1973 Tasman Series

The 1973 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 6 January and ended on 25 February after eight races,^[1] was the tenth Tasman Series.^[3] Officially known as the Tasman Championship for Drivers, it was organised jointly by the Motorsport Association New Zealand Incorporated and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.^[4] The championship was won by Graham McRae, driving a McRae GM1 Chevrolet.^[1]

1973 Tasman Series

Champion
Graham McRae

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Races

A McRae GM1, similar to the car driven by 1973 Tasman Series winner Graham McRae

The series was contested over eight rounds.^[1]

Round[1]		Name[1]	Circuit[1]	Date[1]	Winning driver[1]	Winning car[1]	Winning entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	6 January	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin[5]	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	13 January	Graham McRae	McRae GM1 Chevrolet	STP[5]	Report[6]
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	20 January	Graham McRae	McRae GM1 Chevrolet	STP[5]	Report[7]
	4	Rothmans International[5]	Teretonga	28 January	Alan Rollinson	McRae GM1 Chevrolet	McKechnie Racing Organisation[5]	Report[8]
Australia	5	Surfers Paradise International	Surfers Paradise	4 February	Frank Matich	Matich A50 Repco Holden	Frank Matich[9]	Report[10]
	6	Chesterfield 100	Warwick Farm	11 February	Steve Thompson	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Servis Racing Team[9]	Report[11]
	7	Chesterfield 100[9]	Sandown	18 February	Graham McRae	McRae GM1 Chevrolet	STP[9]	Report
	8	Chesterfield 100[12]	Adelaide	25 February	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin[12]	Report[13]

Points system

Points were awarded at each race on the following basis:^[14]

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

All races were counted towards the final totals for each driver.^[14]

Series standings

Pos[1] Driver[1] Car[1] Entrant[5] Puk Lev Wig Ter Sur War San Ade Pts 1 Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet STP 4 1 1 10 2 3 1 Ret 40 2 John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin 1 Ret Ret 4 6 6 2 1 29 3 Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd Frank Matich[9] Ret 2 4 Ret 1 2 4 Ret 27 4 Steve Thompson Chevron B24 Chevrolet Servis / Alan Brodie Servis Racing Team[9] 3 Ret 3 6 Ret 1 7 3 22 5 Alan Rollinson McRae GM1 Chevrolet McKechnie Racing Organisation 2 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 21 6 Max Stewart Lola T330 Chevrolet Max Stewart Motors Lola Cars Ltd[9] Ret Ret Ret 3 3 5 3 4 17 7 Warwick Brown Lola T300 Chevrolet Team Target Ret 3 2 7 DNS 10 8 Sam Posey Surtees TS11 Chevrolet Champ Car Inc Ret Ret Ret 2 5 7 6 Ret 9 9 Johnnie Walker Matich A50 Repco Holden Johnnie Walker[12] 4 4 5 Ret 8 10 David Oxton Begg FM5 Chevrolet GN Begg Engineering Co Ret 5 5 9 4 11 Kevin Bartlett Lola T300 Chevrolet Chesterfield Filter Racing Ret 4 7 8 10 8 Ret 9 3 12 Garry Pedersen Begg FM4 Chevrolet Wright Machinery Ltd 5 12 12 2 = Noritake Takahara Brabham BT36 Ford Takahara Racing Inc 7 9 10 5 8 2 = Dexter Dunlop McRae GM1 Chevrolet Dunlop Racing Ret 6 6 11 9 11 9 Ret 2 = Bob Muir McLaren M10B Chevrolet Pat Burke Racing[12] Ret 5 2 16 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin[12] Ret Ret 6 1 = Ken Smith March 722 Ford Air NZ Motor Racing 6 7 1 Pos Driver Car Entrant Puk Lev Wig Ter Sur War San Ade 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)