# 1970 Tasman Series

The 1970 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula. It was the seventh Tasman Series, beginning on 3 January and ending on 22 February after seven races. The series was won by Graeme Lawrence of New Zealand, driving the Ferrari 246T that fellow New Zealander Chris Amon raced to win the 1969 Tasman Series.
1970 was a transitional year for the series, being the first year not involving the European Formula One teams which had given the Tasman Series its distinctive style. It was also the first year in which stock production engines of up to five litres cubic capacity were allowed, in short, Formula 5000. Entries arrived from both Europe and the United States, although not of the same quality of the earlier Tasman Formula era. Traditional 2.5 litre Tasman cars, like Lawrence's Ferrari, continued to race along with the 1.6 litre cars that filled much of the lower end of the grids during the Tasman era.

## Results
### Races

The Bay Park International, held on 28 December 1969, one week before the first round, was a non-championship event.
Source:
| Round | Round | Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning car | Winning team | Report |
| New Zealand | | Bay Park International | Bay Park | 28 December | Ron Grable | McLaren M10A Chevrolet | | Report |
| New Zealand | 1 | Levin International | Levin | 3 January | Graeme Lawrence | Dino 246 Tasmania | | Report |
| New Zealand | 2 | New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 10 January | Frank Matich | McLaren M10A Chevrolet | Rothmans Team Matich | Report |
| New Zealand | 3 | Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 17 January | Frank Matich | McLaren M10A Chevrolet | Rothmans Team Matich | Report |
| New Zealand | 4 | Teretonga International | Teretonga | 24 January | Graham McRae | McLaren M10A Chevrolet | | Report |
| Australia | 5 | Rothmans 100 | Surfers Paradise | 8 February | Graham McRae | McLaren M10A Chevrolet | | Report |
| Australia | 6 | International 100 | Warwick Farm | 15 February | Kevin Bartlett | Mildren Mono Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing | Report |
| Australia | 7 | Golden 100 | Sandown | 22 February | Neil Allen | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | | Report |

### Standings

All scores from points-scoring races were counted
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | LEV | PUK | WIG | TER | SUR | WAR | SAN | Pts |
| 1 | Graeme Lawrence | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 30 |
| 2 | Frank Matich | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | Ret | Ret | 25 |
| 3 | Kevin Bartlett | Ret | 5 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 19 |
| = | Max Stewart | 2 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Graham McRae | DNS | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 18 |
| 6 | Ron Grable | DNS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 17 |
| 7 | Neil Allen | ?? | 8 | Ret | | | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Mike Goth | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 10 |
| 9 | Ulf Norinder | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Derek Bell | 9 | 2 | Ret | DNS | | | | 6 |
| 11 | Bill Simpson | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 3 |
| 12 | Dennis Marwood | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | 2 |
| = | John Harvey | | | | | | 5 | Ret | 2 |
| = | Alfredo Costanzo | | | | | | Ret | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Derrick Williams | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | ?? | Ret | 1 |
| = | Mike Campbell | Ret | Ret | 6 | DNS | Ret | 10 | Ret | 1 |
| = | Tony Stewart | | | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | LEV | PUK | WIG | TER | SUR | WAR | SAN | Pts |

#### Keys

| Abbreviation | Circuit |
| LEV | Levin |
| PUK | Pukekohe |
| SAN | Sandown |
| SUR | Surfers Paradise |
| TER | Teretonga |
| WAR | Warwick Farm |
| WIG | Wigram |
| 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) |