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1966 New Zealand Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Race 1 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series
Grand Prix	New Zealand
Country	New Zealand
Image	Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1963-1966).png
Location	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Date	8 January
Year	1966
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.76
Course_km	2.82
Distance_laps	40
Distance_mi	70
Distance_km	113
Weather	Sunny
Pole_Driver	Graham Hill
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	BRM
Pole_Time	1'25.2
Fast_Driver	Graham Hill
Fast_Team	BRM
Fast_Time	1'25.7
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	Graham Hill
First_Country	UK
First_Team	BRM
Second_Driver	Jackie Stewart
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	BRM
Third_Driver	Jim Palmer
Third_Country	New Zealand
Third_Team	Lotus-Climax

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:

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

References

"XIII New Zealand Grand Prix". tasman-series.com.
"1966 Round 1 Pukekohe". Kia Ora.

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