1966 Tasman Series

The 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers was a motor racing competition for racing cars^[1] complying with the Tasman Formula.^[2] The championship was jointly organised by the Association of New Zealand Car Clubs Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.^[1] It began on 8 January 1966 and ended on 7 March after eight races, four of which were staged in New Zealand and the remainder in Australia.^[1] The winning driver was declared Tasman Champion and was awarded the Tasman Cup.^[1]

The championship, which was the third Tasman Series, was won by Jackie Stewart driving a BRM P261.

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Races

The championship was contested over eight races.^[3]

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	8 January	Graham Hill	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	15 January	Richard Attwood	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	22 January	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	29 January	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
Australia	5	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	13 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 39 Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Report
	6	Australian Grand Prix	Lakeside	20 February	Graham Hill	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	7	Exide International Cup^[2]	Sandown	27 February	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	8	South Pacific Trophy	Longford	7 March	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report

Points system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Each driver could retain points won in the New Zealand Grand Prix and in any other two races in New Zealand plus points won in the Australian Grand Prix and in any in other two races in Australia.^[1]

Championship standings

Pos^[4]	Driver^[4]	Car^[2]^[4]	Entrant^[2]^[4]	Puk	Lev	Wig	Ter	War^[5]	Lak	San	Lon	Pts^[4]
1	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	2	Ret	1	1	(4)	Ret	1	1	42 (45)^[3]
2	Graham Hill	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	1				2	1	(3)	2	30 (34)
3	Jim Clark	Lotus 39 Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	3	2	7	25
4	Jim Palmer	Lotus 32B Coventry Climax	Jim Palmer	3	(5)	3	3	(6)	4	4	4	21 (24)
5	Frank Gardner	Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax	Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	5	(6)	18 (19)
6	Richard Attwood	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation		1	2	Ret					15
7	Spencer Martin	Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax	Scuderia Veloce	Ret	3	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	11
8	Dennis Marwood	Cooper T66 Coventry Climax	Ecurie Rothmans	4	7	6	4	10	Ret			7
9	Roly Levis	Brabham BT6 Ford	R Levis	8	4	7	5	11	DNQ			5
10	Jack Brabham	Repco Brabham BT19	Ecurie Vitesse							Ret	3	4
11	Leo Geoghegan	Lotus 32 Ford	Total Team	5				7	Ret	Ret		2
=	Andy Buchanan^[3]	Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax	Wilson Motors, Hunterville	Ret	9	5	Ret	DNS	7			2
=	Ken Sager	Brabham BT6 Ford		6	8	Ret	6					2
=	Kevin Bartlett	Repco Brabham BT2 Ford	Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd					Ret	5	8		2
15	Red Dawson	Brabham BT7 Coventry Climax		7	6	Ret	Ret					1
=	Glyn Scott	Lotus 27 Ford	Glyn Scott Motors					Ret	6			1
=	Les Howard	Lotus 27 Ford	Howard & Sons Racing Team					13	DNQ	6		1
—	John Riley	Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax		Ret	DNQ	Ret	7					0
—	Greg Cusack	Repco Brabham BT10 Ford	Team Castrol					Ret	Ret	7		0
—	Dene Hollier	Lotus 20B Ford		9	Ret	8	8					0
—	John Harvey	Repco Brabham BT10 Ford	RC Phillips Sports Car World P/L					8	8	Ret		0
—	Peter Gillum	Cooper T67 Ford				9	10					0
—	Ray Thackwell	Brabham BT2 Ford	Team Tiki	11	Ret	Ret	9					0
—	Bob Jane	Elfin Mono Mk I Ford	Autoland Pty Ltd					9				0
—	Ken Smith	Lotus 22 Ford		12	10							0
—	Neil Whittaker	Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax	Lesco Racing Team	10	DNQ							0
—	Allan Rhodes	Lotus 18 Ford				Ret	11					0
—	Tony Shaw	Lotus 22 Ford					12					0
—	Peter Williamson	Elfin Junior Hillman Imp	J McGuire^[6]					12				0
—	Bill Stone	Cooper T52 Ford		Ret								0
—	Graeme Lawrence	Brabham BT6 Ford		Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret					0
—	Bill Caldwell	Brabham BT6 Ford		DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret					0
—	Mel McEwin	Elfin Mono Ford	M McEwin					Ret	Ret	Ret		0
—	Don O'Sullivan	Cooper T53 Coventry Climax	FD O'Sullivan					Ret		Ret		0
—	John McDonald	Cooper T70 Coventry Climax	Bill Patterson Motors					Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Don Fraser	Cooper T53 BRM	D Fraser							Ret		0
—	Bryan Innes	Lotus 22 Ford	JC Wilson	DNS								0
—	Paul Bolton	Repco Brabham BT6 Ford	Town & Country Garage Pty Ltd					DNS				0
—	Max Stewart	Rennmax BN1 Ford	Max Stewart Motors					DNS				0
Pos	Driver	Car	Entrant	Puk	Lev	Wig	Ter	War	Lak	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 1966, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 66-69
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Official Programme, International Cup Meeting, Sandown, Sunday, 27 February 1966
^ ^a ^b ^c Summary Tasman Cup Championship 1966, Racing Car News, April 1966, pages 58 & 59
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Tasman Cup 1966, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 16 May 2016
^ Warwick Farm "100", www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 4 February 2017
^ Official Programme, Tasman Championship International Meeting, Warwick Farm, Sunday, 13 February 1966, page 37

External links

Tasman Series 1966, www.sergent.com.au

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