# 1969 Tasman Series

The 1969 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula. The series, which commenced on 4 January 1969 and ended on 16 February 1969 after seven rounds, was the sixth annual Tasman Series. It was won by Chris Amon, driving a Dino 246 Tasmania.

## Races

The series was contested over seven races.
| Round | Round | Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Car | Entrant | Report |
| New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 4 January | Chris Amon | Dino 246 Tasmania | Scuderia Veloce | Report |
| New Zealand | 2 | Levin International | Levin | 11 January | Chris Amon | Dino 246 Tasmania | Scuderia Veloce | Report |
| New Zealand | 3 | Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 19 January | Jochen Rindt | Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW | World Wide Racing | Report |
| New Zealand | 4 | Teretonga International | Teretonga | 25 January | Piers Courage | Brabham BT24 Ford Cosworth DFW | Frank Williams Racing | Report |
| Australia | 5 | Australian Grand Prix | Lakeside | 2 February | Chris Amon | Dino 246 Tasmania | Scuderia Veloce | Report |
| Australia | 6 | Warwick Farm International | Warwick Farm | 9 February | Jochen Rindt | Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW | World Wide Racing | Report |
| Australia | 7 | Sandown International 100 | Sandown | 16 February | Chris Amon | Dino 246 Tasmania | Scuderia Veloce | Report |

## Points system

Series points were awarded at each race on the following basis.
| 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.

## Series standings

| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | Lak | War | San | Pts |
| 1 | Chris Amon | Dino 246 Tasmania | Scuderia Veloce | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 44 |
| 2 | Jochen Rindt | Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW | Gold Leaf Team Lotus World Wide Racing | 2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| 3 | Piers Courage | Brabham BT24 Ford Cosworth DFW | Frank Williams Racing | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 22 |
| 4 | Derek Bell | Dino 246 Tasmania | Scuderia Veloce | 4 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Graham Hill | Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFW | Gold Leaf Team Lotus World Wide Racing | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Frank Gardner | Mildren Mono Alfa Romeo | Alec Mildren Racing | Ret | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 39 Repco | Geoghegan Racing Division | 5 | 4 | Ret | | 3 | 5 | DNS | 11 |
| 8 | Jack Brabham | Brabham BT31 Repco | | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Kevin Bartlett | Brabham BT23E Alfa Romeo | Alec Mildren Racing | | | | | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 |
| = | Graeme Lawrence | McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA | Lawrence Racing | 6 | 5 | 12 | Ret | | 8 | Ret | 3 |
| = | Neil Allen | McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA | NE Allen Competition Pty. Ltd. | | | | | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 12 | Roly Levis | Brabham BT23C Ford Cosworth FVA | Team Lexington | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | Graham McRae | McRae 69 Ford | | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | | | | 1 |
| = | Max Stewart | Mildren Alfa Romeo | Alec Mildren Racing | | | | | 6 | | | 1 |
| — | Malcolm Guthrie | Brabham BT21B Ford | Frank Williams Racing | | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| — | Bert Hawthorne | Brabham BT21 Ford | Team Lexington | 12 | 7 | 8 | 11 | | | | 0 |
| — | Laurence Brownlie | Brabham BT23C Ford Cosworth FVA | Team Lexington | 11 | DNS | Ret | 7 | | | | 0 |
| — | Glyn Scott | Bowin P3 Ford Cosworth FVA | Glyn Scott Motors | | | | | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| — | Red Dawson | Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax FPF | | 8 | Ret | 9 | 13 | | | | 0 |
| — | David Oxton | Brabham BT16 Ford | | 9 | Ret | Ret | 8 | | | | 0 |
| — | Garrie Cooper | Elfin 600B Ford | | | | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| — | Ken Smith | Lotus 41 Ford | | DNS | | Ret | 9 | | | | 0 |
| — | Frank Radisich | HCM Ford Cosworth FVA | Henderson Central Motors | 10 | DNS | Ret | 15 | | | | 0 |
| — | John Nicholson | Brabham BT18 Ford | | Ret | | 11 | 12 | | | | 0 |
| — | Wayne Murdoch | Brabham BT10 Ford | | | | DNS | 14 | | | | 0 |
| — | Dennis Marwood | Brabham BT22 Coventry Climax FPF | Rorstan Motor Racing | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Alfredo Costanzo | McLaren M4A Ford Cosworth FVA | Argo Racing Pty. Ltd. | | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| — | Col Green | Brabham BT16 Coventry Climax FPF | Col Green | | | | | Ret | ?? | Ret | 0 |
| — | Henk Woelders | Elfin 600B Ford | Bill Patterson Motors | | | | | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Vince Anderson | Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax FPF | | ?? | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Peter Moloney | Cooper T66 Coventry Climax FPF | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Barry Keen | Begg Mono Ford | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| — | Clive Mills | Rennmax BN2 Ford | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| — | John Harvey | Brabham BT23E Repco | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Maurie Quincey | Elfin 600B Ford | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Bryan Faloon | Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Peter Hughes | Lotus 25/33 Daimler | | | DNS | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | Lak | War | San | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |