1970 New Zealand Grand Prix

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

1970 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 2 of 7 in 1970 Tasman Series
Race details
Date	10 January 1970
Location	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance	58 laps, 164 km (102 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Frank Matich	McLaren-Chevrolet
Time	59.25
Fastest lap
Driver	Frank Matich	McLaren-Chevrolet
Time	59.2
Podium
First	Frank Matich	McLaren-Chevrolet
Second	Derek Bell	Brabham-Cosworth
Third	Graeme Lawrence	Ferrari

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:^[1][2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time
1	7	Frank Matich	Rothmans Team Matich	McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	58	58m 38.9s
2	77	Derek Bell	Wheatcroft Racing	Brabham BT26 / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5	58	59m 01.8s
3	14	Graeme Lawrence	Lawrence Racing	Dino 246 Tasmania / Ferrari V6 2.4	57	57m 55.4s
4	1	Ron Grable	I.M. Rorison Motor Racing Div	McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	57
5	6	Kevin Bartlett	Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd.	Mildren Mono / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl	57
6	17	Ulf Norinder	Ulf Norinder Racing	Lola T190 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	56
7	96	Mike Goth	Mike Goth Racing	Surtees TS5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	56
8	26	Niel Allen	N.E. Allen (Auto Indust.)	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	56
9	5	Max Stewart	Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd.	Mildren Rennmax / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl	55
10	33	Derrick Williams	W.C. Wilkins	Lola T142 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	54
11	24	Pierre Phillips	G.N. Begg	Begg FM2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	54
12	9	Frank Radisich	Henderson Central Motors	McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl	54
13	11	Ken Smith	K.J. Smith	Lotus 41 / Ford 1.6	53
14	61	Brian Pellow	Pellow Bros.	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.6	52
Ret	23	Bill Simpson	W. Simpson	Eagle Mk.5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	39
Ret	2	Graham McRae	Crown Lynn	McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	20
Ret	3	Mike Campbell	Forsgreen Engineering	Forsgrini Mk.14 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	12
Ret	20	Kaye Griffiths	Sir Charles Napier Racing	BRP 2 / Ford 4.7L V8	11
Ret	10	Dennis Marwood	Rorstan Motor Racing	Eisert JE67 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	3
Ret	57	Bryan Faloon	Cambridge Racing Team	Rorstan Mk.1 / Climax FPF 2.5
Ret	12	Jim Boyd	Cambridge Racing Team	Brabham BT11a / Climax FPF 2.5
Ret	15	Wayne Murdoch	W. Murdoch	Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.6