1971 Tasman Series

The 1971 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia^[1] for cars complying with the Tasman Formula.^[2] The series, which began on 2 January and ended on 28 February after seven races,^[1] was the eighth annual Tasman Series.^[2] It was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a McLaren M10B Chevrolet.^[3]

Races

The series was contested over seven races.^[1]

^[4]		Name^[1]	Circuit^[1]	Date^[1]	Winning driver^[1]	Winning car	Winning entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	Levin International	Levin	2 January	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Report
	2	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	9 January	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	N.E. Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	16 January	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	23 January	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	N.E. Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd	Report
Australia	5	Rothmans 100^[5]	Warwick Farm	14 February	Frank Gardner	Lola T192 Chevrolet	Lola Cars Ltd	Report
	6	Rothmans Golden 100^[6]	Sandown	21 February	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Report
	7	Rothmans 100	Surfers Paradise	28 February	Frank Matich	McLaren M10B Repco Holden	Rothmans Team Matich	Report

Series points were awarded at each race on the following basis:^[3]

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

All points scored by each driver were retained to determine final series placings.^[3]

Pos	Driver^[3]	Car^[4]	Entrant^[4]	Lev	Puk	Wig	Ter	War	San	Sur	Pts^[3]
1	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	1	3	1	Ret	8	1	3	35
2	Frank Matich	McLaren M10B Repco Holden	Rothmans Team Matich	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	3	1	31
3	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	NE Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd	2	1	Ret	1	4	Ret	Ret	27
4	Frank Gardner	Lola T192 Chevrolet	Lola Cars Ltd		Ret	4	Ret	1	Ret	2	18
5	Chris Amon	March 701 Cosworth Lotus 70 Ford	STP Corporation	3	9	5		2	4		15
6	Teddy Pilette	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	6	Ret	Ret	3	5	2		13
7	Graeme Lawrence	Ferrari Dino 246T/69	Air New Zealand	Ret	6	3	Ret	Ret	6	4	9
8	Kevin Bartlett	Mildren Chevrolet	Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	DNS	7
9	John Cannon	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Hogan Racing Ltd	5	5	Ret	Ret	7	DNS	7	4
=	Malcolm Guthrie	Lola T190 Chevrolet	Guthrie Racing		7	6	5	DNS	Ret	6	4
11	David Oxton	Lotus 70 Ford		4	Ret	DNS	7				3
=	Mike Eyerly	Surtees TS8 Chevrolet	Bonphil Racing	Ret	4	DNS	9	DNS			3
=	Bob Muir	Mildren Mono Waggott	Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd					6	8	5	3
14	Keith Holland	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Road & Track Auto Service					9	5	Ret	2
15	Leo Geoghegan	Lotus 59B Waggott	Geoghegans Sporty Cars			8	6	Ret			1
Pos	Driver	Car	Entrant	Lev	Puk	Wig	Ter	War	San	Sur	Pts

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g And the V8s roared, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1971, pages 29 to 41
^ ^a ^b Tasman Series, www.nzfmr.co.nz Archived 8 March 2015 at archive.today Retrieved on 3 March 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "sergent.com.au – Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
^ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, 14 Feb 1971
^ Official Programme, Sandown, 21 Feb 1971