2007–08 Toyota Racing Series
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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
[edit ]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 | New Zealand Earl Bamber | All |
| 2 | New Zealand Mitch Cunningham | All | |
| 27 | New Zealand Daniel Gaunt | 2–3 | |
| Triple X Motorsport | 3 | New Zealand Matt Halliday | 2–4 |
| 44 | Iceland Kristján Einar | 2–4 | |
| Knight Motorsport | 5 | New Zealand Andy Knight | All |
| 19 | New Zealand Sam MacNeill | 1, 5–7 | |
| New Zealand Michael Pickens | 2–4 | ||
| Scorpion Racing | 6 | New Zealand Hamish Cross | All |
| Australia Jason Bargwanna | NC | ||
| NZ Motorsport Trust | 7 | New Zealand Ben Harford | All |
| Motorsport Solutions | 9 | New Zealand Nic Jordan | All |
| 74 | New Zealand Michael Burdett | All | |
| 89 | New Zealand John Whelan | NC | |
| Ken Smith Motorsport | 10 | New Zealand Dominic Storey | All |
| 11 | New Zealand Ken Smith | All | |
| Prviateer | 20 | New Zealand Daynom Templeman | 3–4 |
| Victory Motor Racing | 28 | New Zealand Nelson Hartley | 1–5 |
| D. J. Hewitt | 40 | New Zealand Matthew Hamilton | 2 |
| New Zealand Mark Munro | 6–7 | ||
| European Technique | 47 | Australia Nathan Antunes | All |
| Evans European | 48 | Australia Andrew Waite | NC |
| Mark Petch Motorsport | 55 | New Zealand Christina Orr | All |
| Ben Crighton Motorsport | 87 | New Zealand Ben Crighton | All |
Calendar
[edit ]Championship standings
[edit ]| 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand Nelson Hartley | 7 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 11 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 625 | ||||||||
| 12 | New Zealand 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 | New Zealand Sam MacNeill | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | DNS | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 581 | ||||||
| 14 | Australia 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 | New Zealand Matt Halliday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 417 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | New Zealand Daniel Gaunt | 4 | Ret | 7 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 238 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | New Zealand Mark Munro | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 214 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | New Zealand Michael Pickens | 16 | 12 | 12 | DNS | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 192 | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | Iceland Kristján Einar | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 174 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | New Zealand Daynom Templeman | 8 | 15 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 4 | Ret | 170 | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | New Zealand Matthew Hamilton | 8 | 8 | 5 | 127 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| - | New Zealand Andrew Waite | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Australia Jason Bargwanna | Ret | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - | New Zealand 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 | ||||||||||||||||||