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

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

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

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