In 1964 a “Tasman” Drivers' Championship was instituted. This is competed for on the major racing circuits in Australia and New Zealand. Races are run under a “Tasman” formula which imposes a limit of 2·5 litres unsupercharged and requires the use of 100/130 straight aviation petrol. Eight meetings – four in Australia and four in New Zealand – met the Tasman Cup standards in 1964, the four in New Zealand being those held at Auckland, Levin, Christchurch, and Teretonga (Invercargill). Points are awarded for the first six places in the New Zealand International Grand Prix and in any two of the remaining three New Zealand Tasman races. Similar conditions hold for the Australian races.
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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.
Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.
The Tasman Cup Circuits
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Eileen Higgs, National General Secretary, Young Women's Christian Association, Wellington and John Stuart McBean, M.A., Journalist, Tourist and Publicity Department, Wellington.