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

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
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

Programme of Events and Awards, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 27 February 1972, page 5
Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No 1, pages 1 to 35
Tasman Series, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 11 March 2015
"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

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