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1972 Tasman Series
Motorsport series in Australia and New Zealand
Motorsport series in Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand Graham McRae
The 1972 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. The series, which began on 8 January and ended on 27 February after eight races, was the ninth annual Tasman Series. It was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a Leda GM1 Chevrolet.
Races
Additional information sourced from:
| Round | Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning car | Winning team | Report | New | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zealand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Australia | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 8 January | Australia Frank Gardner | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Lola Cars Limited | Report | |||||||||||
| Levin International | Levin | 15 January | New Zealand Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Crown Lynn | Report | |||||||||||
| Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 22 January | New Zealand Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | Report | |||||||||||
| Winfield Teretonga International | Teretonga | 30 January | Australia Kevin Bartlett | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing | Report | |||||||||||
| Rothmans 100 | Surfers Paradise | 6 February | New Zealand Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | Report | |||||||||||
| Rothmans 100 | Warwick Farm | 13 February | Australia Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden | Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd | Report | |||||||||||
| Australian Grand Prix | Sandown | 20 February | New Zealand Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | Report | |||||||||||
| Rothmans 100 | Adelaide | 27 February | UK David Hobbs | McLaren M22 Chevrolet | Hobbs Racing London | Report |
Points system
Series points were awarded at each round on the following basis.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
All scores from all rounds were counted.
Series standings
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | Sur | War | San | Ade | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | = | 7 | 8 | 9 | = | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | = | Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | Sur | War | San | Ade | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crown Lynn | 10 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Mike Hailwood | Surtees TS8/11 Chevrolet | Team Surtees | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Frank Gardner | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Lola Cars Limited | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden | Frank Matich Pty Ltd | Ret | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Kevin Bartlett | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK David Hobbs | McLaren M22 Chevrolet | David Hobbs London | 3 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium Teddy Pilette | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Racing Team VDS | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand David Oxton | Begg FM4 Chevrolet | Begg Engineering Ltd | Ret | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Max Stewart | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Evan Noyes | McLaren M18 Chevrolet | Gemco Racing | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Elfin Sports Cars | 7 | 8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Johnnie Walker | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | City-State Racing Team | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Warwick Brown | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | 7 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Frank Radisich | McLaren M10B Repco Holden | Henderson Central Motors | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Gary Campbell | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Provincial Motors | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
|}
References
References
- ''Programme of Events and Awards'', Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February 1972, page 5
- Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No 1, pages 1 to 35
- [http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/tasman.html ''Tasman Series'', www.sergent.com.au] Retrieved on 11 March 2015
- "sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information".
- Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com".
- Winfield Teretonga International program, 1972, page 23
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KZ6cqnJTU&t=60s 1972 TASMAN SERIES R8 Adelaide]
- ''The Tasman International Championship'', Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February, 21972, page 5
- [http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=AE72 ''Adelaide International, 27 Feb 1972'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved on 11 March 2015
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