Australian motor notor Mike Kable gave Cassius the news.
One time racing patron Rob Walker identified himself at Wigram on press bussiness.
Kevin Bartlett treated the track and weather with respect to drive the ex-Allen M10B to its second in a row Teretonga win.
N.Z.G.P. Laurels prefaced Frank Gardners Levin shunt which kept him out until Australia where, after three 2nd placings he announce his single-seater retirement
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Matich Repco powered A50 performed so patchy that the competent constructor - driver, always a quick qualifier, finished 4th on Tasman rank.
Pilette in the team VDS McLaren M10B finished every race, scored off six, ended up 7th Tasman rank
Dogged determination, plus a rapid repair job on the Surtees TS8A after Teretonga crash, made hard charging Hailwood Tasman runner up with out the benefit of a race win.
Graeme Lawrence 1970 champion, made meticulous plans for his latest bid in Lola T300, but at Pukekohe all came to naught.
High flying wings, such ad that on Graham Hill's Lotus 49T were in for 1969 Tasman Series.
Never a Tasman champion, Jack Brabham was a regular down under campaigner until retirement.
Levin 1966: Jim Clark, the greatest of them all, in his 2.5 Lotus Climax
NZGP winner Frank Gardner, not given to emotional displays, had a pre - Pukekohe face look that was so far away that it might have been an augury of his Sandown decision to foresake open wheelers.
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