1969 Tasman Series

The 1969 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia [1] for cars complying with the Tasman Formula.[2] The series, which commenced on 4 January 1969 and ended on 16 February 1969 after seven rounds, was the sixth annual Tasman Series.[2] It was won by Chris Amon, driving a Dino 246 Tasmania.[2]

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

Races
1969 Tasman Series winner Chris Amon (Dino 246 Tasmania) at Lakeside for the Australian Grand Prix

The series was contested over seven races.[1]

Round Name Circuit [1] Date [2] Winning driver [1] Car Entrant Report
New
Zealand		 1 New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 4 January Chris Amon Dino 246 Tasmania Scuderia Veloce Report
2 Levin International Levin 11 January Chris Amon Dino 246 Tasmania Scuderia Veloce Report
3 Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 19 January Jochen Rindt Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW World Wide Racing Report
4 Teretonga International Teretonga 25 January Piers Courage Brabham BT24 Ford Cosworth DFW Frank Williams Racing Report
Australia 5 Australian Grand Prix Lakeside 2 February Chris Amon Dino 246 Tasmania Scuderia Veloce [3] Report
6 Warwick Farm International Warwick Farm 9 February Jochen Rindt Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW World Wide Racing [4] Report
7 Sandown International 100 Sandown 16 February Chris Amon Dino 246 Tasmania Scuderia Veloce Report

Points system

Series points were awarded at each race on the following basis.[5]

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1

All points scored by each driver were retained to determine final series placings.[5]

Series standings
Pos Driver [6] [7] Car [2] Entrant [2] Puk Lev Wig Ter Lak War San Pts [5]
1 Chris Amon Dino 246 Tasmania Scuderia Veloce [3] 1 1 3 3 1 Ret 1 44
2 Jochen Rindt Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW Gold Leaf Team Lotus [8]
World Wide Racing [4]		 2 Ret 1 Ret Ret 1 2 30
3 Piers Courage Brabham BT24 Ford Cosworth DFW Frank Williams Racing [4] 3 2 4 1 Ret Ret Ret 22
4 Derek Bell Dino 246 Tasmania Scuderia Veloce [4] 4 Ret 5 5 2 2 5 21
5 Graham Hill Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW Gold Leaf Team Lotus [8]
World Wide Racing [4]		 Ret Ret 2 2 4 11 6 16
6 Frank Gardner Mildren Mono Alfa Romeo Alec Mildren Racing [4] Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 3 4 14
7 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 Repco Geoghegan Racing Division [4] 5 4 Ret 3 5 DNS 11
8 Jack Brabham Brabham BT31 Repco 3 4
9 Kevin Bartlett Brabham BT23E Alfa Romeo Alec Mildren Racing [9] Ret 4 Ret 3
= Graeme Lawrence McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA Lawrence Racing [4] 6 5 12 Ret 8 Ret 3
= Neil Allen McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA NE Allen Competition Pty. Ltd. [8] 5 6 11 3
12 Roly Levis Brabham BT23C Ford Cosworth FVA Team Lexington 7 9 6 6 7 7 2
13 Graham McRae McRae 69 Ford Ret 6 7 Ret 1
= Max Stewart Mildren Alfa Romeo Alec Mildren Racing [9] 6 1
— Malcolm Guthrie Brabham BT21B Ford Frank Williams Racing [4] 8 10 10 7 10 10 0
— Bert Hawthorne Brabham BT21 Ford Team Lexington 12 7 8 11 0
— Laurence Brownlie Brabham BT23C Ford Cosworth FVA Team Lexington 11 DNS Ret 7 0
— Glyn Scott Bowin P3 Ford Cosworth FVA Glyn Scott Motors [4] 8 9 9 0
— Red Dawson Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax FPF 8 Ret 9 13 0
— David Oxton Brabham BT16 Ford 9 Ret Ret 8 0
— Garrie Cooper Elfin 600B Ford 8 0
— Ken Smith Lotus 41 Ford DNS Ret 9 0
— Frank Radisich HCM Ford Cosworth FVA Henderson Central Motors 10 DNS Ret 15 0
— John Nicholson Brabham BT18 Ford Ret 11 12 0
— Wayne Murdoch Brabham BT10 Ford DNS 14 0
— Dennis Marwood Brabham BT22 Coventry Climax FPF Rorstan Motor Racing Ret Ret Ret 0
— Alfredo Costanzo McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA Argo Racing Pty. Ltd. [8] Ret Ret Ret 0
— Col Green Brabham BT16 Coventry Climax FPF Col Green [8] Ret ?? Ret 0
— Henk Woelders Elfin 600B Ford Bill Patterson Motors [8] Ret Ret 0
— Vince Anderson Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax FPF ?? Ret 0
— Peter Moloney Cooper T66 Coventry Climax FPF Ret 0
— Barry Keen Begg Mono Ford Ret 0
— Clive Mills Rennmax BN2 Ford Ret 0
— John Harvey Brabham BT23E Repco Ret 0
— Maurie Quincey Elfin 600B Ford Ret 0
— Bryan Faloon Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF DNS 0
— Peter Hughes Lotus 25/33 Daimler DNS 0
Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter Lak War San Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

References
  1. Thomas B Floyd, Amon Gives Ferrari a Tasman, Australian Motor Racing Annual, pages 6 to 17 & 30 to 63
  2. Tasman Cup 1969, oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 16 March 2015
  3. 1969 , The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, pages 336 to 344
  4. Results (Warwick Farm), Racing Car News, March 1969, page 47
  5. Tasman Series 1969, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 5 March 2015
  6. The names of the fourteen drivers who scored points in the series and were classified in the final standings were sourced from www.sergent.com.au
  7. The names of the drivers who did not score points in the series and were not classified in the final standings were sourced from oldracingcars.com
  8. Official Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 2 February 1969
  9. 1969 Season, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 6 March 2015
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