1978 New Zealand Grand Prix

1978 New Zealand Grand Prix
24th New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Date 7 January 1978
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance 30 laps, 84.6 km (52.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Ralt-Ford
Time 1:04.1
Podium
First
Chevron-Ford
Second
Ralt-Ford
Third
March-Ford

The 1978 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 7 January 1978. The race had 20 starters.

It was the 24th New Zealand Grand Prix. The race was won by future Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg for the second time in succession in the Chevron B39. The rest of the podium was completed by Australian Larry Perkins and American Danny Sullivan.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No. Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 0 New Zealand Dave McMillan Team McMillan Ford/Citizen Watches/Pan Am/Segedin Speed & Spares Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 1:04.1
2 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron B39 / Ford BDA Titan 1:04.3 + 0.2 s
3 3 Australia Larry Perkins Scuderia Veloce Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Swindon 1:04.6 + 0.5 s
4 2 United States Bobby Rahal Fred Opert Racing Chevron B39 / Ford BDA Morris 1:05.0 + 0.9 s
5 11 New Zealand Ken Smith La Valise Travel Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:05.0 + 0.9 s
6 4 United States Danny Sullivan March Cars March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:05.0 + 0.9 s
7 9 New Zealand Brett Riley Applied Power March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:05.0 + 0.9 s
8 8 Australia Andrew Miedecke A Miedecke March 763/76B / Ford BDA Dewhurst 1:05.1 + 1.0 s
9 10 Jamaica Richard Melville Southplant Tool Hire March 76B / Ford BDA Hooker 1:05.1 + 1.0 s
10 19 New Zealand Steve Millen Martini Team Schollum Chevron B42 / Ford BDA Hart 1:05.4 + 1.3 s
11 18 New Zealand David Oxton Vacation Hotels Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 1:05.4 + 1.3 s
12 22 New Zealand Ross Stone R P Stone Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:06.3 + 2.2 s
13 17 New Zealand Robbie Francevic Team Typhoon Modus M3 / Ford BDA Hooker 1:06.3 + 2.2 s
14 5 United Kingdom Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing March 763/77B / Ford BDA Swindon 1:07.1 + 3.0 s
15 7 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Dr Joe Ehrlich Ehrlich RP3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:07.3 + 3.2 s
16 16 New Zealand Norm Lankshear Farmers Co-op Fielding Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:07.7 + 3.6 s
17 15 New Zealand Eric Morgan Medley Bourbon/Golden Breed Shirts/Shell Chevron B29 / Ford BDA BMS 1:07.9 + 3.8 s
18 99 New Zealand Reg Cook Cook Motor Racing 722 / Ford BDA CMR 1:08.4 + 4.3 s
19 66 Australia Graeme Crawford Paul England Pty. Ltd Birrana 273 / Ford BDA England 1:08.8 + 4.7 s
20 New Zealand Dave Saunders D Saunders March 722 / Ford BDA 1:09.2 + 5.1 s

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time
1 1 Finland Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron B39 / Ford BDA Titan 30 32min 49.8sec
2 3 Australia Larry Perkins Scuderia Veloce Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Swindon 30 + 1.7 s
3 4 United States Danny Sullivan March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 30 + 18.1 s
4 10 Jamaica Richard Melville March 76B / Ford BDA Hooker 30 + 18.5 s
5 11 New Zealand Ken Smith La Valise Travel March 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson 30 + 38.1 s
6 18 New Zealand David Oxton Vacation Hotels Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 30 + 40.0 s
7 22 New Zealand Ross Stone Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 30
8 17 New Zealand Robbie Francevic Modus M3 / Ford BDA Hooker 30
9 5 United Kingdom Ian Grob Sphere Drake Racing March 763/77B / Ford BDA Swindon 30
10 7 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Ehrlich RP3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 29 + 1 Lap
11 19 New Zealand Steve Millen Martini Team Schollum Chevron B42 / Ford BDA Hart 29 + 1 Lap
12 16 New Zealand Norm Lankshear FCDC Fielding Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 29 + 1 Lap
13 66 Australia Graeme Crawford Paul England Pty. Ltd Birrana 273 / Ford BDA England 29 + 1 Lap
14 New Zealand Dave Saunders March 722 / Ford BDA 27 + 3 Laps
15 0 New Zealand Dave McMillan Team McMillan Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 22 + 8 Laps
Ret 8 Australia Andrew Miedecke March 763/76B / Ford BDA Dewhurst 15 Loose Battery
Ret 2 United States Bobby Rahal Fred Opert Racing Chevron B39 / Ford BDA Morris 8 Valve
Ret 9 New Zealand Brett Riley March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 7 Loose Battery
Ret 15 New Zealand Eric Morgan Chevron B29 / Ford BDA BMS 6 Gear Selector
Ret 99 New Zealand Reg Cook March 742 / Ford BDA CMR 2 Misfire
DNS 17 New Zealand Steve Emson Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson Did Not Start
DNS 20 New Zealand Hugh Owen Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Nicholson Did Not Start
DNS 65 Australia Peter Larner Paul England Pty. Ltd Dolphin / Ford BDA England Did Not Start
DNA New Zealand Howard Wood Lyncar 009 / Ford BDA Did Not Start
Source(s): [1]

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand Grand Prix - Pukekohe, 7 Jan 1978". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1978 		Succeeded by