The 1970 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 10 January 1970. The race had 20 starters.
It was the 16th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the second round of the 1970 Tasman Series. Frank Matich won his first NZGP in his McLaren Formula 5000 ahead of British racer Derek Bell driving a Tasman Formula specification Brabham-Cosworth. The first New Zealand driver to finish was Graeme Lawrence in Ferrari Dino 246T/69.
Classification Results as follows: Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time 1 7 Frank Matich Rothmans Team Matich McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 58 58m 38.9s 2 77 Derek Bell Wheatcroft Racing Brabham BT26 / Cosworth DFW V8 2.5 58 59m 01.8s 3 14 Graeme Lawrence Lawrence Racing Ferrari Dino 246T/69 / Ferrari V6 2.4 57 57m 55.4s 4 1 Ron Grable I.M. Rorison Motor Racing Div McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 57 5 6 Kevin Bartlett Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd. Mildren Mono / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl 57 6 17 Ulf Norinder Ulf Norinder Racing Lola T190 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 56 7 96 Mike Goth Mike Goth Racing Surtees TS5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 56 8 26 Niel Allen N.E. Allen (Auto Indust.) McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 56 9 5 Max Stewart Alec Mildren Pty. Ltd. Mildren Rennmax / Waggott TC4V 2.0 4cyl 55 10 33 Derrick Williams W.C. Wilkins Lola T142 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 54 11 24 Pierre Phillips G.N. Begg Begg FM2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 54 12 9 Frank Radisich Henderson Central Motors McLaren M4A / Cosworth FVA 1.6L 4cyl 54 13 11 Ken Smith K.J. Smith Lotus 41 / Ford 1.6 53 14 61 Brian Pellow Pellow Bros. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.6 52 Ret 23 Bill Simpson W. Simpson Eagle Mk.5 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 39 Ret 2 Graham McRae Crown Lynn McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 20 Ret 3 Mike Campbell Forsgreen Engineering Forsgrini Mk.14 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 12 Ret 20 Kaye Griffiths Sir Charles Napier Racing BRP 2 / Ford 4.7L V8 11 Ret 10 Dennis Marwood Rorstan Motor Racing Eisert JE67 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 3 Ret 57 Bryan Faloon Cambridge Racing Team Rorstan Mk.1 / Climax FPF 2.5 Ret 12 Jim Boyd Cambridge Racing Team Brabham BT11a / Climax FPF 2.5 Ret 15 Wayne Murdoch W. Murdoch Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.6
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