2018 Toyota 86 Racing Series
The 2018 Toyota 86 Racing Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Toyota 86 cars.[1] The series began on 20 April at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on 25 November at Newcastle Street Circuit. It was the third running of the Toyota 86 Racing Series. Defending series winner, Jimmy Vernon elected not to defend his title, choosing to contest the 2018 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia instead.
2018 Toyota 86 Racing Series | |||
Previous: | 2017 | Next: | 2019 |
The series was won by Tim Brook.[2]
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers contested the series:
Entrant | No | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Gowans Racing | 2 | 1 | |
Sieders Racing Team | 3 | 1–5 | |
38 | 1–5 | ||
68 | 2–5 | ||
96 | 1–5 | ||
Gibson Racing | 5 | 1 | |
Adrenaline Industries | 5 | 2 | |
37 | 3, 5 | ||
Aussie Driver Search | 6 | 1–5 | |
33 | 1–5 | ||
67 | 5 | ||
71 | 3 | ||
5 | |||
76 | 5 | ||
Clintons Toyota | 7 | 1–5 | |
John Iafolla Racing | 8 | 1–5 | |
AISIN Products | 9 | 1–5 | |
Brema Group Racing | 11 | 1–5 | |
That English Bloke | 15 | 1–5 | |
Hinde Transport | 16 | 1–5 | |
Toyota Racing Australia | 17 | 2 | |
3 | |||
5 | |||
36 | 1 | ||
5 | |||
37 | 1 | ||
42 | 4 | ||
86 | 2 | ||
3 | |||
4 | |||
5 | |||
Hashtag Race Academy | 18 | 1 | |
3–4 | |||
George Gutierrez Motorsport | 19 | 1–5 | |
SLO-Mango Racing | 20 | 1, 4 | |
Tempest Solutions | 21 | 1, 3–5 | |
Samoilenko Racing | 23 | 1, 5 | |
M1 Racing | 24 | 1 | |
Hi-Tec Oils / CGR Performance | 27 | 1–5 | |
77 | 1 | ||
3 | |||
Muller M-Sport | 28 | 1 | |
Melbourne City Toyota | 29 | 1, 3–4 | |
Team RSG | 30 | 1–3, 5 | |
McLaren Real Estate Macarthur | 34 | 1–5 | |
MDR Motorsport | 35 | 1–3 | |
melbas.com.au | 37 | 4 | |
Auto Approve / Wilson Security | 48 | 1–5 | |
Reynolds Auctions | 55 | 1, 4–5 | |
McDonalds Townsville | 55 | 2 | |
Luff Motors Yass Toyota | 56 | 1–2, 5 | |
Cam Walton Racing | 60 | 1–5 | |
Pulse Racing | 74 | 1–3, 5 | |
International Motorsport | 78 | 3, 5 | |
Surelinc | 84 | 2–5 | |
Whitty Race Engineering | 90 | 1–5 | |
Autoware | 92 | 1–2 | |
Broc Feeney Racing | 93 | 1–2, 4 | |
Liam McAdam Motorsport | 97 | 1–5 | |
Hazard Solutions | 99 | 1–3, 5 | |
Declan Fraser Racing | 777 | 1–5 | |
Calendar
The calendar for the 2018 series was announced on the 3rd of November, 2017. The series began on 20 April at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on 25 November at Newcastle Street Circuit.[3]
Rnd | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | (Phillip Island, Victoria) |
20-22 April | Liam McAdam Motorsport | |||
R2 | Liam McAdam Motorsport | ||||||
R3 | Liam McAdam Motorsport | ||||||
2 | R1 | (Townsville, Queensland) |
6-8 July | McLaren Real Estate Mcarthur | |||
R2 | McLaren Real Estate Mcarthur | ||||||
R3 | McLaren Real Estate Mcarthur | ||||||
3 | R1 | (Tailem Bend, South Australia) |
24-26 August | That English Bloke | |||
R2 | Auto Approve / Wilson Security | ||||||
R3 | Broc Feeney Racing | ||||||
4 | R1 | (Melbourne, Victoria) |
14-16 September | McLaren Real Estate Mcarthur | |||
R2 | Broc Feeney Racing | ||||||
R3 | Aussie Driver Search | ||||||
5 | R1 | (Bathurst, New South Wales) |
4-7 October | Race cancelled due to first-lap crash | |||
R2 | Aussie Driver Search | ||||||
R3 | McLaren Real Estate Mcarthur | ||||||
6 | R1 | (Newcastle, New South Wales) |
23-25 November | ||||
R2 | |||||||
R3 | |||||||
Series standings
The series was won by Tim Brook.[2]
References
- 2018 Toyota 86 Racing Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- Toyota 86 Racing Series - 2018 Season - Races + Standings, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- "Expanded Toyota 86 Series calendar in 2018, www.speedcafe.com". Retrieved 7 October 2018.