1977 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 1977 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1977. The race had 20 starters.

1977 New Zealand Grand Prix
23rd New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Date 9 January 1977
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 164 km (102 miles)
Pole position
Driver Chevron-Ford
Time 1:05.5
Podium
First Chevron-Ford
Second Tui-Ford
Third
  • Jamaica Richard Melville
March-Ford

It was the 23rd New Zealand Grand Prix, and saw the race run with Formula Pacific cars rather than Formula 5000 as was run for the previous few years. The race was won by future Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg in the Chevron B24. The rest of the podium was completed by American Tom Gloy and Jamaican Richard Melville.

Classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time
1 4   Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 58 1hr 4min 45.4sec
2 7   Tom Gloy Team Tui Tui BH2 / Ford BDA Nicholson 58 + 24.7 s
3 10   Richard Melville Doug Shierson Racing March / Ford BDA Swindon 58 + 53.9 s
4 1   John Nicholson Nicholson Racing Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 58 + 55.6 s
5 18   David Oxton Oxton Motors Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 58 + 1:20.1 s
6 11   Ken Smith La Valise Travel March Engineering 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson 57 + 1 Lap
7 0   Dave McMillan Team McMillan Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 57 + 1 Lap
8 2   Andrew Miedecke Lola T360 / Ford BDA 56 + 2 Laps
9 14   Graeme Lawrence Beng Saswanto Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon 56 + 2 Laps
10 24   Albert Poon Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Swindon 55 + 3 Laps
11 23   Alan Crocker March 74B / Ford BDA Swindon 55 + 3 Laps
12 12   Ivan Tighe Elfin 642 / Ford BDA Hart 52 + 6 Laps
13 15   Howard Wood Anderson Racing March 742 / Ford BDA 50 + 8 Laps
14 22   Ross Stone Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 49 + 8 Laps
Ret 62   Bruce Allison Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 39 Gear Selector
Ret 3   Phil Sharp Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 28 Accident
Ret 16   Peter Hughes Brabham BT29 / Ford BDA 24 Ignition
Ret 5   Mikko Kozarowitzky Fred Opert Racing Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 15 Ignition
Ret 17   Steve Millen Schollum Bros. Chevron B35 / Ford BDA Hart 11 Head Gasket
Ret 67   Graham Baker Bramwell Scaff Birrana 274 / Ford BDA 5 Gearbox
DNS 6   Enno Buesselman Elfin 622 / Ford BDA Did Not Start
DNS 8   Wolfgang Prejawa Birrana 274 / Ford BDA Did Not Start
DNS 19   Rex Hart Surtees TS15 / Ford BDA Did Not Start
DNS 25   Beng Saswanto Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon Did Not Start
DNS 9   Dave Saunders March 75B / Ford BDA Did Not Start
Source(s): [1]

References

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  1. ^ "New Zealand Formula Pacific Race – Pukekohe, 9 Jan 1977". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1977
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