1967 Tasman Series

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The 1967 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition open to racing cars complying with the

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport[2] and was contested over six races in New Zealand and Australia between 7 January and 6 March 1967.[3]

The series, which was the fourth annual Tasman Series, was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 33.[3]

Races

Jim Clark won the 1967 Tasman Series driving a Lotus 33, similar to the example shown above

The series was contested over six races with two additional races at Levin and Teretonga not counting for points.[4]

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Car Entrant Report
New
Zealand
1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 7 January United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM P261
Owen Racing Organisation
Report
Levin International Levin 14 January United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd Report
2 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 21 January United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd Report
Teretonga International Teretonga 28 January United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd Report
Australia 3 Eagers-Craven Filter Lakeside International 99[5] Lakeside 12 February United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd Report
4 Australian Grand Prix Warwick Farm 19 February United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM P261
Owen Racing Organisation
Report
5 Sandown International Sandown 26 February United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd Report
6 South Pacific Trophy Longford 6 March Australia Jack Brabham
Repco Brabham BT23A
Ecurie Vitesse Report

Points system

Points were awarded at each race as shown in the following table:

Position[2] 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points[2] 9 6 4 3 2 1

All points scored were counted.[2]

Series standings

Pos Driver[4][6] Car[3][7] Entrant[3] Puk Wig Lak War San Lon Pts[4]
1 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd[8] 2 1 1 2 1 2 45
2 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart BRM P261
Owen Racing Organisation[8]
1 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret 18
= Australia Jack Brabham
Repco Brabham BT23A
Jack Brabham Racing[3]
Ecurie Vitesse[8]
Ret 13 2 4 NC 1 18
=
Frank Gardner
Repco Brabham BT16 Coventry Climax
Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd[8]
DNS 4 3 3 3 4 18
5 United Kingdom Richard Attwood BRM P261
Owen Racing Organisation
3 2 10
6
Kevin Bartlett
Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax
Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd[8]
Ret 5 5 6 5 5 9
7 Australia Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 Coventry Climax Geoghegan Racing Division[8] Ret 5 2 DNS 8
8 New Zealand Denny Hulme
Repco Brabham BT22
FH Stanton[3]
Jack Brabham Racing[3]
Ecurie Vitesse[8]
Ret 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 7
= United Kingdom Chris Irwin BRM P261
Owen Racing Organisation[8]
Ret 4 3 7
10 New Zealand Jim Palmer
Repco Brabham BT22 Coventry Climax
Jim Palmer Motor Racing 4 Ret 3
=
John Harvey
Repco Brabham BT14 Ford
RC Phillips Sports Car World Pty Ltd[8] 6 DNS 6 6 3
12 New Zealand Graeme Lawrence
Repco Brabham BT14 Ford
Lawrence Motors 5 12 2
13 New Zealand Dene Hollier Lotus 27 Ford Dene Hollier Ltd 6 Ret 1
= New Zealand Roly Levis
Repco Brabham BT14 Ford
Levis Racing Team 9 6 1
New Zealand Jim Boyd
Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax
SH Jensen 7 7 0
New Zealand Bill Stone
Repco Brabham BT6 Ford
Levis Racing Team 8 8 0
New Zealand Ken Sager
Repco Brabham BT16 Ford
JH Sager 10 0
New Zealand Laurence Brownlie
Repco Brabham BT6 Ford
11 DNS 0
New Zealand John Weston
Repco Brabham BT2 Ford
12 11 0
New Zealand Don MacDonald
Repco Brabham BT10 Ford
13 Ret 0
New Zealand Grahame Harvey
Repco Brabham BT6 Ford
Ret 10 0
New Zealand Ken Smith Lotus 22 Ford Ret 0
New Zealand Pat McLoughlin Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Ret 0
New Zealand Dennis Marwood Cooper T66 Coventry Climax Ecurie Rothmans Ret Ret 0
New Zealand Red Dawson
Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax
DNS 9 0
New Zealand Kerry Grant
Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax
Grant & Liddle DNS 0
New Zealand Peter Yock
Repco Brabham BT6 Ford
DNQ 0
Australia Paul Bolton
Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax
Stanton Motors[8] DNQ Ret DNS 0
Australia Glyn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors[8] 7 7 8 0
Australia Mel McEwin
Elfin Mono Ford
M McEwin[8] 8 Ret Ret 0
United Kingdom Piers Courage BRM P261
Owen Racing Organisation[5]
Ret 0
Australia Spencer Martin
Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax
Bob Jane Racing Team[8] Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
Australia Greg Cusack
Lotus 32B Coventry Climax
Castrol Team[8] Ret 0
Australia Ian Cook
Elfin Mono MkIIB Ford
I Cook[9] Ret Ret 7 0
Australia Mike Champion
Repco Brabham BT2 Ford
Competition Cars Australia[8] 8 0
United Kingdom Graham Hill
Ford Cosworth FVA
Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd[8] Ret 0
Australia Peter Macrow
Cheetah Mk3 Ford
RP Creed[9] NC 0
Australia Jack Hunnam
Elfin Mono MkIID Ford
Jack Hunnam Motors[8] Ret 0
Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Wig Lak War San Lon Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ^ Official Programme, Tasman Championship – International Meeting, Sandown, Sunday, February 26, page 29
  2. ^ a b c d e The Tasman Championship for Drivers – Season 1967, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – 1967, pages 65–68
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Tasman Cup 1967 & linked race result pages, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 17 March 2021
  4. ^ a b c Tasman Series 1967, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 24 March 2015
  5. ^ a b Official Programme, Eagers-Craven Filter Lakeside International 99 , February 12, 1967
  6. ^ Names of drivers who did not score points in the series have been obtained from race results pages linked from Tasman Cup 1967, www.oldracingcars.com
  7. ^ As all Brabham cars listed in the official programmes for the Warwick Farm and Sandown races were entered as Repco Brabhams, the latter term has been used throughout this article
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Official Programme, 32nd Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, Sunday, February 19, 1967, page 37
  9. ^ a b Official Programme, Tasman Championship – International Meeting, Sandown, Sunday, February 26, page 51

Further reading

  • 1967, The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 320–326
  • In The Mirrors, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1967, pages 6–13 & 57–62
  • Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Racing, 1980, pages 40–41

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