The 1977 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1977. The race had 20 starters.
It was the 23rd New Zealand Grand Prix, and saw the race run with Formula Pacific cars rather than Formula 5000 as was run for the previous few years. The race was won by future Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg in the Chevron B24. The rest of the podium was completed by American Tom Gloy and Jamaican Richard Melville.
Classification
Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time 1 4 Keke Rosberg Fred Opert Racing Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 58 1hr 4min 45.4sec 2 7 Tom Gloy Team Tui Tui BH2 / Ford BDA Nicholson 58 + 24.7 s 3 10 Richard Melville Doug Shierson Racing March / Ford BDA Swindon 58 + 53.9 s 4 1 John Nicholson Nicholson Racing Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 58 + 55.6 s 5 18 David Oxton Oxton Motors Chevron B29 / Ford BDA 58 + 1:20.1 s 6 11 Ken Smith La Valise Travel March Engineering 76B / Ford BDA Nicholson 57 + 1 Lap 7 0 Dave McMillan Team McMillan Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 57 + 1 Lap 8 2 Andrew Miedecke Lola T360 / Ford BDA 56 + 2 Laps 9 14 Graeme Lawrence Beng Saswanto Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon 56 + 2 Laps 10 24 Albert Poon Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Swindon 55 + 3 Laps 11 23 Alan Crocker March 74B / Ford BDA Swindon 55 + 3 Laps 12 12 Ivan Tighe Elfin 642 / Ford BDA Hart 52 + 6 Laps 13 15 Howard Wood Anderson Racing March 742 / Ford BDA 50 + 8 Laps 14 22 Ross Stone Cuda JR3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 49 + 8 Laps Ret 62 Bruce Allison Ralt RT1 / Ford BDA Hart 39 Gear Selector Ret 3 Phil Sharp Modus M3 / Ford BDA Nicholson 28 Accident Ret 16 Peter Hughes Brabham BT29 / Ford BDA 24 Ignition Ret 5 Mikko Kozarowitzky Fred Opert Racing Chevron B34 / Ford BDA Hart 15 Ignition Ret 17 Steve Millen Schollum Bros. Chevron B35 / Ford BDA Hart 11 Head Gasket Ret 67 Graham Baker Bramwell Scaff Birrana 274 / Ford BDA 5 Gearbox DNS 6 Enno Buesselman Elfin 622 / Ford BDA Did Not Start DNS 8 Wolfgang Prejawa Birrana 274 / Ford BDA Did Not Start DNS 19 Rex Hart Surtees TS15 / Ford BDA Did Not Start DNS 25 Beng Saswanto Lola T460 / Ford BDA Swindon Did Not Start DNS 9 Dave Saunders March 75B / Ford BDA Did Not Start Source(s):
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