1972 Tasman Series

The 1972 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula.[1] The series, which began on 8 January and ended on 27 February after eight races,[2] was the ninth annual Tasman Series.[3] It was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a Leda GM1 Chevrolet.[4]

1972 Tasman Series
Champion
Graham McRae
Previous: 1971 Next: 1973

Races
Graham McRae won the series driving a Leda GM1, similar to the McRae GM1 pictured

Additional information sourced from:[5]

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car Winning team Report
New
Zealand		 1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 8 January Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet Lola Cars Limited Report
2 Levin International Levin 15 January Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 22 January Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Grid International (NZ) Ltd [2] Report
4 Winfield Teretonga International [6] Teretonga 30 January Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B Chevrolet Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing Report
Australia 5 Rothmans 100 [2] Surfers Paradise 6 February Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Grid International (NZ) Ltd Report
6 Rothmans 100 [2] Warwick Farm 13 February Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd Report
7 Australian Grand Prix Sandown 20 February Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Grid International (NZ) Ltd Report
8 Rothmans 100 [1] Adelaide 27 February David Hobbs McLaren M22 Chevrolet Hobbs Racing London Report

Points system

Series points were awarded at each round on the following basis.[7]

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

All scores from all rounds were counted.[4]

Series standings
Pos Driver [4] Car [2] Entrant [2] Puk Lev Wig Ter Sur War San Ade Pts [4]
1 Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Grid International (NZ) Ltd
Crown Lynn		 10 1 1 Ret 1 4 1 Ret 39
2 Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8/11 Chevrolet Team Surtees 2 3 2 Ret 6 5 4 2 28
3 Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet Lola Cars Limited 1 Ret 2 2 2 27
4 Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Pty Ltd Ret 2 12 4 3 1 Ret Ret 22
5 Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B Chevrolet Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing 4 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 20
= David Hobbs McLaren M22 Chevrolet David Hobbs London 3 11 11 Ret 4 Ret 3 1 20
7 Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 6 5 7 2 5 7 6 3 16
8 David Oxton Begg FM4 Chevrolet Begg Engineering Ltd Ret 6 5 3 7
9 Max Stewart Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre 5 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 5
= Evan Noyes McLaren M18 Chevrolet Gemco Racing 8 7 4 5 5
11 John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Elfin Sports Cars 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 4
12 Johnnie Walker Elfin MR5 Repco Holden [8] City-State Racing Team 4 3
13 Warwick Brown McLaren M10B Chevrolet Pat Burke Racing 7 9 5 Ret 2
14 Frank Radisich McLaren M10B Repco Holden Henderson Central Motors Ret 9 6 Ret 10 14 13 7 1
= Gary Campbell Lola T300 Chevrolet Provincial Motors 11 11 11 6 1
Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter Sur War San Ade 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. Programme of Events and Awards, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February 1972, page 5
  2. Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No 1, pages 1 to 35
  3. Tasman Series, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 11 March 2015
  4. "sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  5. Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  6. Winfield Teretonga International program, 1972, page 23
  7. The Tasman International Championship, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February, 21972, page 5
  8. Adelaide International, 27 Feb 1972, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 11 March 2015
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