2007–08 Toyota Racing Series

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

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