Pukekohe


Pukekohe Grand Prix Circuit New Zealand
International Grand Prix (Auck) Inc
PO Box 11-129
Ellerslie
Auckland
New Zealand

Tel: +0064 95793108/92388049     Fax: +0064 95793106


Track Length: 1.752 miles

Located 30 miles south of Auckland, this track was a replacement for the Ardmore circuit and was built inside a horse-racing track. It was used for the New Zealand GP and national meetings between 1963 and 1966, and saloon car races thereafter. The loop (shaded at the left of the map) formed the basis of the club circuit. In April 1966 the circuit was used in an anti-clockwise direction for one race, but this was never repeated due to a lack of run-off area.

For 1967, the track missed out the loop and held again the New Zealand GP. Chicanes were added in 1974.

A grass circuit was also used in Pukekohe in 1975-76.



At the end of 2012, plans were announced to modify the track, adding three corners and changing the track length from 2.84 km to 2.91 km in order to host the return of Australian V8 Supercars. In July 2022 it was suddenly announced that the track would close in April 2023, as track owner Auckland Thoroughbred Racing looked to expand its horse training facilities.