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1979 New Zealand Grand Prix

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1979 New Zealand Grand Prix
25th New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Date 6 January 1979
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 March-Ford
Time 0.58.0
Podium
First March-Ford
Second March-Ford
Third
  • United Kingdom Brett Riley
March-Ford

The 1979 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 6 January 1979. The race had 15 starters.

It was the 25th New Zealand Grand Prix. The race was won by Italian Teo Fabi for the first time in the March 782. The rest of the podium was completed by Australian Larry Perkins and New Zealander Brett Riley.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 3 Italy Teo Fabi March Cars March 782 / Ford BDA Hart 0:58.0
2 1 Australia Larry Perkins Colin Giltrap Racing March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 0:58.4 + 0.4 s
3 8 United Kingdom Brett Riley Rentokil Ltd March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 0:58.5 + 0.5 s
4 7 Australia John Smith Graham Watson Prestige Car Repairs Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Swindon 0:58.6 + 0.6 s
5 18 New Zealand David Oxton Vacation Hotels Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Nicholson 0:58.7 + 0.7 s
6 2 Sweden Eje Elgh Dick Bennetts Racing with Marlboro March 782 / Ford BDA Swindon 0:58.9 + 0.9 s
7 41 New Zealand Dave McMillan Citizen Watches/Nashua Copiers-Pan Am/Segedins Spares Ralt RT1-36 / Ford BDA Hart 0:59.0 + 1.0 s
8 17 New Zealand Steve Millen Martini-Schollum Racing Team - Love Hertz Chevron B42 / Ford BDA Hart 0:59.2 + 1.2 s
9 4 United States Jeff Wood Great Plains Racing March 78B / Ford BDA Willis 0:59.4 + 1.4 s
10 22 New Zealand Ross Stone Motogard Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Stone 0:59.8 + 1.8 s
11 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Ken Smith Racing March 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:00.0 + 2.0 s
12 20 New Zealand Hugh Owen Owen Bros. Racing Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Nicholson 1:00.5 + 2.5 s
13 12 New Zealand Robbie Booth March 74B / Ford BDA Swindon 1:01.2 + 3.2 s
14 10 New Zealand Howard Wood Lyncar 010 / Ford BDA 1:01.2 + 3.2 s
15 15 New Zealand Eric Morgan E L Morgan Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 1:01.6 + 3.6 s

Race

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time
1 3 Italy Teo Fabi March Cars March 782 / Ford BDA Hart 30 29min 37.5sec
2 1 Australia Larry Perkins Colin Giltrap Racing March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 30 + 2.7 s
3 8 United Kingdom Brett Riley Rentokil Ltd. March 77B / Ford BDA Nicholson 30 + 12.6 s
4 7 Australia John Smith Graham Watson Prestige Car Repairs RT1 / Ford BDA Swindon 30 + 21.7 s
5 17 New Zealand Steve Millen Martini-Schollum Racing Team Chevron B42 / Ford BDA Hart 30 + 26.5 s
6 2 Sweden Eje Elgh Dick Bennetts Racing with Marlboro March 782 / Ford BDA Swindon 30 + 29.9 s
7 18 New Zealand David Oxton Vacation Hotels Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Nicholson 30 + 43.7 s
8 4 United States Jeff Wood Great Plains Racing March 78B / Ford BDA Willis 30
9 41 New Zealand Dave McMillan Citizen Watches/Nashua Copiers Pan Am/Segedins Spares Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 30
10 22 New Zealand Ross Stone Motogard Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Stone 30
11 20 New Zealand Hugh Owen Owen Bros. Racing Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Nicholson 29 + 1 Lap
Ret 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Ken Smith Racing March 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson 17 Retired
Ret 10 New Zealand Howard Wood Lyncar 010 / Ford BDA 17 Retired
Ret 15 New Zealand Eric Morgan E.L. Morgan Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 3 Retired
DNS 12 New Zealand Robbie Booth March 74B / Ford BDA Swindon 0 Retired
DNA 5 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen Fred Opert Racing Chevron B45 / Ford BDA Did Not Attend
DNA 9 Australia Andrew Miedecke Galloway Racing Galloway HG3 / Ford BDA Did Not Attend
DNA 16 New Zealand Norm Lankshear Farers Co-op Feilding Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Did Not Attend
Source(s): [1]

References

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  1. ^ "New Zealand Grand Prix - Pukekohe, 6 Jan 1979". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1979
Succeeded by