# 1972 Tasman Series

The 1972 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. The series, which began on 8 January and ended on 27 February after eight races, was the ninth annual Tasman Series. It was won by Graham McRae of New Zealand, driving a Leda GM1 Chevrolet.

## Races

Additional information sourced from:
| Round | Round | Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning car | Winning team | Report |
| New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 8 January | Frank Gardner | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Lola Cars Limited | Report |
| New Zealand | 2 | Levin International | Levin | 15 January | Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Crown Lynn | Report |
| New Zealand | 3 | Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 22 January | Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | Report |
| New Zealand | 4 | Winfield Teretonga International | Teretonga | 30 January | Kevin Bartlett | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing | Report |
| Australia | 5 | Rothmans 100 | Surfers Paradise | 6 February | Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | Report |
| Australia | 6 | Rothmans 100 | Warwick Farm | 13 February | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden | Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd | Report |
| Australia | 7 | Australian Grand Prix | Sandown | 20 February | Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd | Report |
| Australia | 8 | Rothmans 100 | Adelaide | 27 February | David Hobbs | McLaren M22 Chevrolet | Hobbs Racing London | Report |

## Points system

Series points were awarded at each round on the following basis.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
All scores from all rounds were counted.

## Series standings

| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | Sur | War | San | Ade | Pts |
| 1 | Graham McRae | Leda GM1 Chevrolet | Grid International (NZ) Ltd Crown Lynn | 10 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 39 |
| 2 | Mike Hailwood | Surtees TS8/11 Chevrolet | Team Surtees | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | Frank Gardner | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Lola Cars Limited | 1 | Ret | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 27 |
| 4 | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden | Frank Matich Pty Ltd | Ret | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 22 |
| 5 | Kevin Bartlett | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 20 |
| = | David Hobbs | McLaren M22 Chevrolet | David Hobbs London | 3 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Teddy Pilette | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Racing Team VDS | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | David Oxton | Begg FM4 Chevrolet | Begg Engineering Ltd | Ret | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | 7 |
| 9 | Max Stewart | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| = | Evan Noyes | McLaren M18 Chevrolet | Gemco Racing | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | | | | | 5 |
| 11 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Elfin Sports Cars | 7 | 8 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | Johnnie Walker | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | City-State Racing Team | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | Warwick Brown | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | | | | | 7 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 2 |
| 14 | Frank Radisich | McLaren M10B Repco Holden | Henderson Central Motors | Ret | 9 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| = | Gary Campbell | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Provincial Motors | | | | | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | Sur | War | San | Ade | 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) |