1967 Tasman Series

The 1967 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition open to racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula.[1] It was contested over six races in New Zealand and Australia between 7 January and 6 March 1967.[2] The series, which was the fourth annual Tasman Series, was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 33.[2]

1967 Tasman Series
Champion
Jim Clark
Previous: 1966 Next: 1968

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.[3]

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

Points system

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

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

All points scored were counted.[3]

Series standings
Pos Driver [3] [6] Car [2] [7] Entrant [2] Puk Wig Lak War San Lon Pts [3]
1 Jim Clark Lotus 33 Coventry Climax Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd [8] 2 1 1 2 1 2 45
2 Jackie Stewart BRM P261 Owen Racing Organisation [8] 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret 18
= Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT22
Repco Brabham BT23A		 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 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 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 Coventry Climax Geoghegan Racing Division [8] Ret 5 2 DNS 8
8 Denny Hulme Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax
Repco Brabham BT22		 L Stanton
Ecurie Vitesse [8]		 Ret 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 7
= Chris Irwin BRM P261 Owen Racing Organisation [8] Ret 4 3 7
10 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 Graeme Lawrence Repco Brabham BT14 Ford Lawrence Motors 5 12 2
13 Dene Hollier Lotus 27 Ford Dene Hollier Ltd 6 Ret 1
= Roly Levis Repco Brabham BT14 Ford Levis Racing Team 9 6 1
— Jim Boyd Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax SH Jensen 7 7 0
— Bill Stone Repco Brabham BT6 Ford Levis Racing Team 8 8 0
— Ken Sager Repco Brabham BT16 Ford JH Sager 10 0
— Laurence Brownlie Repco Brabham BT6 Ford 11 DNS 0
— John Weston Repco Brabham BT2 Ford 12 11 0
— Don MacDonald Repco Brabham BT10 Ford 13 Ret 0
— Grahame Harvey Repco Brabham BT6 Ford Ret 10 0
— Ken Smith Lotus 22 Ford Ret 0
— Pat McLoughlin Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Ret 0
— Dennis Marwood Cooper T66 Coventry Climax Ecurie Rothmans Ret Ret 0
— Bill Thomasen DNS 0
— Red Dawson Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax DNS 9 0
— Kerry Grant Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax Grant & Liddle DNS 0
— Peter Yock Repco Brabham BT6 Ford DNQ 0
— Paul Bolton Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax Stanton Motors [8] DNQ Ret DNS 0
— Glyn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors [8] 7 7 8 0
— Mel McEwin Elfin Mono Ford M McEwin [8] 8 Ret Ret 0
— Piers Courage BRM P261 Owen Racing Organisation Ret 0
— Spencer Martin Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax Bob Jane Racing Team [8] Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
— Greg Cusack Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Castrol Team [8] Ret 0
— Ian Cook Elfin Mono MkIIB Ford I Cook [9] Ret Ret 7 0
— Mike Champion Repco Brabham BT2 Ford Competition Cars Australia [8] 8 0
— Graham Hill Lotus 48 Ford Cosworth FVA Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd [8] Ret 0
— Peter Macrow Cheetah Mk3 Ford RP Creed [9] NC 0
— Jack Hunnam Elfin Mono MkIID Ford Jack Hunnam Motors [8] Ret 0
Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Wig Lak War San Lon Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

References
  1. Official Programme, Tasman Championship - International Meeting, Sandown, Sunday, February 26, page 29
  2. Tasman Cup 1967, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 24 March 2015
  3. Tasman Series 1967, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 24 March 2015
  4. Official Programme, Craven Filter Lakeside International 99 , February 12, 1967, front cover
  5. Official Programme, Tasman Championship - International Meeting, Sandown, Sunday, February 26, page 14
  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. Official Programme, 32nd Australian Grand Prix, Warwick Farm, Sunday, February 19, 1967, page 37
  9. 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 to 326
  • In The Mirrors, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1967, pages 6 to 13 & 57 to 62
  • Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Racing, 1980, pages 40 to 41
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