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The 1965 Tasman Series was the second Tasman Series

Tasman Series

The Tasman Series was a motor racing series held from 1964 to 1975, in Australia and New Zealand, and named after the Tasman Sea between the two countries...

season. It began on 9 January 1965 and ended on 1 March after seven races.

Races

Round		Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	Winning team	Report
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	1	New Zealand Grand Prix New Zealand Grand Prix The New Zealand Grand Prix, sometimes known as the New Zealand International Grand Prix, is an annual motor racing event held in New Zealand first run in 1950. Currently it is the signature race of the Toyota Racing Series. It is one of only two current national Grand Prix events that are not part...	Pukekohe Pukekohe Park Raceway Although Pukekohe Park Raceway is better known internationally as a motor racing circuit, it is primarily a horse racing circuit in New Zealand. It is located south of Auckland City in the North Island. The track is now owned by Pukekohe Park Limited...	9 January	Graham Hill Graham Hill Norman Graham Hill was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He is the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport — the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship.Graham Hill and his son Damon are the only father and son pair both to...	Brabham BT11A	Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia....	Report 1965 New Zealand Grand Prix The 1965 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1965. The race was held for open wheel racing cars, specifically conforming to either the 2.5 litre Tasman Formula regulations or the 1.6 litre New Zealand National Formula regulations...
	2	Levin International	Levin Levin, New Zealand Levin is a town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand, and is the largest town in the Horowhenua district. It is 90 kilometres north of Wellington, 50 kilometres south of Palmerston North, and two kilometres to the east of Lake Horowhenua....	16 January	Jim Clark Jim Clark James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....	Lotus 32B Lotus 32 The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship...	Team Lotus Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...	Report
	3	Lady Wigram Trophy Lady Wigram Trophy The Lady Wigram Trophy is a New Zealand motorsport race trophy formerly awarded to the winner of the Wigram Airfield race. It made up part of the Tasman Series and classes like Formula Holden, Formula 5000, Formula Pacific and Formula Three Lady Wigram Trophy is now contested by Formula 5000 at...	Wigram Wigram Airfield Circuit Wigram Airfield Circuit was a temporary motor racing circuit at Wigram Aerodrome, Christchurch, New Zealand. The airfield is a former base of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It is named after Sir Henry Wigram. The temporary circuit was 3 km with a 1.3 km main straight...	23 January	Jim Clark Jim Clark James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....	Lotus 32B Lotus 32 The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship...	Team Lotus Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...	Report
	4	Teretonga International	Teretonga Teretonga Park Teretonga is a motor racing circuit situated south-west of Invercargill, New Zealand. It is home of the Southland Sports Car Club. The circuit was established in 1957 and said to be the southern most race track in the world...	30 January	Jim Clark Jim Clark James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....	Lotus 32B Lotus 32 The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship...	Team Lotus Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...	Report
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	5	Warwick Farm International	Warwick Farm Warwick Farm Raceway Warwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Warwick Farm Raceway hosted numerous major events during its life such as the Australian Grand Prix and rounds of both the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Tasman Series.-History:Warwick Farm...	14 February	Jim Clark Jim Clark James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....	Lotus 32B Lotus 32 The Lotus 32 was a Formula 2 racing car built by Team Lotus in 1964. It was developed from the Lotus 27 Formula Junior model. 12 cars were produced, but only 4 competed in the Ron Harris Team Lotus entrants . Jim Clark drove the Lotus 32 to win the 1964 Formula 2 Championship...	Team Lotus Team Lotus Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar and sports car racing...	Report
	6	Sandown International	Sandown Sandown Raceway Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...	21 February	Jack Brabham Jack Brabham Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in , and . He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name....	Brabham BT11A	Ecurie Vitesse	Report
	7	Australian Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...	Longford Longford Circuit The Longford Circuit was a temporary motor racing course laid out on public roads at Longford, south-west of Launceston in Tasmania, Australia...	1 March	Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Bruce Leslie McLaren , born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor....	Cooper T79	Bruce McLaren Racing McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup...	Report 1965 Australian Grand Prix The 1965 Australian Grand Prix was a race held at the Longford Circuit on 1 March 1965. The race had 19 starters.It was the 30th Australian Grand Prix, doubled as the seventh and final round of the 1965 Tasman Series and round two of the 1965 Australian Drivers' Championship. Bruce McLaren won...

