1972_New_Zealand_Grand_Prix

1972 New Zealand Grand Prix

1972 New Zealand Grand Prix

Motor car race

The 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1972. The race had 20 starters.

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It was the 18th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the first round of the 1972 Tasman Series. Australian Frank Gardner won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion Mike Hailwood. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Robbie Francevic in the McLaren Formula 5000 who came in 9th place.

The race saw the death of Bryan Faloon who died after an accident on the back straight with Graeme Lawrence in the closing laps of the race.

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References

  1. [1]
    "1972 Round 1 Pukekohe". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. [2]
    "New Zealand Grand Prix – Pukekohe, 8 Jan 1972". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
Preceded by
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 Tasman Series
1972		 Succeeded by
1972 Levin International
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
1972		 Succeeded by
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