# 1966 Tasman Series

The 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers was a motor racing competition for racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula. The championship was jointly organised by the Association of New Zealand Car Clubs Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. It began on 8 January 1966 and ended on 7 March after eight races, four of which were staged in New Zealand and the remainder in Australia. The winning driver was declared Tasman Champion and was awarded the Tasman Cup.
The championship, which was the third Tasman Series, was won by Jackie Stewart driving a BRM P261.

## Races

The championship was contested over eight races.
| Round | Round | Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Winning car | Winning team | Report |
| New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand Grand Prix | Pukekohe | 8 January | Graham Hill | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| New Zealand | 2 | Levin International | Levin | 15 January | Richard Attwood | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| New Zealand | 3 | Lady Wigram Trophy | Wigram | 22 January | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| New Zealand | 4 | Teretonga International | Teretonga | 29 January | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| Australia | 5 | Warwick Farm International | Warwick Farm | 13 February | Jim Clark | Lotus 39 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Report |
| Australia | 6 | Australian Grand Prix | Lakeside | 20 February | Graham Hill | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| Australia | 7 | Exide International Cup | Sandown | 27 February | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |
| Australia | 8 | South Pacific Trophy | Longford | 7 March | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | Report |

## Points system

Points were awarded on the following basis at each race.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Each driver could retain points won in the New Zealand Grand Prix and in any other two races in New Zealand plus points won in the Australian Grand Prix and in any in other two races in Australia.

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | War | Lak | San | Lon | Pts |
| 1 | Jackie Stewart | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | (4) | Ret | 1 | 1 | 42 (45) |
| 2 | Graham Hill | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | (3) | 2 | 30 (34) |
| 3 | Jim Clark | Lotus 39 Coventry Climax | Team Lotus | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Jim Palmer | Lotus 32B Coventry Climax | Jim Palmer | 3 | (5) | 3 | 3 | (6) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 (24) |
| 5 | Frank Gardner | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | (6) | 18 (19) |
| 6 | Richard Attwood | BRM P261 | Owen Racing Organisation | | 1 | 2 | Ret | | | | | 15 |
| 7 | Spencer Martin | Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce | Ret | 3 | 4 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Dennis Marwood | Cooper T66 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Rothmans | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | Ret | | | 7 |
| 9 | Roly Levis | Brabham BT6 Ford | R Levis | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | DNQ | | | 5 |
| 10 | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT19 | Ecurie Vitesse | | | | | | | Ret | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 32 Ford | Total Team | 5 | | | | 7 | Ret | Ret | | 2 |
| = | Andy Buchanan | Repco Brabham BT7A Coventry Climax | Wilson Motors, Hunterville | Ret | 9 | 5 | Ret | DNS | 7 | | | 2 |
| = | Ken Sager | Brabham BT6 Ford | | 6 | 8 | Ret | 6 | | | | | 2 |
| = | Kevin Bartlett | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | | | | | Ret | 5 | 8 | | 2 |
| 15 | Red Dawson | Brabham BT7 Coventry Climax | | 7 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | | 1 |
| = | Glyn Scott | Lotus 27 Ford | Glyn Scott Motors | | | | | Ret | 6 | | | 1 |
| = | Les Howard | Lotus 27 Ford | Howard & Sons Racing Team | | | | | 13 | DNQ | 6 | | 1 |
| — | John Riley | Lotus 18/21 Coventry Climax | | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Greg Cusack | Repco Brabham BT10 Ford | Team Castrol | | | | | Ret | Ret | 7 | | 0 |
| — | Dene Hollier | Lotus 20B Ford | | 9 | Ret | 8 | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| — | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT10 Ford | RC Phillips Sports Car World P/L | | | | | 8 | 8 | Ret | | 0 |
| — | Peter Gillum | Cooper T67 Ford | | | | 9 | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Ray Thackwell | Brabham BT2 Ford | Team Tiki | 11 | Ret | Ret | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Bob Jane | Elfin Mono Mk I Ford | Autoland Pty Ltd | | | | | 9 | | | | 0 |
| — | Ken Smith | Lotus 22 Ford | | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Neil Whittaker | Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | Lesco Racing Team | 10 | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Allan Rhodes | Lotus 18 Ford | | | | Ret | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Tony Shaw | Lotus 22 Ford | | | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| — | Peter Williamson | Elfin Junior Hillman Imp | J McGuire | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| — | Bill Stone | Cooper T52 Ford | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Graeme Lawrence | Brabham BT6 Ford | | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Bill Caldwell | Brabham BT6 Ford | | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| — | Mel McEwin | Elfin Mono Ford | M McEwin | | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| — | Don O'Sullivan | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | FD O'Sullivan | | | | | Ret | | Ret | | 0 |
| — | John McDonald | Cooper T70 Coventry Climax | Bill Patterson Motors | | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| — | Don Fraser | Cooper T53 BRM | D Fraser | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| — | Bryan Innes | Lotus 22 Ford | JC Wilson | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| — | Paul Bolton | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | Town & Country Garage Pty Ltd | | | | | DNS | | | | 0 |
| — | Max Stewart | Rennmax BN1 Ford | Max Stewart Motors | | | | | DNS | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Entrant | Puk | Lev | Wig | Ter | War | Lak | 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) |