1966 Tasman Series

The 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers was a motor racing competition for racing cars^[1] complying with the Tasman Formula.^[2] The championship was jointly organised by the Association of New Zealand Car Clubs Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.^[1] It began on 8 January 1966 and ended on 7 March after eight races, four of which were staged in New Zealand and the remainder in Australia.^[1] The winning driver was declared Tasman Champion and was awarded the Tasman Cup.^[1]

1966 Tasman Series

Champion
Jackie Stewart

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The championship, which was the third Tasman Series, was won by Jackie Stewart driving a BRM P261.

Races

Jackie Stewart won the championship driving a BRM P261 similar to that shown above

The championship was contested over eight races.^[3]

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	8 January	Graham Hill	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	15 January	Richard Attwood	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	22 January	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	29 January	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
Australia	5	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	13 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 39 Coventry Climax	Team Lotus	Report
	6	Australian Grand Prix	Lakeside	20 February	Graham Hill	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	7	Exide International Cup[2]	Sandown	27 February	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	8	South Pacific Trophy	Longford	7 March	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report

Points system

Points were awarded on the following basis at each race.^[1]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Each driver could retain points won in the New Zealand Grand Prix and in any other two races in New Zealand plus points won in the Australian Grand Prix and in any in other two races in Australia.^[1]

Championship standings

Pos[4] Driver[4] Car[2][4] Entrant[2][4] Puk Lev Wig Ter War[5] Lak San Lon Pts[4] 1 Jackie Stewart BRM P261 Owen Racing Organisation 2 Ret 1 1 (4) Ret 1 1 42 (45)[3] 2 Graham Hill BRM P261 Owen Racing Organisation 1 2 1 (3) 2 30 (34) 3 Jim Clark Lotus 39 Coventry Climax Team Lotus Ret 2 Ret Ret 1 3 2 7 25 4 Jim Palmer Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Jim Palmer 3 (5) 3 3 (6) 4 4 4 21 (24) 5 Frank Gardner Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Ret Ret Ret 2 3 2 5 (6) 18 (19) 6 Richard Attwood BRM P261 Owen Racing Organisation 1 2 Ret 15 7 Spencer Martin Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax Scuderia Veloce Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 11 8 Dennis Marwood Cooper T66 Coventry Climax Ecurie Rothmans 4 7 6 4 10 Ret 7 9 Roly Levis Brabham BT6 Ford R Levis 8 4 7 5 11 DNQ 5 10 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT19 Ecurie Vitesse Ret 3 4 11 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford Total Team 5 7 Ret Ret 2 = Andy Buchanan[3] Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax Wilson Motors, Hunterville Ret 9 5 Ret DNS 7 2 = Ken Sager Brabham BT6 Ford 6 8 Ret 6 2 = Kevin Bartlett Repco Brabham BT2 Ford Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Ret 5 8 2 15 Red Dawson Brabham BT7 Coventry Climax 7 6 Ret Ret 1 = Glyn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors Ret 6 1 = Les Howard Lotus 27 Ford Howard & Sons Racing Team 13 DNQ 6 1 — John Riley Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax Ret DNQ Ret 7 0 — Greg Cusack Repco Brabham BT10 Ford Team Castrol Ret Ret 7 0 — Dene Hollier Lotus 20B Ford 9 Ret 8 8 0 — John Harvey Repco Brabham BT10 Ford RC Phillips Sports Car World P/L 8 8 Ret 0 — Peter Gillum Cooper T67 Ford 9 10 0 — Ray Thackwell Brabham BT2 Ford Team Tiki 11 Ret Ret 9 0 — Bob Jane Elfin Mono Mk I Ford Autoland Pty Ltd 9 0 — Ken Smith Lotus 22 Ford 12 10 0 — Neil Whittaker Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax Lesco Racing Team 10 DNQ 0 — Allan Rhodes Lotus 18 Ford Ret 11 0 — Tony Shaw Lotus 22 Ford 12 0 — Peter Williamson Elfin Junior Hillman Imp J McGuire[6] 12 0 — Bill Stone Cooper T52 Ford Ret 0 — Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT6 Ford Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 — Bill Caldwell Brabham BT6 Ford DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 — Mel McEwin Elfin Mono Ford M McEwin Ret Ret Ret 0 — Don O'Sullivan Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FD O'Sullivan Ret Ret 0 — John McDonald Cooper T70 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — Don Fraser Cooper T53 BRM D Fraser Ret 0 — Bryan Innes Lotus 22 Ford JC Wilson DNS 0 — Paul Bolton Repco Brabham BT6 Ford Town & Country Garage Pty Ltd DNS 0 — Max Stewart Rennmax BN1 Ford Max Stewart Motors DNS 0 Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter War Lak San Lon Pts

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)