The 1970 Tasman Touring Series was an Australian motor racing competition for
Series Production Touring Cars.
[Official Programme, Sandown, 22 February 1970] It was the inaugural
Tasman Touring Series.
[
The series was won by ]Allan Moffat
Allan George Moffat OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian-Australian racing driver known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four win ...
driving a Ford Falcon GTHO.[Adrian Ryan, Lawrence Takes the Tasman, Racing Car News, March 1970, pages 58 to 60]
Schedule
The series comprised three rounds, each held in support of an Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n round of the 1970 Tasman Championship.
Classes
Cars competed in five price classes:[
* Class A: Up to $1860][
* Class B: $1861 to $2250][
* Class C: $2251 to $3100][
* Class D: $3101 to $4500][
* Class E: Over $4500][
]
Points system
Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six positions in each class.[
Bonus points were awarded on a 3-2-1 basis for the first three outright positions.][
]
Series standings
Note: Only the first three placegetters are listed in the table.
Manufacturers Trophy
The Manufacturers Trophy was awarded to the Ford Motor Company of Australia
Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known by its trading name Ford Australia) is the Australian subsidiary of United States-based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in Geelong, Victoria, in 1925 as an outpost of Ford Motor Comp ...
.[Ford Falcon wins again on Castrol (advertisement), The Age, 23 February 1970, page 15]
References
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Tasman Touring Car Series