1979 New Zealand Grand Prix

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

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	Teo Fabi	March-Ford
Time	0.58.0
Podium
First	Teo Fabi	March-Ford
Second	Larry Perkins	March-Ford
Third	Brett Riley	March-Ford

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

Qualifying

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

Race

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

References

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

Preceded by 1978 New Zealand Grand Prix	New Zealand Grand Prix 1979	Succeeded by 1980 New Zealand Grand Prix