25-2-52 CAR RACING AT WIGRAN 23-2-52 L. Moore (Christchurch), ariving the Alfa Romeo in which he mon the Lady Wigram Trophy race this afternoon. 25-2-52 FIFTY-MILE RACE Royal New Zealand in a Grand Prix A being congratulated competed, but he w • AI WIGRAY-The 50-mile ra • Air Force station, Wigram, on Ifa Romeo. Hoore. who won t I by his wife, daughter, iliss ras eliminated when his car wa a Kieft. is shown in it ace for the Lady Wigram Saturday and was won by he race at Wigram last year. V. Moore. and his son, R is involved in an accident d s badly damaged state. Trophy was held at the L. Moore (Christchurch) • over 100 miles, is shown R. Moore also .. Moore. luring the race. The car, FAST AVERAGE TIMES RECORDED WIN FOR L. MOORE'S ALFA ROMEO Driving Grand Prix P3 29 litre; Aifa Romeo, 0, Les Moore wOn the Lady Wigrain Trophy race at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station. Wigram, on Saturaay. His driving was fast and consistent. This was the second year in succession that Noore has won the race. this vear was held over miles instead of 101.57 miles as last rear.| Two heats were held, and drivers not completing 25 miles in a specified time! were liable to te ciiminated. Moore's average speed for the race was 76.79 miles an nour. compared with his speed 69.5 miles an hour last year, unen the race was more than iwice as leng and the course was wet. Nevertheless his time was remarkable. His average lap speed was 2 1-3sec better than the ! lap record established by Garry Cogian, of Australia, in his supercharged M.G. in 1950. Both H. Green. supercharged IRA. Vanguard. and Smith, in his Ford V8 special, had bad luck. In the fourteenth lap Green had the misfortune of losing four of the six spokes of his leit-hand rear Whee!. and he withdrew from the race. Six laps later Smith sufiered a blow-out in the back straight. Green's car led the field for most of the time until he retired. The only competitor to pass him was Smith. All this while Moore usually lay third, followed supercharged i T Sulman, driving Cooper JAP. Gibbons, driving an 1100 c.c. Cooper followed the first LOUI until he retired with punctured carburettor float after completing 12 laps. H. Green set up the fastest lap of the cay. his time being Imin 32sec, OT 82.24 miles an hour This is subject to officia. confirmation. The only accident of the day occurred when R. • Moore, the son of the winner, ir nis powered by a Vincent-HRI CO C. Lan C.C., ran into the rear of Ransley's 2.3 litre supercharger Alfa Romeo. Ransley's car spun TOunC just beyond the control tower. MOOrE received only cuts and bruises and afte medical attention was able to walk away. Drivers of the larger-engined cars ir the saloon and sports car race appearer to suffer from over-handicapping. Smal cars, with leads of more than six seconds, filled the first three places. The results, which ате subject to offcial confirmation, were as follows:- LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE L. Moore 2900 C.C. (supercharged); 39min 4sec, C Suiman (Sydney), 1496 c.c. Maserati (supercharged). 39min 4osec, 2; F. Shuter 3992 c.c. Ford V8 Special 42min 343eC H. Logar 4024 c.c. Ford Special, 43min 9sec, D Wild (Christchurch), 3962 c.c. Allard, 4-min 4sec. 5; A. Stafford (Upper Hutt), 500 c.c. Cooper-Norton, 45min 23sec, 6; NTS S. Lupp (Dunedin), 1250 c.C. M.G TD (supercharged), 45min 48sec. 7; D. Haigh (Timaru), 1172 c.c. Ford 10 Special, A5min: 49sec. 8; P. Hoare (Christchurch). 1442 C.C. RA. Vauxhall, 47min, 9: J. Tutton (Rangiora), 3142: c.c. XK120 Jaguar, 47min 6sec. 10. SALOON AND SPORTS CAR RACE B. Hay (Dunedin), 2047 c.c. Singer, 6min 16sec,:: 26min Macdonald 918 c.c. 26s Morris Minor (super- 35sec, 2 98 20C. 2 K Mansey hristchurch 118 Ransley -C.C. Speciar, EDin 55sec. 27min 31seç, •Ballantyne (Dunedin), 4096 C.C. studebaker, 3min "Ilsec, 28min 4sec. si •C.: RUdE 939 C.C. M.G. PB,, see. chich 793c. 20sec, 28min E. T. Ransley Riley, 2min 28min 14sec. Sharman. (Christ thurch): 3622 c Ford Special, into lOsec. 28min 17ser, 7: R. Miacdonalc 4 Cheviot). 2437 C.c. Riley, 2min 35se1 28min 18sec; 8: Ci Haggitt {Dunedins 2396. c.c. Bentley. 3min 20sec. 30тіл FSET 9.