7 604
9 New Zealand Miles Cockram 13 15 Ret 15 11 15 6 13 10 5 9 7 6 9 9 9 5 8 597
10 New Zealand Matt Lockwood 7 7 7 8 1 1 8 1 6 Ret 8 Ret 463
11 New Zealand Jaden Ransley 11 12 14 12 12 13 11 10 9 8 4 Ret 9 11 Ret 10 7 5 463
12 New Zealand Tom Stokes Ret DNS DNS 13 9 12 7 12 13 10 13 9 10 10 8 389
13 New Zealand Mike Lightfoot Ret 14 12 11 8 9 13 11 11 4 Ret Ret 297
14 New Zealand Ash Blewett 1 2 1 217
15 Australia Drew Ridge Ret 8 8 10 5 7 202
16 New Zealand Ben MacDonald 9 10 11 16 16 11 169
17 Australia Will Brown 3 5 5 158
18 New Zealand Tom Alexander DNS DNS DNS 1 Ret 1 150
19 New Zealand Andy Knight 6 3 10 141
20 New Zealand Martin Short 5 10 DNS 82
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points
PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(M) – Driver aged 40 over
(R) – Rookie

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Motorsport: Big chance in front of crowds for Toyota 86 series". The New Zealand Herald. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Aussie vs NZ in Toyota 86 Championship". Toyota NZ. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Teen racer Ransley tackles Toyota championship". Toyota NZ. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Alexander makes mark on championship". Toyota NZ. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
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