# 1965 Tasman Series

The 1965 Tasman Series was a motor racing competition staged in New Zealand and Australia for cars complying with the Tasman Formula. The series, which began on 9 January and ended on 1 March after seven races, was the second Tasman Series. It was won by Jim Clark, driving Lotus 32B Coventry Climax.

## Races

The series was contested over seven races.
| Round | Round | Race name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning car | Winning team | Report |
| New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 9 January | Graham Hill | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce | Report |
| New Zealand | 2 | Levin International | Levin | 16 January | Jim Clark | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Report |
| New Zealand | 3 | Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 23 January | Jim Clark | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Report |
| New Zealand | 4 | Teretonga International | Teretonga | 30 January | Jim Clark | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Report |
| Australia | 5 | Warwick Farm 100 | Warwick Farm | 14 February | Jim Clark | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Report |
| Australia | 6 | Sandown International Cup | Sandown | 21 February | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Ecurie Vitesse | Report |
| Australia | 7 | Australian Grand Prix | Longford | 1 March | Bruce McLaren | Cooper T79 Coventry Climax | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd | Report |

## Points system

Points were awarded for the first six positions at each race as shown in the following table.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Each driver could retain points from the New Zealand Grand Prix, the two best performances in the other three New Zealand races, and from all Australian races.
Race positions for which points were earned but not retained are shown on the table below within brackets.

## Series standings

| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | War | San | Lon | Pts |
| 1 | Jim Clark | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Ret | 1 | 1 | (1) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 35 (44) |
| 2 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper T79 Coventry Climax | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd | Ret | (5) | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 24 (26) |
| 3 | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Ecurie Vitesse | | | | | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Frank Gardner | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 |
| = | Phil Hill | Cooper T70 Coventry Climax | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd | DNS | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| = | Jim Palmer | Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax | Lesco Racing Team Jim Palmer Motor Racing | 3 | 3 | 3 | (5) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 (17) |
| 7 | Graham Hill | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce | 1 | | | | 5 | Ret | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Kerry Grant | Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | Lesco Racing Team Scuderia Veloce | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| = | Bib Stillwell | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce Bib Stillwell | | | | | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 10 | Frank Matich | Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax | Total Team | | | | | 3 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
| 11 | John Riley | Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax | J Riley | 4 | 9 | Ret | 9 | | | | 3 |
| = | Rex Flowers | Lola Mk 4A Coventry Climax | R Flowers | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | 3 |
| 13 | Roly Levis | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | Alec Mildren Racing | 13 | 6 | 6 | (6) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 (3) |
| 14 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 32 Ford | Total Team | 6 | | | | 8 | | | 1 |
| — | Andy Buchanan | Brabham BT6 Ford | | 7 | 7 | 7 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| — | Bruce Abernethy | Cooper T66 Coventry Climax | Rothmans Driver Promotion Scheme | Ret | DNS | Ret | 7 | | | | 0 |
| — | Bill Thomasen | Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | | 10 | Ret | 8 | 8 | | | | 0 |
| — | Red Dawson | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | | 8 | 10 | Ret | 10 | | | | 0 |
| — | Graeme Lawrence | Brabham BT6 Ford | Molyslip Racing Team | | 8 | Ret | 11 | | | | 0 |
| — | Glyn Scott | Lotus 27 Ford | Glyn Scott Motors | | | | | 12 | | 8 | 0 |
| — | Wally Mitchell | Lotus 20 Ford | East Burwood Motors Pty Ltd | | | | | | 8 | | 0 |
| — | Ken Sager | Brabham BT6 Ford | J H Sager | | | 9 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| — | Rocky Tresise | Cooper T62 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie | | | | | 9 | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Keith Rilstone | Elfin Ford | Keith Rilstone | | | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| — | Peter Gillum | Cooper T67 Ford | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Greg Cusack | Brabham BT10 Ford | Greg Cusack | | | | | 10 | | | 0 |
| — | Jack Hobden | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax | Lewis Hobden Pty Ltd | | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| — | Ken Smith | Lotus 22 Ford | | 12 | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Dene Hollier | Lotus 20B Ford | | 11 | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| — | David Walker | Brabham BT2 Ford | Kurt Keller Motors | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| — | Mel McEwin | Elfin Formula Junior Ford | Mel McEwin | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| — | Bill Stone | Cooper T52 Ford | | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Lex Davison | Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie | 15 | | | | Ret | DNS | | 0 |
| — | Arnold Glass | Cooper T55 Coventry Climax | Capitol Motors Pty Ltd | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Barry Collerson | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| — | Geoff McClelland | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | Geoff McClelland | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| — | John McDonald | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Bill Patterson Motors | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| — | Lyn Archer | Elfin Formula Junior Ford | Lyn Archer Motors | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Bob Jane | Elfin Mono Mk 1 Ford | Autoland Pty Ltd | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| — | Bryan Thomas | Lotus 27 Ford | | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | 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) |

## References and notes

* 1 2 The 1965 Series, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 12 February 2015
* 1 2 3 4 Tasman Series 1965, www.sergent.com.au Retrieved on 12 February 2015
* 1 2 3 4 Tasman Cup 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 12 February 2015
* 1 2 3 Race result pages linked from Tasman Cup 1965, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 12 February 2015
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Listed in the Official Programme for the Sandown round as a Repco Brabham
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Official Programme, Sandown International Cup Meeting, Sunday 21st February, entry list
* 1 2 Programme, Longford, 30th Australian Grand Prix Meeting 1965
* 1 2 3 Bill Tuckey, Seven days in summer, Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 2, pages 10-17
* ↑ Listed in Bill Tuckey’s Australian Motor Racing Annual article as a Repco Brabham