1969 Tasman Series

The 1969 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 commenced on 4 January 1969 and ended on 16 February 1969 after seven rounds, was the sixth annual Tasman Series.^[2] It was won by Chris Amon, driving a Dino 246 Tasmania.^[2]

Races edit

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

Round		Name	Circuit^[1]	Date^[2]	Winning driver^[1]	Car	Entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	4 January	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	Scuderia Veloce	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	11 January	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	Scuderia Veloce	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	19 January	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW	World Wide Racing	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	25 January	Piers Courage	Brabham BT24 Ford Cosworth DFW	Frank Williams Racing	Report
Australia	5	Australian Grand Prix	Lakeside	2 February	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	Scuderia Veloce^[3]	Report
	6	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	9 February	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW	World Wide Racing^[4]	Report
	7	Sandown International 100	Sandown	16 February	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	Scuderia Veloce	Report

Points system edit

Series points were awarded at each race on the following basis.^[5]

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.^[5]

Series standings edit

Pos	Driver^[6]^[7]	Car^[2]	Entrant^[2]	Puk	Lev	Wig	Ter	Lak	War	San	Pts^[5]
1	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	Scuderia Veloce^[3]	1	1	3	3	1	Ret	1	44
2	Jochen Rindt	Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW	Gold Leaf Team Lotus^[8] World Wide Racing^[4]	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	2	30
3	Piers Courage	Brabham BT24 Ford Cosworth DFW	Frank Williams Racing^[4]	3	2	4	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	22
4	Derek Bell	Dino 246 Tasmania	Scuderia Veloce^[4]	4	Ret	5	5	2	2	5	21
5	Graham Hill	Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW	Gold Leaf Team Lotus^[8] World Wide Racing^[4]	Ret	Ret	2	2	4	11	6	16
6	Frank Gardner	Mildren Mono Alfa Romeo	Alec Mildren Racing^[4]	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	3	4	14
7	Leo Geoghegan	Lotus 39 Repco	Geoghegan Racing Division^[4]	5	4	Ret		3	5	DNS	11
8	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT31 Repco								3	4
9	Kevin Bartlett	Brabham BT23E Alfa Romeo	Alec Mildren Racing^[9]					Ret	4	Ret	3
=	Graeme Lawrence	McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA	Lawrence Racing^[4]	6	5	12	Ret		8	Ret	3
=	Neil Allen	McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA	NE Allen Competition Pty. Ltd.^[8]					5	6	11	3
12	Roly Levis	Brabham BT23C Ford Cosworth FVA	Team Lexington	7	9	6	6		7	7	2
13	Graham McRae	McRae 69 Ford		Ret	6	7	Ret				1
=	Max Stewart	Mildren Alfa Romeo	Alec Mildren Racing^[9]					6			1
—	Malcolm Guthrie	Brabham BT21B Ford	Frank Williams Racing^[4]		8	10	10	7	10	10	0
—	Bert Hawthorne	Brabham BT21 Ford	Team Lexington	12	7	8	11				0
—	Laurence Brownlie	Brabham BT23C Ford Cosworth FVA	Team Lexington	11	DNS	Ret	7				0
—	Glyn Scott	Bowin P3 Ford Cosworth FVA	Glyn Scott Motors^[4]					8	9	9	0
—	Red Dawson	Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax FPF		8	Ret	9	13				0
—	David Oxton	Brabham BT16 Ford		9	Ret	Ret	8				0
—	Garrie Cooper	Elfin 600B Ford								8	0
—	Ken Smith	Lotus 41 Ford		DNS		Ret	9				0
—	Frank Radisich	HCM Ford Cosworth FVA	Henderson Central Motors	10	DNS	Ret	15				0
—	John Nicholson	Brabham BT18 Ford		Ret		11	12				0
—	Wayne Murdoch	Brabham BT10 Ford				DNS	14				0
—	Dennis Marwood	Brabham BT22 Coventry Climax FPF	Rorstan Motor Racing	Ret	Ret	Ret					0
—	Alfredo Costanzo	McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA	Argo Racing Pty. Ltd.^[8]					Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Col Green	Brabham BT16 Coventry Climax FPF	Col Green^[8]					Ret	??	Ret	0
—	Henk Woelders	Elfin 600B Ford	Bill Patterson Motors^[8]					Ret		Ret	0
—	Vince Anderson	Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax FPF		??		Ret					0
—	Peter Moloney	Cooper T66 Coventry Climax FPF				Ret					0
—	Barry Keen	Begg Mono Ford					Ret				0
—	Clive Mills	Rennmax BN2 Ford							Ret		0
—	John Harvey	Brabham BT23E Repco								Ret	0
—	Maurie Quincey	Elfin 600B Ford								Ret	0
—	Bryan Faloon	Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF		DNS							0
—	Peter Hughes	Lotus 25/33 Daimler			DNS						0
Pos	Driver	Car	Entrant	Puk	Lev	Wig	Ter	Lak	War	San	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thomas B Floyd, Amon Gives Ferrari a Tasman, Australian Motor Racing Annual, pages 6 to 17 & 30 to 63
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tasman Cup 1969, oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 16 March 2015
^ ^a ^b 1969 , The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, pages 336 to 344
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Results (Warwick Farm), Racing Car News, March 1969, page 47
^ ^a ^b ^c Tasman Series 1969, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 5 March 2015
^ The names of the fourteen drivers who scored points in the series and were classified in the final standings were sourced from www.sergent.com.au
^ The names of the drivers who did not score points in the series and were not classified in the final standings were sourced from oldracingcars.com
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Official Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 2 February 1969
^ ^a ^b 1969 Season, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 6 March 2015

[AMRA-1] Thomas B Floyd, Amon Gives Ferrari a Tasman, Australian Motor Racing Annual, pages 6 to 17 & 30 to 63

[oldracingcars-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tasman Cup 1969, oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 16 March 2015

[AGP-3] 1969 , The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, pages 336 to 344

[RCN-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Results (Warwick Farm), Racing Car News, March 1969, page 47

[Sergent-5] Tasman Series 1969, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 5 March 2015

[6] The names of the fourteen drivers who scored points in the series and were classified in the final standings were sourced from www.sergent.com.au

[7] The names of the drivers who did not score points in the series and were not classified in the final standings were sourced from oldracingcars.com

[Lakeside_Program-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Official Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 2 February 1969

[sargent_tas69-9] 1969 Season, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 6 March 2015

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