1985 New Zealand Grand Prix

CUST 31st New Zealand Grand Prix New Zealand New Zealand Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1967-1989).png Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand 16 December 1984 Permanent racing facility 1.76 2.82 32 56.32 90.24 Davy Jones United States Rick Shea Racing 0.57.360 Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing 0.57.560 United States Ross Cheever United States John Brandon Team Ken Smith New Zealand Apple Car Company Jeff MacPherson United States Allan McCall Racing The 1985 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 16 December 1984. It was the 31st running of the New Zealand Grand Prix and was run to Formula Pacific regulations. The race was won by American Ross Cheever, who would return to win the next event a month later. The podium was completed by New Zealander Ken Smith and fellow American Jeff MacPherson. Despite being labelled the 1985 iteration of the event, it was actually held in December 1984. This marked the only time that two New Zealand Grands Prix were held in the same calendar year. Classification Qualifying Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time Grid 1 1 USA Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD 0.57.36 1 2 41 NZL Dave McMillan More Magazine Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.57.36 2 3 2 USA Ross Cheever John Brandon Team Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD 0.58.01 3 4 70 USA Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.58.20 4 5 11 NZL Ken Smith Apple Car Company Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.58.29 5 6 6 NZL Brett Riley Eric Morgan Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.58.32 6 7 3 AUS Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.58.47 7 8 4 NZL Ross Cameron Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/81 / Ford BDD 0.58.60 8 9 5 USA Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.59.40 9 10 19 USA Riley Hopkins Riley Hopkins Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.59.76 10 11 54 NZL Peter Haskett JCL Group Chevron B49 / Ford BDD 1.00.23 11 12 7 AUS Ross Zampatti Ross Zampatti Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 1.01.23 12 Race Pos No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 USA Ross Cheever John Brandon Team 32 37min 20.22sec 3 2 11 NZL Ken Smith Apple Car Company 32 + 24.83 s 5 3 70 USA Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing 32 + 39.49 s 4 4 19 USA Riley Hopkins Riley Hopkins Racing 32 + 1:31.31 s 10 5 5 USA Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing 31 + 1 lap 9 6 54 NZL Peter Haskett JCL Group 29 + 3 laps 11 7 41 NZL Dave McMillan More Magazine 22 + 10 laps 2 Ret 7 AUS Ross Zampatti Ross Zampatti Racing 17 Accident 12 Ret 3 AUS Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing 10 Throttle 7 Ret 1 USA Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing 6 Accident 1 DNS 4 NZL Ross Cameron Rick Shea Racing Did Not Start DNS 6 NZL Brett Riley Eric Morgan Racing Did Not Start DNP 12 NZL Heather Spurle Heather Spurle Racing Did Not Participate Source(s): https://www.oldracingcars.com/pacific/results/newzealand/1984-1985/pukekohe/ New Zealand Grand Prix - Pukekohe, Dec 1984 oldracingcars.com 4 June 2022 References New Zealand Grand Prix 1984 New Zealand Grand Prix 1985 1986 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Grand Prix Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Category:January 1985 sports events in Oceania