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 | |||
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| 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 |
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "New Zealand Formula Pacific Race – Pukekohe, 9 Jan 1977". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.