1966 New Zealand Grand Prix

  1966 New Zealand Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series
Date	8 January 1966
Location	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.82 km (1.76 mi)
Distance	40 laps, 113 km (70 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Graham Hill	BRM
Time	1'25.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Graham Hill	BRM
Time	1'25.7
Podium
First	Graham Hill	BRM
Second	Jackie Stewart	BRM
Third	Jim Palmer	Lotus-Climax

The 1966 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1966. The race had 19 starters.

It was the 13th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the opening round of the 1966 Tasman Series. Graham Hill won his second consecutive NZGP.

Classification

Results as follows:^[1][2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time	Points
1	2	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261 / BRM 1.9	40	1h 02m 56.5s	9
2	6	Jackie Stewart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261 / BRM 1.9	40	1h 02m 58.0s	6
3	41	Jim Palmer	George Palmer	Lotus 32B / Climax FPF 2.5	38		4
4	3	Dennis Marwood	Ecurie Rothmans	Cooper T66 / Climax FPF 2.5	38		3
5	7	Leo Geoghegan	Team Total	Lotus 32 / Ford 1.5	37		2
6	15	Ken Sager	J.H. Sager	Brabham BT9 / Ford 1.5	37		1
7	5	Red Dawson	Red Dawson	Brabham BT7a / Climax FPF 2.5	37
8	12	Roly Levis	Roly Levis	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5	37
9	9	Dene Hollier	Dene Hollier	Lotus 20B / Ford 1.5	37
10	29	Neil Whittaker	Lesco Racing	Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 2.5	37
11	20	Ray Thackwell	Team Tiki	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5	36
12	12	Ken Smith	Ken Smith	Lotus 22 / Ford 1.5	36
Ret	17	John Riley	John Riley	Lotus 18/21 / Climax FPF 2.5	21
Ret	24	Bill Stone	Bill Stone	Cooper T52 / Ford 1.5	7
Ret	14	Graeme Lawrence	Lawrence Motors	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5	7
Ret	1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 39 / Climax FPF 2.5	6
Ret	4	Frank Gardner	Alec Mildren Racing	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 2.5	0
Ret	8	Andy Buchanan	Wilson Motors	Brabham BT7a / Climax FPF 2.5	0
Ret	11	Spencer Martin	Scuderia Veloce	Brabham BT11a / Climax FPF 2.5	0
DNS	31	Bill Caldwell	W. Caldwell	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5

References

1. Anderson, Donn. "XIII New Zealand Grand Prix". tasman-series.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
2. Sergent, Bruce. "1966 Round 1 Pukekohe". Kia Ora. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-27.