1974 Tasman Series

The 1974 Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers^[1]) was an international motor racing competition which commenced on 5 January and ended on 23 February 1974 after eight races. The championship, which was the eleventh Tasman Championship,^[2] was open to Racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula.^[3] The winner was awarded the Tasman Cup.^[1]

1974 Tasman Series

Champion
Peter Gethin

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The championship was won by Peter Gethin of the United Kingdom, driving a Chevron B24 Chevrolet.^[4]

Schedule

The championship was won by Peter Gethin (pictured in 1971)

The championship was contested over eight rounds with each round comprising a single race.^[5]

Round		Name	Circuit[6]	Date[6]	Winning driver[5]	Winning car[5]	Winning entrant	Report
New Zealand	1	Peter Stuyvesant International Motor Race[7]	Levin	5 January	Johnnie Walker	Lola T330 Repco Holden	Johnnie Walker[7]	Report
	2	Air New Zealand International Race[8]	Pukekohe	12 January	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS[8]	Report
	3	Peter Stuyvesant New Zealand Grand Prix for the Lady Wigram Memorial Trophy[9]	Wigram	19 January	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 Repco Holden	Ansett Team Elfin[9]	Report
	4	Teretonga International[5]	Teretonga	26 January	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors	Report
Australia	5	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000[10]	Oran Park	3 February	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors[10]	Report
	6	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000[5]	Surfers Paradise	10 February	Teddy Pilette	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS	Report
	7	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000[11]	Sandown	17 February	Peter Gethin	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	Chevron Racing Team VDS[11]	Report
	8	Peter Stuyvesant $100,000[3]	Adelaide	23 February	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing[3]	Report

Points system

Championship points were awarded for race positions at each race on the following basis:

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

Points from all races were counted^[1] towards each driver's championship total.

Championship standings

Peter Gethin won the title driving a Chevron B24 similar to the example pictured above.

Pos Driver[12] Car[12] Entrant[3] Lev Puk Wig Ter Ora Sur San Ade Pts[12] 1 Peter Gethin Chevron B24 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Team VDS 4 1 3 5 5 2 1 2 41 2 Max Stewart Lola T330 Chevrolet Max Stewart Motors 3 5 Ret 1 1 Ret 5 Ret 26 3 Teddy Pilette Chevron B24 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Team VDS Ret 4 2 Ret 6 1 4 Ret 22 4 Johnnie Walker Lola T330 Repco Holden J. Walker 1 7 Ret Ret 2 5 3 Ret 21 = John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin Ret 2 1 Ret 4 4 10 Ret 21 6 Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet Pat Burke Racing 6 6 Ret 4 3 7 6 1 19 7 Graham McRae McRae GM2 Chevrolet Crown Lynn Ret Ret Ret 2 DSQ 6 2 7 13 8 David Oxton Begg FM5 Chevrolet David Oxton Motor Racing[11] 7 3 4 10 Ret 9 8 5 9 = Graeme Lawrence Lola T332 Chevrolet Singapore Airlines – WIX 11 Ret 6 3 7 11 Ret 3 9 10 Allan McCully Begg FM5 Chevrolet A. McCully[11] 2 Ret 7 6 7 = Frank Matich Matich A53 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing 3 Ret 4 7 12 Ken Smith March 732 Ford Air New Zealand[7] 5 8 10 8 2 = Garry Pedersen McLaren M18 Chevrolet Hi-Fi Radio Racing Team[7] DNS 12 5 7 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 2 14 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin 9 8 7 6 1 Pos Driver Car Entrant Lev Puk Wig Ter Ora Sur 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)