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Old 27 Nov 2008, 08:50 (Ref:2342624)   #1
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Toyota Racing Series 2009

The season starts tomorrow, which is great. This series produces great racing, which has a field of young kiwi and aus drivers, also now attracting European and Asian drivers. I only really watch it because of one of the drivers, but it's still great to watch!

For 2009 there are some new drivers in the field and also some from 2008 doing another season. Will be a good season for sure.

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Old 27 Nov 2008, 10:00 (Ref:2342655)   #2
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Was a really competitive series a few years ago when I was there, but heard last year was a little less well supported. Fantastic opportunity for European drivers to get some great off season experience. Good condensed series with lots of competetive racing within a short time. Are they still running an international series within it?
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Old 27 Nov 2008, 10:06 (Ref:2342658)   #3
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Was a really competitive series a few years ago when I was there, but heard last year was a little less well supported. Fantastic opportunity for European drivers to get some great off season experience. Good condensed series with lots of competetive racing within a short time. Are they still running an international series within it?

Yeah i think there is still the international series. Cheak it out here: www.toyotaracing.co.nz
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Old 29 Nov 2008, 01:10 (Ref:2343636)   #4
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Scott Pye dominated practice and qualifying 1, and Nathan Antunes did the fastest time of the weekend to grab pole for qualifying 2. more results to follow. It's a shame only 7 or 8 cars for round 1, hopefully more will come down for round 2.
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Old 29 Nov 2008, 05:45 (Ref:2343687)   #5
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Race 1 was very tight, the top 3 all seperated by 0.1 to the flag, michael burdett won race 1, with scott pye 2nd and nathan antunes 3rd.

race 2 and 3 will start tomorrow.
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Old 30 Nov 2008, 00:34 (Ref:2344054)   #6
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pity only 9 cars are entered. saw there was 14 in formula ford - is nz big enough for both?
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i reckon their will be quite alot more for round 2, because i believe round 1 has had problems for which track would be for round 1. but never mind.

race 2 is taken by Nathan Antunes. This is Nathan's first TRS win. He has won by 7.3 over mitch Cunningham. There was also a safetycar during the race, but Nathan Antunes was to fast for everyone. http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1018937

Race 3 will be a rippa with Scott Pye on pole with Nathan Antunes starting 2nd.
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Two years ago at the A1GP Taupo support race I remember there were between 15-20 entries for TRS. Is the economic gloom hitting this series hard?
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Points after Round 1...

1. Mitch Cunningham - 188
2. Nathan Antunes - 184
3. Sam MacNeill - 162
4. Daniel Jilesen - 148
5. Scott Pye - 142
6. Keeley Pudney - 133
7. John Whelan - 129
8. Michael Burdett - 114
9. Alastair Wootten - 90
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After that start to the season, Nathan Antunes might continue... He was only confirmed for round 1 though.
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Michael Pickens

Chucked in the deep end last year, won on the ovals in ASA sedans over winter in the US, any info for 08?
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Old 11 Jan 2009, 08:04 (Ref:2369200)   #12
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After that start to the season, Nathan Antunes might continue... He was only confirmed for round 1 though.
Isnt there for round 2 - 10 cars entered with Scott Pye on pole again...

2 British drivers entered - William Stevens & William Buller, any info on them
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Sorry, Antunes was racing, just didnt qualify in q2...

Scott Pye got the round win from Mitch Cunningham & William Buller...

Points after 2 rounds...

1. Mitch Cunningham - 369
2. Scott Pye - 346
3. Sam MacNeill - 309
4. Michael Burdett - 273
5. Nathan Antunes - 271
6. Daniel Jilesen - 268
7. John Whelan - 240
8. Keeley Pudney - 232
9. Alastair Wootten - 204
10. William Buller - 170


Richie Stanaway won his 2nd consecutive round in Formula Ford...

Points after 4 rounds...

1. Richie Stanaway - 790
2. Stefan Webling - 697
3. Mitchell Evans - 630
4. Jamie McNee - 590
5. Simon Evans - 531
6. Martin Short - 517
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Old 11 Jan 2009, 10:57 (Ref:2369289)   #14
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2 British drivers entered - William Stevens & William Buller, any info on them
Will Stevens in EU KF2 champion for 2007 and Buller raced for Fortec in FBMW EU, had a solid season for a 15 years old. They are probably getting ready for F.Renault for this season.
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Old 11 Jan 2009, 22:49 (Ref:2369646)   #15
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Will Stevens was signed up to the Honda F1 driver development programme last year. I think they are both going to compete in next year's FR UK ch'ship with Fortec. Both of them raced with Fortec this winter in the UK and Portugal, with good results.

