1965 Tasman Series

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The 1965 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula.[1] The series, which began on 9 January and ended on 1 March after seven races,[2] was the second Tasman Series.[1] It was won by Jim Clark, driving Lotus 32B Coventry Climax.[3]

Races[]

The Lotus 32B with which Jim Clark won the 1965 Tasman Series

The series was contested over seven races.[2]

Round Race name[3] Circuit[3] Date[3] Winning driver[4] Winning car[4] Winning team[4] Report
New
Zealand 		1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 9 January United Kingdom Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Scuderia Veloce Report
2 Levin International Levin 16 January United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 23 January United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 30 January United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus
Australia 5 Warwick Farm 100 Warwick Farm 14 February United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus
6 Sandown International Cup[6] Sandown 21 February Australia Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Ecurie Vitesse
7 Australian Grand Prix Longford 1 March New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper T79 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd[7] Report

Points system[]

Points were awarded for the first six positions at each race as shown in the following table.[2]

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

Each driver could retain points from the New Zealand Grand Prix, the two best performances in the other three New Zealand races, and from all Australian races.[2]

Race positions for which points were earned but not retained are shown on the table below within brackets.

Series standings[]

Pos Driver[2][8] Car[4] Entrant[4] Puk Lev Wig Ter War San Lon Pts
1 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Ret 1 1 (1) 1 2 5 35 (44)
2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper T79 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd[6] Ret (5) 2 2 Ret 4 1 24 (26)
3 Australia Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Ecurie Vitesse 2 1 2 21
4 Australia Frank Gardner Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd[6] 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 15
= United States Phil Hill Cooper T70 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd[6] DNS 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 3 15
= New Zealand Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax[5] Lesco Racing Team
Jim Palmer Motor Racing[6] 		3 3 3 (5) 6 5 7 15 (17)
7 United Kingdom Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Scuderia Veloce 1 5 Ret 4 14
8 New Zealand Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax[5] Lesco Racing Team
Scuderia Veloce 		9 12 5 4 Ret Ret Ret 5
= Australia Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax[5] Scuderia Veloce
Bib Stillwell 		4 6 6 5
10 Australia Frank Matich Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax[5] Total Team 3 Ret Ret 4
11 New Zealand Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax J Riley[9] 4 9 Ret 9 3
= New Zealand Lola Mk 4A Coventry Climax R Flowers[9] 5 Ret Ret Ret 3
13 New Zealand Repco Brabham BT6 Ford[5] Alec Mildren Racing[9] 13 6 6 (6) 7 7 9 2 (3)
14 Australia Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford Total Team 6 8 1
— New Zealand Andy Buchanan Brabham BT6 Ford 7 7 7 Ret 0
— New Zealand Cooper T66 Coventry Climax Rothmans Driver Promotion Scheme Ret DNS Ret 7 0
— New Zealand Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax 10 Ret 8 8 0
— New Zealand Cooper T53 Coventry Climax 8 10 Ret 10 0
— New Zealand Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT6 Ford Molyslip Racing Team 8 Ret 11 0
— Australia Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors 12 8 0
— Australia Wally Mitchell Lotus 20[6] Ford East Burwood Motors Pty Ltd[6] 8 0
— New Zealand Brabham BT6 Ford J H Sager 9 Ret 0
— Australia Cooper T62 Coventry Climax Ecurie Australie 9 Ret 0
— Australia Elfin Ford Keith Rilstone 9 0
— New Zealand Cooper T67 Ford 10 Ret 0
— Australia Brabham BT10 Ford[10] Greg Cusack 10 0
— Australia Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Lewis Hobden Pty Ltd[7] 10 0
— New Zealand Ken Smith Lotus 22 Ford 12 11 0
— New Zealand Lotus 20B Ford 11 13 0
— Australia David Walker Brabham BT2 Ford Kurt Keller Motors 11 0
— Australia Elfin Formula Junior Ford Mel McEwin 11 0
— New Zealand Cooper T52 Ford 14 0
— Australia Lex Davison Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax[5] Ecurie Australie 15 Ret DNS 0
— Australia Cooper T55 Coventry Climax Capitol Motors Pty Ltd[6] Ret 0
— Australia Repco Brabham BT2 Ford[5] Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment[6] Ret 0
— Australia Repco Brabham BT2 Ford[5] Geoff McClelland Ret 0
— Australia Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Ret Ret 0
— Australia Elfin Formula Junior Ford Lyn Archer Motors Ret 0
— Australia Bob Jane Elfin Mono Mk 1 Ford Autoland Pty Ltd Ret 0
— New Zealand Lotus 27 Ford DNS 0
Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter War San Lon Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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 and notes[]

  1. ^ a b The 1965 Series, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  2. ^ a b c d e Tasman Series 1965, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  3. ^ a b c d Tasman Cup 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  4. ^ a b c d e Race result pages linked from Tasman Cup 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Listed in the Official Programme for the Sandown round as a Repco Brabham
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Official Programme, Sandown International Cup Meeting, Sunday 21st February, entry list
  7. ^ a b Programme, Longford, 30th Australian Grand Prix Meeting 1965
  8. ^ Only the fourteen drivers who actually scored points are shown on the table published at www.sergent.com.au
  9. ^ a b c Bill Tuckey, Seven days in summer, Australian Motor Racing Annual Number Two, pages 10 to 17
  10. ^ Listed in Bill Tuckey’s Australian Motor Racing Annual article as a Repco Brabham
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