2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Championship

The 2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Cars Championship is the seventeenth season of the series, and the first under the NZ Touring Cars name. The field comprises two classes racing on the same grid. Class one features both V8ST and NZV8 TLX cars, while class two consists of older NZV8 TL cars.^[1]

Seven events will be played as competition in the 2015-16 season.^[2]

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Rnd	Circuit	Date	Map
2015			Hampton Downs Pukekohe Ruapuna Taupō Manfeild Teretonga
1	Taupo Motorsport Park (Taupō, Waikato)	17–18 October
2	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	6–7 November
3	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park (Hampton Downs, Waikato)	28–29 November
2016
4	Mike Pero Motorsport Park (Christchurch, Canterbury Region)	16–17 January
5	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland Region)	23–24 January
6	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	12–14 February
7	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	16–17 April

Class One
Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	Type	No.	Driver	Events
Ford	Falcon (FG)	Varney Motorsport	NZST	14	Gene Rollinson	1
Ford	Falcon (FG)	Cunningham Racing	NZST	32	Mitch Cunningham	1-6
Holden	Commodore (VE)	Angus Fogg Racing	NZST	3	Angus Fogg	1-6
		Team 4	NZST	4	Simon Evans	1-6
		Edgell Performance Racing	NZST	8	Tim Edgell	1-6
			NZST	10	Andy Higgins	2
		M3 Racing	NZST	10	Richard Moore	3
		Hamilton Motorsports	TLX	11	Tom Alexander	1-6
		Hamilton Motorsports	TLX	84	Lance Hughes	1-4
		Team Kiwi Racing	NZST	021	Craig Baird	1-2
		Andre Heimgartner Racing	NZST	022	Andre Heimgartner	4-6
			NZST	22	Bryce Fullwood	1-3
			NZST	50	Blair McDonald	1-3
			TLX	51	James McLaughlin	1
Nissan	Altima (L33)	Concept Motorsport	TLX	007	Nick Ross	1-6
Toyota	Camry (XV50)	Richards Team Motorsport	TLX	71	Sam Barry	7
				97	Jason Bargwanna	1-6
				222	Scott Taylor	1-5
Class Two
Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	Type	No.	Driver	Events
Ford	Falcon (BF)		TL	46	Simon Fleming	1-6
		Liam MacDonald Racing		69	Liam MacDonald	2, 4-5
				71	Sam Barry	4, 6
		Brad Lathrope Racing		73	Brad Lathrope	1-6
		Brock Cooley Motorsport		111	Brock Cooley	1-6
				332	Tony Anderson
Holden	Commodore (VY)	Bronson Porter Racing		40	Bronson Porter	6
		Nathan Pilcher Racing		55	Nathan Pilcher	2-5
				63	Ian Clapperton	5
		Kevin Williams Racing		88	Kevin Williams	1-3
		Team Kiwi Racing		777	Alyssa Clapperton	1-2, 4-6

Rnd		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Class 1 Winner	Class 2 Winner
2015
1	R1	Taupo Motorsport Park	Tim Edgell	Simon Evans	Jason Bargwanna	Tony Anderson
	R2			Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
	R3			Simon Evans	Craig Baird	Brock Cooley
2	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
	R2			Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
	R3			Simon Evans	Craig Baird	Kevin Williams
3	R1	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Simon Evans	Bryce Fullwood	Jason Bargwanna	Brock Cooley
	R2			Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brock Cooley
	R3			Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Kevin Williams
2016
4	R1	Mike Pero Motorsport Park	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Sam Barry
	R2			Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Liam MacDonald
	R3			Andre Heimgartner	Simon Evans	Brock Cooley
5	R1	Teretonga Park	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Liam MacDonald
	R2			Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Brock Cooley
	R3			Andre Heimgartner	Angus Fogg	Brock Cooley
6	R1	Manfeild Autocourse	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Sam Barry
	R2			Andre Heimgartner	Simon Evans	Sam Barry
	R3			Andre Heimgartner	Andre Heimgartner	Brock Cooley
7	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brock Cooley
	R2			Simon Evans	Simon Evans	Brad Lathrope
	R3			Mitch Cunningham	Nick Ross	Brock Cooley

Pos.	Driver	TAU			PUK1			HAM			RUA			TER			MAN			PUK1			Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Simon Evans																						1372
2	Tim Edgell																						1073
3	Mitch Cunningham																						1067
4	Jason Bargwanna																						939
5	Tom Alexander																						865
6	Nick Ross																						775
7	Angus Fogg																						691
8	Andre Heimgartner																						643
9	Bryce Fullwood																						407
10	Scott Taylor																						399
11	Blair McDonald																						344
12	Lance Hughes																						315
13	Craig Baird																						253
14	Richard Moore																						194
15	Sam Barry																						163
16	Gene Rollinson																						136
17	Tony Anderson																						87
18	John Midgley																						81
19	Andrew Higgins																						72
20	James McLaughlin																						0
21	Simon Richards																						0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos.	Driver	TAU			PUK1			HAM			RUA			TER			MAN			PUK1			Pts

Pos.	Driver	TAU			PUK1			HAM			RUA			TER			MAN			PUK1			Pts
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Brock Cooley																						1407
2	Brad Lathrope																						1165
3	Simon Fleming																						892
4	Kevin Williams																						584
5	Alyssa Clapperton																						571
6	Nathan Pilcher																						496
7	Liam MacDonald																						471
8	Sam Barry																						292
9	Steve Taylor																						168
10	Bronson Porter																						148
11	Robert Wallace																						140
12	Jamie Gaskin																						127
13	Ian Clapperton																						91
14	Bruce Verdon																						84
15	Tony Anderson																						0
16	Dave Dovey																						0
17	Michael Starnes																						0
18	Nikolas Haden																						0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos.	Driver	TAU			PUK1			HAM			RUA			TER			MAN			PUK1			Pts

2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Championship

Race calendar

Teams and drivers

Results and standings

Season summary

Championship standings

Class Two standings

References

External links

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Timelines

Top Qs

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