Standings

One score could be dropped from the New Zealand races, however the dropped race could not be the New Zealand Grand Prix. Dropped scores indicated in brackets.

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

EWLINE

Pos	Driver	PUK	LEV	WIG	TER	WAR	SAN	LON	Pts
1	Jim Clark Jim Clark James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....	Ret	1	1	(1)	1	2	5	35 (44)
2	Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Bruce Leslie McLaren , born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor....	Ret	(5)	2	2	Ret	4	1	24 (26)
3	Jack Brabham Jack Brabham Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in , and . He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name....					2	1	2	21
4	Frank Gardner Frank Gardner (driver) Frank Gardner OAM was a racing driver from Australia. He was best known as a Touring car racing and Sports car racing driver. He also participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points...	2	2	4		Ret	Ret	Ret	15
5	Phil Hill Phil Hill Philip Toll Hill, Jr., was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero...	DNS	4	Ret	3	Ret	3	3	15
6	Jim Palmer	3	3	3	(5)	6	5	7	15 (17)
7	Graham Hill Graham Hill Norman Graham Hill was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He is the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport — the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship.Graham Hill and his son Damon are the only father and son pair both to...	1				5	Ret	4	14
8	Kerry Grant	9	12	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
9	Bib Stillwell					4	6	6	5
10	Frank Matich Frank Matich Frank Matich, born 1935, was an Australian racing car driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 70s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports cars and open wheel cars, mainly to support his own career, but some cars found success with other drivers...					3	Ret	Ret	4
11	John Riley	4	9	Ret	9				3
12	Rex Flowers	5	Ret	Ret	Ret				3
13	Roly Levis	13	6	6	(6)	7	7	9	2 (3)
14	Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver.Geoghegan is the elder of two sons of New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s...	6				8			1
15	Andy Buchanan	7	7	7	Ret				0
16	Bruce Abernethy	Ret	DNS	Ret	7				0
17	Bill Thomasen	10	Ret	8	8				0
18	Red Dawson	8	10	Ret	10				0
19	Graeme Lawrence Graeme Lawrence Graeme Lawrence is a former race car driver from New Zealand.Lawrence was the first New Zealander to win a race in the Tasman Series, in 1970. Although he won only the one race that year, he was Tasman Series champion, driving Chris Amon's old Ferrari 246T....		8	Ret	11				0
20	Glyn Scott					12		8	0
21	Wally Mitchell						8		0
22	Ken Sager			9	Ret				0
=	Rocky Tresise					9		Ret	0
=	Keith Rilstone						9		0
25	Peter Gillum			10	Ret				0
=	Greg Cusack					10			0
=	Jack Hobden							10	0
28	Ken Smith	12	11						0
29	Dene Hollier	11	13						0
30	David Walker David Walker (racing driver) David Walker is an Australian former racing driver who drove for Lotus in the 1971 and 1972 Formula One Championships.-Career:...					11			0
=	Mel McEwin							11	0
32	Bill Stone	14							0
—	Lex Davison Lex Davison Alexander Nicholas Davison was a racing driver who won the Australian Grand Prix four times between 1954 and 1961 and won the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1957...	Ret				Ret	DNS		0
—	Arnold Glass	Ret							0
—	Barry Collerson					Ret			0
—	Geoff McClelland					Ret			0
—	John McDonald						Ret	Ret	0
—	Lyn Archer							Ret	0
—	Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...							Ret	0
—	Bryan Thomas	DNS							0
Pos	Driver	PUK	LEV	WIG	TER	WAR	SAN	LON	Pts

Key

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

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