1964 New Zealand Grand Prix

  1964 New Zealand Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series
Date	11 January 1964
Location	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.82 km (1.76 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 141 km (88 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
Fastest lap
Driver	Frank Matich	Brabham-Climax
Time	1'26.2
Podium
First	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Second	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax
Third	Timmy Mayer	Cooper-Climax

The 1964 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at Pukekohe Park Raceway on 11 January 1964. The race had 16 starters.

It was the eleventh New Zealand Grand Prix and doubled as round two of the 1964 Tasman Series. Bruce McLaren broke through to finally win his home grand prix in this the first official Tasman Series. This win paved the way for McLaren's overall victory in the first Tasman Series.

Classification

Results as follows:^[1][2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 2.5	50	14m 20.7s	9
2	5	Denny Hulme	Brabham Racing	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.5	50	1h 14m 25.1s	6
3	48	Timmy Mayer	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 2.5	50	1h 14m 36.4s	4
4	8	John Youl	John Youl	Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 2.5	50	1h 15m 21.6s	3
5	41	Jim Palmer	Frank Garrett	Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2.5	49		2
6	11	Tony Shelly	Shelly Motors Ltd.	Lotus 18/21 / Climax FPF 2.5	48		1
7	12	Andy Buchanan	Wilson Motors Ltd.	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.6	46
8	6	David Young	David Young	Cooper T59 / Ford 1.5	46
9	22	Roly Levis	R.A. Levis	Lotus 22 / Ford 1.6	45
10	23	Dene Hollier	Dene Hollier Ltd.	Cooper T52 / Ford 1.5	43
11	7	Ken Sagar	J.H. Sagar	Lotus 20 / Ford 1.5	43
12	25	Rex Flowers	Flowers Transport	Lotus 20B / Ford 1.5	43
Ret	4	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 2.5	29
Ret	2	Frank Matich	Team Total	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 2.5	27
Ret		Arnold Glass	Capitol Motors	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5	26
Ret	3	Chris Amon	Reg Parnell Racing	Lola Mk4 / Climax FPF 2.5	12
Ret	16	Jim Boyd	Jack Malcolm	Valour VP1 / Ford 1.1	11
DNS	9	Bill Thomasen	Corsair Racing Team	Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.0
DNQ	15	Ken Smith	M.J. Smith	Lola Mk.2 / Ford 1.5

Notes

• Pole position: Jack Brabham
• Fastest lap: Frank Matich - 1'26.2

References

1. Anderson, Don. "XI New Zealand Grand Prix". tasman-series.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
2. Sergent, Bruce. "1964 Round 2 Pukekohe". Kia Ora. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-23.