# 1967 Tasman Series

The 1967 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition open to racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. Officially known as the Tasman Championship for Drivers, it was organised by the Motorsport Association, New Zealand Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and was contested over six races in New Zealand and Australia between 7 January and 6 March 1967.
The series, which was the fourth annual Tasman Series, was won by Jim Clark driving a Lotus 33.

## Races

The series was contested over six races with two additional races at Levin and Teretonga not counting for points.
| Round | Round | Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Car | Entrant | Report |
| New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 7 January | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| New Zealand | | Levin International | Levin | 14 January | Jim Clark | Lotus 33 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | Report |
| New Zealand | 2 | Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 21 January | Jim Clark | Lotus 33 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | Report |
| New Zealand | | Teretonga International | Teretonga | 28 January | Jim Clark | Lotus 33 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | Report |
| Australia | 3 | Eagers-Craven Filter Lakeside International 99 | Lakeside | 12 February | Jim Clark | Lotus 33 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | Report |
| Australia | 4 | Australian Grand Prix | Warwick Farm | 19 February | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| Australia | 5 | Sandown International | Sandown | 26 February | Jim Clark | Lotus 33 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | Report |
| Australia | 6 | South Pacific Trophy | Longford | 6 March | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT23A | Ecurie Vitesse | Report |

## Points system

Points were awarded at each race as shown in the following table:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
All points scored were counted.

## Series standings

| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Wig | Lak | War | San | Lon | Pts |
| 1 | Jim Clark | Lotus 33 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
| 2 | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 18 |
| = | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT22 Repco Brabham BT23A | Jack Brabham Racing Ecurie Vitesse | Ret | 13 | 2 | 4 | NC | 1 | 18 |
| = | Frank Gardner | Repco Brabham BT16 Coventry Climax | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | DNS | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Richard Attwood | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | 3 | 2 | | | | | 10 |
| 6 | Kevin Bartlett | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 39 Coventry Climax | Geoghegan Racing Division | | | Ret | 5 | 2 | DNS | 8 |
| 8 | Denny Hulme | Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax Repco Brabham BT22 | FH Stanton Jack Brabham Racing Ecurie Vitesse | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| = | Chris Irwin | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | | | | Ret | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Jim Palmer | Repco Brabham BT22 Coventry Climax | Jim Palmer Motor Racing | 4 | Ret | | | | | 3 |
| = | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT14 Ford | RC Phillips Sports Car World Pty Ltd | | | 6 | DNS | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 12 | Graeme Lawrence | Repco Brabham BT14 Ford | Lawrence Motors | 5 | 12 | | | | | 2 |
| 13 | Dene Hollier | Lotus 27 Ford | Dene Hollier Ltd | 6 | Ret | | | | | 1 |
| = | Roly Levis | Repco Brabham BT14 Ford | Levis Racing Team | 9 | 6 | | | | | 1 |
| — | Jim Boyd | Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | SH Jensen | 7 | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Bill Stone | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | Levis Racing Team | 8 | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Ken Sager | Repco Brabham BT16 Ford | JH Sager | 10 | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Laurence Brownlie | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | | 11 | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| — | John Weston | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | | 12 | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Don MacDonald | Repco Brabham BT10 Ford | | 13 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Grahame Harvey | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | | Ret | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Ken Smith | Lotus 22 Ford | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Pat McLoughlin | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Dennis Marwood | Cooper T66 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Rothmans | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Red Dawson | Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax | | DNS | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Kerry Grant | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Grant & Liddle | DNS | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Peter Yock | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| — | Paul Bolton | Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax | Stanton Motors | | DNQ | | Ret | DNS | | 0 |
| — | Glyn Scott | Lotus 27 Ford | Glyn Scott Motors | | | 7 | 7 | 8 | | 0 |
| — | Mel McEwin | Elfin Mono Ford | M McEwin | | | 8 | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| — | Piers Courage | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| — | Spencer Martin | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Bob Jane Racing Team | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| — | Greg Cusack | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Castrol Team | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| — | Ian Cook | Elfin Mono MkIIB Ford | I Cook | | | Ret | Ret | 7 | | 0 |
| — | Mike Champion | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | Competition Cars Australia | | | | 8 | | | 0 |
| — | Graham Hill | Lotus 48 Ford Cosworth FVA | Team Lotus (Overseas) Ltd | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| — | Peter Macrow | Cheetah Mk3 Ford | RP Creed | | | | | NC | | 0 |
| — | Jack Hunnam | Elfin Mono MkIID Ford | Jack Hunnam Motors | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Wig | Lak | War | San | Lon | 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) |