2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship

The 2016–17 NZ Touring Cars Championship was the eighteenth season of the series, and the second under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprised three classes racing on the same grid. Class one featured both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars. Class two and three consisted of older NZV8 TL cars.

2016–17 NZ Touring Cars
Previous: 2015–16 Next: 2017–18

Simon Evans successfully defended the title with another dominant display throughout the championship, whilst Liam MacDonald won the Class Two category.

Entrants
Team Vehicle No. Driver Rounds
Class One
Team 4 Holden Commodore (VE) 1 Simon Evans All
Concept Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 007 Nick Ross All
Hamilton Motorsports Holden Commodore (VE) 11 Tom Alexander All
84 Lance Hughes All
John Midgley Racing Ford Falcon (FG) 19 John Midgley 1, 6
Richards Team Motorsport Toyota Camry (XV50) 71 Sam Barry All
Ford Falcon (FG) 97 Jason Bargwanna All
Quin Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) 91 Callum Quin 2, 5
Brock Cooley Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) 111 Brock Cooley All
Class Two
Jamie Conroy Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 16 Jamie Conroy All
Brendon Murphy Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 23 Brendon Murphy 1
Steve Taylor Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 33 Steve Taylor 1–2
Bronson Porter Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 40 Bronson Porter 1
Average Joe Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 46 Simon Fleming All
Cheslea Herbert Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 62 Chelsea Herbert All
Nick Farrier Motorsport Ford Falcon (BF) 63 Nick Farrier All
Liam MacDonald Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 69 Liam MacDonald All
Brad Lathrope Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 73 Brad Lathrope All
Robert Wallace Racing Ford Falcon (BF) 77 Robert Wallace 1–2, 5–6

Calendar

Round 1 will be held in support of the 2016 ITM Auckland SuperSprint while Round 5 will be in support of the 2017 New Zealand Grand Prix.

Rnd Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Class 1 Winner Class 2 Winner
2016
1 R1 Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region)		 4–6 November Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Brad Lathrope
R2 Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
R3 Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
2 R1 Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
(Taupo, Taupo District)		 10–11 December Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
R2 Simon Evans Simon Evans Jamie Conroy
R3 Jason Bargwanna Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
2017
3 R1 Mike Pero Motorsport Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury)		 13–15 January Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
R2 Jason Bargwanna Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald
4 R1 Teretonga Park
(Invercargill, Southland)		 21–22 January Simon Evans Simon Evans Nick Ross Liam MacDonald
R2 Simon Evans Jason Bargwanna Liam MacDonald
R3 Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
5 R1 Manfeild: Circuit Chris Amon
(Feilding, Manawatu District)		 11–12 February Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Brad Lathrope
R2 Simon Evans Simon Evans Jamie Conroy
R3 Simon Evans Sam Barry Liam MacDonald
6 R1 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park
(Hampton Downs, North Waikato)		 11–12 March Simon Evans Simon Evans Simon Evans Liam MacDonald
R2 Simon Evans Jason Bargwanna Nick Farrier
R3 Jason Bargwanna Simon Evans Jamie Conroy

Championship standings
Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts
Class One
1 Simon Evans 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1272
2 Tom Alexander 4 2 4 3 4 6 4 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 Ret 4 7 965
3 Jason Bargwanna 5 Ret DNS DNS 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 Ret DNS 2 1 2 848
4 Sam Barry 3 Ret 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 Ret 10 Ret 2 1 5 5 9 846
5 Lance Hughes 6 5 3 5 5 7 7 Ret 7 Ret 5 15 5 5 5 4 3 4 802
6 Nick Ross 2 Ret Ret 2 2 5 3 Ret DNS 1 2 9 2 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 670
7 Brock Cooley Ret 4 6 6 7 13 6 DNS DNS 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 8 Ret 646
8 Callum Quin 7 11 3 6 3 4 300
9 John Midgley 8 DNS DNS Ret Ret 3 42
Class Two
1 Liam MacDonald 13 6 7 9 13 8 8 5 5 7 7 4 15 10 8 9 12 8 1234
2 Brad Lathrope 9 16 8 12 10 12 11 6 8 8 11 8 8 8 9 Ret DNS DNS 911
3 Jamie Conroy 19 11 11 10 9 9 Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 5 DNS 7 11 14 10 6 858
4 Chelsea Herbert 14 8 13 14 18 Ret 12 9 10 10 12 13 9 11 Ret 13 11 10 814
5 Nick Farrier 10 10 18 Ret 14 10 10 Ret Ret 12 10 11 10 13 10 10 9 Ret 778
6 Simon Fleming 18 13 12 17 Ret DNS 13 7 11 9 13 14 11 Ret 13 12 13 11 721
7 Robert Wallace 15 15 15 13 15 11 12 9 Ret 11 Ret DNS 446
8 Justin Ashwell 9 8 9 11 9 7 344
9 Steve Taylor 12 7 10 16 16 DNS 322
10 Bronson Porter 16 9 14 138
11 Ian Clapperton Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 12 129
12 Brendan Murphy 17 12 16 117
Pos Driver PUK TAU RUA TER MAN HAM Pen. Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

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