The 2014–2015 Toyota Finance 86 Championship was the second running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 27 September 2014 at Taupo Motorsport Park and ended on 1 March 2015 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park after eighteen races held at six meetings.[1]

The championship was won by Ken Smith Motor Racing driver Tom Alexander, after a run of six successive wins – four overall wins plus two class wins, behind the non-scoring Nick Cassidy (Neale Motorsport) at Manfeild – at Teretonga, Manfeild and Hampton Downs. Alexander won the championship by 66 points ahead of defending champion Jamie McNee, who won races at Taupō, Pukekohe and Hampton Downs for ETEC Motorsport. Ash Blewett finished in third place in the series, 52 points in arrears of McNee and 118 of Alexander. He won four races over the course of the season, including a double at Pukekohe. The other drivers to win races were Marcus Armstrong, who won races at each of the first three race meetings, Matt Gibson won the opening race at Taupō, en route to fifth in the championship, while Cassidy won a third race at Teretonga, the only round in which he was eligible for championship points.

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
ETEC Motorsport 1 New Zealand Jamie McNee E All
96 Australia Luis Leeds 3
Neale Motorsport 002 New Zealand Rick Armstrong 3
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 5
New Zealand Reid Harker 6
9 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 1–3
New Zealand Nick Cassidy 4
New Zealand Rick Armstrong 5
Neil Allport Motorsports 8 New Zealand Neil Allport 1–5
Ken Smith Motor Racing 11 New Zealand Tom Alexander E All
West City Motorsport 15 New Zealand Bruce Thomlinson 1–2, 6
66 New Zealand Ash Blewett A All
Richards Team Motorsport 58 New Zealand Cory Holmes 1–2
Matt Gibson Motorsport 88 New Zealand Matt Gibson A All
Quin Motorsport NZ 91 New Zealand Callum Quin A All
Icon Class
E Elite
A Amateur

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in New Zealand. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 were held with the Toyota Racing Series.[1]

Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner(s)
2014
1 R1 27 September Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō New Zealand Matt Gibson New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Matt Gibson Matt Gibson Motorsport New Zealand Jamie McNee
New Zealand Ash Blewett
R2 28 September New Zealand Matt Gibson New Zealand Jamie McNee Etec Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Matt Gibson New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport
2 R1 29 November Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport New Zealand Ash Blewett
R2 30 November New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Jamie McNee Etec Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport
2015
3 R1 17 January Ruapuna Park, Christchurch New Zealand Marcus Armstrong New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport New Zealand Marcus Armstrong
R2 18 January New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Ash Blewett West City Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport
4 R1 24 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport New Zealand Tom Alexander
R2 25 January New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing
R3 New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing
5 R1 14 February Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport New Zealand Nick Cassidy
R2 15 February New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Nick Cassidy New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing
6 R1 28 February Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing New Zealand Jamie McNee
R2 1 March New Zealand Ash Blewett New Zealand Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport
R3 New Zealand Tom Alexander New Zealand Ash Blewett West City 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
Points 75 67 60 54 49 45 42 39 36
Pos. Driver TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HMP Points
1 New Zealand Tom Alexander (E) 4 5 7 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 1162
2 New Zealand Jamie McNee (E) 2 1 6 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 5 5 5 2 1 3 1096
3 New Zealand Ash Blewett (A) 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 1 DNS 5 6 3 4 4 3 7 3 1 1044
4 New Zealand Callum Quin (A) 5 4 3 5 6 6 9 5 Ret 6 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 910
5 New Zealand Matt Gibson (A) 1 2 Ret 8 7 5 5 6 4 3 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 857
6 New Zealand Neil Allport 7 7 5 7 9 8 7 Ret 6 7 5 7 8 8 8 596
7 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 9 6 1 DNS 5 3 1 2 1 482
8 New Zealand Bruce Thomlinson 8 9 4 6 8 9 6 7 7 378
9 New Zealand Rick Armstrong 6 8 7 7 7 7 261
10 New Zealand Cory Holmes 6 8 Ret 4 4 7 234
11 New Zealand Nick Cassidy 1 3 2 1 1 2 202
12 New Zealand Reid Harker 4 5 4 157
13 Australia Luis Leeds 8 7 5 130
Pos. Driver TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HMP Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(E) – Elite
(A) – Amateur

References

  1. 1 2 "New circuits to test drivers in Toyota Finance 86 Championship". Toyota Racing Series. Toyota Racing Management. 29 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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