2005 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 New Zealand Grand Prix - 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 have competed during the 2005 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Auto Motion 5 Walter Grubmuller 1–3
Andrew Higgins 4–6
40 Mark Munro 1–5
Motorsport Talent 7 Ben Harford All
Oakley Estates 8 Kim Crocker All
Karcher Racing 9 Matthew Hamilton All
10 Fiona Hamilton All
Ken Smith Racing 11 Ken Smith All
Wynn's Racing 20 Wade Cunningham 1–4, 6
Chris Pither Motorsport 22 Chris Pither All
EPR 26 Tim Edgell All
GVI 28 Brendon Hartley All
Brent Collins Motorsport 44 Brent Collins All
International Motorsport 47 Daniel Gaunt All
Victory Motor Racing 50 James Cressey All
Spurdle Motorsport 76 Duane Spurdle All
Ben Crighton Racing 87 Ben Crighton All
Knight Motorsport 97 Andy Knight All

Calendar

Rnd Venue Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway
(Timaru, Canterbury) 		8–9 January Brent Collins Brent Collins Brendon Hartley GVI
R2 Brent Collins Brent Collins Brent Collins Motorsport
R3 Andy Knight James Cressey Victory Motor Racing
2 R1 Teretonga Park
(Invercargill, Southland) 		15–16 January Wade Cunningham Wade Cunningham Wade Cunningham Wynn's Racing
R2 Brent Collins Brent Collins Brent Collins Motorsport
R3 Brent Collins Wade Cunningham Wynn's Racing
3 R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury) 		22–23 January Ben Harford Matthew Hamilton Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
R2 Matthew Hamilton Matthew Hamilton Karcher Racing
R3 Brent Collins Brent Collins Brent Collins Motorsport
4 R1 Manfeild Autocourse
(Feilding, Manawatū District) 		19–20 February Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley GVI
R2 Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley GVI
R3 Wade Cunningham Brent Collins Brent Collins Motorsport
5 R1 Manfeild Autocourse
(Feilding, Manawatū District) 		2–3 April Andy Knight Ben Harford Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R2 Daniel Gaunt Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R3 Ben Harford Ben Harford Motorsport Talent
6 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region) 		16–17 April Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R2 Wade Cunningham Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport

Drivers' Standings

Pos Driver TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUK Points
1 Brent Collins 2 1 2 11 1 1 5 3 1 6 3 1 DNS 9 8 3 5 942
2 Andy Knight Ret 10 5 7 2 10 4 4 6 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 904
3 Daniel Gaunt 3 6 3 3 10 3 10 2 3 4 14 DNS 3 2 5 2 1 874
4 Brendon Hartley 1 2 6 2 DNS 6 2 13 8 1 1 14 5 4 3 8 4 861
5 Chris Pither 8 8 Ret 4 3 2 7 16 10 8 5 3 2 3 4 4 6 782
6 Matthew Hamilton 5 3 8 6 4 7 1 1 2 7 DNS 4 DNS 8 7 10 8 755
7 Ben Harford 7 4 7 5 9 4 11 Ret 7 3 2 9 4 14 1 9 2 748
8 James Cressey 4 5 1 Ret Ret 12 8 8 9 16 6 6 DNS 7 6 7 7 601
9 Wade Cunningham 9 7 4 1 Ret 5 3 5 4 2 DNS 5 5 Ret 589
10 Ben Crighton 10 11 12 12 6 9 12 12 13 9 7 8 8 6 12 15 11 563
11 Ken Smith 6 Ret 10 8 8 8 14 9 12 11 10 Ret 10 12 10 11 10 493
12 Tim Edgell 13 9 9 DNS DNS 16 6 6 11 10 DNS 7 6 DNS 9 6 9 475
13 Kim Crocker 14 14 14 10 5 11 9 7 5 12 9 10 9 DNS DNS 14 Ret 468
14 Fiona Hamilton 15 15 15 13 7 17 13 15 15 DNS 13 12 13 13 13 16 14 398
15 Duane Spurdle 16 13 13 Ret DNS 13 15 14 Ret 14 12 13 12 10 11 12 13 367
16 Mark Munro 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 Ret 10 DNS 13 8 Ret 7 5 DNS Ret Ret 221
17 Andrew Higgins 15 11 11 11 11 14 13 12 220
18 Walter Grubmuller 11 12 11 9 Ret 15 DNS 11 14 200
Pos. Driver TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUK Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

toyotaracing.co.nz

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