2018–19 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

2018–19 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

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The 2018–2019 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the sixth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 2 November 2018 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 10 March 2019 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

Teams and drivers

All teams are New-Zealand registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Neale Motorsport	7	Sam Wright	1–4
	53	Jaden Ransley^[1]	1–4
International Motorsport	9	Connor Adam^[2]	1–4
	10	Brock Gilchrist	1–4
	97	Campbell Stewart	1–4
Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport	15	Kaleb Ngatoa^[3]	1–4
CareVets Racing Team	17	Callum Hedge^[4]	1–4
	18	Arran Crighton^[4]	1–4
Darkhorse Racing	21	Andrew Jackson^[5]	1, 4
	98	Leo Bult^[5]	2–3
Jordan Baldwin Motorsport	23	Jordan Baldwin	1–4
Jacob Cranston Motorsport	31	Jacob Cranston^[6]	1–4
Genweld	71	Tony Austin	1–2
Hamilton Motorsports	83	Mitch Hughes	1–4
Peter Vodanovich Motorsport	84	Peter Vodanovich^[7]	1–4
Toyota Racing New Zealand	86	Jake Klien	1
M2 Competition	95	Connor Davison	1–4
Allen Racing Team	99	Justin Allen^[8]	1–4

Race calendar and results

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The first round in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the Supercars Championship. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.^[9]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2018
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, Auckland	November 2–4	Jordan Baldwin	Callum Hedge	Connor Adam	International Motorsport
	R2			Jordan Baldwin	Callum Hedge	Connor Adam	International Motorsport
	R3				Jake Klien	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
2	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (short circuit) Pukekohe, Auckland	December 7–9	Peter Vodanovich	Arran Crighton	Jaden Ransley	Neale Motorsport
	R2			Peter Vodanovich	Arran Crighton	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
	R3				Arran Crighton	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
2019
3	R1	Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell, Otago	January 11–13	Callum Hedge	Callum Hedge	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
	R2			Callum Hedge	Arran Crighton	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
	R3				Jaden Ransley	Peter Vodanovich	Peter Vodanovich Motorsport
4	R1	Teretonga Park, Invercargill Southland	January 18–20	Jaden Ransley	Callum Hedge	Jordan Baldwin	Jordan Baldwin Motorsport
	R2			Jaden Ransley	Jaden Ransley	Jordan Baldwin	Jordan Baldwin Motorsport
	R3				Jaden Ransley	Jaden Ransley	Neale Motorsport
5	R1	Circuit Chris Amon Feilding, Manawatū District	February 8–10	Jaden Ransley	Connor Adam	Jaden Ransley	Neale Motorsport
	R2			Jaden Ransley	Callum Hedge	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
	R3				Peter Vodanovich	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
6	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park Hampton Downs, North Waikato	March 9–10	Callum Hedge	Kaleb Ngatoa	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team
	R2			Callum Hedge	Kaleb Ngatoa	Kaleb Ngatoa	Kaleb Ngatoa Motorsport
	R3				Callum Hedge	Callum Hedge	CareVets Racing Team

Championship standings

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. ^[10]

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
Points	75	67	60	54	49	45	42	39	36	33	30	28	26	24	22	20	18

Pos.	Driver	PUK1			PUK2			HIG			TER			CCA			HAM			Points
1	Callum Hedge	4	3	1	8	1	1	1	4	2										1138
2	Jaden Ransley	3	4	3	1	4	3	15	1	3										1038
3	Jordan Baldwin	2	2	4	4	8	2	4	2	5										957
4	Peter Vodanovich	Ret	6	9	3	2	8	2	3	1										895
5	Brock Gilchrist	5	9	6	9	7	4	6	9	7										787
6	Arran Crighton	13	13	10	2	6	12	3	5	4										785
7	Kaleb Ngatoa	15	7	12	5	5	7	10	14	11										781
8	Connor Adam	1	1	2	7	3	6	5	6	13										777
9	Jacob Cranston	11	14	11	11	9	11	8	8	8										654
10	Campbell Stewart	12	12	8	6	14	15	7	10	10										637
11	Sam Wright	10	10	14	12	10	13	12	12	6										543
12	Connor Davison	14	16	15	13	9	5	9	7	15										541
13	Justin Allen	7	8	16	Ret	DSQ	10	11	DSQ	9										538
14	Andrew Jackson	8	11	7																396
15	Leo Bult				14	12	11	13	11	12										312
16	Mitch Hughes	9	15	13	10	Ret	14	14	13	14										215
17	Jake Klien	6	6	5																143
18	Tony Austin	16	17	17	15	13	Ret													102
Pos.	Driver	PUK1			PUK2			HIG			TER			CCA			HAM			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

References

1. "Ransley back for Toyota 86 Championship challenge". Retrieved August 30, 2018.
2. "Connor Adam first off the line for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved August 15, 2018.
3. "KALEB NGATOA TARGETING TITLE CHALLENGE AS CAREER MOMENTUM BUILDS". Retrieved September 14, 2018.
4. "Crighton and Hedge Win CareVets Toyota 86 Scholarship". Retrieved May 3, 2018.
5. "DARK HORSE RACING DUO TAKE STEP UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 12, 2018.
6. "Top ten the goal for karting sensation Cranston". Retrieved September 22, 2018.
7. "FROM PLAYSTATION TO CIRCUIT, PETER VODANOVICH STEPS UP TO TOYOTA 86". Retrieved September 8, 2018.
8. "MAZDA PRO7 CHAMPION JUSTIN ALLEN JOINS TOYOTA 86 GRID". Retrieved September 10, 2018.
9. "Record field expected for Toyota 86 Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2018.
10. "2017/2018 Toyota 86 Championship - Points Table" (PDF). Retrieved November 8, 2017.

External links

• Official website of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship