1985 New Zealand Grand Prix

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1984 New Zealand Grand Prix
31st New Zealand Grand Prix
Pukekohe Park Raceway (1967-1989).png
Race details
Date16 December 1984
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.82 km (1.76 miles)
Distance 32 laps, 90.24 km (56.32 miles)
Pole position
Driver Rick Shea Racing
Time 0.57.360
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing
Time 0.57.560
Podium
First John Brandon Team
Second Apple Car Company
Third Allan McCall Racing

The 1985 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 16 December 1984. It was the 31st running of the New Zealand Grand Prix and was run to Formula Pacific regulations. The race was won by American Ross Cheever, who would return to win the next event a month later. The podium was completed by New Zealander Ken Smith and fellow American Jeff MacPherson.

Contents

Despite being labelled the 1985 iteration of the event, it was actually held in December 1984. This marked the only time that two New Zealand Grands Prix were held in the same calendar year.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNo.DriverEntrantCarTimeGrid
11 Flag of the United States.svg Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD0.57.361
241 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dave McMillan More Magazine Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD0.57.362
32 Flag of the United States.svg Ross Cheever John Brandon Team Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD0.58.013
470 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD0.58.204
511 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith Apple Car Company Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD0.58.295
66 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett RileyEric Morgan Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD0.58.326
73 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD0.58.477
84 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross CameronRick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/81 / Ford BDD0.58.608
95 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD0.59.409
1019 Flag of the United States.svg Riley HopkinsRiley Hopkins Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD0.59.7610
1154 Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter HaskettJCL Group Chevron B49 / Ford BDD1.00.2311
127 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross ZampattiRoss Zampatti Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD1.01.2312

Race

PosNo.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGrid
12 Flag of the United States.svg Ross Cheever John Brandon Team3237min 20.22sec3
211 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Smith Apple Car Company32+ 24.83 s5
370 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing32+ 39.49 s4
419 Flag of the United States.svg Riley HopkinsRiley Hopkins Racing32+ 1:31.31 s10
55 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing31+ 1 lap9
654 Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter HaskettJCL Group29+ 3 laps11
741 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dave McMillan More Magazine22+ 10 laps2
Ret7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross ZampattiRoss Zampatti Racing17Accident12
Ret3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing 10Throttle7
Ret1 Flag of the United States.svg Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing6Accident1
DNS4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ross CameronRick Shea RacingDid Not Start
DNS6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett RileyEric Morgan RacingDid Not Start
DNP12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Heather SpurleHeather Spurle RacingDid Not Participate
Source(s): [1]

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References

  1. "New Zealand Grand Prix - Pukekohe, Dec 1984". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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