# 2016–17 Toyota Finance 86 Championship

The 2016–2017 Toyota Finance 86 Championship is the fourth running of the Toyota Finance 86 Championship. The championship began on 4 November 2016 at Pukekohe Park Raceway and will conclude on 12 March 2016 at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.

## Teams and drivers

All teams were New-Zealand registered.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| West City Motorsport | 1 | Ash Blewett | 1 |
| Penny Homes Racing | 3 | John Penny | 1–5 |
| Ascent Motorsport | 4 | Reid Harker | 1–5 |
| Eastpack | 5 | Michael Scott | 1–5 |
| TS Racing | 6 | Thomas Stokes | 1–5 |
| Matt Lockwood Racing | 7 | Matt Lockwood | 1–4 |
| Alex Sherie Racing | 9 | Connor Adam | 1–5 |
| Ken Smith Motor Racing | 11 | Miles Cockram | 1–5 |
| CareVets New Zealand | 17 | Jack Milligan | 1–5 |
| CareVets New Zealand | 18 | Ryan Yardley | 1–5 |
| Albany Toyota | 14 | Drew Ridge | 1–2 |
| Albany Toyota | 23 | Brody McConkey | 1–5 |
| Jacob Smith Racing | 27 | Jacob Smith | 1–5 |
| Ben MacDonald Racing | 35 | Ben MacDonald | 1–2 |
| Lighting Plus | 53 | Jaden Ransley | 1–5 |
| Lightfoot Motorsport | 96 | Mike Lightfoot | 1–4 |
| Neale Motorsport | 99 | Will Brown | 1 |
| Neale Motorsport | 99 | Martin Short | 2 |
| Neale Motorsport | 99 | Andy Knight | 3–4 |
| Neale Motorsport | 99 | Tom Alexander | 5 |

## Race calendar and results

All rounds are to be held in New Zealand. The round one in Pukekohe Park Raceway will be held in support of the V8 Supercars. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 are to be held with the Toyota Racing Series.
| Round | Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Round winner(s) |
| 2016 |||||||||
| 1 | R1 | 5 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Ash Blewett | Ryan Yardley | Ash Blewett | West City Motorsport | Ash Blewett |
| 1 | R2 | 6 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | | Will Brown | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Ash Blewett |
| 1 | R3 | 6 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Ash Blewett | Drew Ridge | Ash Blewett | West City Motorsport | Ash Blewett |
| 2 | R1 | 10 December | Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō | Reid Harker | Matt Lockwood | John Penny | Penny Homes Racing | Ryan Yardley |
| 2 | R2 | 11 December | Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō | | Reid Harker | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | Ryan Yardley |
| 2 | R3 | 11 December | Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Taupō | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | Ryan Yardley |
| 2017 |||||||||
| 3 | R1 | 14 January | Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
| 3 | R2 | 15 January | Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch | | Michael Scott | Matt Lockwood | Matt Lockwood Racing | Reid Harker |
| 3 | R3 | 15 January | Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
| 4 | R1 | 21 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Reid Harker | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | CareVets New Zealand | Ryan Yardley |
| 4 | R2 | 22 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | | Jacob Smith | Jack Milligan | CareVets New Zealand | Ryan Yardley |
| 4 | R3 | 22 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | Ryan Yardley | CareVets New Zealand | Ryan Yardley |
| 5 | R1 | 11 February | Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
| 5 | R2 | 12 February | Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding | | Reid Harker | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
| 5 | R3 | 12 February | Circuit Chris Amon, Feilding | Reid Harker | Michael Scott | Reid Harker | Ascent Motorsport | Reid Harker |
| 6 | R1 | 11 March | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | | | | | |
| 6 | R2 | 12 March | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | | | | | |
| 6 | R3 | 12 March | Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, Waikato | | | | | |

## 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

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
| Points | 75 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
| Pos. | Driver | PUK | PUK | PUK | BRU | BRU | BRU | RUA | RUA | RUA | TER | TER | TER | CCA | CCA | CCA | HAM | HAM | HAM | Points |
| 1 | Ryan Yardley | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | 744 |
| 2 | Reid Harker | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | | | | | | | 669 |
| 3 | Michael Scott | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 631 |
| 4 | Jack Milligan | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | | | | | | 550 |
| 5 | Brody McConkey | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | 513 |
| 6 | John Penny | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | 471 |
| 7 | Jacob Smith | Ret | DNS | DNS | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 467 |
| 8 | Matt Lockwood | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 8 | Ret | | | | | | | 463 |
| 9 | Connor Adam | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | 391 |
| 10 | Jaden Ransley | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | 356 |
| 11 | Miles Cockram | 13 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | 353 |
| 12 | Mike Lightfoot | Ret | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 297 |
| 13 | Tom Stokes | Ret | DNS | DNS | 13 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | 281 |
| 14 | Ash Blewett | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 217 |
| 15 | Drew Ridge | Ret | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 202 |
| 16 | Ben MacDonald | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 171 |
| 17 | Will Brown | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 158 |
| 18 | Andy Knight | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | 138 |
| 19 | Martin Short | | | | 5 | 10 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 82 |
| Pos. | Driver | PUK | PUK | PUK | BRU | BRU | BRU | RUA | RUA | RUA | TER | TER | TER | CCA | CCA | CCA | HAM | HAM | HAM | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |