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]

2014–15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship
Previous: 2013–14 Next: 2015–16

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 Taupo, 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 Taupo, 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

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

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, Taupo 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

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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
(E) – Elite
(A) – Amateur

References
  1. "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.
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