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 run to Formula Pacific regulations. The race was won by American Ross Cheever, who would return to win the next event a month later. The podium was completed by New Zealander Ken Smith and fellow American Jeff MacPherson.
Despite being labelled the 1985 iteration of the event, it was actually held in December 1984. This marked the only time that two New Zealand Grands Prix were held in the same calendar year.
Classification Qualifying
Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time Grid 1 1 Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD 0.57.36 1 2 41 Dave McMillan More Magazine Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.57.36 2 3 2 Ross Cheever John Brandon Team Ralt RT4/85 / Ford BDD 0.58.01 3 4 70 Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.58.20 4 5 11 Ken Smith Apple Car Company Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.58.29 5 6 6 Brett Riley Eric Morgan Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.58.32 6 7 3 Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.58.47 7 8 4 Ross Cameron Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/81 / Ford BDD 0.58.60 8 9 5 Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing Ralt RT4/83 / Ford BDD 0.59.40 9 10 19 Riley Hopkins Riley Hopkins Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 0.59.76 10 11 54 Peter Haskett JCL Group Chevron B49 / Ford BDD 1.00.23 11 12 7 Ross Zampatti Ross Zampatti Racing Ralt RT4/82 / Ford BDD 1.01.23 12
Race
Pos No. Driver Entrant Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 Ross Cheever John Brandon Team 32 37min 20.22sec 3 2 11 Ken Smith Apple Car Company 32 + 24.83 s 5 3 70 Jeff MacPherson Allan McCall Racing 32 + 39.49 s 4 4 19 Riley Hopkins Riley Hopkins Racing 32 + 1:31.31 s 10 5 5 Tom Blackaller Rick Shea Racing 31 + 1 lap 9 6 54 Peter Haskett JCL Group 29 + 3 laps 11 7 41 Dave McMillan More Magazine 22 + 10 laps 2 Ret 7 Ross Zampatti Ross Zampatti Racing 17 Accident 12 Ret 3 Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Racing 10 Throttle 7 Ret 1 Davy Jones Rick Shea Racing 6 Accident 1 DNS 4 Ross Cameron Rick Shea Racing Did Not Start DNS 6 Brett Riley Eric Morgan Racing Did Not Start DNP 12 Heather Spurle Heather Spurle Racing Did Not Participate Source(s):
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