2014–15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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 edit

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

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

Race calendar and results edit

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   Matt Gibson   Ash Blewett   Matt Gibson Matt Gibson Motorsport   Jamie McNee
  Ash Blewett
R2 28 September   Matt Gibson   Jamie McNee Etec Motorsport
R3   Matt Gibson   Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport
2 R1 29 November Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe   Ash Blewett   Ash Blewett   Ash Blewett West City Motorsport   Ash Blewett
R2 30 November   Tom Alexander   Jamie McNee Etec Motorsport
R3   Tom Alexander   Ash Blewett West City Motorsport
2015
3 R1 17 January Ruapuna Park, Christchurch   Marcus Armstrong   Tom Alexander   Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport   Marcus Armstrong
R2 18 January   Ash Blewett   Ash Blewett West City Motorsport
R3   Marcus Armstrong   Marcus Armstrong Neale Motorsport
4 R1 24 January Teretonga Park, Invercargill   Nick Cassidy   Tom Alexander   Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport   Tom Alexander
R2 25 January   Nick Cassidy   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing
R3   Nick Cassidy   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing
5 R1 14 February Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding   Tom Alexander   Nick Cassidy   Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport   Nick Cassidy
R2 15 February   Tom Alexander   Nick Cassidy Neale Motorsport
R3   Nick Cassidy   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing
6 R1 28 February Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato   Tom Alexander   Tom Alexander   Tom Alexander Ken Smith Motor Racing   Jamie McNee
R2 1 March   Ash Blewett   Jamie McNee ETEC Motorsport
R3   Tom Alexander   Ash Blewett West City Motorsport

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.

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   Tom Alexander (E) 4 5 7 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 1162
2   Jamie McNee (E) 2 1 6 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 5 5 5 2 1 3 1096
3   Ash Blewett (A) 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 1 DNS 5 6 3 4 4 3 7 3 1 1044
4   Callum Quin (A) 5 4 3 5 6 6 9 5 Ret 6 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 910
5   Matt Gibson (A) 1 2 Ret 8 7 5 5 6 4 3 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 857
6   Neil Allport 7 7 5 7 9 8 7 Ret 6 7 5 7 8 8 8 596
7   Marcus Armstrong 9 6 1 DNS 5 3 1 2 1 482
8   Bruce Thomlinson 8 9 4 6 8 9 6 7 7 378
9   Rick Armstrong 6 8 7 7 7 7 261
10   Cory Holmes 6 8 Ret 4 4 7 234
11   Nick Cassidy 1 3 2 1 1 2 202
12   Reid Harker 4 5 4 157
13   Luis Leeds 8 7 5 130
Pos. Driver TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HMP 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
(E) – Elite
(A) – Amateur

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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.

External links edit