1973 Tasman Series

1973 Tasman Series
Champion
Graham McRae
Previous: 1972 Next: 1974

The 1973 Tasman Series was the tenth in the series, beginning on 6 January and ending on 25 February after eight races. The series was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a McRae 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 6 January John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin Report
2 Levin International Levin 13 January Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 20 January Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 28 January Alan Rollinson McRae GM1 Chevrolet McKechnie Racing Organisation Report
Australia 5 Surfers Paradise 100 Surfers Paradise 4 February Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd. Report
6 Chesterfield 100 Warwick Farm 11 February Steve Thompson Chevron B24 Chevrolet Servis/Alan Brodie Report
7 Sandown Park Cup Sandown 18 February Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
8 Adelaide 100 Adelaide 25 February John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin 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 4 1 1 10 2 3 1 Ret 40
2 John McCormack 1 Ret Ret 4 6 6 2 1 29
3 Frank Matich Ret 2 4 Ret 1 2 4 Ret 27
4 Steve Thompson 3 Ret 3 6 Ret 1 7 3 22
5 Alan Rollinson 2 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 21
6 Max Stewart Ret Ret Ret 3 3 5 3 4 17
7 Warwick Brown Ret 3 2 7 DNS 10
8 Sam Posey Ret Ret Ret 2 5 7 6 Ret 9
9 Johnnie Walker 4 4 5 Ret 8
10 David Oxton Ret 5 5 9 4
11 Kevin Bartlett Ret 4 7 8 10 8 Ret 9 3
12 Noritake Takahara 7 9 10 5 8 2
= Garry Pedersen 5 12 12 2
= Bob Muir Ret 5 2
= Dexter Dunlop Ret 6 6 11 9 11 9 Ret 2
16 Ken Smith 6 7 1
= Garrie Cooper Ret  ?? Ret 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 3 September 2009. http://www.sergent.com.au/tasman1973.html. Retrieved 26 August 2009. 
  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.