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 | |||
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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 mi) | ||
| Distance | 58 laps, 164 km (102 mi) | ||
| 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
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  |
Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart | 58 | 1hr 4min 45.4sec |
| 2 | 7 |  |
Team Tui | Tui BH2 / Ford BDA Nicholson | 58 | + 24.7 s |
| 3 | 10 |  |
Doug Shierson Racing | March / Ford BDA Swindon | 58 | + 53.9 s |
| 4 | 1 |  |
Nicholson Racing | Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson | 58 | + 55.6 s |
| 5 | 18 | |
Oxton Motors | Chevron B29 / Ford BDA | 58 | + 1:20.1 s |
| 6 | 11 | |
La Valise Travel | March Engineering 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson | 57 | + 1 Lap |
| 7 | 0 | |
Team McMillan | Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart | 57 | + 1 Lap |
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Lola T360 / Ford BDA | 56 | + 2 Laps | |
| 9 | 14 | |
Beng Saswanto | Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon | 56 | + 2 Laps |
| 10 | 24 |  |
Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Swindon | 55 | + 3 Laps | |
| 11 | 23 | |
March 74B / Ford BDA Swindon | 55 | + 3 Laps | |
| 12 | 12 | |
Elfin 642 / Ford BDA Hart | 52 | + 6 Laps | |
| 13 | 15 | |
Anderson Racing | March 742 / Ford BDA | 50 | + 8 Laps |
| 14 | 22 | |
Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Nicholson | 49 | + 8 Laps | |
| Ret | 62 | |
Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart | 39 | Gear Selector | |
| Ret | 3 | |
Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson | 28 | Accident | |
| Ret | 16 | |
Brabham BT29 / Ford BDA | 24 | Ignition | |
| Ret | 5 | |
Fred Opert Racing | Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart | 15 | Ignition |
| Ret | 17 | |
Schollum Bros. | Chevron B35 / Ford BDA Hart | 11 | Head Gasket |
| Ret | 67 | |
Bramwell Scaff | Birrana 274 / Ford BDA | 5 | Gearbox |
| DNS | 6 | |
Elfin 622 / Ford BDA | Did Not Start | ||
| DNS | 8 |  |
Birrana 274 / Ford BDA | Did Not Start | ||
| DNS | 19 | |
Surtees TS15 / Ford BDA | Did Not Start | ||
| DNS | 25 | |
Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon | Did Not Start | ||
| DNS | 9 | |
March 75B / Ford BDA | Did Not Start | ||
| Source(s): [1] | ||||||
References
- "New Zealand Formula Pacific Race – Pukekohe, 9 Jan 1977". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
| Preceded by 1976 New Zealand Grand Prix |
New Zealand Grand Prix 1977 |
Succeeded by 1978 New Zealand Grand Prix |
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