2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Championship
| 2015–16 NZ Touring Cars | |||
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The 2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Cars Championship is the seventeenth season of the series, and the first under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprises two classes racing on the same grid. Class one features both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars, while class two consists of older NZV8 TL cars.[1]
Seven events will be played as competition in the 2015-16 season.[2]
Entrants
[edit]| Class One | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Vehicle | Type | No. | Driver | Events |
| Angus Fogg Racing | Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 3 |  Angus Fogg
|
1-6 |
| Team 4 | Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 4 | Simon Evans
|
1-6 |
| Concept Motorsport | Nissan Altima Holden VE Commodore |
TLX | 007 | Nick Ross
|
1-6 |
| Edgell Performance Racing | Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 8 | Tim Edgell
|
1-6 |
| Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 10 | Andy Higgins
|
2 | |
| M3 Racing | Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 10 | Richard Moore
|
3 |
| Hamilton Motorsports | Holden VE Commodore | TLX | 11 | Tom Alexander
|
1-6 |
| 84 | Lance Hughes
|
1-4 | |||
| Varney Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | NZST | 14 | Gene Rollinson
|
1 |
| Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 021 | Craig Baird
|
1-2 |
| Andre Heimgartner Racing | Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 022 | Andre Heimgartner
|
4-6 |
| Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 22 |  Bryce Fullwood
|
1-3 | |
| Cunningham Racing | Ford FG Falcon | NZST | 32 | Mitch Cunningham
|
1-6 |
| Holden VE Commodore | NZST | 50 | Blair McDonald
|
1-3 | |
| Holden VE Commodore | TLX | 51 | James McLaughlin
|
1 | |
| Richards Team Motorsport | Toyota Camry | TLX | 71 | Sam Barry
|
7 |
| 97 | Jason Bargwanna
|
1-6 | |||
| 222 | Scott Taylor
|
1-5 | |||
| Class Two | |||||
| Team | Vehicle | Type | No. | Driver | Events |
| Bronson Porter Racing | Holden VY Commodore | TL | 40 | Bronson Porter
|
6 |
| Ford BF Falcon | TL | 46 | Simon Fleming
|
1-6 | |
| Nathan Pilcher Racing | Holden VY Commodore | TL | 55 | Nathan Pilcher
|
2-5 |
| Holden VY Commodore | TL | 63 | Ian Clapperton
|
5 | |
| Liam MacDonald Racing | Ford BF Falcon | TL | 69 | Liam MacDonald
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2, 4-5 |
| Ford BF Falcon | TL | 71 | Sam Barry
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4, 6 | |
| Brad Lathrope Racing | Ford BF Falcon | TL | 73 | Brad Lathrope
|
1-6 |
| Kevin Williams Racing | Holden VY Commodore | TL | 88 | Kevin Williams
|
1-3 |
| Brock Cooley Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | TL | 111 | Brock Cooley
|
1-6 |
| Ford BF Falcon | TL | 332 | Tony Anderson
|
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| Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VY Commodore | TL | 777 | Alyssa Clapperton
|
1-2, 4-6 |
Calendar
[edit]Round 2 was held in support of the 2015 ITM 500 Auckland while Round 6 was in support of the 2016 New Zealand Grand Prix.
References
[edit]- ^ "Unified NZ Touring Cars Set to Race - NZ Motor Racing NZ Motor Racing". Nzmotorracing.co.nz. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "Motorsport: V8s finally driving in same direction - Sport - NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2017-03-05.