2005–06 Toyota Racing Series

The 2005–06 Toyota Racing Series was the second Toyota Racing Series season. It began on November 4, 2005 at Pukekohe and ended on Sunday, April 23, 2006, also at Pukekohe.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2005–06 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Brent Collins Motorsport 1 Brent Collins 5
Motorsport Solutions 4 Andrew Higgins All
Auto Motion 5 Marc Doran All
40 Mark Munro All
Jayant Singh Motorsport 6 Jayant Singh All
Cobra Vehicle Security 7 Ben Harford All
Karcher Racing 9 Matthew Hamilton 1–6, 8
Ken Smith Racing 11 Ken Smith All
Victory Motorsport 15 Marc Williams All
28 Brendon Hartley 3–6
Lancer Racing 18 Andrew Reeves 1–2
Spurdle Motorsport 76 Duane Spurdle All
Kiwi American Racing 20 Daynom Templeman All
Mark Petch Motorsport 22 Jay Howard 1, 3
Steffen Møller 2
55 Christina Orr All
Mark Russ 28 Mark Russ 7–8
Team Meritus 38 Hamad Al Fardan 1–5
International Motorsport 47 Daniel Gaunt All
48 Dale Williams All
70 Chris van der Drift 3
Victory Motor Racing 50 Nelson Hartley 4
James Cressey
Shannon O'Brien 5
Will Thomason 6–8
ESWA Racing 66 Hamish Cross All
84 Ben Clucas 8
Ben Crighton Racing 87 Ben Crighton All
Knight Motorsport 97 Andy Knight All

International Drivers

The 2005/2006 Toyota Racing Series featured four overseas drivers. Two British drivers (Jay Howard, Ben Clucas), Stefen Møller from Denmark and Hamad Al Fardan from Bahrain.

Calendar

Round Date Venue Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
2005
1 R1 November 4–6 Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe Daniel Gaunt Matthew Hamilton Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
R2 Daniel Gaunt Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
R3 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
2 R1 November 25–27 Ruapuna Park, Christchurch Matthew Hamilton Marc Doran Steffen Møller Mark Petch Motorsport
R2 Andy Knight Steffen Møller Mark Petch Motorsport
R3 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
2006
3 R1 January 13–15 Teretonga Park, Invercargill Jay Howard Jay Howard Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R2 Jay Howard Jay Howard Mark Petch Motorsport
R3 Andy Knight Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus
4 R1 January 20–23 Timaru Raceway, Timaru Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R2 Ben Harford Ben Harford Cobra Vehicle Security
R3 Ben Harford Ben Harford Cobra Vehicle Security
5 R1 January 27–29 Ruapuna Park, Christchurch Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
R2 Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
R3 Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
6 R1 February 17–19 Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R2 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R3 Daniel Gaunt Brendon Hartley Victory Motor Racing
7 R1 March 17–19 Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R2 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R3 Ben Harford Ben Harford Cobra Vehicle Security
8 R1 April 21–23 Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R2 Ben Clucas Ben Clucas ESWA Racing

*International Series
**V8 Supercar support race.

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver PUK1 RUA1 TER TIM RUA2 MAN TAU PUK2 Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Daniel Gaunt 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 6 5 4 3 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 4 1491
2 Ben Harford 2 11 3 16 16 4 3 2 13 9 1 1 4 5 10 12 2 Ret 14 4 1 Ret 5 11 1012
3 Andy Knight Ret 6 10 Ret 3 6 1 5 DSQ 6 16 4 2 2 Ret 3 4 2 1 3 Ret 2 3 18 943
4 Marc Doran 8 9 5 3 5 5 8 18 5 8 8 5 16 10 11 Ret 12 3 8 6 4 5 6 6 913
5 Matthew Hamilton 1 1 12 13 4 DNS 4 9 7 3 17 2 1 1 1 Ret 6 8 Ret 12 8 883
6 Dale Williams 10 10 7 14 8 7 7 6 14 4 5 9 Ret 8 Ret 8 9 Ret 4 7 5 14 4 3 806
7 Christina Orr 8 8 6 4 Ret 14 12 16 11 14 11 11 12 15 7 4 7 9 5 2 Ret 11 15 14 759
8 Brendon Hartley 5 4 3 2 3 3 6 3 4 2 3 1 711
9 Daynom Templeman 5 5 4 11 7 3 11 17 4 Ret DNS Ret 8 19 Ret 6 5 Ret 7 13 Ret 4 8 5 679
10 Hamish Cross 11 Ret 16 10 Ret Ret 15 13 12 12 6 17 9 12 Ret Ret 11 12 9 5 3 6 7 2 629
11 Andrew Higgins 12 14 11 6 17 Ret 10 12 9 Ret 12 13 Ret 11 6 9 Ret 7 11 10 7 9 19 17 610
12 Ben Crighton 16 16 Ret Ret 10 9 14 11 6 Ret 14 15 13 16 Ret 5 13 6 10 11 6 12 10 7 598
13 Hamad Al Fardan 6 4 Ret 9 11 2 6 10 1 5 15 7 3 6 DNS 593
14 Duane Spurdle 15 15 13 8 Ret 11 13 8 10 11 7 10 Ret 18 5 DNS Ret 11 13 12 8 10 11 12 591
15 Mark Munro 7 7 17 7 6 10 DNS 10 Ret 7 4 DNS Ret 9 Ret 11 8 13 6 15 Ret DNS 17 15 547
16 Marc Williams 14 12 9 5 14 8 19 7 8 15 13 14 10 14 DSQ 10 14 DNS Ret 8 Ret DNS 16 10 543
17 Ken Smith 13 13 8 15 9 Ret 17 DNS DNS 13 9 12 14 13 DSQ 7 10 5 Ret Ret DNS 8 14 9 496
18 Jayant Singh Ret 17 14 Ret 12 12 16 14 Ret Ret Ret 16 15 17 8 Ret 15 10 DNS 14 Ret DNS 18 DNS 320
19 Jay Howard 3 3 2 18 1 Ret 278
20 Brent Collins 7 7 2 151
21 Steffen Møller 1 1 Ret 150
22 Ben Clucas 3 1 1 135
23 Mark Russ 3 Ret Ret 7 9 13 128
24 Andrew Reeves 17 18 15 12 13 Ret 110
25 Will Thomason Ret Ret Ret 12 9 Ret 13 13 16 110
26 Nelson Hartley 10 10 8 105
27 Shannon O'Brien 11 Ret 9 66
28 Chris van der Drift 9 15 Ret 58
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 R3 Points
PUK1 RUA1 TER TIM RUA2 MAN TAU PUK2

References

toyotaracing.co.nz