1968 Tasman Series

The 1968 Tasman Championship for Drivers was a motor racing series contested over eight races during January, February and March 1968, with four races held in

Tasman Championship

.

The championship won by Jim Clark, driving a Lotus 49T.^[2]

It was the third and final Tasman Championship win for Clark who was killed in a

Dino 246 Tasmania of Chris Amon

after a famous duel between the pair.

Reigning 1967 Formula One World Champion Denny Hulme finished equal seventh in the series in his Formula 2 Brabham with a best finish of third in Round 3 for the Lady Wigram Trophy, his first race of the series.

Schedule

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	6 January	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	C.Amon	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	13 January	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	C.Amon	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	20 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	27 January	Bruce McLaren	BRM P126	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
Australia	5	Surfers Paradise 100	Surfers Paradise	11 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	6	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	18 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	7	Australian Grand Prix	Sandown	25 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	8	South Pacific Trophy	Longford	4 March	Piers Courage	McLaren M4A	P.Courage	Report

Points system

Points were awarded at each race on the following basis:^[1]

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

Championship placings were determined by the total number of points scored by a driver in all races.^[1]

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Car^[3]	Puk	Lev	Wig	Ter	Sur	War	San	Lon	Pts
1	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T Cosworth	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	1	1	5	44
2	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	1	1	2	4	Ret	4	2	7	36
3	Piers Courage	McLaren M4A Cosworth	3	2	4	5	3	3	5	1	34
4	Graham Hill	Lotus 49T Cosworth					2	2	3	6	17
=	Frank Gardner	Brabham BT23D Alfa Romeo	2	Ret	Ret	3	9	Ret	4	3	17
6	Bruce McLaren	BRM P126	Ret	Ret	5	1					11
7	Pedro Rodríguez	BRM P126 BRM P261	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	10	6	Ret	2	8
=	Denny Hulme	Brabham BT23 Cosworth			3	6	6	5	9	DNS	8
9	Jim Palmer	McLaren M4A Cosworth	4	3	7	8					3
10	Richard Attwood	BRM P126					Ret	Ret	6	4	4
11	Leo Geoghegan	Lotus 39 Repco					4	Ret	7	DNS	3
=	Roly Levis	Brabham BT18 Ford	8	4	8	10					3
13	Kevin Bartlett	Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax					5	Ret	8	DNS	2
=	Red Dawson	Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax	Ret	5	9	DNS					2
=	Paul Bolton	Brabham BT22 Coventry Climax^[4]	5	Ret	Ret						2
16	Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT18 Ford	6	9	Ret	9					1
=	Bill Stone	Brabham BT6 Ford	10	6	10	Ret					0
—	Bryan Faloon	Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax	7	7	13	DNS					0
—	David Oxton	Brabham BT16 Ford	Ret	10	Ret	7					0
—	Glyn Scott	Lotus 27 Ford					7	10			0
—	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT21E Repco					7	Ret			0
—	John Harvey	Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax						Ret	Ret	8	0
—	Frank Radisich	Lotus 22 Ford		8		DNS					0
—	Malcolm Aldred	Lotus 22 Ford					8				0
—	Alfredo Costanzo	Elfin Mono Ford						8			0
—	John Nicholson	Lotus 27 Ford	9			DNS					0
—	Ian Ferguson	Lotus 27 Ford						9			0
—	John McCormack	Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax								9	0
—	Ken Smith	Lotus 41 Ford	12	DNS	11	Ret					0
—	Don MacDonald	Brabham BT10 Ford	11		12	DNQ					0
—	Graham McRae	Brabham BT6 Ford		Ret	14	Ret					0
—	Peter Yock	BRM	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret					0
—	Vince Anderson	Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax	Ret								0
—	Grahame Harvey	Brabham BT6 Ford				Ret					0
—	Greg Cusack	Brabham BT23 Repco					Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	0
—	Brian Page	Brabham BT6 Ford					Ret	Ret			0
—	Max Stewart	Rennmax Ford						Ret			0
—	Fred Gibson	Brabham Coventry Climax						Ret			0
—	Mel McEwin	Lotus 32B Coventry Climax								Ret	0
—	Tony Batchelor	Brabham BT6 Ford				DNS					0
Pos	Driver	Car	Puk	Lev	Wig	Ter	Sur	War	San	Lon	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Tasman Championship for Drivers – Season 1968, 1968 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 66 to 69
^ IX South Pacific Trophy, www.tasman-series.com, as archived at web.archive.org
^ Tasman Series 1968, www.sergent.com.au (linked round results pages) Retrieved 22 November 2017
^ www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 22 November 2017

[CAMS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Tasman Championship for Drivers – Season 1968, 1968 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 66 to 69

[2] IX South Pacific Trophy, www.tasman-series.com, as archived at web.archive.org

[3] Tasman Series 1968, www.sergent.com.au (linked round results pages) Retrieved 22 November 2017

[4] www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 22 November 2017

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