1964 Tasman Series

1964 Tasman Series
Champion Bruce McLaren
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The 1964 Tasman Series was the first Tasman Series season. It began on 4 January 1964 and ended on 2 March after eight races.

The series was won by Bruce McLaren, the only one of the four race winning drivers who attended all eight races, a trifecta of wins in New Zealand setting up the title.

Results and standings

Races

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand	1	Levin International	Levin	4 January	Denny Hulme	Brabham BT4	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	2	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	11 January	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T70	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	18 January	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T70	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	25 January	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T70	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Report
Australia	5	Australian Grand Prix	Sandown	9 February	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT7A	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	6	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	16 February	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT7A	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	7	Lakeside International	Lakeside	23 February	Jack Brabham	Brabham BT7A	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	8	South Pacific Trophy	Longford	2 March	Graham Hill	Brabham BT4	Scuderia Veloce	Report

Standings

One score could be dropped from the Australian races and one could be dropped from the New Zealand races, however the dropped races could not include the Australian Grand Prix or the New Zealand Grand Prix. Dropped scores indicated in brackets.

Pos Driver LEV PUK WIG TER SAN WAR LAK LON Pts 1 Bruce McLaren (3) 1 1 1 Ret 2 (3) 2 39 (47) 2 Jack Brabham Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 33 3 Denny Hulme 1 2 3 Ret 5 5 9 23 4 Timmy Mayer 2 3 8 2 4 3 Ret DNS 23 5 John Youl 4 4 4 DNS 3 Ret 2 5 21 6 Graham Hill 4 1 12 7 Bib Stillwell 2 6 4 10 8 Jim Palmer (6) 5 5 3 6 10 8 9 (10) 9 Tony Shelly 5 6 (6) 4 8 7 5 7 8 (9) 10 Frank Matich Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 4 11 Frank Gardner 10 13 4 9 3 12 Bill Thomasen Ret DNS 5 2 13 Roly Levis 7 9 10 6 1 14 Lex Davison Ret 8 6 1 15 Glynn Scott Ret Ret 6 1 16 Rex Flowers 8 12 7 Ret 12 8 0 17 Andy Buchanan 10 7 9 0 18 Greg Cusack 11 7 10 0 19 Arnold Glass 7 Ret Ret Ret 0 = Jim Boyd Ret 7 0 21 Ken Sager 11 11 8 0 22 David Young 8 Ret 0 23 Neil Whittaker 9 0 = David Walker 9 Ret Ret Ret 0 = Leo Geoghegan Ret 9 0 26 Dene Hollier 10 0 27 Peter Slocombe 11 0 = Jack Hobden 11 0 29 Mel McEwin Ret 12 0 — Chris Amon Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — Charlie Smith Ret Ret 0 — Jack Hunnam Ret Ret 0 — Bill Patterson Ret Ret 0 — Tony Osborne Ret Ret 0 — Bruce Abernethy Ret 0 — Doug Whiteford Ret 0 — Keith Rilstone Ret 0 — David Fletcher Ret 0 — Wally Mitchell Ret 0 — Lionel Ayers Ret 0 — Barry Porter DNS 0 — Ken Smith DNQ 0 Pos Driver LEV PUK WIG TER SAN WAR LAK LON 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)

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