2008–09 Toyota Racing Series

The 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series was the fifth 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 2009 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.

Mitch Cunningham won the championship by over 100 points ahead of Sam MacNeill and Michael Burdett; finishing as the round winner in three of the six meetings.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are competing during the 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series. All drivers compete in Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
European Technique	1	Andy Knight	4
	5	Scott Pye	All
	47	Nathan Antunes	1–3
	50	Adderly Fong	2–3
Earl Bamber Racing	2	Earl Bamber	4
Giles Motorsport	8	Will Stevens	2–4
	9	Daniel Jilesen	All
	14	Keeley Pudney	1–5
	28	William Buller	2–4
	32	Mitch Cunningham	All
Ken Smith Motorsport	11	Ken Smith	5–6
Motorsport Solutions	19	Sam MacNeill	All
	69	Alastair Wootten	All
	74	Michael Burdett	All
	89	John Whelan	All
John McIntyre Racing	25	John McIntyre	4
Triple X Motorsport	47	Daniel Gaunt	5
Andrew Waite	48	Andrew Waite	4–5
TRS Lites Entries
Mitch Evans	4	Mitch Evans
Chris Cox	12	Chris Cox

Calendar

Round		Date	Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2008
1	R1	28–30 November	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park	Scott Pye	Mitch Cunningham	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	R2				Nathan Antunes	Nathan Antunes	European Technique
	R3				Scott Pye	Scott Pye	European Technique
2009
2	R1	9-11 January	Timaru International Motor Raceway	Scott Pye	Michael Burdett	William Buller	Giles Motorsport
	R2				Scott Pye	Scott Pye	European Technique
	R3				Scott Pye	Scott Pye	European Technique
3	R1	16-18 January	Teretonga Park	Mitch Cunningham	Nathan Antunes	Nathan Antunes	European Technique
	R2				Scott Pye	Mitch Cunningham	Giles Motorsport
	R3				William Buller	William Buller	Giles Motorsport
4	R1	23-25 January	Manfeild Autocourse	Mitch Cunningham	Sam McNeill	Mitch Cunningham	Giles Motorsport
	R2				William Buller	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	R3				Michael Burdett	Mitch Cunningham	Giles Motorsport
5	R1	27 February-1 March	Manfeild Autocourse	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber Racing
	R2				Earl Bamber	Daniel Gaunt	Triple X Motorsport
	R3				Earl Bamber	Daniel Gaunt	Triple X Motorsport
6	R1	13-15 March	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Mitch Cunningham	Mitch Cunningham	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	R2				Mitch Cunningham	Michael Burdett	Motorsport Solutions
	R3				Mitch Cunningham	Mitch Cunningham	Giles Motorsport
NC	R1	17-19 April	Hamilton Street Circuit	Richie Stanaway	Richie Stanaway	Richie Stanaway	Giles Motorsport
	R2				Nathan Antunes	Richie Stanaway	Giles Motorsport

• NC – The Hamilton event is not part of the Toyota Racing Series Championship.

Results

Pos.	Driver	RUA	TIM	TER	TAU	MAN	PUK	Points
1	Mitch Cunningham	188	181	209	225	126	181	1110
2	Sam MacNeill	162	147	157	163	166	194	989
3	Scott Pye	142	204	180	120	91	158	895
4	Michael Burdett	114	159	117	180	159	150	879
5	Daniel Jilesen	148	120	148	127	39	150	732
6	Alastair Wootten	90	114	95	81	136	157	673
7	John Whelan	129	111	99	114	96	45	594
8	Keeley Pudney	133	99	88	58	124		502
9	Will Stevens		166	142	183			491
10	William Buller		170	159	138			467
11	Nathan Antunes	184	87	120				391
12	Earl Bamber					209		209
13	Adderly Fong		88	102				190
14	Andrew Waite				85	81		166
15	Daniel Gaunt					150		150
16	Ken Smith					87	42	129
17	John McIntyre				111			111
18	Andy Knight				89			89
Pos.	Driver	RUA	TIM	TER	TAU	MAN	PUK	Points

External links

• Official website of the Toyota Racing Series