2007–08 Toyota Racing Series
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The 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series was the fourth running of the 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 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix
, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - one of only two races in the world with FIA approval to use the Grand Prix nomenclature outside Formula One.
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 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 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix
2008 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Manfeild Autocourse, near Feilding on 13 January 2008.It was the fifty third New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars...
, which was held as the third race of the Manfeild Autocourse round, - 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 are competing during the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series.Team | Car | Car # | Driver |
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Calendar
Round | Date | Location | Winner |
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Results
Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Points |
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1 | Andy Knight | 225 | 155 | 184 | 135 | 142 | 201 | 188 | 1230 |
2 | Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Earl Anderson Bamber is a motor racing driver and commentator from New Zealand.-Career:Bamber is a young rookie driver with a reputation for suffering from bouts of red mist but has demonstrated race driving talent when progressing through karts and minor single seater series, and in 2008 was... |
108 | 142 | 173 | 195 | 210 | 225 | 154 | 1207 |
3 | Ben Harford | 144 | 209 | 105 | 183 | 141 | 78 | 135 | 995 |
4 | Michael Burdett | 108 | 82 | 126 | 121 | 97 | 150 | 217 | 901 |
5 | Nic Jordan | 201 | 99 | 78 | 121 | 108 | 129 | 99 | 835 |
6 | Mitch Cunningham Mitch Cunningham Mitchell Cunningham , known as Mitch Cunningham, is a New Zealand racing driver. He is the younger brother of Indy Lights champion Wade Cunningham.... |
121 | 67 | 74 | 122 | 126 | 145 | 148 | 803 |
7 | Dominic Storey Dominic Storey Dominic Storey is a racing driver from New Zealand.-Formula BMW:After a karting career in his native New Zealand, Storey made his single–seater debut in 2006 in Formula BMW Asia, finishing the season fifth overall... |
129 | 103 | 114 | 105 | 42 | 163 | 136 | 792 |
8 | Christina Orr | 103 | 105 | 98 | 69 | 139 | 84 | 63 | 661 |
9 | Ken Smith | 112 | 82 | 78 | 64 | 108 | 106 | 102 | 652 |
10 | Hamish Cross | 114 | 69 | 111 | 117 | 77 | 69 | 69 | 626 |
11 | Nelson Hartley | 84 | 103 | 97 | 154 | 187 | 625 | ||
12 | Ben Crighton | 117 | 96 | 81 | 80 | 63 | 59 | 106 | 602 |
13 | Sam MacNeill | 148 | 106 | 116 | 101 | 110 | 581 | ||
14 | Nathan Antunes Nathan Antunes Nathan Antunes in Sydney, Australia is best known as an Australian race car driver. Educated at Trinity Grammar School in Sydney, he has raced in a variety of classes throughout the world.-Racing career:-Junior Karting:... |
36 | 84 | 106 | 103 | 90 | 103 | 42 | 564 |
15 | Matt Halliday Matt Halliday Matthew Halliday is a motor racing driver from New Zealand.-Formula Racing:His formula racing career has involved various single seater series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States... |
169 | 181 | 67 | 417 | ||||
16 | Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt, born 27 February 1985, in Auckland, is a New Zealand racing driver.-Formula Racing:After rising through the ranks of New Zealand Formula Ford, which included a third place finish in the 2002 New Zealand Grand Prix, Gaunt moved to Australia, competing in the Formula 4000 category and... |
96 | 142 | 238 | |||||
17 | Mark Munro | 111 | 103 | 214 | |||||
18 | Michael Pickens Michael Pickens Michael Pickens is a racecar driver from Birkenhead near Auckland, New Zealand. Michael is a part time auto racing driver part time auto electrician... |
76 | 42 | 74 | 192 | ||||
19 | Kristján Einar Kristján Einar Kristján Einar Kristjánsson is a racing driver.Kristján started kart racing at 14, the age when Icelandic law allows young drivers to start racing and training in karts.... |
72 | 52 | 50 | 174 | ||||
20 | Daynom Templeman | 106 | 64 | 170 | |||||
21 | M. Hamilton | 127 | 127 |