2007–08 Toyota Racing Series

The 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series was the fourth running of the Toyota Racing Series. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier open-wheeler motorsport category. The Series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The cars are also the category for the 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers are competing during the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.

Team	Car	Car #	Driver

Calendar edit

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2007
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	2-4 November	Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2				Nic Jordan	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
2008
2	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury Region)	4-6 January			Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	R2					Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3					Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
3	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	11-13 January	Earl Bamber	Matt Halliday	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R2				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R3				Nelson Hartley	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
4	R1	Taupō Motorsport Park (Taupō, Taupō District)	18-20 January	Ben Harford	Matt Halliday	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	R2				Michael Burdett	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R3				Dominic Storey	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
5	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	15-17 February	Earl Bamber	Nelson Hartley	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R2				Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
6	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway (Timaru, Canterbury Region)	29 February-2 March	Andy Knight	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R2				Ben Harford	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
7	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	7-9 March	Michael Burdett	Earl Bamber	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	R2				Ben Harford	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	R3				Earl Bamber	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
NC	R1	Hamilton Street Circuit (Hamilton, Waikato District)	18-20 April	Earl Bamber	Andrew Waite	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
NC	R2	Hamilton Street Circuit (Hamilton, Waikato District)	18-20 April		Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport

Results edit

Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Points
1	Andy Knight	225	155	184	135	142	201	188	1230
2	Earl Bamber	108	142	173	195	210	225	154	1207
3	Ben Harford	144	209	105	183	141	78	135	995
4	Michael Burdett	108	82	126	121	97	150	217	901
5	Nic Jordan	201	99	78	121	108	129	99	835
6	Mitch Cunningham	121	67	74	122	126	145	148	803
7	Dominic Storey	129	103	114	105	42	163	136	792
8	Christina Orr	103	105	98	69	139	84	63	661
9	Ken Smith	112	82	78	64	108	106	102	652
10	Hamish Cross	114	69	111	117	77	69	69	626
11	Nelson Hartley	84	103	97	154	187			625
12	Ben Crighton	117	96	81	80	63	59	106	602
13	Sam MacNeill	148			106	116	101	110	581
14	Nathan Antunes	36	84	106	103	90	103	42	564
15	Matt Halliday		169	181	67				417
16	Daniel Gaunt		96	142					238
17	Mark Munro						111	103	214
18	Michael Pickens		76	42	74				192
19	Kristján Einar		72	52	50				174
20	Daynom Templeman			106	64				170
21	Matthew Hamilton		127						127

References edit

toyotaracing.co.nz