2007–08 Toyota Racing Series

2007–08 Toyota Racing Series

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The 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series was the fourth running of the Toyota Racing Series. The Toyota Racing Series is New Zealand's premier open-wheeler motorsport category. The Series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. The cars are also the category for the 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series. All teams were New Zealand-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
International Motorsport	1	Earl Bamber	All
	2	Mitch Cunningham	All
	27	Daniel Gaunt	2–3
Triple X Motorsport	3	Matt Halliday	2–4
	44	Kristján Einar	2–4
Knight Motorsport	5	Andy Knight	All
	19	Sam MacNeill	1, 5–7
		Michael Pickens	2–4
Scorpion Racing	6	Hamish Cross	All
		Jason Bargwanna	NC
NZ Motorsport Trust	7	Ben Harford	All
Motorsport Solutions	9	Nic Jordan	All
	74	Michael Burdett	All
	89	John Whelan	NC
Ken Smith Motorsport	10	Dominic Storey	All
	11	Ken Smith	All
Prviateer	20	Daynom Templeman	3–4
Victory Motor Racing	28	Nelson Hartley	1–5
D. J. Hewitt	40	Matthew Hamilton	2
		Mark Munro	6–7
European Technique	47	Nathan Antunes	All
Evans European	48	Andrew Waite	NC
Mark Petch Motorsport	55	Christina Orr	All
Ben Crighton Motorsport	87	Ben Crighton	All

Calendar

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2007
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	2-4 November	Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2			Andy Knight	Nic Jordan	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
2008
2	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury Region)	4-6 January			Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	R2					Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3					Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
3	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	11-13 January	Earl Bamber	Matt Halliday	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R2				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R3				Nelson Hartley	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
4	R1	Taupō Motorsport Park (Taupō, Taupō District)	18-20 January	Ben Harford	Matt Halliday	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	R2				Michael Burdett	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R3				Dominic Storey	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
5	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	15-17 February	Earl Bamber	Nelson Hartley	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R2				Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
6	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway (Timaru, Canterbury Region)	29 February-2 March	Andy Knight	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R2				Ben Harford	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
7	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	7-9 March	Michael Burdett	Earl Bamber	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	R2				Ben Harford	Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	R3				Earl Bamber	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
NC	R1	Hamilton Street Circuit (Hamilton, Waikato District)	18-20 April	Earl Bamber	Andrew Waite	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	R2				Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	International Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	PUK			RUA			MAN1			TAU			MAN2			TIM			TER				HAM			Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3		R1	R2
1	Andy Knight	1	1	1	3	1	16	3	5	1	6	3	11	2	1	Ret	2	2	2	2	4	2		3	4		1230
2	Earl Bamber	13	4	12	2	Ret	1	5	1	5	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	6	5	3		1	1		1207
3	Ben Harford	3	14	3	1	2	2	Ret	6	3	1	10	1	6	7	9	7	9	Ret	3	1	Ret					995
4	Michael Burdett	10	13	5	12	Ret	4	10	4	8	4	2	Ret	11	12	7	11	3	3	1	2	1		9	12		901
5	Nic Jordan	2	2	2	17	9	6	6	10	Ret	11	5	7	10	10	6	6	6	8	8	3	Ret		5	2		835
6	Mitch Cunningham	12	3	10	6	Ret	15	15	14	12	13	7	4	4	9	10	5	4	7	4	6	5		2	Ret		803
7	Dominic Storey	11	6	4	7	6	18	14	9	4	5	9	16	7	Ret	Ret	3	5	4	5	7	6					792
8	Christina Orr	8	12	9	11	7	10	11	13	7	9	Ret	10	5	6	5	14	11	11	11	Ret	10		8	8		661
9	Ken Smith	5	10	11	13	11	13	16	12	11	16	15	15	8	8	11	8	8	12	10	10	9		Ret	11		652
10	Hamish Cross	9	8	8	10	Ret	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	12	DNS	4	9	Ret	10	DNS	8	11					626
11	Nelson Hartley	7	7	Ret	9	5	17	2	11	Ret	7	6	2	3	2	3											625
12	Ben Crighton	6	11	7	14	10	8	12	16	10	15	11	12	Ret	11	8	13	10	Ret	12	9	7		7	7		602
13	Sam MacNeill	4	5	6							10	12	6	DNS	5	2	12	12	6	13	11	4		Ret	5		581
14	Nathan Antunes	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	4	11	7	7	15	Ret	4	5	9	4	Ret	4	Ret	5	7	Ret	DNS		Ret	3		564
15	Matt Halliday				5	3	3	4	3	2	2	Ret	Ret														417
16	Daniel Gaunt				4	Ret	7	1	2	Ret																	238
17	Mark Munro																10	7	9	9	12	8		Ret	9		214
18	Michael Pickens				16	12	12	DNS	17	14	14	13	14														192
19	Kristján Einar				15	13	14	13	Ret	13	Ret	14	13														174
20	Daynom Templeman							8	15	6	12	Ret	9											4	Ret		170
21	Matthew Hamilton				8	8	5																				127
-	Andrew Waite																							6	6		0
-	Jason Bargwanna																							Ret	10		0
-	John Whelan																							Ret	Ret		0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3		R1	R2		Points
		PUK			RUA			MAN1			TAU			MAN2			TIM			TER				HAM

References

toyotaracing.co.nz