1974 Tasman Series

The 1974 Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers

Tasman Formula.^[3] The winner was awarded the Tasman Cup.^[1]

Schedule

The championship was contested over eight rounds with each round comprising a single race.^[5]

Round		Name	Circuit^[6]	Date^[6]	Winning driver^[5]	Winning car^[5]	Winning entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	Peter Stuyvesant International Motor Race^[7]	Levin	5 January	Johnnie Walker	Repco Holden	Johnnie Walker^[7]	Report
	2	Air New Zealand International Race^[8]	Pukekohe	12 January	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS^[8]	Report
	3	Peter Stuyvesant New Zealand Grand Prix for the Lady Wigram Memorial Trophy^[9]	Wigram	19 January	John McCormack	Repco Holden	Ansett Team Elfin^[9]	Report
	4	Teretonga International^[5]	Teretonga	26 January	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors	Report
Australia	5	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000^[10]	Oran Park	3 February	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors^[10]	Report
	6	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000^[5]	Surfers Paradise	10 February	Teddy Pilette	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS	Report
	7	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000^[11]	Sandown	17 February	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS^[11]	Report
	8	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000^[3]	Adelaide	23 February	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing^[3]	Report

Championship points were awarded for race positions at each race on the following basis:

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

Points from all races were counted^[1] towards each driver's championship total.

Pos	Driver^[12]	Car^[12]	Entrant^[3]	Lev	Puk	Wig	Ter	Ora	Sur	San	Ade	Pts^[12]
1	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS	4	1	3	5	5	2	1	2	41
2	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors	3	5	Ret	1	1	Ret	5	Ret	26
3	Teddy Pilette	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS	Ret	4	2	Ret	6	1	4	Ret	22
4	Johnnie Walker	Repco Holden	J. Walker	1	7	Ret	Ret	2	5	3	Ret	21
=	John McCormack	Repco Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	4	10	Ret	21
6	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing	6	6	Ret	4	3	7	6	1	19
7	Graham McRae	McRae GM2 Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	DSQ	6	2	7	13
8	David Oxton	Begg FM5 Chevrolet	David Oxton Motor Racing^[11]	7	3	4	10	Ret	9	8	5	9
=	Graeme Lawrence	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Singapore Airlines – WIX	11	Ret	6	3	7	11	Ret	3	9
10	Allan McCully	Begg FM5 Chevrolet	A. McCully^[11]	2	Ret	7	6					7
=	Frank Matich	Repco Holden	Frank Matich Racing						3	Ret	4	7
12	Ken Smith	March 732 Ford	Air New Zealand^[7]	5	8	10	8					2
=	Garry Pedersen	McLaren M18 Chevrolet	Hi-Fi Radio Racing Team^[7]	DNS	12	5	7	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	2
14	Garrie Cooper	Repco Holden	Ansett Team Elfin					9	8	7	6	1
Pos	Driver	Car	Entrant	Lev	Puk	Wig	Ter	Ora	Sur	San	Ade	Pts

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, February 24th 1974
^ "sergent.com.au – Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Tasman Series, Australian Competition Yearbook – 1975 Edition, pages 46 to 67
^ ^a ^b Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Official Programme, Levin Motor Raceways, 5th-6th Jan. 1974
^ ^a ^b Official Programme, Pukekohe, 11th-12th Jan. 1974
^ ^a ^b Official Programme, Wigram, 20th Jan. 1974
^ ^a ^b Official Programme, Oran Park Raceway, 3rd February 1974
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Official Programme, Sandown, February 17th 1974
^ ^a ^b ^c 1974 Tasman Championship – Final Points Score, Australian Competition Yearbook – 1975 Edition, page 46