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Keep this plan handy

A spectator plan of the Wigram circuit for the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, marking flag marshals, toilets, refreshments, ambulances, fire tender, hospital, control tower, grandstand and the start/finish. Named parts of the circuit include the Hairpin, Bomb-Bay Bend, Hangar Bend, Chicane, Back Straight, Main Straight and Vickerys Road; no spectators were permitted inside the circuit.

Facts

  • The 1963 Wigram circuit plan showed a chicane made artificially with spaced oil drums and a high-speed bump.
  • No spectators were permitted inside the circuit at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.
photo

Overseas drivers meet the Mayor

Overseas Lady Wigram Trophy drivers, looking like professional men out of their racing gear, had morning tea with the Mayor, Mr George Manning, in the Mayoral rooms. Office girls from the City Council took photographs.

Photos

  • From left: Tony Maggs, Mr Manning, Jack Brabham, Geoff Richardson, Innes Ireland, Bruce McLaren and John Surtees at the Mayoral rooms.
Read the OCR text
17-9-63 KEEP THIS PLAN HANDY MTSPECTATOR BARRIERS RE MT WT WT ESCAPE ROUTE | Bomb-Bay Ine, M Bend KEY Hairpir Main Straight M M -FLAG MARSHALL. MT -TOILET- MEN. WT -TOILET-WOMEN. R.éFULL REFRESHMENTS. AMI-AMBULANCE INSIDE. CIRCUIT. Back AM2-AMBULANCE OUTSIDE NO SPECTATORS Straight CIRCUIT-TRAVELLING. Vickerys PERMITTED ON * HOSPITAL. INSIDE OF CIRCUIT FT - FIRE TENDER. Mo Rogd • Club COMPETITORS' :Curre Control ENTRANCE CONTAOL TOWER Tower LAPSCORING AND DUBIK AND ADRESS BOX TIMING STAND BendM Chicane® AMI MT Vicker START- VELCOT ONLY CREWS ELIMINATES OTHERWISE ARTIFICIAL CHICANE Paddock SPACED OIL DRUMS HIGH SPEED BUMP •e MT WT Rig GRANDSTAND FINISH MEMBE BARRIER FOR WT Hangar Bend Ditest racing drivers of their high-powered cars, their disguising helmets, goggles and overalls, and what have you got? The answer is a group that could easily be mistaken for professional men. Overseas drivers who met the Mayor (Mr George Manning) for morning tea in the Mayoral rooms to-day were a discreetly suited but rather glamor. ous lot Office girls from the City Council departments could not resist snatching a few minutes to take photographs and see the group. From left: Tony Maggs, Mr Manning, Jack Brabham, Geoff. Richardson, Innes Ireland, Bruce McLaren, and John Surtees.

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