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]

1971 Tasman Series
Champion Graham McRae
Previous:	1970	Next:	1972

Races

Graham McRae won the series driving a McLaren M10B, similar to that pictured above

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

Points system

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]

Series standings

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

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 participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References

1. And the V8s roared, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1971, pages 29 to 41
2. Tasman Series, www.nzfmr.co.nz Archived 8 March 2015 at Archive.today Retrieved on 3 March 2015
3. "sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
4. Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
5. Official Programme, Warwick Farm, 14 Feb 1971
6. Official Programme, Sandown, 21 Feb 1971