2005 Toyota Racing Series

2005 Toyota Racing Series

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2005–06

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 New Zealand Grand Prix - 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 have competed during the 2005 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Auto Motion	5	Walter Grubmuller	1–3
		Andrew Higgins	4–6
	40	Mark Munro	1–5
Motorsport Talent	7	Ben Harford	All
Oakley Estates	8	Kim Crocker	All
Karcher Racing	9	Matthew Hamilton	All
	10	Fiona Hamilton	All
Ken Smith Racing	11	Ken Smith	All
Wynn's Racing	20	Wade Cunningham	1–4, 6
Chris Pither Motorsport	22	Chris Pither	All
EPR	26	Tim Edgell	All
GVI	28	Brendon Hartley	All
Brent Collins Motorsport	44	Brent Collins	All
International Motorsport	47	Daniel Gaunt	All
Victory Motor Racing	50	James Cressey	All
Spurdle Motorsport	76	Duane Spurdle	All
Ben Crighton Racing	87	Ben Crighton	All
Knight Motorsport	97	Andy Knight	All

Calendar

Rnd		Venue	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway (Timaru, Canterbury)	8–9 January	Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
	R3				Andy Knight	James Cressey	Victory Motor Racing
2	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	15–16 January	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham	Wade Cunningham	Wynn's Racing
	R2				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
	R3				Brent Collins	Wade Cunningham	Wynn's Racing
3	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	22–23 January	Ben Harford	Matthew Hamilton	Matthew Hamilton	Karcher Racing
	R2				Matthew Hamilton	Matthew Hamilton	Karcher Racing
	R3				Brent Collins	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
4	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	19–20 February	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R3				Wade Cunningham	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
5	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	2–3 April	Andy Knight	Ben Harford	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2				Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Ben Harford	Ben Harford	Motorsport Talent
6	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	16–17 April	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2				Wade Cunningham	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport

Drivers' Standings

Pos. Driver TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUK Points 1 Brent Collins 2 1 2 11 1 1 5 3 1 6 3 1 DNS 9 8 3 5 942 2 Andy Knight Ret 10 5 7 2 10 4 4 6 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 904 3 Daniel Gaunt 3 6 3 3 10 3 10 2 3 4 14 DNS 3 2 5 2 1 874 4 Brendon Hartley 1 2 6 2 DNS 6 2 13 8 1 1 14 5 4 3 8 4 861 5 Chris Pither 8 8 Ret 4 3 2 7 16 10 8 5 3 2 3 4 4 6 782 6 Matthew Hamilton 5 3 8 6 4 7 1 1 2 7 DNS 4 DNS 8 7 10 8 755 7 Ben Harford 7 4 7 5 9 4 11 Ret 7 3 2 9 4 14 1 9 2 748 8 James Cressey 4 5 1 Ret Ret 12 8 8 9 16 6 6 DNS 7 6 7 7 601 9 Wade Cunningham 9 7 4 1 Ret 5 3 5 4 2 DNS 5 5 Ret 589 10 Ben Crighton 10 11 12 12 6 9 12 12 13 9 7 8 8 6 12 15 11 563 11 Ken Smith 6 Ret 10 8 8 8 14 9 12 11 10 Ret 10 12 10 11 10 493 12 Tim Edgell 13 9 9 DNS DNS 16 6 6 11 10 DNS 7 6 DNS 9 6 9 475 13 Kim Crocker 14 14 14 10 5 11 9 7 5 12 9 10 9 DNS DNS 14 Ret 468 14 Fiona Hamilton 15 15 15 13 7 17 13 15 15 DNS 13 12 13 13 13 16 14 398 15 Duane Spurdle 16 13 13 Ret DNS 13 15 14 Ret 14 12 13 12 10 11 12 13 367 16 Mark Munro 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 Ret 10 DNS 13 8 Ret 7 5 DNS Ret Ret 221 17 Andrew Higgins 15 11 11 11 11 14 13 12 220 18 Walter Grubmuller 11 12 11 9 Ret 15 DNS 11 14 200 Pos. Driver TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUK Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

toyotaracing.co.nz