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New Zealand Grand Prix

Pukekohe, 7 Jan 1967

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Jackie Stewart (Tasman) 2.1-litre BRM P261 [2614] - P111 V8
#2 Owen Motor Racing Organisation
57 59m 16.4s
100.9 mph
2 Jim Clark (Tasman) 2-litre Lotus 33 [R14] - Climax FWMV V8
#6 Team Lotus
57 59m 21.8s
3 Richard Attwood (Tasman) 2.1-litre BRM P261 [2616] - P111 V8
#1 Owen Motor Racing Organisation
56
4 Jim Palmer Brabham BT22 [IC-1-66] - Climax FPF 4
#41 Jim Palmer Motor Racing
54
5 Graeme Lawrence (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT18 - Ford twin cam
#14 Lawrence Motors
52
6 Dene Hollier (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 27 [27-FM-24/25] - Ford twin cam
#19 Dene Hollier Ltd
50
7 Jim Boyd Brabham BT4 [IC-3-62] - Climax FPF 4
#60 S H Jensen (see note 1)
50
8 Bill Stone (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT6 [FJ-9-63] - Ford twin cam
#24 Levis Racing Team (see note 2)
50
9 Roly Levis (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT18 - Ford twin cam
#12 Levis Racing Team (see note 3)
49
10 Ken Sager (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT16 [F2-9-65] - Ford twin cam
#15 J H Sager (see note 4)
49
11 Laurence Brownlie (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT6 [FJ-4-63] - Ford twin cam
#20 (see note 5)
45
R Denis Hulme Brabham BT7A [IC-2-63] - Climax FPF 4
#3 F H Stanton
50 stub axle
R Kevin Bartlett Brabham BT11A [IC-3-64] - Climax FPF 4
#8 Alec Mildren
34 magneto
R John Weston (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT2 ["FJ-13-62"] - Ford twin cam
#36 (see note 6)

R Don Macdonald (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT10 [IC-6-64] - Ford twin cam
#29 (see note 7)

R Pat McLoughlin Cooper T53 ["F2-13-58"] - Climax FPF 4
#30

R Grahame Harvey (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Brabham BT6 [FJ-12-63] - Ford twin cam
#16 (see note 8)

R Ken Smith (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 22 [22-J-20] - Ford twin cam
#11

R Dennis Marwood Cooper T66 [F1-6-63] - Climax FPF 4
#18 Ecurie Rothmans
24 crown wheel
R Jack Brabham Brabham BT22 [F1-1-64] - Repco 640 V8
#4 Jack Brabham Racing
5 driveshaft
DNS Denis Hulme Brabham BT22 [F1-1-64] - Repco 640 V8
#3
Did not start
DNS Frank Gardner Brabham BT16 [F2-8-65] - Climax FPF 4
#7 Alec Mildren (see note 9)
Did not start
(engine)
DNS "Red" Dawson Brabham BT7A [IC-1-63] - Climax FPF 4
#5
Did not start
(engine)
DNS Ian Arbuthnott (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 20B [20-J-953] - Ford pushrod
#23
Did not start
DNS Kerry Grant Brabham BT11A [IC-2-64] - Climax FPF 4
#27 Grant & Liddle
Did not start
(accident)
DNS Roger McLoughlin (NZ 1.5) 1.5-litre Lotus 20 - Ford pushrod
#31
Did not start
DNS Tony Rutherfurd (Tasman) 1.65-litre Dino - Ford pushrod
#35
Did not start
DNA Jack Brabham Brabham BT23A [1] - Repco 640 V8
#4 (see note 10)
Did not arrive

All cars are 2.5-litre Tasman unless noted.

Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT4 [IC-3-62] (Jim Boyd): New to Bib Stillwell for the Australian Internationals in February 1963. Used by Stillwell to win the 1963 Australian Gold Star and then, having acquired the 2.7-litre engine from Jack Brabham's BT4, he won the Gold Star again in 1964. Sold to Bill Thomasen in New Zealand and used in NZ Gold Star in 1964/65 before it was sold to Ecurie Palm Court who ran it for Ian Green and John Riley in late-season 1964/65 races and in Australian Gold Star races in August 1965. To Robbie Francevic in time for the 1965/66 NZ season and then quickly sold again, this time to Syd Jensen. Jenson leased it to Jim Boyd for the 1967 Internationals and then sold it to Bryan Faloon in March 1967. Raced and crashed many times by Faloon before he joined the Rorstan team for 1969/70 and the BT4 was finally retired. Sold by Faloon's estate to David Manton in 1981, then to Richard Hook (Auckland, NZ), who restored the car to its original Tasman specification and used it in historic racing in 1990. Then through four other historic racers until bought by the Minshaw family in 2005. Raced by Jason Minshaw from 2005 onwards.
  2. Brabham BT6 [FJ-9-63] (Bill Stone): Brabham Racing Organisation for Denny Hulme in Formula Junior in 1963. To Alec Mildren Racing, fitted with a 1500cc Ford twin cam engine and raced in Australian national racing by Frank Gardner in 1964. To Roly Levis in November 1964 for New Zealand racing in 1965 and 1966. Entered by Levis for Bill Stone in 1966/67 then sold to Stone who raced it again in 1967/68. Sold to Gerald 'Jiggs' Alexander in September 1968 and raced in the 1968/69 and 1969/70 seasons, after which Alexander stripped the car with the intention of restoring it. However, it remained in this state until 1999 when it was sold to Ian McDonald (Australia) who restored the car and ran it in Australian historic racing from 2001 onwards. Sold to Ed Holly (Sydney, NSW) in July 2006 and raced in the Tasman Revival series from 2006/07 to 2012/13. Sold to Mark Shaw (Edinburgh, Scotland) early 2017, and raced by him at Monterey and Watkins Glen later that year.
  3. Brabham BT18 (Roly Levis): New Zealander Roly Levis had a new Brabham BT18 with 1500cc Ford twin cam engine ready for the New Zealand Gold Star race at Renwick in mid-November 1966. He raced it though the 1966/67 season, before selling it to Tony Shaw for 1967/68. Levis continued to race the car in Shaw's ownership throughout that season. It was then sold to Allan McCully for the 1968/69 season. It reappeared in 1973 with Russ Noble, who raced it in Gold Star events in 1973/74. It was then acquired by Murray Baker, rebuilt with a Chevrolet V8 and renamed 'Elk'. It raced in this configuration in 1974/75. It was later owned by Tom Donavan and Richard Trewsdale. Some time before 1984, it was bought from Trewsdale by David Currie and Ken White, and was immaculately restored by Currie to Levis's specification. In in April 1986, it was sold to Charlie Conway, who used it in historic racing in New Zealand. Rodin Wootton took over the drive in 1992, until Conway sold the car to Bruce Wootton (Auckland, NZ) in 1997.
  4. Brabham BT16 [F2-9-65] (Ken Sager): Silvio Moser's F2 car in 1965, entered by Martinelli-Sonvico Racing. Used briefly as a second car early 1966 then apparently to Ken Sager, fitted with a 1500cc Ford twin cam and raced in the 1966/67 season in New Zealand. It was sold to Dave Oxton (Glenfield, Auckland) for 1967/68, and retained for 1968/69, still in the 1500cc class. Enlarged to 1600cc for 1969/70 and sold to Graham Watson. Graham Vercoe's books say that it was owned by Brian Faloon after Watson. According to New Zealand historian David McKinney, it was converted to Formula Ford specification and raced by Ross Atkins from 1971 to 1974, then by Terry Moon, then Davey Waugh in the 1976/77 season, and Warren Elleray in 1978. To David Manton in 1980, and retained by him for some years until restored to 1600cc National Formula spec and run in historic events by Gray Mathias in the early 1990s. Offered for sale in Seattle in 1992, and believed to have been owned by Grant Clearwater more recently. Subsequent history unknown.
