1972 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1972. The race had 20 starters.

1972 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 1 of 7 in 1972 Tasman Series
Race details
Date 8 January 1972
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 164 km (102 miles)
Weather Light Cloud
Pole position
Driver Leda-Chevrolet
Time 55.2
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Frank Gardner Lola-Chevrolet
Time 56.9
Podium
First Lola-Chevrolet
Second Surtees-Chevrolet
Third McLaren-Chevrolet

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

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time
1 1   Frank Gardner Lola Cars Ltd. Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 57min 16.5sec
2 2   Mike Hailwood Team Surtees Surtees TS8A / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 27.0 s
3 10   David Hobbs Hobbs Racing London McLaren M18/M22 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 31.1 s
4 5   Kevin Bartlett Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 31.5 s
5 6   Max Stewart Max Stewart Motors Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 58 + 37.6 s
6 34   Teddy Pilette Racing Team V.D.S. McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 1:04.3 s
7 29   John McCormack Elfin Sports Cars Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 57 + 1 Lap
8 7   Evan Noyes Gemco Racing McLaren M18 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 56 + 2 Laps
9 60   Robbie Francevic Wright Machinery McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 55 + 3 Laps
10 10   Graham McRae Crown Lynn Leda GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 49 + 9 Laps
11 11   Ken Smith Air New Zealand Motor Racing Lotus 69B / Hart 1860cc 4cyl 49 + 9 Laps
12 16   Peter Hughes Town & Country Cars Ltd. Begg FM2 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 48 + 10 Laps
13 10   Garrie Cooper Crown Lynn Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 4994cc V8 48 + 10 Laps
Ret 18   David Oxton G.N. Begg Engineering Co. Ltd. Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 53 Hit Debris
Ret 14   Graeme Lawrence Lawrence Racing Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 52 Accident
Ret 57   Bryan Faloon Stanton Motors Ltd. Stanton 1 / Porsche 1981cc 8cyl 51 Fatal Accident
Ret 30   David McConnell D.W.M. Racing Ltd. Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 48 Retired
Ret 88   Frank Radisich Henderson Central Motors Ltd. Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4945cc V8 40 Engine
Ret 3   Frank Matich Frank Matich Racing Pty. Ltd. McLaren M10B / Repco 4994cc V8 19 Engine
Ret 12   Baron Robertson Robertson Racing Matich A50 / Repco 4994cc V8 2 Engine
DNA 32   Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Motor Racing Co. unknown Did Not Arrive
Source(s):[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "1972 Round 1 Pukekohe". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Grand Prix – Pukekohe, 8 Jan 1972". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Preceded by
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Tasman Series
1972
Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1972
Succeeded by