1968 Tasman Series

1968Tasman Series

Champion
Jim Clark

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The1968 Tasman Championship for Driverswas a motor racing series contested over eight races during January, February and March 1968, with four races held inNew Zealandand four inAustralia.The championship was open to Racing Cars fitted with unsupercharged engines with a capacity equal or inferior to 2500cc.It was the fifth annualTasman Championship.

The championship won byJim Clark,driving aLotus 49T.

It was the third and final Tasman Championship win for Clark who was killed in aFormula 2crash on the ultra fastHockenheimcircuit inWest Germanyjust over a month after the series concluded. Clark won the last of his twelve career Tasman Series wins when he won the1968 Australian Grand Prixat theSandown RacewayinMelbourne,only 0.1 seconds in front of theDino 246 TasmaniaofChris Amonafter a famous duel between the pair.

Reigning1967Formula OneWorld ChampionDenny Hulmefinished equal seventh in the series in his Formula 2Brabhamwith a best finish of third in Round 3 for theLady Wigram Trophy,his first race of the series.

Schedule

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand	1	New Zealand Grand Prix	Pukekohe	6 January	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	C.Amon	Report
	2	Levin International	Levin	13 January	Chris Amon	Dino 246 Tasmania	C.Amon	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy	Wigram	20 January	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga	27 January	Bruce McLaren	BRMP126	Owen Racing Organisation	Report
Australia	5	Surfers Paradise 100	Surfers Paradise	11 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	6	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm	18 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	7	Australian Grand Prix	Sandown	25 February	Jim Clark	Lotus 49T	Team Lotus	Report
	8	South Pacific Trophy	Longford	4 March	Piers Courage	McLarenM4A	P.Courage	Report

Points system

Points were awarded at each race on the following basis:

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

Championship placings were determined by the total number of points scored by a driver in all races.

Championship standings

Pos Driver Car Puk Lev Wig Ter Sur War San Lon Pts 1 Jim Clark Lotus 49TCosworth Ret Ret 1 2 1 1 1 5 44 2 Chris Amon Dino 246 Tasmania 1 1 2 4 Ret 4 2 7 36 3 Piers Courage McLaren M4ACosworth 3 2 4 5 3 3 5 1 34 4 Graham Hill Lotus 49TCosworth 2 2 3 6 17 = Frank Gardner Brabham BT23DAlfa Romeo 2 Ret Ret 3 9 Ret 4 3 17 6 Bruce McLaren BRM P126 Ret Ret 5 1 11 7 Pedro Rodríguez BRM P126 BRM P261 Ret Ret 6 Ret 10 6 Ret 2 8 = Denny Hulme Brabham BT23Cosworth 3 6 6 5 9 DNS 8 9 Jim Palmer McLaren M4ACosworth 4 3 7 8 3 10 Richard Attwood BRM P126 Ret Ret 6 4 4 11 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39Repco 4 Ret 7 DNS 3 = Roly Levis Brabham BT18Ford 8 4 8 10 3 13 Kevin Bartlett Brabham BT11ACoventry Climax 5 Ret 8 DNS 2 = Red Dawson Brabham BT7ACoventry Climax Ret 5 9 DNS 2 = Paul Bolton Brabham BT22Coventry Climax 5 Ret Ret 2 16 Graeme Lawrence Brabham BT18Ford 6 9 Ret 9 1 = Bill Stone Brabham BT6Ford 10 6 10 Ret 0 — Bryan Faloon Brabham BT4Coventry Climax 7 7 13 DNS 0 — David Oxton Brabham BT16Ford Ret 10 Ret 7 0 — Glyn Scott Lotus 27Ford 7 10 0 — Jack Brabham Brabham BT21ERepco 7 Ret 0 — John Harvey Brabham BT11ACoventry Climax Ret Ret 8 0 — Frank Radisich Lotus 22Ford 8 DNS 0 — Malcolm Aldred Lotus 22Ford 8 0 — Alfredo Costanzo Elfin MonoFord 8 0 — John Nicholson Lotus 27Ford 9 DNS 0 — Ian Ferguson Lotus 27Ford 9 0 — John McCormack Brabham BT4Coventry Climax 9 0 — Ken Smith Lotus 41Ford 12 DNS 11 Ret 0 — Don MacDonald Brabham BT10Ford 11 12 DNQ 0 — Graham McRae Brabham BT6Ford Ret 14 Ret 0 — Peter Yock Lotus 33BRM Ret Ret DNQ Ret 0 — Vince Anderson Brabham BT11ACoventry Climax Ret 0 — Grahame Harvey Brabham BT6Ford Ret 0 — Greg Cusack Brabham BT23Repco Ret Ret Ret DNS 0 — Brian Page Brabham BT6Ford Ret Ret 0 — Max Stewart RennmaxFord Ret 0 — Fred Gibson BrabhamCoventry Climax Ret 0 — Mel McEwin Lotus 32BCoventry Climax Ret 0 — Tony Batchelor Brabham BT6Ford DNS 0 Pos Driver Car Puk Lev Wig Ter Sur War San Lon Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)