  5. Brabham BT6 [FJ-4-63] (Laurence Brownlie): Rodney Banting Formula Junior 1963. Then observed by Formula 1 Register member John Thompson to be the car entered by Janspeed Engineering for Clive Baker (Torquay) in Formula 3 in 1964. Sold to Graeme Lawrence and fitted with a 1500cc Ford twin cam for New Zealand racing in 1965 and 1966. To Laurence Brownlie for 1967, then Tony Batchelor for 1968, then hillclimber Roy Lyme for the 1968/69 season. Lyme raced it for the first time in a National Formula race at Pukekohe on 9 November 1968, but hit the fence at Champion Curve on lap 2, and the car was badly damaged. According to Graham Vercoe, it was rebuilt by Warner Collins. It then went to William Smith and was raced as a BT15 in 1970, then Eric Anderson in 1971, then Bernard Milray as a Formula Ford in 1976; and was bought by Wayne Rogers in 1982. Rogers restored it to Formula Junior specification and ran it at Pukekohe in December 1983. It was bought by Paul Higgins in 1988 who retained it until March 2001, when he sold it to Rob Hands in Australia. Bought by Peter Strauss (Armadale, Australia) in June 2002 and driven for the first time in a FJ race at Philip Island in in February 2004. Strauss raced the car in Formula Junior in Australia from 2004 to 2016, and again in 2022.
  6. Brabham BT2 ["FJ-13-62"] (John Weston): Believed to be the "interim" car raced by Denis Hulme at the Boxing Day Brands Hatch 1962. Probably FJ-1-63 but given by recent owners as 'FJ-13-62'. Raced by Roy James in Formula Junior 1963 then to Mike Lawlor 1964 and entered for John Miles in Formula 3. Entered by Speedwell Engineering for Miles in a couple of early 1965 races. To Ray Thackwell (New Zealand) and fitted with a 1500cc Ford twin cam for New Zealand racing in the 1965/66 season. To John Weston for 1966/67 and then to Graham McRae for 1967/68. McRae used the engine and gearbox in his late-1968 McRae twin cam, and may also have used the suspension and uprights. According to David McKinney, the BT2 was rebuilt by Jack Oakley, who fitted with a Ford pushrod engine and VW gearbox. Whether this car was raced by Oakley in 1969 remains unclear, as Oakley also acquired the McRae. The car was acquired by the Southward Museum around 1979 and was restored by John Rapley (Paraparumu) in 1987. The restored car used a new frame built by Peter Bruin, and the original frame remained with Rapley. Used by Rapley in historic events, starting at Manfeild in November 1987 where it was fitted with a 1500cc Ford pushrod engine. Remained in Rapley's hands until 2017, when the car was stolen. It was recovered in September 2018, but in the meantime the original frame had been passed back to the Southward Museum, who were building another car from it. How these two cars will coexist remains uncertain.
  7. Brabham BT10 [IC-6-64] (Don Macdonald): Having driven a late-season Brabham BT6 for Scuderia Veloce in 1964, Greg Cusack bought a new Brabham BT10 which carried the non-standard plate 'IC-6-64' and fitted it with a 1500cc Ford twin cam engine for ANF1½ in 1965. The car probably came via Brabham's Australian agent Alec Mildren Pty Ltd. Cusack retained this for the first few months of 1966 and then sold it to Don Macdonald for racing in New Zealand in 1967 and 1968. It then went to Wayne Murdoch for the 1968/69 season and he returned with the car for the 1970 Internationals but it was then described as a BT18. The car was then acquired by Frank Radisich, converted to Formula Ford spec and sold to Peter Mahoney who raced it from 1971 to 1973. It may then have been the "BT18" raced by Ron Duirs in the 1973/74 and 1974/75 seasons. Then unknown until acquired by Richard Armstrong (New Zealand) as a rolling chassis in 1977, who planned to turn it into a hillclimb car with a Lotus-Ford twin-cam engine, but other commitments put paid to those plans. The car has remained in storage with Richard ever since, and, in 2017, his intention was to restore it to NZ National Formula specification.
