2018–19 Toyota Finance 86 Championship
The 2018–2019 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the sixth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 2 November 2018 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 10 March 2019 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.
Teams and drivers
[edit]All teams are New-Zealand registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neale Motorsport | 7 |  Sam Wright
|
1–4 |
| 53 | Jaden Ransley[1]
|
1–4 | |
| International Motorsport | 9 | Connor Adam[2]
|
1–4 |
| 10 | Brock Gilchrist
|
1–4 | |
| 97 | Campbell Stewart
|
1–4 | |
| Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport | 15 | Kaleb Ngatoa[3]
|
1–4 |
| CareVets Racing Team | 17 | Callum Hedge[4]
|
1–4 |
| 18 | Arran Crighton[4]
|
1–4 | |
| Darkhorse Racing | 21 | Andrew Jackson[5]
|
1, 4 |
| 98 | Leo Bult[5]
|
2–3 | |
| Jordan Baldwin Motorsport | 23 | Jordan Baldwin
|
1–4 |
| Jacob Cranston Motorsport | 31 | Jacob Cranston[6]
|
1–4 |
| Genweld | 71 | Tony Austin
|
1–2 |
| Hamilton Motorsports | 83 | Mitch Hughes
|
1–4 |
| Peter Vodanovich Motorsport | 84 | Peter Vodanovich[7]
|
1–4 |
| Toyota Racing New Zealand | 86 |  Jake Klien
|
1 |
| M2 Competition | 95 | Connor Davison
|
1–4 |
| Allen Racing Team | 99 | Justin Allen[8]
|
1–4 |
Race calendar and results
[edit]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.[9]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |||||||
| 1 | R1 | Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland |
November 2–4 | Jordan Baldwin
|
Callum Hedge
|
Connor Adam
|
International Motorsport |
| R2 | Jordan Baldwin
|
Callum Hedge
|
Connor Adam
|
International Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Jake Klien
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit) Pukekohe, Auckland |
December 7–9 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Arran Crighton
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Neale Motorsport |
| R2 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Arran Crighton
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | |||
| R3 | Arran Crighton
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| 3 | R1 | Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell, Otago |
January 11–13 | Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team |
| R2 | Callum Hedge
|
Arran Crighton
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | |||
| R3 | Jaden Ransley
|
Peter Vodanovich
|
Peter Vodanovich Motorsport | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Teretonga Park, Invercargill Southland |
January 18–20 | Jaden Ransley
|
Callum Hedge
|
Jordan Baldwin
|
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport |
| R2 | Jaden Ransley
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Jordan Baldwin
|
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Jaden Ransley
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Neale Motorsport | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Circuit Chris Amon Feilding, Manawatū District |
February 8–10 | Jaden Ransley
|
Connor Adam
|
Jaden Ransley
|
Neale Motorsport |
| R2 | Jaden Ransley
|
Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | |||
| R3 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Hampton Downs, North Waikato |
March 9–10 | Callum Hedge
|
Kaleb Ngatoa
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team |
| R2 | Callum Hedge
|
Kaleb Ngatoa
|
Kaleb Ngatoa
|
Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport | |||
| R3 | Callum Hedge
|
Callum Hedge
|
CareVets Racing Team | ||||
Championship standings
[edit]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. [10]
- 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 | PUK1 | PUK2 | HIG | TER | CCA | HAM | Points | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum Hedge
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1138 | |||||||||
| 2 | Jaden Ransley
|
3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1038 | |||||||||
| 3 | Jordan Baldwin
|
2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 957 | |||||||||
| 4 | Peter Vodanovich
|
Ret | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 895 | |||||||||
| 5 | Brock Gilchrist
|
5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 787 | |||||||||
| 6 | Arran Crighton
|
13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 785 | |||||||||
| 7 | Kaleb Ngatoa
|
15 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 781 | |||||||||
| 8 | Connor Adam
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 777 | |||||||||
| 9 | Jacob Cranston
|
11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 654 | |||||||||
| 10 | Campbell Stewart
|
12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 637 | |||||||||
| 11 | Sam Wright
|
10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 543 | |||||||||
| 12 | Connor Davison
|
14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 541 | |||||||||
| 13 | Justin Allen
|
7 | 8 | 16 | Ret | DSQ | 10 | 11 | DSQ | 9 | 538 | |||||||||
| 14 | Andrew Jackson
|
8 | 11 | 7 | 396 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Leo Bult
|
14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 312 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Mitch Hughes
|
9 | 15 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 215 | |||||||||
| 17 | Jake Klien
|
6 | 6 | 5 | 143 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | Tony Austin
|
16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 102 | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | PUK1 | PUK2 | HIG | TER | CCA | HAM | Points | ||||||||||||
| Colour | Result |
|---|---|
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) | |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| 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
Italics – Fastest Lap
References
[edit]- ^ "Ransley back for Toyota 86 Championship challenge". Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ "Connor Adam first off the line for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ "KALEB NGATOA TARGETING TITLE CHALLENGE AS CAREER MOMENTUM BUILDS". Retrieved September 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Crighton and Hedge Win CareVets Toyota 86 Scholarship". Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "DARK HORSE RACING DUO TAKE STEP UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ "Top ten the goal for karting sensation Cranston". Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ^ "FROM PLAYSTATION TO CIRCUIT, PETER VODANOVICH STEPS UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ^ "MAZDA PRO7 CHAMPION JUSTIN ALLEN JOINS TOYOTA 86 GRID". Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- ^ "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship - Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2017.