1973 New Zealand Grand Prix

July 2020 CUST Race 1 of 7 in 1973 Tasman Series New Zealand New Zealand Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1967-1989).png Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand 6 January 1973 Permanent racing facility 1.76 2.82 58 102 164 Light Cloud Frank Matich Australia Matich-Repco Graham McRae McRae-Chevrolet 1:07.7 New Zealand John McCormack Australia Elfin-Repco Alan Rollinson United Kingdom McRae-Chevrolet Steve Thompson United Kingdom Chevron-Chevrolet The 1973 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 6 January 1973. The race had 20 starters. It was the 19th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1973 Tasman Series. Australian John McCormack won his first NZGP in his Elfin MR5 who finished ahead of Britons Allan Rollinson and Steve Thompson. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graham McRae in the McRae GM1 who came in 4th place. After the fatal accident of Bryan Faloon the previous year, two chicanes were added to circuit in a bid to slow the cars down. One was placed down the back straight and the other was just before the main straight. These chicanes were very artificial, with them being made up of concrete kerbing, railway sleepers and tractor tyres. Classification Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time 1 29 AUS John McCormack Ansett Team Elfin Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 58 57min 16.5sec 2 21 GBR Alan Rollinson McKechnie Racing Organisation McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 0.6 s 3 3 GBR Steve Thompson Servis / Alan Brodie Chevron B24 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 57 + 1 Lap 4 22 NZL Graham McRae Crown Lynn McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 56 + 2 Laps 5 89 NZL Garry Pedersen Wright Machinery Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 56 + 2 Laps 6 11 NZL Ken Smith Air New Zealand Motor Racing March 722 / Cosworth 1930cc V8 52 + 6 Laps 7 15 JPN Noritake Takahara Takahara Racing Inc. Brabham BT36 / Cosworth 1790cc V8 52 + 6 Laps 8 30 CAN Dave McConnell D.W.M. Racing Ltd. Surtees TS15 / Hart 1975cc 4cyl 52 + 6 Laps NC 1 AUS Frank Matich Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd. Matich A50 / Repco 4994cc V8 43 Not Classified Ret 10 AUS Warwick Brown Team Target Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 54 Out of Fuel Ret 34 USA Sam Posey Champ Carr Inc. Surtees TS11 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 44 Throttle Ret 12 NZL Baron Robertson Robertson Racing March 722 / Cosworth 1790cc V8 40 Engine Ret 52 NZL Dexter Dunlop Cameron Racing McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 40 Flagged Off Ret 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett Chesterfield Filter Racing Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 17 Overheating Ret 7 USA Evan Noyes Gemco Racing McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 15 Fuel Injection Ret 36 NZL Kelvin Cameron Cameron Motor Court Brabham BT23C / Cosworth 1791cc 4cyl 11 Flywheel Ret 19 NZL David Oxton G.N. Begg Engineering Co. Ltd. Begg FM5 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 5 Accident Ret 6 AUS Max Stewart Max Stewart Motors Lola T330 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 3 Suspension DNS NZL Frank Radisich McLaren M10B / Repco 4994cc V8 Did Not Start Source(s): http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/tas73p.html 1973 Round 1 Pukekohe sergent.com.au 28 October 2015 http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=NZ73 New Zealand Grand Prix – Pukekohe, 6 Jan 1973 oldracingcars.com 28 October 2015 References Tasman Series none 1973 1973 Levin International New Zealand Grand Prix 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix 1973 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Grand Prix Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Category:Tasman Series Category:January 1973 sports events in Oceania