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2007–08 Toyota Racing Series

Motor racing competition

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.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed during the 2007–08 Toyota Racing Series. All teams were New Zealand-registered.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
International Motorsport	1	NZL Earl Bamber	All
2	NZL Mitch Cunningham	All
27	NZL Daniel Gaunt	2–3
Triple X Motorsport	3	NZL Matt Halliday	2–4
44	ISL Kristján Einar	2–4
Knight Motorsport	5	NZL Andy Knight	All
19	NZL Sam MacNeill	1, 5–7
NZL Michael Pickens	2–4
Scorpion Racing	6	NZL Hamish Cross	All
AUS Jason Bargwanna	NC
NZ Motorsport Trust	7	NZL Ben Harford	All
Motorsport Solutions	9	NZL Nic Jordan	All
74	NZL Michael Burdett	All
89	NZL John Whelan	NC
Ken Smith Motorsport	10	NZL Dominic Storey	All
11	NZL Ken Smith	All
Prviateer	20	NZL Daynom Templeman	3–4
Victory Motor Racing	28	NZL Nelson Hartley	1–5
D. J. Hewitt	40	NZL Matthew Hamilton	2
NZL Mark Munro	6–7
European Technique	47	AUS Nathan Antunes	All
Evans European	48	AUS Andrew Waite	NC
Mark Petch Motorsport	55	NZL Christina Orr	All
Ben Crighton Motorsport	87	NZL Ben Crighton	All

Calendar

Round	Venue	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
Pukekohe Park Raceway
(Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	2-4 November	NZL Andy Knight	NZL Andy Knight	NZL Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
NZL Andy Knight	NZL Nic Jordan	NZL Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park
(Christchurch, Canterbury Region)	4-6 January			NZL Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
		NZL Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
		NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
Manfeild Autocourse
(Feilding, Manawatū District)	11-13 January	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Matt Halliday	NZL Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	NZL Nelson Hartley	NZL Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
Taupō Motorsport Park
(Taupō, Taupō District)	18-20 January	NZL Ben Harford	NZL Matt Halliday	NZL Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	NZL Michael Burdett	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	NZL Dominic Storey	NZL Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
Manfeild Autocourse
(Feilding, Manawatū District)	15-17 February	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Nelson Hartley	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	NZL Andy Knight	NZL Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
Timaru International Motor Raceway
(Timaru, Canterbury Region)	29 February-2 March	NZL Andy Knight	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	NZL Ben Harford	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
Teretonga Park
(Invercargill, Southland)	7-9 March	NZL Michael Burdett	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	NZL Ben Harford	NZL Ben Harford	NZ Motorsport Trust
	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
Hamilton Street Circuit
(Hamilton, Waikato District)	18-20 April	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Andrew Waite	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport
	NZL Earl Bamber	NZL Earl Bamber	International Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	PUK	RUA	MAN1	TAU	MAN2	TIM	TER	HAM	Points	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1
NZL Andy Knight	1	1	1	3	1	16	3	5	1	6	3	11	2	1	Ret	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	4
NZL Earl Bamber	13	4	12	2	Ret	1	5	1	5	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	6	5	3	1	1
NZL Ben Harford	3	14	3	1	2	2	Ret	6	3	1	10	1	6	7	9	7	9	Ret	3	1	Ret
NZL Michael Burdett	10	13	5	12	Ret	4	10	4	8	4	2	Ret	11	12	7	11	3	3	1	2	1	9	12
NZL Nic Jordan	2	2	2	17	9	6	6	10	Ret	11	5	7	10	10	6	6	6	8	8	3	Ret	5	2
NZL Mitch Cunningham	12	3	10	6	Ret	15	15	14	12	13	7	4	4	9	10	5	4	7	4	6	5	2	Ret
NZL Dominic Storey	11	6	4	7	6	18	14	9	4	5	9	16	7	Ret	Ret	3	5	4	5	7	6
NZL Christina Orr	8	12	9	11	7	10	11	13	7	9	Ret	10	5	6	5	14	11	11	11	Ret	10	8	8
NZL Ken Smith	5	10	11	13	11	13	16	12	11	16	15	15	8	8	11	8	8	12	10	10	9	Ret	11
NZL Hamish Cross	9	8	8	10	Ret	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	12	DNS	4	9	Ret	10	DNS	8	11
NZL Nelson Hartley	7	7	Ret	9	5	17	2	11	Ret	7	6	2	3	2	3
NZL Ben Crighton	6	11	7	14	10	8	12	16	10	15	11	12	Ret	11	8	13	10	Ret	12	9	7	7	7
NZL Sam MacNeill	4	5	6							10	12	6	DNS	5	2	12	12	6	13	11	4	Ret	5
AUS Nathan Antunes	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	4	11	7	7	15	Ret	4	5	9	4	Ret	4	Ret	5	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	3
NZL Matt Halliday				5	3	3	4	3	2	2	Ret	Ret
NZL Daniel Gaunt				4	Ret	7	1	2	Ret
NZL Mark Munro																10	7	9	9	12	8	Ret	9
NZL Michael Pickens				16	12	12	DNS	17	14	14	13	14
ISL Kristján Einar				15	13	14	13	Ret	13	Ret	14	13
NZL Daynom Templeman							8	15	6	12	Ret	9										4	Ret
NZL Matthew Hamilton				8	8	5
NZL Andrew Waite																						6	6
AUS Jason Bargwanna																						Ret	10
NZL John Whelan																						Ret	Ret

References

toyotaracing.co.nz

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