1973 Tasman Series

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1973 Tasman Series
Champion
New Zealand 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 [edit]

Races [edit]

Additional information sourced from:[2]

Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car Winning team Report
New
Zealand		 1 New Zealand New Zealand Grand Prix Pukekohe 6 January Australia John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin Report
2 New Zealand Levin International Levin 13 January New Zealand Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
3 New Zealand Lady Wigram Trophy Wigram 20 January New Zealand Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
4 New Zealand Teretonga International Teretonga 28 January United Kingdom Alan Rollinson McRae GM1 Chevrolet McKechnie Racing Organisation Report
Australia 5 Australia Surfers Paradise 100 Surfers Paradise 4 February Australia Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd. Report
6 Australia Chesterfield 100 Warwick Farm 11 February United Kingdom Steve Thompson Chevron B24 Chevrolet Servis/Alan Brodie Report
7 Australia Sandown Park Cup Sandown 18 February New Zealand Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Report
8 Australia Adelaide 100 Adelaide 25 February Australia John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin Report

Standings [edit]

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 New Zealand Graham McRae 4 1 1 10 2 3 1 Ret 40
2 Australia John McCormack 1 Ret Ret 4 6 6 2 1 29
3 Australia Frank Matich Ret 2 4 Ret 1 2 4 Ret 27
4 United Kingdom Steve Thompson 3 Ret 3 6 Ret 1 7 3 22
5 United Kingdom Alan Rollinson 2 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 21
6 Australia Max Stewart Ret Ret Ret 3 3 5 3 4 17
7 Australia Warwick Brown Ret 3 2 7 DNS 10
8 United States Sam Posey Ret Ret Ret 2 5 7 6 Ret 9
9 Australia Johnnie Walker 4 4 5 Ret 8
10 New Zealand David Oxton Ret 5 5 9 4
11 Australia Kevin Bartlett Ret 4 7 8 10 8 Ret 9 3
12 Japan Noritake Takahara 7 9 10 5 8 2
= New Zealand Garry Pedersen 5 12 12 2
= Australia Bob Muir Ret 5 2
= New Zealand Dexter Dunlop Ret 6 6 11 9 11 9 Ret 2
16 New Zealand Ken Smith 6 7 1
= Australia 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 [edit]

Abbreviation Circuit
ADE Adelaide
LEV Levin
PUK Pukekohe
SAN Sandown
SUR Surfers Paradise
TER Teretonga
WAR Warwick Farm
WIG Wigram

References [edit]

  1. ^ "sergent.com.au - Contains Tasman Series information". Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009. 
  2. ^ Allen Brown. "Tasman Cup (F5000) races « Formula 5000 « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009. 
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