1970 Tasman Series

1970 Tasman Series

Champion
Graeme Lawrence

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The 1970 Tasman Series (officially the Tasman Championship for Drivers ) was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula. It was jointly organised by the Motorsport Association New Zealand Inc. (MANZ) and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). It was the seventh Tasman Series, beginning on 3 January and ending on 22 February after seven races. The series was won by Graeme Lawrence of New Zealand, driving the Ferrari Dino 246T/69 that fellow New Zealander Chris Amon raced to win the 1969 Tasman Series.

1970 was a transitional year for the series, being the first year not involving the European Formula One teams which had given the Tasman Series its distinctive style. It was also the first year in which stock production engines of up to five litres cubic capacity were allowed, in short, Formula 5000. Entries arrived from both Europe and the United States, although not of the same quality of the earlier Tasman Formula era. Traditional 2.5 litre Tasman cars, like Lawrence's Ferrari, continued to race along with the 1.6 litre cars that filled much of the lower end of the grids during the Tasman era.

Schedule

Graeme Lawrence won the series driving a Ferrari Dino 246T/69.

Source:

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand		Bay Park International	Baypark	28 December	Ron Grable	McLaren M10A Chevrolet		Report
	1	Levin International	Levin	3 January	Graeme Lawrence	Ferrari Dino 246T/69.		Report
	2	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	10 January	Frank Matich	McLaren M10A Chevrolet	Rothmans Team Matich	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	17 January	Frank Matich	McLaren M10A Chevrolet	Rothmans Team Matich	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	24 January	Graham McRae	McLaren M10A Chevrolet		Report
Australia	5	Rothmans 100	Surfers Paradise	8 February	Graham McRae	McLaren M10A Chevrolet		Report
	6	International 100	Warwick Farm	15 February	Kevin Bartlett	Mildren Mono Waggott	Alec Mildren Racing	Report
	7	Golden 100	Sandown	22 February	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet		Report

Note: The Bay Park International, held on 28 December 1969, one week before the first round, was a non-championship event.

Points system

All scores from points-scoring races were counted

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

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Car	Lev.	Puk.	Wig.	Ter.	Sur.	War.	San.	Pts
1	Graeme Lawrence	Ferrari Dino 246T/69.	1	3	Ret	4	3	3	2	30
2	Frank Matich	McLaren M10A Chevrolet	3	1	1		4	Ret	Ret	25
3	Kevin Bartlett	Mildren Waggott	Ret	5	Ret	5	2	1	Ret	19
=	Max Stewart	Mildren Waggott	2	9	3	Ret	9	2	4	19
5	Graham McRae	McLaren M10A Chevrolet	DNS	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret	18
6	Ron Grable	McLaren M10A Chevrolet	DNS	4	2	2	5	Ret	Ret	17
7	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	??	8	Ret			4	1	12
8	Mike Goth	Surtees TS5 Chevrolet	4	7	5	3	8	6	Ret	10
9	Ulf Norinder	Lola T190 Chevrolet	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	8	3	7
10	Derek Bell	Brabham BT26 Ford	9	2	Ret	DNS				6
11	Bill Simpson	Eagle Chevrolet	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret		3
12	Dennis Marwood	Eisert Chevrolet	5	Ret	Ret	Ret				2
=	John Harvey	Repco Brabham BT23						5	Ret	2
=	Alfredo Costanzo	McLaren M4A Cosworth						Ret	5	2
15	Derrick Williams	Lola T142 Chevrolet	10	10	9	6	10	??	Ret	1
=	Mike Campbell	Forsgrini Mk 14 Ford	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	Ret	10	Ret	1
=	Tony Stewart	Elfin 600B Ford							6	1
Pos	Driver	Car	Lev.	Puk.	Wig.	Ter.	Sur.	War.	San.	Pts

Keys

Abbreviation Circuit Lev. Levin Puk. Pukekohe San. Sandown Sur. Surfers Paradise Ter. Teretonga War. Warwick Farm Wig. Wigram

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)