1972 Tasman Series

Motorsport series in Australia and New Zealand

1972 Tasman Series

Champion
Graham McRae

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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]

## Races

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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

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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][7] | Adelaide | 27 February  |  David Hobbs | McLaren M22 Chevrolet | Hobbs Racing London  | Report

## Points system

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Series points were awarded at each round on the following basis.[8]

Position  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6

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Points  | 9  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 1

All scores from all rounds were counted.[4]

## Series standings

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| Pos  | Driver[4] | Car[2] | Entrant[2] | Puk  | Lev  | Wig  | Ter  | Sur  | War  | San  | Ade  | Pts[4]

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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[9] | 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
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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points classification
Blue | Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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1. ^ a b Programme of Events and Awards, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February 1972, page 5
2. ^ a b c d e f Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No 1, pages 1 to 35
3. ^ Tasman Series, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 11 March 2015
4. ^ a b c d "sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
5. ^ Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
6. ^ Winfield Teretonga International program, 1972, page 23
7. ^ 1972 TASMAN SERIES R8 Adelaide
8. ^ The Tasman International Championship, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February, 21972, page 5
9. ^ Adelaide International, 27 Feb 1972, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 11 March 2015