1964 Tasman Series

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1964 Tasman Series
Champion
Bruce McLaren
Previous: none	Next: 1965

The 1964 Tasman Series was the first Tasman Series season. It commenced on January 4, 1964 and ended on March 2 after eight races.

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Races

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

[edit] 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.

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

Pos Driver LEV PUK WIG TER SAN WAR LAK LON Pts 1 Bruce McLaren 3 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 2 39 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 9 Tony Shelly 5 6 6 4 8 7 5 7 8 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 Glyn 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 Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

Key

Abbreviation	Circuit
LAK	Lakeside
LEV	Levin
LON	Longford
PUK	Pukekohe
SAN	Sandown
TER	Teretonga
WAR	Warwick Farm
WIG	Wigram