1966 Tasman Series

1966 Tasman Series
Champion
Jackie Stewart
Previous: 1965 Next: 1967

The 1966 Tasman Series was the third Tasman Series season. It began on 8 January 1966 and ended on 7 March after eight races.

Contents

Results and standings

Races

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car Winning team Report
New
Zealand		 1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 8 January Graham Hill BRM P261 BRM Report
2 Levin International Levin 15 January Richard Attwood BRM P261 BRM Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 22 January Jackie Stewart BRM P261 BRM Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 29 January Jackie Stewart BRM P261 BRM Report
Australia 5 Warwick Farm International Warwick Farm 13 February Jim Clark Lotus 39 Team Lotus Report
6 Australian Grand Prix Lakeside 20 February Graham Hill BRM P261 BRM Report
7 Sandown International Sandown 27 February Jackie Stewart BRM P261 BRM Report
8 South Pacific Trophy Longford 7 March Jackie Stewart BRM P261 BRM Report

Standings

One score could be dropped from the New Zealand races, and one score could be dropped from the Australian races. Dropped scores indicated in brackets.

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER WAR LAK SAN LON Pts
1 Jackie Stewart 2 Ret 1 1 4 Ret 1 1 45
2 Graham Hill 1 2 1 (3) 2 30 (34)
3 Jim Clark Ret 2 Ret Ret 1 3 2 7 25
4 Jim Palmer 3 (5) 3 3 (6) 4 4 4 21 (24)
5 Frank Gardner Ret Ret Ret 2 3 2 5 (6) 18 (19)
6 Richard Attwood 1 2 Ret 15
7 Spencer Martin Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 11
8 Dennis Marwood 4 7 6 4 10 Ret 7
9 Roly Levis 8 4 7 5 Ret DNQ 5
10 Jack Brabham Ret 3 4
11 Andy Buchanan Ret 9 5 Ret DNS 7 2
12 Leo Geoghegan 5 7 Ret Ret 2
13 Kevin Bartlett Ret 5 8 2
14 Ken Sager 6 8 Ret 6 2
15 Red Dawson 7 6 Ret Ret 1
16 Glyn Scott Ret 6 1
= Les Howard DNS DNQ 6 1
18 John Riley Ret DNQ Ret 7 0
= Greg Cusack Ret Ret 7 0
20 Dene Hollier 9 Ret 8 8 0
21 John Harvey 8 8 Ret 0
22 Peter Gillum 9 10 0
23 Ray Thackwell 11 Ret Ret 9 0
24 Bob Jane 9 0
25 Ken Smith 12 10 0
26 Neil Whittaker 10 DNQ 0
27 Allan Rhodes Ret 11 0
28 Tony Shaw 12 0
— Bill Stone Ret 0
— Graeme Lawrence Ret DNS Ret Ret 0
— Bill Caldwell DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
— Mel McEwin Ret Ret Ret 0
— Don O'Sullivan Ret Ret 0
— John McDonald Ret Ret Ret Ret 0
— Don Fraser Ret 0
— Brian Innes DNS 0
— Paul Bolton DNS 0
— Peter Williamson DNS 0
Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER WAR LAK SAN 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