1969 Tasman Series

1969 Tasman Series
Champion
Chris Amon
Previous: 1968 Next: 1970

The 1969 Tasman Series was the sixth Tasman Series season. It commenced on 4 January 1969 and ended on 16 February 1969 after seven rounds. It was won by Chris Amon, driving a Ferrari 246T.[1]

Contents

Results

Races

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car Winning team Report
New
Zealand		 1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 4 January Chris Amon Ferrari 246T Scuderia Veloce Report
2 Levin International Levin 11 January Chris Amon Ferrari 246T Scuderia Veloce Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 19 January Jochen Rindt Lotus 49BT World Wide Racing Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 25 January Piers Courage Brabham BT24 Frank Williams Racing Cars Report
Australia 5 Australian Grand Prix Lakeside 2 February Chris Amon Ferrari 246T Scuderia Veloce Report
6 Warwick Farm International Warwick Farm 9 February Jochen Rindt Lotus 49BT World Wide Racing Report
7 Sandown International 100 Sandown 16 February Chris Amon Ferrari 246T Scuderia Veloce Report

Standings

All scores from points-scoring races were counted

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER LAK WAR SAN Pts
1 Chris Amon 1 1 3 3 1 Ret 1 44
2 Jochen Rindt 2 Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 2 30
3 Piers Courage 3 2 4 1 Ret Ret Ret 22
4 Derek Bell 4 Ret 5 5 2 2 5 21
5 Graham Hill Ret Ret 2 2 4 11 6 16
6 Frank Gardner Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 3 4 14
7 Leo Geoghegan 5 4 Ret 3 5 DNS 11
8 Jack Brabham 3 4
9 Kevin Bartlett Ret 4 Ret 3
= Graeme Lawrence 6 5 12 Ret 8 Ret 3
= Neil Allen 5 6 11 3
12 Roly Levis 7 9 6 6 7 7 2
13 Graham McRae Ret 6 7 Ret 1
= Max Stewart 6 1
— Malcolm Guthrie 8 10 10 7 10 10 0
— Bert Hawthorne 12 7 8 11 0
— Laurence Brownlie 11 DNS Ret 7 0
— Glyn Scott 8 9 9 0
— Red Dawson 8 Ret 9 13 0
— David Oxton 9 Ret  ?? 8 0
— Garrie Cooper 8 0
— Ken Smith  ?? Ret 9 0
— Frank Radisich 10 DNS Ret 15 0
— John Nicholson Ret 11 12 0
— Wayne Murdoch  ?? 14 0
— Dennis Marwood Ret Ret Ret 0
— Alfredo Costanzo Ret Ret Ret 0
— Col Green Ret  ?? Ret 0
— Henk Woelders Ret Ret 0
— Vince Anderson  ?? Ret 0
— Peter Moloney Ret 0
— Barry Keen Ret 0
— Clive Mills Ret 0
— John Harvey Ret 0
— Maurie Quincey Ret 0
— Bryan Faloon DNS 0
— Peter Hughes DNS 0
Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER LAK WAR SAN 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
PUK Pukekohe
SAN Sandown
TER Teretonga
WAR Warwick Farm
WIG Wigram

References

  1. ^ sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information