1984 New Zealand Grand Prix
31st New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Date 16 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 United States 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 won by American Ross Cheever. The podium was completed by New Zealander Ken Smith and fellow American Jeff MacPherson.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNo.DriverEntrantCarTimeGrid
1 1 United States Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD 0.57.36 1
2 41 New Zealand Dave McMillan More Magazine Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.57.36 2
3 2 United States Ross Cheever John Brandon Team Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD 0.58.01 3
4 70 United States Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.58.20 4
5 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Apple Car Company Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.58.29 5
6 6 New Zealand Brett Riley Eric Morgan Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.58.32 6
7 3 Australia Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.58.47 7
8 4 New Zealand Ross Cameron Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/81 / Ford BDD 0.58.60 8
9 5 United States Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.59.40 9
10 19 United States Riley Hopkins Riley Hopkins Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.59.76 10
11 54 New Zealand Peter Haskett JCL Group Chevron B49 / Ford BDD 1.00.23 11
12 7 Australia Ross Zampatti Ross Zampatti Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 1.01.23 12

Race

PosNo.DriverEntrantLapsTime/RetiredGrid
1 2 United States Ross Cheever John Brandon Team 32 37min 20.22sec 3
2 11 New Zealand Ken Smith Apple Car Company 32 + 24.83 s 5
3 70 United States Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing 32 + 39.49 s 4
4 19 United States Riley Hopkins Riley Hopkins Racing 32 + 1:31.31 s 10
5 5 United States Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing 31 + 1 lap 9
6 54 New Zealand Peter Haskett JCL Group 29 + 3 laps 11
7 41 New Zealand Dave McMillan More Magazine 22 + 10 laps 2
Ret 7 Australia Ross Zampatti Ross Zampatti Racing 17 Accident 12
Ret 3 Australia Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing 10 Throttle 7
Ret 1 United States Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing 6 Accident 1
DNS 4 New Zealand Ross Cameron Rick Shea Racing Did Not Start
DNS 6 New Zealand Brett Riley Eric Morgan Racing Did Not Start
DNP 12 New Zealand Heather Spurle Heather Spurle Racing Did Not Participate
Source(s): [1]

References

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