1964 Tasman Series

1964 Tasman Series
Champion
Bruce McLaren
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The 1964 Tasman Series was the first Tasman Series season. It began on 4 January 1964 and ended on 2 March after eight races.

The series was won by Bruce McLaren, the only one of the four race winning drivers who attended all eight races, a trifecta of wins in New Zealand setting up the title.

Results and standings

Races

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car Winning team Report
New
Zealand		 1 Levin International Levin 4 January Denny Hulme Brabham BT4 Ecurie Vitesse Report
2 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 11 January Bruce McLaren Cooper T70 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 18 January Bruce McLaren Cooper T70 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 25 January Bruce McLaren Cooper T70 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Report
Australia 5 Australian Grand Prix Sandown 9 February Jack Brabham Brabham BT7A Ecurie Vitesse Report
6 Warwick Farm International Warwick Farm 16 February Jack Brabham Brabham BT7A Ecurie Vitesse Report
7 Lakeside International Lakeside 23 February Jack Brabham Brabham BT7A Ecurie Vitesse Report
8 South Pacific Trophy Longford 2 March Graham Hill Brabham BT4 Scuderia Veloce Report

Standings

One score could be dropped from the Australian races and one could be dropped from the New Zealand races, however the dropped races could not include the Australian Grand Prix or the New Zealand Grand Prix. Dropped scores indicated in brackets.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver LEV PUK WIG TER SAN WAR LAK LON Pts
1 Bruce McLaren (3) 1 1 1 Ret 2 (3) 2 39 (47)
2 Jack Brabham Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 33
3 Denny Hulme 1 2 3 Ret 5 5 9 23
4 Timmy Mayer 2 3 8 2 4 3 Ret DNS 23
5 John Youl 4 4 4 DNS 3 Ret 2 5 21
6 Graham Hill 4 1 12
7 Bib Stillwell 2 6 4 10
8 Jim Palmer (6) 5 5 3 6 10 8 9 (10)
9 Tony Shelly 5 6 (6) 4 8 7 5 7 8 (9)
10 Frank Matich Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 4
11 Frank Gardner 10 13 4 9 3
12 Bill Thomasen Ret DNS 5 2
13 Roly Levis 7 9 10 6 1
14 Lex Davison Ret 8 6 1
15 Glynn Scott Ret Ret 6 1
16 Rex Flowers 8 12 7 Ret 12 8 0
17 Andy Buchanan 10 7 9 0
18 Greg Cusack 11 7 10 0
19 Arnold Glass 7 Ret Ret Ret 0
= Jim Boyd Ret 7 0
21 Ken Sager 11 11 8 0
22 David Young 8 Ret 0
23 Neil Whittaker 9 0
= David Walker 9 Ret Ret Ret 0
= Leo Geoghegan Ret 9 0
26 Dene Hollier 10 0
27 Peter Slocombe 11 0
= Jack Hobden 11 0
29 Mel McEwin Ret 12 0
— Chris Amon Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
— Charlie Smith Ret Ret 0
— Jack Hunnam Ret Ret 0
— Bill Patterson Ret Ret 0
— Tony Osborne Ret Ret 0
— Bruce Abernethy Ret 0
— Doug Whiteford Ret 0
— Keith Rilstone Ret 0
— David Fletcher Ret 0
— Wally Mitchell Ret 0
— Lionel Ayers Ret 0
— Barry Porter DNS 0
— Ken Smith DNQ 0
Pos Driver LEV PUK WIG TER SAN WAR LAK LON Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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
Excluded (EX)

Key

Abbreviation Circuit
LAK Lakeside
LEV Levin
LON Longford
PUK Pukekohe
SAN Sandown
TER Teretonga
WAR Warwick Farm
WIG Wigram