  8. Brabham BT6 [FJ-12-63] (Grahame Harvey): Denis O'Sullivan in Formula Junior in 1963. Retained for Formula 3 in 1964, now entered by Baldyne Engineering. Appears to have moved to Motor Racing Stables after O'Sullivan acquired at F2 Brabham BT10 around August 1964 and was raced by John Tomlinson at Brands Hatch 13 Sep 1964. Sold to Ken Sager and fitted with a 1500cc Ford engine for New Zealand racing in 1965 and 1966. During its time in New Zealand, it was often referred to as a 1964 car, implying a BT9. Sold to Grahame Harvey mid-1966 and retained for 1967. Then to Tim Bailey and fitted with a 1500cc Fiat engine for 1968. To Brian Pellow for 1969, still with the Fiat. Retained by Pellow for 1970, but now with a 1600cc Ford. By October 1970, Peter Mahoney was driving "the old Pellow" Brabham in Formula Ford. This car was sold to Frank Gilbert (Auckland) and raced as a Formula Ford for two seasons. Graham Vercoe's book 'Historic Racing cars of New Zealand' claims that the car was a BT9, and that a replica frame was built by Pellow and that it was the replica frame that became the Formula Ford. Writing in 1991, he said that the original 'BT9' frame was owned by John Wigston.
  9. Brabham BT16 [F2-8-65] (Frank Gardner): John Coombs entered this Brabham BT16 for Graham Hill in 1965, fitted with a BRM P71 engine. Hill continued to race it in the early part of 1966 after which it was then refitted with a 2.5-litre Climax FPF and taken to Australia by Frank Gardner to be used in Tasman racing. Gardner won first time out at a Gold Star race at Warwick Farm in December 1966 and then raced it in the 1967 Tasman series as part of Alec Mildren's team. After the series it was acquired by Niel Allen who planned to race it himself but instead entered it for Fred Gibson in 1967 and again in early 1968 before it was sold to Col Green in mid-1968. Retained by Green for three seasons and then sold in mid-1971 to Neil Rear (Perth, Western Australia), who raced it at Waneroo Park in 1972. In 1973, it was fitted with a Cosworth 1600 engine and at the end of that season, Rear sold it to Colin Hall, who planned to fit a Lotus twin cam, but continued to drive his Macon instead. Rear raced the car again in early 1974, before clouting the barrier in a race at Wanneroo in April 1974. The Brabham passed through various owners until acquired by photographer Julian Cowan. Sold via Bonhams to Rob McMillan (Sydney, NSW, Australia) and rebuilt on a replica chassis for historic racing, the original chassis being cut up and scrapped.
  10. Brabham BT23A [1] (Jack Brabham): Built for Jack Brabham to use in the 1967 Tasman series and fitted with a 2.5-litre Repco 640 V8. Brabham won the last race of the series at Longford in March. The car was then sold to David McKay's Scuderia Veloce and entered for driver Greg Cusack in the 1967 Australian Gold Star. Cusack finished second in the series having won the Gold Star round at Symmons Plains in November, and two weeks later also took the Australian Hill Climb Championship in the car. Cusack then raced the BT23A in the Australian rounds of the 1968 Tasman series but was injured when he crashed at Longford in March, and decided to retire. Although extensively damaged, the car was repaired and Phil West took over the drive for the 1968 Gold Star, starting with victory at Bathurst on Easter Monday. The Brabham was then sold to Brian Page, who used it in Gold Star and regional events during 1969. After being missig for a couple of seasons, the Brabham was mentioned again in 1972 when Monarch-Ford racer Alan Stewart was said to have it for ANF2. At some point the car was crashed, and the rear of the chassis was replaced. Acquired by Peter Simms (Kurrajong, NSW Australia) in January 1980, restored and raced for the first time at Amaroo in August 1984. Raced in Australian historics by Simms for many years.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

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Individual sources for this event

Instead of heats, there was an 'Air New Zealand Feature' support race for Tasman entries.