1975 Tasman Series

Australia Warwick Brown

The 1975 Tasman Series, (officially the Tasman Championship for Drivers), was a motor racing competition open to Racing Cars complying with the Tasman Formula. Contested over eight rounds in New Zealand and Australia beginning on 5 January and ending on 23 February, it was the twelfth and final Tasman Series. The series was organised jointly by the Motorsport Association of New Zealand and the Confederation of Australian Motorsport and was promoted as the Peter Stuyvesant International Series for the 1975 Tasman Championship.

The series was won by Australian driver Warwick Brown in his fourth year of Formula 5000 racing with the Pat Burke Racing team, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet. The series was resolved in a dramatic final race inwhat turned out to be the final Tasman Series race of all, at Sandown Raceway. Brown, fellow Australian Johnnie Walker and New Zealander Graeme Lawrence all sat on 30 points prior to the last race. All three struck trouble but with a sixth position Brown claimed the final point in Tasman Series history, breaking the deadlock to win the crown by one point. Race wins had been shared around with Brown and Lawrence each winning twice, with single victories going to Walker, Chris Amon who finished fifth in the points behind the winless but consistent John McCormack, and to Graham McRae and John Goss who each completed partial series runs focussed on their home country events.

In the aftermath of this series, the two legs of the Tasman Series broke apart. The New Zealand half became the Peter Stuyvesant Series and converted to Formula Atlantic in 1977. The Australian half became the Rothmans International Series.

Races

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Round	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning entrant	Report	New
Zealand	1	2	3	4	Australia	5	6	7	8
Levin International	Levin	5 January	New Zealand Graeme Lawrence	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Marlboro /Singapore Airlines / Wix Filters	Report
New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	12 January	Australia Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing	Report
Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	19 January	New Zealand Graham McRae	McRae GM2 Chevrolet	Commercial Bank of Australia	Report
Teretonga International	Teretonga	26 January	New Zealand Chris Amon	Talon MR-1 Chevrolet	MacCormack Racing	Report
Oran Park 100	Oran Park	2 February	Australia Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing	Report
Surfers Paradise 100	Surfers Paradise	9 February	Australia Johnnie Walker	Lola T332 Repco-Holden	Walker Racing	Report
Adelaide 100	Adelaide	16 February	New Zealand Graeme Lawrence	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Singapore Airlines	Report
Sandown Park Cup	Sandown	23 February	Australia John Goss	Matich A53 Repco-Holden	John Goss Racing	Report