2005 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 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.

Team	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
Auto Motion	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	5	Walter Grubmuller	1 - 3
			Andrew Higgins	4 - 6
		40	Mark Munro	1 - 5
Motorsport Talent	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	7	Ben Harford	All
Oakley Estates	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	8	Kim Crocker	All
Karcher Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	9	Matthew Hamilton	All
		10	Fiona Hamilton	All
Ken Smith Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	11	Ken Smith	All
Wynn's Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	20	Wade Cunningham	1 - 4, 6
Chris Pither Motorsport	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	22	Chris Pither	All
EPR	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	26	Tim Edgell	All
GVI	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	28	Brendon Hartley	All
Brent Collins Motorsport	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	44	Brent Collins	All
International Motorsport	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	47	Daniel Gaunt	All
Victory Motor Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	50	James Cressey	All
Spurdle Motorsport	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	76	Duane Spurdle	All
Ben Crighton Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	87	Ben Crighton	All
Knight Motorsport	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	97	Andy Knight	All

Calendar

Rnd		Date	Venue	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	January 8–9	Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru	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	January 15–16	Teretonga Park, Invercargill	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	January 22-23	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch
	R2
	R3
4	R1	February 19-20	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R2				Brendon Hartley	Brendon Hartley	GVI
	R3				Wade Cunningham	Brent Collins	Brent Collins Motorsport
5	R1	April 2-3	Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding	Andy Knight	Ben Harford	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2				Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3				Ben Harford	Ben Harford	Motorsport Talent
6	R1	April 16-17	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe	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 1 2 2 1 15 3 942 2 Andy Knight 11 4 5 3 1 2 904 3 Daniel Gaunt 4 3 4 12 3 1 874 4 Brendon Hartley 2 8 6 2 4 6 861 5 Chris Pither 12 1 10 5 2 5 782 6 Matthew Hamilton 5 5 1 10 12 9 755 7 Ben Harford 6 6 14 4 5 4 748 8 James Cressey 3 14 9 8 10 7 601 9 Wade Cunningham 7 7 3 7 14 589 10 Ben Crighton 9 10 12 6 6 13 563 11 Ken Smith 13 11 11 16 7 10 493 12 Tim Edgell 8 17 8 14 13 8 475 13 Kim Crocker 14 9 7 9 16 16 468 14 Fiona Hamilton 16 12 13 17 14 15 398 15 Duane Spurdle 15 15 16 13 8 11 367 16 Mark Munro 17 16 17 15 9 221 17 Andrew Higgins 11 11 12 220 18 Walter Grubmuller 10 13 15 200 Pos. Driver TIM TER RUA MAN MAN PUK 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

References

toyotaracing.co.nz