1970 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 1970 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 10 January 1970. The race had 20 starters.

1970 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 2 of 7 in 1970 Tasman Series
Race details
Date 10 January 1970
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)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Chevrolet
Time 59.25
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Frank Matich McLaren-Chevrolet
Time 59.2
Podium
First McLaren-Chevrolet
Second Brabham-Cosworth
Third Ferrari

It was the 16th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the second round of the 1970 Tasman Series. Frank Matich won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British racer Derek Bell driving a Tasman Formula specification Brabham-Cosworth. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graeme Lawrence in the 1969 Chris Amon Dino.

Classification

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Results as follows:[1][2]

Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time
1 7   Frank Matich Rothmans Team Matich McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 58 58m 38.9s
2 77   Derek Bell Wheatcroft Racing Brabham BT26 / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5 58 59m 01.8s
3 14   Graeme Lawrence Lawrence Racing Dino 246 Tasmania / Ferrari V6 2.4 57 57m 55.4s
4 1   Ron Grable I.M. Rorison Motor Racing Div McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 57
5 6   Kevin Bartlett Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd. Mildren Mono / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl 57
6 17   Ulf Norinder Ulf Norinder Racing Lola T190 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 56
7 96   Mike Goth Mike Goth Racing Surtees TS5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 56
8 26   Niel Allen N.E. Allen (Auto Indust.) McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 56
9 5   Max Stewart Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd. Mildren Rennmax / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl 55
10 33   Derrick Williams W.C. Wilkins Lola T142 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 54
11 24   Pierre Phillips G.N. Begg Begg FM2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 54
12 9   Frank Radisich Henderson Central Motors McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl 54
13 11   Ken Smith K.J. Smith Lotus 41 / Ford 1.6 53
14 61   Brian Pellow Pellow Bros. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.6 52
Ret 23   Bill Simpson W. Simpson Eagle Mk.5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 39
Ret 2   Graham McRae Crown Lynn McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 20
Ret 3   Mike Campbell Forsgreen Engineering Forsgrini Mk.14 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 12
Ret 20   Kaye Griffiths Sir Charles Napier Racing BRP 2 / Ford 4.7L V8 11
Ret 10   Dennis Marwood Rorstan Motor Racing Eisert JE67 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 3
Ret 57   Bryan Faloon Cambridge Racing Team Rorstan Mk.1 / Climax FPF 2.5
Ret 12   Jim Boyd Cambridge Racing Team Brabham BT11a / Climax FPF 2.5
Ret 15   Wayne Murdoch W. Murdoch Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.6

References

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  1. ^ Sergent, Bruce. "1970 Round 1 Pukekohe". Kia Ora. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  2. ^ Allen Brown. "New Zealand Grand Prix, Pukekohe, 10 January 1970". oldracingcars.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
Preceded by Tasman Series
1970
Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1970
Succeeded by