1965 Tasman Series

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]

1965 Tasman Series
Champion
Jim Clark
Previous: 1964 Next: 1966

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 Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax [5] Scuderia Veloce Report
2 Levin International Levin 16 January Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 23 January Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 30 January Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Report
Australia 5 Warwick Farm 100 Warwick Farm 14 February Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Report
6 Sandown International Cup [6] Sandown 21 February Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax [5] Ecurie Vitesse Report
7 Australian Grand Prix Longford 1 March 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 Jim Clark Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Team Lotus Ret 1 1 (1) 1 2 5 35 (44)
2 Bruce McLaren Cooper T79 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd [6] Ret (5) 2 2 Ret 4 1 24 (26)
3 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax [5] Ecurie Vitesse 2 1 2 21
4 Frank Gardner Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax [5] Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd [6] 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 15
= Phil Hill Cooper T70 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd [6] DNS 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 3 15
= Jim Palmer Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax [5] Lesco Racing Team
Jim Palmer Motor Racing [6]		 3 3 3 (5) 6 5 7 15 (17)
7 Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax [5] Scuderia Veloce 1 5 Ret 4 14
8 Kerry Grant Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax [5] Lesco Racing Team
Scuderia Veloce		 9 12 5 4 Ret Ret Ret 5
= Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax [5] Scuderia Veloce
Bib Stillwell		 4 6 6 5
10 Frank Matich Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax [5] Total Team 3 Ret Ret 4
11 John Riley Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax J Riley [9] 4 9 Ret 9 3
= Rex Flowers Lola Mk 4A Coventry Climax R Flowers [9] 5 Ret Ret Ret 3
13 Roly Levis Repco Brabham BT6 Ford [5] Alec Mildren Racing [9] 13 6 6 (6) 7 7 9 2 (3)
14 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford Total Team 6 8 1
— Andy Buchanan Brabham BT6 Ford 7 7 7 Ret 0
— Bruce Abernethy Cooper T66 Coventry Climax Rothmans Driver Promotion Scheme Ret DNS Ret 7 0
— Bill Thomasen Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax 10 Ret 8 8 0
— Red Dawson Cooper T53 Coventry Climax 8 10 Ret 10 0
— Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT6 Ford Molyslip Racing Team 8 Ret 11 0
— Glyn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors 12 8 0
— Wally Mitchell Lotus 20 [6] Ford East Burwood Motors Pty Ltd [6] 8 0
— Ken Sager Brabham BT6 Ford J H Sager 9 Ret 0
— Rocky Tresise Cooper T62 Coventry Climax Ecurie Australie 9 Ret 0
— Keith Rilstone Elfin Ford Keith Rilstone 9 0
— Peter Gillum Cooper T67 Ford 10 Ret 0
— Greg Cusack Brabham BT10 Ford [10] Greg Cusack 10 0
— Jack Hobden Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Lewis Hobden Pty Ltd [7] 10 0
— Ken Smith Lotus 22 Ford 12 11 0
— Dene Hollier Lotus 20B Ford 11 13 0
— David Walker Brabham BT2 Ford Kurt Keller Motors 11 0
— Mel McEwin Elfin Formula Junior Ford Mel McEwin 11 0
— Bill Stone Cooper T52 Ford 14 0
— Lex Davison Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax [5] Ecurie Australie 15 Ret DNS 0
— Arnold Glass Cooper T55 Coventry Climax Capitol Motors Pty Ltd [6] Ret 0
— Barry Collerson Repco Brabham BT2 Ford [5] Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment [6] Ret 0
— Geoff McClelland Repco Brabham BT2 Ford [5] Geoff McClelland Ret 0
— John McDonald Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Ret Ret 0
— Lyn Archer Elfin Formula Junior Ford Lyn Archer Motors Ret 0
— Bob Jane Elfin Mono Mk 1 Ford Autoland Pty Ltd Ret 0
— Bryan Thomas Lotus 27 Ford DNS 0
Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter War San Lon Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References and notes
  1. The 1965 Series, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  2. Tasman Series 1965, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  3. Tasman Cup 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  4. Race result pages linked from Tasman Cup 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 12 February 2015
  5. Listed in the Official Programme for the Sandown round as a Repco Brabham
  6. Official Programme, Sandown International Cup Meeting, Sunday 21st February, entry list
  7. 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. 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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