1971 Tasman Series

The 1971 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 began on 2 January and ended on 28 February after seven races,^[1] was the eighth annual Tasman Series.^[2] It was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a McLaren M10B Chevrolet.^[3]

1971 Tasman Series

Champion
Graham McRae

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Races

Graham McRae won the series driving a McLaren M10B, similar to that pictured above

The series was contested over seven races.^[1]

[4]		Name[1]	Circuit[1]	Date[1]	Winning driver[1]	Winning car	Winning entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	Levin International	Levin	2 January	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Report
	2	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	9 January	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	N.E. Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	16 January	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	23 January	Neil Allen	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	N.E. Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd	Report
Australia	5	Rothmans 100[5]	Warwick Farm	14 February	Frank Gardner	Lola T192 Chevrolet	Lola Cars Ltd	Report
	6	Rothmans Golden 100[6]	Sandown	21 February	Graham McRae	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	Crown Lynn	Report
	7	Rothmans 100	Surfers Paradise	28 February	Frank Matich	McLaren M10B Repco Holden	Rothmans Team Matich	Report

Points system

Series points were awarded at each race on the following basis:^[3]

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.^[3]

Series standings

Pos Driver[3] Car[4] Entrant[4] Lev Puk Wig Ter War San Sur Pts[3] 1 Graham McRae McLaren M10B Chevrolet Crown Lynn 1 3 1 Ret 8 1 3 35 2 Frank Matich McLaren M10B Repco Holden Rothmans Team Matich Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 31 3 Neil Allen McLaren M10B Chevrolet NE Allen Auto Indust. (Pty) Ltd 2 1 Ret 1 4 Ret Ret 27 4 Frank Gardner Lola T192 Chevrolet Lola Cars Ltd Ret 4 Ret 1 Ret 2 18 5 Chris Amon March 701 Cosworth Lotus 70 Ford STP Corporation 3 9 5 2 4 15 6 Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 6 Ret Ret 3 5 2 13 7 Graeme Lawrence Ferrari Dino 246T/69 Air New Zealand Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 6 4 9 8 Kevin Bartlett Mildren Chevrolet Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd Ret Ret Ret 4 3 Ret DNS 7 9 John Cannon McLaren M10B Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd 5 5 Ret Ret 7 DNS 7 4 = Malcolm Guthrie Lola T190 Chevrolet Guthrie Racing 7 6 5 DNS Ret 6 4 11 David Oxton Lotus 70 Ford 4 Ret DNS 7 3 = Mike Eyerly Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Bonphil Racing Ret 4 DNS 9 DNS 3 = Bob Muir Mildren Mono Waggott Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd 6 8 5 3 14 Keith Holland McLaren M10B Chevrolet Road & Track Auto Service 9 5 Ret 2 15 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott Geoghegans Sporty Cars 8 6 Ret 1 Pos Driver Car Entrant Lev Puk Wig Ter War San Sur 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)