2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship

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

Six events will complete the 2016-17 season.

Entrants

Class One
Team Vehicle Type No. Driver Events
Team 4 Holden VE Commodore NZST 1 New Zealand Simon Evans 1
Concept Motorsport Nissan Altima TLX 007 New Zealand Nick Ross 1
Hamilton Motorsports Holden VE Commodore TLX 11 New Zealand Tom Alexander 1
84 New Zealand Lance Hughes 1
John Midgley Racing Ford FG Falcon NZST 19 New Zealand John Midgley 1
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry TLX 71 New Zealand Sam Barry 1
Ford FG Falcon 97 Australia Jason Bargwanna 1
Brock Cooley Motorsport Ford FG Falcon NZST 111 New Zealand Brock Cooley 1
Class Two
Team Vehicle Type No. Driver Events
Jamie Conroy Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 16 New Zealand Jamie Conroy 1
Brendon Murphy Motorsport Holden VY Commodore TL 23 New Zealand Brendon Murphy 1
Steve Taylor Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 33 New Zealand Steve Taylor 1
Bronson Porter Racing Holden VY Commodore TL 40 New Zealand Bronson Porter 1
Average Joe Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 46 New Zealand Simon Fleming 1
Cheslea Herbert Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 62 New Zealand Chelsea Herbert 1
Nick Farrier Motorsport Ford BF Falcon TL 63 New Zealand Nick Farrier 1
Liam MacDonald Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 69 New Zealand Liam MacDonald 1
Brad Lathrope Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 73 New Zealand Brad Lathrope 1
Robert Wallace Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 77 New Zealand Robert Wallace 1
Class Three
Team Vehicle Type No. Driver Events
AV8 Motorsport Holden VE Commodore V8ST 3 New Zealand Tony Anderson 1
Nigel Karl Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 17 New Zealand Nigel Karl 1
Matt Tubbs Racing Ford BF Falcon TL 42 New Zealand Matt Tubbs 1

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 Class 3 Winner
2016
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway 04-06 November New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Brad Lathrope New Zealand Tony Anderson
R2 New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Liam MacDonald New Zealand Tony Anderson
R3 New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Simon Evans New Zealand Liam MacDonald New Zealand Tony Anderson
2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park 10-11 December
R2
R3
2017
3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park 13-15 January
R2
R3
4 R1 Teretonga Park 21-22 January
R2
R3
5 R1 Circuit Chris Amon 11-12 February
R2
R3
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park 11-12 March
R2
R3

Championship standings

Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts
Class One
1 New Zealand Simon Evans 1 1 1 225
2 New Zealand Tom Alexander 4 2 4 175
3 New Zealand Lance Hughes 6 5 3 159
4 New Zealand Sam Barry 3 Ret 2 127
5 New Zealand Brock Cooley Ret 4 6 109
6 New Zealand Nick Ross 2 Ret Ret 67
7 Australia Jason Bargwanna 5 Ret DNS 49
8 New Zealand John Midgley 8 DNS DNS 42
Class Two
1 New Zealand Liam MacDonald 13 6 7 204
2 New Zealand Steve Taylor 12 7 10 187
3 New Zealand Brad Lathrope 9 16 8 175
4 New Zealand Chelsea Herbert 14 8 13 154
5 New Zealand Nick Farrier 10 10 18 149
6 New Zealand Bronson Porter 16 9 14 138
7 New Zealand Jamie Conroy 19 11 11 132
8 New Zealand Simon Fleming 18 13 12 124
9 New Zealand Robert Wallace 15 15 15 120
10 New Zealand Brendan Murphy 17 12 16 117
Class Three
- New Zealand Tony Anderson 7 3 5
- New Zealand Matt Tubbs 11 Ret 9
- New Zealand Nigel Karl 20 14 17
Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

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