2006–07 Toyota Racing Series

The 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series was the third Toyota Racing Series season. It began on 4 November 2006 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand and ended on 22 April 2007, also at Pukekohe.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team No. Driver Rounds
International Motorsport 1 Daniel Gaunt All
97 Shane van Gisbergen All
Knight Motorsport 3 Andy Knight All
Motorsport Solutions 4 Andrew Higgins 3, 7
22 Michael Johnson 1
Auto Motion 5 Marc Doran 1–4
Dominic Storey 6
6 Jayant Singh 1–2
7 Ben Harford All
9 Nic Jordan 1–6
40 Mark Munro 3–6
44 Brent Collins 7
Ken Smith Motorsport 11 Ken Smith 1–2, 4–7
Wade Cunningham 3
Mark Petch Motorsport 16 Edoardo Piscopo 3
38 Hamad Al Fardan 1–3
55 Christina Orr All
Zenith Racing 20 Daynom Templeman All
Victory Motor Racing 28 Brendon Hartley
Nelson Hartley 3–7
44 Will Thomason 1–3
98 Mark Russ All
European Technique 42 Leanne Tander 4–6
47 Lucas Dumbrell 1–2
Barton Mawer 3–4
Tim Slade 7
ESWA Racing 45 Keeley Pudney 4–5
Matthew Hamilton 6–7
84 Ben Clucas 1–3
Chris van der Drift 71 Chris van der Drift
David Besnard 72 David Besnard 6
Team Meritus 78 Earl Bamber All
Ben Crighton Racing 87 Ben Crighton All

International Drivers

Nine drivers in all: USA's Michael Johnson, Italy's Edoardo Piscopo, Bahrain's Hamad Al Fardan, Britain's Ben Clucas and five Australian drivers.

Race calendar

Round Circuit Date Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region)
4 November
R2 5 November
R3
2 R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury)
25 November
R2 26 November
3 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Waikato)
20 January
R2 21 January
R3
4 R1 Manfeild Autocourse
(Feilding, Manawatū District)
17 February
R2 18 February
R3
5 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway
(Timaru, Canterbury)
3 March
R2 4 March
R3
6 R1 Teretonga Park
(Invercargill, Southland)
10 March
R2 11 March
R3
7 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region)
21 April
R2 22 April
R3

Race results

Round Venue Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R2 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R3 Shane van Gisbergen Ben Clucas ESWA Racing
2 R1 Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park Ben Clucas Andy Knight Hamad Al Fardan Mark Petch Motorsport
R2 Andy Knight Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
3 R1 Taupo Motorsport Park Shane van Gisbergen Ben Harford Ben Clucas ESWA Racing
R2 Ben Harford Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R3 Shane van Gisbergen Ben Harford Auto Motion
4 R1 Manfeild Autocourse Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen International Motorsport
R2 Andy Knight Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R3 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
5 R1 Timaru International Motor Raceway Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R2 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R3 Andy Knight Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
6 R1 Teretonga Park Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
R2 Andy Knight Ben Harford Auto Motion
R3 Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt International Motorsport
7 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway Shane van Gisbergen Shane van Gisbergen Andy Knight Knight Motorsport
R2 Andy Knight Shane van Gisbergen International Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos. Driver PUK1 RUA TAU MAN TIM TER PUK2 Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 Daniel Gaunt 1 1 5 4 2 2 1 14 3 3 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1448
2 Shane van Gisbergen 5 11 2 DNS 9 5 3 2 1 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 12 14 1 1120
3 Ben Harford 2 2 Ret 3 5 Ret 4 1 4 2 Ret Ret 3 5 2 1 14 3 Ret 1025
4 Andy Knight 3 13 4 5 1 4 19 4 2 1 Ret 1 8 2 5 15 13 1 2 1015
5 Christina Orr 7 4 14 10 11 16 12 8 5 6 Ret 4 9 11 12 12 6 6 7 750
6 Daynom Templeman 6 Ret 3 9 16 11 7 5 11 8 4 Ret 11 6 7 DNS 3 5 10 717
7 Earl Bamber 8 8 9 12 12 6 11 Ret 9 10 6 13 Ret 12 9 5 Ret 4 4 600
8 Nelson Hartley 8 9 10 6 7 3 11 4 7 11 8 8 7 8 566
9 Ben Clucas 4 14 1 2 4 1 17 Ret 554
10 Nic Jordan 13 5 11 8 10 10 6 Ret 7 13 8 3 Ret 4 Ret 10 5 541
11 Hamad Al Fardan 12 Ret DNS 1 3 3 2 Ret 530
12 Ken Smith 14 6 8 15 14 8 4 5 12 5 8 13 11 Ret 11 9 490
13 Mark Russ 15 10 7 7 6 13 10 11 13 17 Ret 7 Ret 15 14 13 9 9 6 489
14 Marc Doran 9 3 10 14 8 7 5 DNS 10 11 10 469
15 Ben Crighton 11 Ret Ret 11 13 18 18 13 14 14 9 9 10 9 15 14 11 15 DNS 240
16 Matthew Hamilton 3 3 2 12 5 236
17 Leanne Tander Ret 9 7 10 6 14 16 9 10 225
18 Jayant Singh 10 7 6 6 7 207
19 Mark Munro 17 16 Ret Ret 16 11 5 12 10 10 Ret 7 157
20 Dominic Storey 8 7 4 135
21 Andrew Higgins 15 13 7 10 12 127
22 Keeley Pudney 12 12 Ret 8 7 13 109
23 Barton Mawer 9 8 9 15 15 Ret 101
24 David Besnard 6 6 15 90
25 Edoardo Piscopo DSQ 15 3 78
26 Wade Cunningham 12 14 6 57
27 Will Thomason 18 Ret 13 13 15 14 Ret 12 43
28 Tim Slade 8 11 39
29 Michael Johnson 17 9 12 36
30 Lucas Dumbrell 16 12 15 16 Ret 14
31 Brendon Hartley 0
32 Brent Collins 13 13 0
33 Chris van der Drift 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Points
PUK1 RUA TAU MAN TIM TER PUK2

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