2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship

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

Simon Evans successfully defended the title with another dominant display throughout the championship, whilst Liam MacDonald won the Class Two category.

Entrants

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Team Vehicle No. Driver Rounds
Class One
Team 4 Holden Commodore (VE) 1   Simon Evans All
Concept Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 007   Nick Ross All
Hamilton Motorsports Holden Commodore (VE) 11   Tom Alexander All
84   Lance Hughes All
John Midgley Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 19   John Midgley 1, 6
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry (XV50) 71   Sam Barry All
Ford Falcon (FG) 97   Jason Bargwanna All
Quin Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 91   Callum Quin 2, 5
Brock Cooley Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 111   Brock Cooley All
Class Two
Jamie Conroy Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 16   Jamie Conroy All
Brendon Murphy Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 23   Brendon Murphy 1
Steve Taylor Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 33   Steve Taylor 1–2
Bronson Porter Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 40   Bronson Porter 1
Average Joe Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 46   Simon Fleming All
Cheslea Herbert Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 62   Chelsea Herbert All
Nick Farrier Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 63   Nick Farrier All
Liam MacDonald Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 69   Liam MacDonald All
Brad Lathrope Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 73   Brad Lathrope All
Robert Wallace Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 77   Robert Wallace 1–2, 5–6

Calendar

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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
2016
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region)
4–6 November   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Brad Lathrope
R2   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
R3   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Taupō District)
10–11 December   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
R2   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Jamie Conroy
R3   Jason Bargwanna   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
2017
3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury)
13–15 January   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
R2   Jason Bargwanna   Jason Bargwanna   Liam MacDonald
4 R1 Teretonga Park
(Invercargill, Southland)
21–22 January   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Nick Ross   Liam MacDonald
R2   Simon Evans   Jason Bargwanna   Liam MacDonald
R3   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
(Feilding, Manawatū District)
11–12 February   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Brad Lathrope
R2   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Jamie Conroy
R3   Simon Evans   Sam Barry   Liam MacDonald
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato)
11–12 March   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Simon Evans   Liam MacDonald
R2   Simon Evans   Jason Bargwanna   Nick Farrier
R3   Jason Bargwanna   Simon Evans   Jamie Conroy

Championship standings

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Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts
Class One
1   Simon Evans 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1272
2   Tom Alexander 4 2 4 3 4 6 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 Ret 4 7 965
3   Jason Bargwanna 5 Ret DNS DNS 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 Ret DNS 2 1 2 848
4   Sam Barry 3 Ret 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 Ret 10 Ret 2 1 5 5 9 846
5   Lance Hughes 6 5 3 5 5 7 7 Ret 7 Ret 5 15 5 5 5 4 3 4 802
6   Nick Ross 2 Ret Ret 2 2 5 3 Ret DNS 1 2 9 2 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 670
7   Brock Cooley Ret 4 6 6 7 13 6 DNS DNS 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 8 Ret 646
8   Callum Quin 7 11 3 6 3 4 300
9   John Midgley 8 DNS DNS Ret Ret 3 42
Class Two
1   Liam MacDonald 13 6 7 9 13 8 8 5 5 7 7 4 15 10 8 9 12 8 1234
2   Brad Lathrope 9 16 8 12 10 12 11 6 8 8 11 8 8 8 9 Ret DNS DNS 911
3   Jamie Conroy 19 11 11 10 9 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 5 DNS 7 11 14 10 6 858
4   Chelsea Herbert 14 8 13 14 18 Ret 12 9 10 10 12 13 9 11 Ret 13 11 10 814
5   Nick Farrier 10 10 18 Ret 14 10 10 Ret Ret 12 10 11 10 13 10 10 9 Ret 778
6   Simon Fleming 18 13 12 17 Ret DNS 13 7 11 9 13 14 11 Ret 13 12 13 11 721
7   Robert Wallace 15 15 15 13 15 11 12 9 Ret 11 Ret DNS 446
8   Justin Ashwell 9 8 9 11 9 7 344
9   Steve Taylor 12 7 10 16 16 DNS 322
10   Bronson Porter 16 9 14 138
11   Ian Clapperton Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 12 129
12   Brendan Murphy 17 12 16 117
Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts
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 position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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