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]

Races

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

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]

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

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