Saturday 27th January 1968

In Invercargill, New Zealand, native son Bruce McLaren drove his BRM V12 to an unexpected win in the “Teretonga International”, round 4 of the Tasman series. It was McLaren’s 4th win in the event on the 1.6 mile Teretonga Park circuit, but his first since 1964. Grid positions were determined by two heat races (one for 2.5 litre cars, one for 1.5 litre cars), but when the 1.5 litre heat wound up being run in improved conditions which would have placed several slower cars at the front of the grid, officials decided to revert to practice times “in the interest of safety”.