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Wigram circuit speed spectacle

Pictures of the opening scenes of the Motor Racing Club's January 1958 Wigram fixture. The first event was the motor-cycle race (up to 350 c.c.), and N. McCutcheon, a member of the 1957 New Zealand Tourist Trophy team, moved into the lead to win the seventeen-mile race in 13min 50.2sec. The pictures also show the start of the Lady Wigram Trophy race.

Motor-cycles up to 350cc

1N. McCutcheon13min 50.2sec

Facts

  • The first event of the January 1958 Wigram meeting was a seventeen-mile motor-cycle race for machines up to 350cc.
  • A huge crowd lined vantage points around the Wigram circuit for the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.

Photos

  • The start of the motor-cycle race (up to 350 c.c.), the first event on the programme. By the time the race was under way a large crowd had gathered and people were still streaming towards the circuit.
  • The finish of the race, as N. McCutcheon, a member of the 1957 New Zealand Tourist Trophy team, moves into the lead to leave the other competitors and win the seventeen-mile race in 13min 50.2sec.
Read the OCR text
WIGRAM CIRCUIT SPEED SPECTACLE THE MOTOR RACING on the Wigram circuit to-day presented a graphic speed spectacle for the huge throng of spectators who crowded vantage points round the track. These pictures show initial scenes from the Motor Racing Club's fixture, and the start of the classic event on the day's programme- the Lady Wigram Trophy race. 25-1-58 ABOVE: The start of 1 programme. By the time people BOLOW: The finish of Zealand Tourist Trophy win he motor-cycle race (up e the race was under way were still streaming tow the race-as N. McCutel team, moves into the lead the seventeen-mile race in to 350 c.c.), the first event on the y a large crowd had gathered and ards the circuit. leon, a member of the 1957 New to leave the other competitors and 13min 50.2sec.

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