1966 Tasman Series

1966 Tasman Series
Champion Jackie Stewart
Previous:	1965	Next:	1967

The 1966 Tasman Series was the third Tasman Series season. It began on 8 January 1966 and ended on 7 March after eight races.

Results and standings

Races

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
	2	Levin International	Levin	15 January	Richard Attwood	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	22 January	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	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
	6	Australian Grand Prix	Lakeside	20 February	Graham Hill	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	7	Sandown International	Sandown	27 February	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
	8	South Pacific Trophy	Longford	7 March	Jackie Stewart	BRM P261	Owen Racing Organisation	Report

Standings

One score could be dropped from the New Zealand races, and one score could be dropped from the Australian races. Dropped scores indicated in brackets.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	PUK	LEV	WIG	TER	WAR	LAK	SAN	LON	Pts
1	Jackie Stewart	2	Ret	1	1	4	Ret	1	1	45
2	Graham Hill	1				2	1	(3)	2	30 (34)
3	Jim Clark	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	3	2	7	25
4	Jim Palmer	3	(5)	3	3	(6)	4	4	4	21 (24)
5	Frank Gardner	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	5	(6)	18 (19)
6	Richard Attwood		1	2	Ret					15
7	Spencer Martin	Ret	3	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	11
8	Dennis Marwood	4	7	6	4	10	Ret			7
9	Roly Levis	8	4	7	5	Ret	DNQ			5
10	Jack Brabham							Ret	3	4
11	Andy Buchanan	Ret	9	5	Ret	DNS	7			2
12	Leo Geoghegan	5				7	Ret	Ret		2
13	Kevin Bartlett					Ret	5	8		2
14	Ken Sager	6	8	Ret	6					2
15	Red Dawson	7	6	Ret	Ret					1
16	Glyn Scott					Ret	6			1
=	Les Howard					DNS	DNQ	6		1
18	John Riley	Ret	DNQ	Ret	7					0
=	Greg Cusack					Ret	Ret	7		0
20	Dene Hollier	9	Ret	8	8					0
21	John Harvey					8	8	Ret		0
22	Peter Gillum			9	10					0
23	Ray Thackwell	11	Ret	Ret	9					0
24	Bob Jane					9				0
25	Ken Smith	12	10							0
26	Neil Whittaker	10	DNQ							0
27	Allan Rhodes			Ret	11					0
28	Tony Shaw				12					0
—	Bill Stone	Ret								0
—	Graeme Lawrence	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret					0
—	Bill Caldwell	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret					0
—	Mel McEwin					Ret	Ret	Ret		0
—	Don O'Sullivan					Ret		Ret		0
—	John McDonald					Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Don Fraser							Ret		0
—	Brian Innes	DNS								0
—	Paul Bolton					DNS				0
—	Peter Williamson					DNS				0
Pos	Driver	PUK	LEV	WIG	TER	WAR	LAK	SAN	LON	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Key

Abbreviation	Circuit
LAK	Lakeside
LEV	Levin
LON	Longford
PUK	Pukekohe
SAN	Sandown
TER	Teretonga
WAR	Warwick Farm
WIG	Wigram

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