1972 New Zealand Grand Prix

July 2020 CUST Race 1 of 7 in 1972 Tasman Series New Zealand New Zealand Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1967-1989).png Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand 8 January 1972 Permanent racing facility 1.76 2.82 58 102 164 Light Cloud Graham McRae New Zealand Leda-Chevrolet 55.2 Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet 56.9 Australia Frank Gardner Australia Lola-Chevrolet Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Surtees-Chevrolet David Hobbs United Kingdom McLaren-Chevrolet The 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1972. The race had 20 starters. It was the 18th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1972 Tasman Series. Australian Frank Gardner won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion Mike Hailwood. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Robbie Francevic in the McLaren Formula 5000 who came in 9th place. The race saw the death of Bryan Faloon who died after an accident on the back straight with Graeme Lawrence in the closing laps of the race. Classification Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time 1 1 AUS Frank Gardner Lola Cars Ltd. Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 57min 16.5sec 2 2 GBR Mike Hailwood Team Surtees Surtees TS8A / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 27.0 s 3 10 GBR David Hobbs Hobbs Racing London McLaren M18/M22 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 31.1 s 4 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 31.5 s 5 6 AUS Max Stewart Max Stewart Motors Elfin MR5 / Repco-Holden 4994cc V8 58 + 37.6 s 6 34 BEL Teddy Pilette Racing Team V.D.S. McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 1:04.3 s 7 29 AUS John McCormack Elfin Sports Cars Elfin MR5 / Repco-Holden 4994cc V8 57 + 1 Lap 8 7 USA Evan Noyes Gemco Racing McLaren M18 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 56 + 2 Laps 9 60 NZL Robbie Francevic Wright Machinery McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 55 + 3 Laps 10 10 NZL Graham McRae Crown Lynn Leda GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 49 + 9 Laps 11 11 NZL Ken Smith Air New Zealand Motor Racing Lotus 69B / Hart 1860cc 4cyl 49 + 9 Laps 12 16 NZL Peter Hughes Town & Country Cars Ltd. Begg FM2 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 48 + 10 Laps 13 10 AUS Garrie Cooper Crown Lynn Elfin MR5 / Repco-Holden 4994cc V8 48 + 10 Laps Ret 18 NZL David Oxton G.N. Begg Engineering Co. Ltd. Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 53 Hit Debris Ret 14 NZL Graeme Lawrence Lawrence Racing Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 52 Accident Ret 57 NZL Bryan Faloon Stanton Motors Ltd. Stanton 1 / Porsche 1981cc 8cyl 51 Fatal Accident Ret 30 CAN David McConnell D.W.M. Racing Ltd. Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 48 Retired Ret 88 NZL Frank Radisich Henderson Central Motors Ltd. Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 40 Engine Ret 3 AUS Frank Matich Frank Matich Racing Pty. Ltd. McLaren M10B / Repco-Holden 4994cc V8 19 Engine Ret 12 NZL Baron Robertson Robertson Racing Matich A50 / Repco-Holden 4994cc V8 2 Engine DNA 32 CAN Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Motor Racing Co. unknown Did Not Arrive Source(s): http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/tas72p.html 1972 Round 1 Pukekohe sergent.com.au 27 October 2015 http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=NZ72 New Zealand Grand Prix – Pukekohe, 8 Jan 1972 oldracingcars.com 27 October 2015 References Tasman Series none 1972 1972 Levin International New Zealand Grand Prix 1971 New Zealand Grand Prix 1972 1973 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Grand Prix Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Category:Tasman Series Category:January 1972 sports events in Oceania