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1970 New Zealand Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Race 2 of 7 in 1970 Tasman Series
Grand Prix	New Zealand
Country	New Zealand
Image	Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1967-1989).png
Location	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Date	10 January
Year	1970
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.76
Course_km	2.82
Distance_laps	58
Distance_mi	102
Distance_km	164
Weather	Sunny
Pole_Driver	Frank Matich
Pole_Country	AUS
Pole_Team	McLaren-Chevrolet
Pole_Time	59.25
Fast_Driver	Frank Matich
Fast_Team	McLaren-Chevrolet
Fast_Time	59.2
Fast_Country	AUS
First_Driver	Frank Matich
First_Country	AUS
First_Team	McLaren-Chevrolet
Second_Driver	Derek Bell
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	Brabham-Cosworth
Third_Driver	Graeme Lawrence
Third_Country	NZ
Third_Team	Ferrari

The 1970 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 10 January 1970. The race had 20 starters.

It was the 16th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the second round of the 1970 Tasman Series. Frank Matich won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British racer Derek Bell driving a Tasman Formula specification Brabham-Cosworth. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graeme Lawrence in the 1969 Chris Amon Dino.

Classification

Results as follows:

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps
7	Australia Frank Matich	Rothmans Team Matich	McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	58	58m 38.9s
77	UK Derek Bell	Wheatcroft Racing	Brabham BT26 / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5	58	59m 01.8s
14	New Zealand Graeme Lawrence	Lawrence Racing	Dino 246 Tasmania / Ferrari V6 2.4	57	57m 55.4s
1	USA Ron Grable	I.M. Rorison Motor Racing Div	McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	57
6	Australia Kevin Bartlett	Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd.	Mildren Mono / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl	57
17	Sweden Ulf Norinder	Ulf Norinder Racing	Lola T190 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	56
96	USA Mike Goth	Mike Goth Racing	Surtees TS5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	56
26	Australia Niel Allen	N.E. Allen (Auto Indust.)	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	56
5	Australia Max Stewart	Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd.	Mildren Rennmax / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl	55
33	UK Derrick Williams	W.C. Wilkins	Lola T142 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	54
24	USA Pierre Phillips	G.N. Begg	Begg FM2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	54
9	New Zealand Frank Radisich	Henderson Central Motors	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	54
11	New Zealand Ken Smith	K.J. Smith	Lotus 41 / Ford 1.6	53
61	New Zealand Brian Pellow	Pellow Bros.	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.6	52
23	USA Bill Simpson	W. Simpson	Eagle Mk.5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	39
2	New Zealand Graham McRae	Crown Lynn	McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	20
3	USA Mike Campbell	Forsgreen Engineering	Forsgrini Mk.14 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	12
20	UK Kaye Griffiths	Sir Charles Napier Racing	BRP 2 / Ford 4.7L V8	11
10	New Zealand Dennis Marwood	Rorstan Motor Racing	Eisert JE67 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	3
57	New Zealand Bryan Faloon	Cambridge Racing Team	Rorstan Mk.1 / Climax FPF 2.5
12	New Zealand Jim Boyd	Cambridge Racing Team	Brabham BT11a / Climax FPF 2.5
15	New Zealand Wayne Murdoch	W. Murdoch	Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.6

References

"1970 Round 1 Pukekohe". Kia Ora.
Allen Brown. "New Zealand Grand Prix, Pukekohe, 10 January 1970". oldracingcars.com.

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