The 2004 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Teretonga Park, near Invercargill on 18 January 2004. It was the 49th New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Formula Ford cars.

The event was won by Ken Smith who, at the age of 63 became the oldest winner of a Grand Prix in the world. He was followed closely by Andy Knight, crossing the line by one seven-thousandths of a second - the closest finish in New Zealand Grand Prix history. Tim Edgell rounded out the podium, having secured pole position earlier that weekend.

Classification Qualifying (Top 10 Shootout) Pos No. Driver Car Time Grid 1 26 Tim Edgell Van Diemen RF03 1:03.004 1 2 56 Phil Hellebrekers Spectrum 010 1:03.065 2 3 8 Simon Gamble Spectrum 010 1:03.172 3 4 11 Ken Smith Van Diemen/Stealth Evo 2 1:03.446 4 5 22 Chris Pither 1:03.500 5 6 46 Charlie Kimball Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 1:03.553 6 7 28 Brendon Hartley 1:03.584 7 8 45 Ryan Millen Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 1:03.692 8 9 9 Marc Doran 1:03.838 9 10 2 Simon Richards Van Diemen RF02 1:03.850 10 Source(s):

Race Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Grid 1 11 Ken Smith Van Diemen/Stealth Evo 2 38 1hr 05min 58.783sec 4 2 97 Andy Knight Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 38 + 0.007 s 12 3 26 Tim Edgell Van Diemen RF03 38 + 1.332 s 1 4 87 Ben Crighton Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 38 + 4.560 s 13 5 55 Christina Orr Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 38 + 4.916 s 14 6 4 Andrew Higgins Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 38 + 5.840 s 16 7 88 Mathew Radisich 38 15 8 57 Scott McKelvie 38 17 9 46 Charlie Kimball Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 38 + 16.301 s 6 10 12 Russell Hartley 38 20 11 44 Noel Atley 38 21 12 37 Stephen Heffernan 38 22 13 85 Carmen Doran 38 23 14 35 James Mitchell 37 + 1 lap 24 15 36 Kurt Peterson 31 + 7 laps 18 Ret 71 Robin Judkins 36 Retired 25 Ret 2 Simon Richards Van Diemen RF02 24 Retired 10 Ret 70 Jayant Singh 23 Retired 26 Ret 22 Chris Pither 12 Retired 5 Ret 28 Brendon Hartley 11 Retired 7 Ret 8 Simon Gamble Spectrum 010 11 Retired 3 Ret 56 Phil Hellebrekers Spectrum 010 6 Retired 2 Ret 19 Mohammed Syahrizal 2 Retired 27 DNS 9 Marc Doran Did Not Start 9 DNS 19 Jono Lester Did Not Start 19 DNS 45 Ryan Millen Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 Did Not Start 8 DNS 77 Steve Edwards Did Not Start 28 DNS 47 Joe D'Agostino Van Diemen/Stealth RF94 Did Not Start 11 Source(s):

References

External links New Zealand Formula Ford