I don't know much about the Toyota Series, are the cars pretty much similar to FR?
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Yes, both build by Tatuus and looking so similar that I wonder if they share the same tub.
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pity only 9 cars are entered. saw there was 14 in formula ford - is nz big enough for both?
FF has a couple of big spenders in the class. The result is that the cost of competing with them has escalted the costs of running FF so its had a detrimental effect on the numbers this season.

Perhaps there needs to be som restriction on how much testing and information technology the class is allowed to balance things out a bit.

It is unlikely those competitors will be around for the long term as they ahve goals and the money to progress further so next season may not be like this season, despite the downturn.

NZ can afford both in the long term. In fact it needs both.
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Round 3 of the Toyota Series hits Teretonga this weekend - Scott Pye & Mitch Cunningham won the poles for race 1 & 2...

Richie Stanaway continued his great form with pole in Formula Ford...
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Mitch Cunningham got the round win from Scott Pye & William Buller...

Points after 3 rounds...

1. Mitch Cunningham - 578
2. Scott Pye - 526
3. Sam MacNeill - 466
4. Daniel Jilesen - 416
5. Nathan Antunes - 391
6. Michael Burdett - 390
7. John Whelan - 339
8. William Buller - 329
9. Keeley Pudney - 320
10. William Stevens - 308

Damon Leitch won the Formula Ford round which was a great effort

Points after 5 rounds...

1. Richie Stanaway - 907
2. Stefan Webling - 830
3. Mitchell Evans - 826
4. Jamie McNee - 764
5. Martin Short - 675
6. Damon Leitch - 655
7. Simon Evans - 645
8. Matthew Penrose - 642
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Mitch Cunningham won round 4 at Taupo which was a support event to the A1 GP...

Points after 4 rounds...

1. Mitch Cunningham - 803
2. Scott Pye - 646
3. Sam MacNeill - 629
4. Michael Burdett - 570
5. Daniel Jilesen - 543
6. William Stevens - 491
7. William Buller - 467
8. John Whelan - 453
9. Nathan Antunes - 391
10. Alastair Wootten - 380
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Daniel Gaunt won the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild - Earl Bamber got the overall round win...

Points after 5 of 6 rounds...

1. Mitch Cunningham - 929
2. Sam MacNeill - 795
3. Scott Pye - 737
4. Michael Burdett - 729
5. Daniel Jilesen - 610
6. John Whelan - 549
7. Alastair Wootten - 516


Matthew Penrose got the round win in Formula Ford...

Points after 6 of 7 rounds...

1. Richie Stanaway - 1073
2. Mitchell Evans - 976
3. Stefan Webling - 939
4. Jamie McNee - 863
5. Matthew Penrose - 825
6. Damon Leitch - 820
7. Simon Evans - 804
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It looks like wings and slicks categories are dying in the Australia/New Zealand region.

New Zealand Toyota Racing Series only 9 cars.

Australian Formula Three only 4-7 cars.

Something needs to be done. Or is it just inevitable with the way the economy is at the moment...

The region produces some of the best open wheel drivers in the world, but Formula Ford seems to be the only category that is thriving.

Do we just not have the $ in the region to sustain more than one professional open wheel category??
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Sam MacNeill won the final round of the Toyota Racing Series whilst Mitch Cunningham took the crown ...

Final Points after 6 rounds...

1. Mitch Cunningham - 1110
2. Sam MacNeill - 989
3. Scott Pye - 895
4. Michael Burdett - 879
5. Daniel Jilesen - 732
6. Alastair Wootten - 678
7. John Whelan - 643


Stefan Webling won the final Formula Ford round at Pukekohe whilst Richie Stanaway won the Title & now heads across the Tasman to tackle the Australian Championship...

Final Points after 7 rounds...

1. Richie Stanaway - 1215
2. Mitchell Evans - 1111
3. Stefan Webling - 1092
4. Jamie McNee - 1014
5. Damon Leitch - 1007
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2009 NZ Formula Ford champ Richie Stanaway won both Formula Toyota races at the Hamilton V8 Supercar round on the weekend - there great wins in front of the V8 bosses, now back to the Australian Formula Ford series for Richie...
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