2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship

2016–17 NZ Touring Cars
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The 2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship was the eighteenth season of the series, and the second under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprised three classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two and three consisted of older NZV8 TL cars.

Simon Evans successfully defended the title with another dominant display throughout the championship, whilst Liam MacDonald won the Class Two category.

Entrants

Team	Vehicle	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class One
Team 4	Holden Commodore (VE)	1	Simon Evans	All
Concept Motorsport	Nissan Altima (L33)	007	Nick Ross	All
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden Commodore (VE)	11	Tom Alexander	All
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden Commodore (VE)	84	Lance Hughes	All
John Midgley Racing	Ford Falcon (FG)	19	John Midgley	1, 6
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry (XV50)	71	Sam Barry	All
Richards Team Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	97	Jason Bargwanna	All
Quin Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	91	Callum Quin	2, 5
Brock Cooley Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	111	Brock Cooley	All
Class Two
Jamie Conroy Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	16	Jamie Conroy	All
Brendon Murphy Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VY)	23	Brendon Murphy	1
Steve Taylor Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	33	Steve Taylor	1–2
Bronson Porter Racing	Holden Commodore (VY)	40	Bronson Porter	1
Average Joe Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	46	Simon Fleming	All
Cheslea Herbert Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	62	Chelsea Herbert	All
Nick Farrier Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BF)	63	Nick Farrier	All
Liam MacDonald Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	69	Liam MacDonald	All
Brad Lathrope Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	73	Brad Lathrope	All
Robert Wallace Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	77	Robert Wallace	1–2, 5–6

Calendar

Round 1 will be held in support of the 2016 ITM Auckland SuperSprint while Round 5 will be in support of the 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix.

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Class 1 Winner	Class 2 Winner
2016
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	4–6 November	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brad Lathrope
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
	R3				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
2	R1	Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park (Taupō, Taupō District)	10–11 December	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Jamie Conroy
	R3				Jason Bargwanna	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
2017
3	R1	Mike Pero Motorsport Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	13–15 January	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
3	R2	Mike Pero Motorsport Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	13–15 January		Jason Bargwanna	Jason Bargwanna	Liam MacDonald
4	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	21–22 January	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Nick Ross	Liam MacDonald
	R2				Simon Evans	Jason Bargwanna	Liam MacDonald
	R3				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
5	R1	Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon (Feilding, Manawatū District)	11–12 February	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brad Lathrope
	R2				Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Jamie Conroy
	R3				Simon Evans	Sam Barry	Liam MacDonald
6	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, North Waikato)	11–12 March	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
	R2				Simon Evans	Jason Bargwanna	Nick Farrier
	R3				Jason Bargwanna	Simon Evans	Jamie Conroy

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	PUK			TAU			RUA			TER			MAN			HAM			Pen.	Pts
Class One
1	Simon Evans	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	1		1272
2	Tom Alexander	4	2	4	3	4	6	4	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	Ret	4	7		965
3	Jason Bargwanna	5	Ret	DNS	DNS	6	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	Ret	DNS	2	1	2		848
4	Sam Barry	3	Ret	2	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	Ret	10	Ret	2	1	5	5	9		846
5	Lance Hughes	6	5	3	5	5	7	7	Ret	7	Ret	5	15	5	5	5	4	3	4		802
6	Nick Ross	2	Ret	Ret	2	2	5	3	Ret	DNS	1	2	9	2	Ret	7	3	Ret	Ret		670
7	Brock Cooley	Ret	4	6	6	7	13	6	DNS	DNS	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	8	Ret		646
8	Callum Quin				7	11	3							6	3	4					300
9	John Midgley	8	DNS	DNS													Ret	Ret	3		42
Class Two
1	Liam MacDonald	13	6	7	9	13	8	8	5	5	7	7	4	15	10	8	9	12	8		1234
2	Brad Lathrope	9	16	8	12	10	12	11	6	8	8	11	8	8	8	9	Ret	DNS	DNS		911
3	Jamie Conroy	19	11	11	10	9	9	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	8	5	DNS	7	11	14	10	6		858
4	Chelsea Herbert	14	8	13	14	18	Ret	12	9	10	10	12	13	9	11	Ret	13	11	10		814
5	Nick Farrier	10	10	18	Ret	14	10	10	Ret	Ret	12	10	11	10	13	10	10	9	Ret		778
6	Simon Fleming	18	13	12	17	Ret	DNS	13	7	11	9	13	14	11	Ret	13	12	13	11		721
7	Robert Wallace	15	15	15	13	15	11							12	9	Ret	11	Ret	DNS		446
8	Justin Ashwell							9	8	9	11	9	7								344
9	Steve Taylor	12	7	10	16	16	DNS														322
10	Bronson Porter	16	9	14																	138
11	Ian Clapperton							Ret	10	Ret	Ret	14	12								129
12	Brendan Murphy	17	12	16																	117
Pos	Driver	PUK			TAU			RUA			TER			MAN			HAM			Pen.	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 position
Italics - Fastest lap

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