1951 Lady Wigram Trophy

The 1951 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit in New Zealand on 31 March 1951. It was the first Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Les Moore in the Alfa Romeo Tipo B.

1951 Lady Wigram Grand Prix
1st Lady Wigram Trophy
Race details
Date 31 March 1951
Location Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course Temporary racing facility
Course length 3.403 km (2.116 mi)
Distance 48 laps, 163.344 km (101.568 mi)
Weather Wet
Pole position
Driver
  • George Smith
GeeCeeEss
Time Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver George Smith GeeCeeEss
Time 1:42.0
Podium
First
  • Les Moore
Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Second
  • Ron Roycroft
Jaguar XK120
Third V8 Special

Classification

PosNo.DriverCarLapsTimeGrid
1 Les Moore Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c 48 1hr 27min 41sec 4
2 10 Ron Roycroft Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl 48 + 3:30.0 s 2
3 Frank Shuter V8 Special / Ford 4024cc V8 48 + 4:34.0 s 3
4 John McMillan McMillan Special / Ford 2300cc 4cyl 48 + 13:06.0 s 11
5 Del Drewery Singer Special / Singer 972cc 4cyl 48 + 15:35.0 s 15
6 Pat Hoare RA Vauxhall / Vauxhall 1442cc 4cyl s/c 48 + 18:45.0 s 19
7 Jack Brewer Wolseley Special / Wolseley 1604cc 6cyl 48 + 19:31.0 s 10
8 Bob Blackburn Austin 7 Special / Austin 747cc 4cyl 14
9 Jack Tucker V8 Special / Ford 3622cc V8 s/c 16
10 Jack Tutton Jaguar C-Type / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl 17
11 Fred Sharman V8 Special / Ford 3622cc V8 s/c 18
12 Don Ransley Alfa Romeo 8C / Alfa 2300cc 8cyl s/c 6
Ret Des Wild RA III / Fiat 1098cc 4cyl 39 Engine 8
Ret George Smith GeeCeeEss / Mercury 4024cc V8 37 Engine 8
Ret Ron Symmons Cooper Mk II / JAP 1098cc V2 30 Gearbox 13
Ret Tom Sulman Maserati 4CM / Maserati 1496cc 4cyl s/c 9 Engine 7
Ret Halsey Logan Logan Special / Mercury 4024cc V8 7 Accident 12
Ret Ken Tubman MG K3 Magnette / MG 1086cc 6cyl s/c 7 Engine 9
Ret John Nind Cooper Mk III / JAP 1098cc V2 0 Accident 5
DNS Hec Green RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c\ Did Not Start
DNS Arthur Moffatt Austin 7 Special / Austin 747cc 4cyl s/c Did Not Start
DNS Fred Zambucka DeSoto Special / DeSoto 4099cc 6cyl Did Not Start
DNS Ron Jeal MG J2 Special / MG 847cc 4cyl Did Not Start
DNA Dave Habgood Cragar-Ford / Ford 3439cc 4cyl Did Not Attend
Source:[1]

References

  1. "1st Lady Wigram Trophy". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
none
Lady Wigram Trophy
1951
Succeeded by
1952 Lady Wigram Trophy
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