1972 Tasman Series

1972 Tasman Series
Champion
Graham McRae
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The 1972 Tasman Series was the ninth in the series, beginning on 8 January and ending on 27 February after eight races. The series was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a Leda GM1 Chevrolet.[1]


Contents

Results

Races

Additional information sourced from:[2]

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car Winning team Report
New
Zealand		 1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 8 January Frank Gardner Lola T300 Chevrolet Lola Cars Ltd. Report
2 Levin International Levin 15 January Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 22 January Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 30 January Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B Chevrolet Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing Report
Australia 5 Surfers Paradise 100 Surfers Paradise 6 February Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Grid International (NZ) Ltd Report
6 Warwick Farm 100 Warwick Farm 13 February Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd Report
7 Australian Grand Prix Sandown 20 February Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet Grid International (NZ) Ltd Report
8 Adelaide 100 Adelaide 27 February David Hobbs McLaren M18/M22 Chevrolet Hobbs Racing London 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 SUR WAR SAN ADE Pts
1 Graham McRae 10 1 1 Ret 1 4 1 Ret 39
2 Mike Hailwood 2 3 2 Ret 6 5 4 2 28
3 Frank Gardner 1 Ret 2 2 2 27
4 Frank Matich Ret 2 12 4 3 1 Ret Ret 22
5 David Hobbs 3 11 11 Ret 4 Ret 3 1 20
= Kevin Bartlett 4 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 20
7 Teddy Pilette 6 5 7 2 5 7 6 3 16
8 David Oxton Ret 6 5 3 7
9 Evan Noyes 8 7 4 5 5
= Max Stewart 5 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 5
11 John McCormack 7 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 4
12 Johnnie Walker 4 3
13 Warwick Brown 7 9 5 Ret 2
14 Frank Radisich Ret 9 6 Ret 10 14 13 7 1
= Gary Campbell 11 11 11 6 1
Pos Driver PUK LEV WIG TER SUR WAR SAN ADE 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
ADE Adelaide
LEV Levin
PUK Pukekohe
SAN Sandown
SUR Surfers Paradise
TER Teretonga
WAR Warwick Farm
WIG Wigram

References

  1. ^ "sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. http://www.sergent.com.au/tasman1972.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010. 
  2. ^ Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/racelist.php?CategoryID=T5. Retrieved 27 August 2009.