1977 New Zealand Grand Prix

July 2020 CUST 23rd New Zealand Grand Prix New Zealand New Zealand Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1967-1989).png Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand 9 January 1977 Permanent racing facility 1.76 2.82 58 102 164 Mikko Kozarowitzky Finland Chevron-Ford 1:05.5 Keke Rosberg Finland Chevron-Ford Tom Gloy United States Tui-Ford Richard Melville Jamaica March-Ford The 1977 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1977. The race had 20 starters. 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 FIN Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 58 1hr 4min 45.4sec 2 7 USA Tom Gloy Team Tui Tui BH2 / Ford BDA Nicholson 58 + 24.7 s 3 10 JAM Richard Melville Doug Shierson Racing March / Ford BDA Swindon 58 + 53.9 s 4 1 NZL John Nicholson Nicholson Racing Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 58 + 55.6 s 5 18 NZL David Oxton Oxton Motors Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 58 + 1:20.1 s 6 11 NZL Ken Smith La Valise Travel March Engineering 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson 57 + 1 Lap 7 0 NZL Dave McMillan Team McMillan Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 57 + 1 Lap 8 2 AUS Andrew Miedecke Lola T360 / Ford BDA 56 + 2 Laps 9 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence Beng Saswanto Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon 56 + 2 Laps 10 24 HKG Albert Poon Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Swindon 55 + 3 Laps 11 23 NZL Alan Crocker March 74B / Ford BDA Swindon 55 + 3 Laps 12 12 AUS Ivan Tighe Elfin 642 / Ford BDA Hart 52 + 6 Laps 13 15 NZL Howard Wood Anderson Racing March 742 / Ford BDA 50 + 8 Laps 14 22 NZL Ross Stone Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 49 + 8 Laps Ret 62 AUS Bruce Allison Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 39 Gear Selector Ret 3 NZL Phil Sharp Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 28 Accident Ret 16 NZL Peter Hughes Brabham BT29 / Ford BDA 24 Ignition Ret 5 FIN Mikko Kozarowitzky Fred Opert Racing Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 15 Ignition Ret 17 NZL Steve Millen Schollum Bros. Chevron B35 / Ford BDA Hart 11 Head Gasket Ret 67 NZL Graham Baker Bramwell Scaff Birrana 274 / Ford BDA 5 Gearbox DNS 6 AUS Enno Buesselman Elfin 622 / Ford BDA Did Not Start DNS 8 IDN Wolfgang Prejawa Birrana 274 / Ford BDA Did Not Start DNS 19 NZL Rex Hart Surtees TS15 / Ford BDA Did Not Start DNS 25 IDN Beng Saswanto Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon Did Not Start DNS 9 NZL Dave Saunders March 75B / Ford BDA Did Not Start Source(s): http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=Z77B New Zealand Formula Pacific Race – Pukekohe, 9 Jan 1977 oldracingcars.com 29 October 2015 References New Zealand Grand Prix 1976 New Zealand Grand Prix 1977 1978 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Grand Prix Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Category:January 1977 sports events in Oceania