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1974 Tasman Series
United Kingdom Peter Gethin
The 1974 Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers) was an international motor racing competition which commenced on 5 January and ended on 23 February 1974 after eight races. The championship, which was the eleventh Tasman Championship, was open to Racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. The winner was awarded the Tasman Cup.
The championship was won by Peter Gethin of the United Kingdom, driving a Chevron B24 Chevrolet.
Schedule
The championship was contested over eight rounds with each round comprising a single race.
| Round | Name | title=Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com | author=Allen Brown | url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/racelist.php?CategoryID=T5 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924032308/http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/racelist.php?CategoryID=T5 | archivedate=24 September 2009 | url-status=live | accessdate=27 August 2009 }} | Date | Winning driver | Winning car | Winning entrant | Report | New | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zealand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Australia | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Peter Stuyvesant International Motor Race | Levin | 5 January | Australia Johnnie Walker | Lola T330 Repco Holden | Johnnie Walker | Report | |||||||||||
| Air New Zealand International Race | Pukekohe | 12 January | UK Peter Gethin | Chevron B24 Chevrolet | Chevron Racing Team VDS | Report | |||||||||||
| Peter Stuyvesant New Zealand Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||
| for the Lady Wigram Memorial Trophy | Wigram | 19 January | Australia John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | Report | |||||||||||
| Teretonga International | Teretonga | 26 January | Australia Max Stewart | Lola T330 Chevrolet | Max Stewart Motors | Report | |||||||||||
| Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 | Oran Park | 3 February | Australia Max Stewart | Lola T330 Chevrolet | Max Stewart Motors | Report | |||||||||||
| Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 | Surfers Paradise | 10 February | Belgium Teddy Pilette | Chevron B24 Chevrolet | Chevron Racing Team VDS | Report | |||||||||||
| Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 | Sandown | 17 February | UK Peter Gethin | Chevron B24 Chevrolet | Chevron Racing Team VDS | Report | |||||||||||
| Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 | Adelaide | 23 February | Australia Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | Report |
Points system
Championship points were awarded for race positions at each race on the following basis:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points from all races were counted towards each driver's championship total.
Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Lev | Puk | Wig | Ter | Ora | Sur | San | Ade | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | = | 6 | 7 | 8 | = | 10 | = | 12 | = | 14 | Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Lev | Puk | Wig | Ter | Ora | Sur | San | Ade | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Peter Gethin | Chevron B24 Chevrolet | Chevron Racing Team VDS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Max Stewart | Lola T330 Chevrolet | Max Stewart Motors | 3 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium Teddy Pilette | Chevron B24 Chevrolet | Chevron Racing Team VDS | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Johnnie Walker | Lola T330 Repco Holden | J. Walker | 1 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | Ret | 2 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 10 | Ret | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | 6 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Graham McRae | McRae GM2 Chevrolet | Crown Lynn | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | DSQ | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand David Oxton | Begg FM5 Chevrolet | David Oxton Motor Racing | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Singapore Airlines – WIX | 11 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Allan McCully | Begg FM5 Chevrolet | A. McCully | 2 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Frank Matich | Matich A53 Repco Holden | Frank Matich Racing | 3 | Ret | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Ken Smith | March 732 Ford | Air New Zealand | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Garry Pedersen | McLaren M18 Chevrolet | Hi-Fi Radio Racing Team | DNS | 12 | 5 | 7 | Ret | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
|}
References
References
- Tasman Championship for Drivers, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport with National Competition Rules 1974, pages 80 to 83
- Tony Loxley, Tasman Cup 1964 1975, pages 472 to 475
- Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, February 24th 1974
- "sergent.com.au – Contains Tasman Series information".
- Tasman Series, Australian Competition Yearbook – 1975 Edition, pages 46 to 67
- Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com".
- Official Programme, Levin Motor Raceways, 5th-6th Jan. 1974
- Official Programme, Pukekohe, 11th-12th Jan. 1974
- Official Programme, Wigram, 20th Jan. 1974
- Official Programme, Oran Park Raceway, 3rd February 1974
- 1974 Tasman Championship – Final Points Score, Australian Competition Yearbook – 1975 Edition, page 46
- Official Programme, Sandown, February 17th 1974
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