2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship

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

Six events will complete the 2016–17 season.

Entrants

Class One
Team	Vehicle	Type	No.	Driver	Events
Team 4	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	1	Simon Evans	1–4
Concept Motorsport	Nissan Altima	TLX	007	Nick Ross	1–4
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden VE Commodore	TLX	11	Tom Alexander	1–4
Hamilton Motorsports	Holden VE Commodore	TLX	84	Lance Hughes	1–4
John Midgley Racing	Ford FG Falcon	NZST	19	John Midgley	1
Richards Team Motorsport	Toyota Camry	TLX	71	Sam Barry	1–3
Richards Team Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon	TLX	97	Jason Bargwanna	1–4
Quin Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	NZST	91	Callum Quin	2
Brock Cooley Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon	NZST	111	Brock Cooley	1–4
Class Two
Team	Vehicle	Type	No.	Driver	Events
Jamie Conroy Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	16	Jamie Conroy	1–4
Brendon Murphy Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	TL	23	Brendon Murphy	1
Steve Taylor Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	33	Steve Taylor	1–2
Bronson Porter Racing	Holden VY Commodore	TL	40	Bronson Porter	1
Average Joe Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	46	Simon Fleming	1–4
Cheslea Herbert Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	62	Chelsea Herbert	1–4
Nick Farrier Motorsport	Ford BF Falcon	TL	63	Nick Farrier	1–4
Liam MacDonald Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	69	Liam MacDonald	1–4
Brad Lathrope Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	73	Brad Lathrope	1–4
Robert Wallace Racing	Ford BF Falcon	TL	77	Robert Wallace	1–2

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	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	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	13–15 January	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Liam MacDonald
3	R2	Mike Pero Motorsport Park	13–15 January		Jason Bargwanna	Jason Bargwanna	Liam MacDonald
4	R1	Teretonga Park	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	Circuit Chris Amon	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	11–12 March
	R2
	R3

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	PUK			TAU			RUA	TER	MAN	HAM	Pen.	Pts
Class One
1	Simon Evans	1	1	1	1	1	1						450
2	Tom Alexander	4	2	4	3	4	6						334
3	Lance Hughes	6	5	3	5	5	7						299
4	Sam Barry	3	Ret	2	4	3	4						295
5	Nick Ross	2	Ret	Ret	2	2	5						250
6	Brock Cooley	Ret	4	6	6	7	13						235
7	Jason Bargwanna	5	Ret	DNS	DNS	6	2						161
8	Callum Quin				7	11	3						141
9	John Midgley	8	DNS	DNS									42
Class Two
1	Liam MacDonald	13	6	7	9	13	8						414
2	Brad Lathrope	9	16	8	12	10	12						351
3	Jamie Conroy	19	11	11	10	9	9						341
4	Steve Taylor	12	7	10	16	16	DNS						277
4	Robert Wallace	15	15	15	13	15	11						277
6	Nick Farrier	10	10	18	Ret	14	10						263
7	Chelsea Herbert	14	8	13	14	18	Ret						245
8	Simon Fleming	18	13	12	17	Ret	DNS						166
9	Bronson Porter	16	9	14									138
10	Brendan Murphy	17	12	16									117
Pos	Driver	PUK			TAU			RUA	TER	MAN	HAM	Pen.	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

External links

New Zealand V8s Championship Series
New Zealand Touring Car Championship 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 New Zealand V8s 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013 2013–14 2014–15 NZ Touring Cars 2015–16 2016–17

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