1973 New Zealand Grand Prix

New Zealand  1973 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 7 in 1973 Tasman Series
Date 6 January 1973
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.82 km (1.76 mi)
Distance 58 laps, 164 km (102 mi)
Weather Light Cloud
Pole position
Driver Matich-Repco
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Graham McRae McRae-Chevrolet
Time 1:07.7
Podium
First Elfin-Repco
Second
  • United Kingdom Alan Rollinson
McRae-Chevrolet
Third
  • United Kingdom Steve Thompson
Chevron-Chevrolet

The 1973 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 6 January 1973. The race had 20 starters.

It was the 19th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1973 Tasman Series. Australian John McCormack won his first NZGP in his Elfin MR5 who finished ahead of Britons Allan Rollinson and Steve Thompson. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graham McRae in the McRae GM1 who came in 4th place.

After the fatal accident of Bryan Faloon the previous year, two chicanes were added to circuit in a bid to slow the cars down. One was placed down the back straight and the other was just before the main straight. These chicanes were very artificial, with them being made up of concrete kerbing, railway sleepers and tractor tyres.

Classification

Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time
1 29 Australia John McCormack Ansett Team Elfin Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 58 57min 16.5sec
2 21 United Kingdom Alan Rollinson McKechnie Racing Organisation McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 58 + 0.6 s
3 3 United Kingdom Steve Thompson Servis / Alan Brodie Chevron B24 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 57 + 1 Lap
4 22 New Zealand Graham McRae Crown Lynn McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 56 + 2 Laps
5 89 New Zealand Garry Pedersen Wright Machinery Begg FM4 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 56 + 2 Laps
6 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Air New Zealand Motor Racing March 722 / Cosworth 1930cc V8 52 + 6 Laps
7 15 Japan Noritake Takahara Takahara Racing Inc. Brabham BT36 / Cosworth 1790cc V8 52 + 6 Laps
8 30 Canada Dave McConnell D.W.M. Racing Ltd. Surtees TS15 / Hart 1975cc 4cyl 52 + 6 Laps
NC 1 Australia Frank Matich Frank Matich Racing Pty Ltd. Matich A50 / Repco 4994cc V8 43 Not Classified
Ret 10 Australia Warwick Brown Team Target Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 54 Out of Fuel
Ret 34 United States Sam Posey Champ Carr Inc. Surtees TS11 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 44 Throttle
Ret 12 New Zealand Baron Robertson Robertson Racing March 722 / Cosworth 1790cc V8 40 Engine
Ret 52 New Zealand Dexter Dunlop Cameron Racing McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 40 Flagged Off
Ret 5 Australia Kevin Bartlett Chesterfield Filter Racing Lola T300 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 17 Overheating
Ret 7 United States Evan Noyes Gemco Racing McRae GM1 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 15 Fuel Injection
Ret 36 New Zealand Kelvin Cameron Cameron Motor Court Brabham BT23C / Cosworth 1791cc 4cyl 11 Flywheel
Ret 19 New Zealand David Oxton G.N. Begg Engineering Co. Ltd. Begg FM5 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 5 Accident
Ret 6 Australia Max Stewart Max Stewart Motors Lola T330 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 3 Suspension
DNS New Zealand Frank Radisich McLaren M10B / Repco 4994cc V8 Did Not Start
Source(s): [1][2]

References

  1. "1973 Round 1 Pukekohe". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. "New Zealand Grand Prix - Pukekohe, 6 Jan 1973". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
Preceded by
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Tasman Series
1973
Succeeded by
1973 Levin International
Preceded by
1972 New Zealand Grand Prix
New Zealand Grand Prix
1973
Succeeded by
1974 New Zealand Grand Prix
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