2014–15 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

The 2014–2015 Toyota Finance 86 Championship was the second running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 27 September 2014 at Taupo Motorsport Park and ended on 1 March 2015 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park after eighteen races held at six meetings.^[1]

The championship was won by Ken Smith Motor Racing driver Tom Alexander, after a run of six successive wins – four overall wins plus two class wins, behind the non-scoring Nick Cassidy (Neale Motorsport) at Manfeild – at Teretonga, Manfeild and Hampton Downs. Alexander won the championship by 66 points ahead of defending champion Jamie McNee, who won races at Taupo, Pukekohe and Hampton Downs for ETEC Motorsport. Ash Blewett finished in third place in the series, 52 points in arrears of McNee and 118 of Alexander. He won four races over the course of the season, including a double at Pukekohe. The other drivers to win races were Marcus Armstrong, who won races at each of the first three race meetings, Matt Gibson won the opening race at Taupo, en route to fifth in the championship, while Cassidy won a third race at Teretonga, the only round in which he was eligible for championship points.

Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds ETEC Motorsport 1 Jamie McNee E All 96 Luis Leeds 3 Neale Motorsport 002 Rick Armstrong 3 Nick Cassidy 5 Reid Harker 6 9 Marcus Armstrong 1–3 Nick Cassidy 4 Rick Armstrong 5 Neil Allport Motorsports 8 Neil Allport 1–5 Ken Smith Motor Racing 11 Tom Alexander E All West City Motorsport 15 Bruce Thomlinson 1–2, 6 66 Ash Blewett A All Richards Team Motorsport 58 Cory Holmes 1–2 Matt Gibson Motorsport 88 Matt Gibson A All Quin Motorsport NZ 91 Callum Quin A All

Icon Class E Elite A Amateur

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in New Zealand. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 were held with the Toyota Racing Series.^[1]

Round		Date	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner(s)
2014
1	R1	27 September	Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupo	Matt Gibson	Ash Blewett	Matt Gibson	Matt Gibson Motorsport	Jamie McNee Ash Blewett
	R2	28 September			Matt Gibson	Jamie McNee	Etec Motorsport
	R3				Matt Gibson	Marcus Armstrong	Neale Motorsport
2	R1	29 November	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport	Ash Blewett
	R2	30 November			Tom Alexander	Jamie McNee	Etec Motorsport
	R3				Tom Alexander	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport
2015
3	R1	17 January	Ruapuna Park, Christchurch	Marcus Armstrong	Tom Alexander	Marcus Armstrong	Neale Motorsport	Marcus Armstrong
	R2	18 January			Ash Blewett	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport
	R3				Marcus Armstrong	Marcus Armstrong	Neale Motorsport
4	R1	24 January	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Nick Cassidy	Neale Motorsport	Tom Alexander
	R2	25 January			Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
	R3				Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
5	R1	14 February	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Tom Alexander	Nick Cassidy	Nick Cassidy	Neale Motorsport	Nick Cassidy
	R2	15 February			Tom Alexander	Nick Cassidy	Neale Motorsport
	R3				Nick Cassidy	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing
6	R1	28 February	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato	Tom Alexander	Tom Alexander	Tom Alexander	Ken Smith Motor Racing	Jamie McNee
	R2	1 March			Ash Blewett	Jamie McNee	ETEC Motorsport
	R3				Tom Alexander	Ash Blewett	West City Motorsport

Championship standings

In order for a driver to score championship points, they had to complete at least 75% of the race winner's distance, and be running at the finish. All races counted towards the final championship standings.

Scoring system

Pos. Driver TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HMP Points 1 Tom Alexander (E) 4 5 7 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 1162 2 Jamie McNee (E) 2 1 6 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 5 5 5 2 1 3 1096 3 Ash Blewett (A) 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 1 DNS 5 6 3 4 4 3 7 3 1 1044 4 Callum Quin (A) 5 4 3 5 6 6 9 5 Ret 6 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 910 5 Matt Gibson (A) 1 2 Ret 8 7 5 5 6 4 3 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 857 6 Neil Allport 7 7 5 7 9 8 7 Ret 6 7 5 7 8 8 8 596 7 Marcus Armstrong 9 6 1 DNS 5 3 1 2 1 482 8 Bruce Thomlinson 8 9 4 6 8 9 6 7 7 378 9 Rick Armstrong 6 8 7 7 7 7 261 10 Cory Holmes 6 8 Ret 4 4 7 234 11 Nick Cassidy 1 3 2 1 1 2 202 12 Reid Harker 4 5 4 157 13 Luis Leeds 8 7 5 130 Pos. Driver TAU PUK RUA TER MAN HMP Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap (E) – Elite (A) – Amateur

References

External links

• Official website of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship