photoCurrent champ
Photo of Masterton farmer Andrew Buchanan's Ferrari 250LM, raced by Australia's Scuderia Veloce, with Buchanan leading the NZRDC sports car championship ahead of the 1967 Lady Wigram meeting. The Stanton brothers' Stanton-Corvette was expected to challenge on the fast Wigram circuit.
Photos
- Masterton farmer Andrew Buchanan with the Ferrari 250LM raced by Australia's Scuderia Veloce; the Stanton brothers' Stanton-Corvette should be strong at Wigram.
otherPlan of Wigram circuit
Spectator plan of the Wigram circuit showing marshal posts, toilets, ambulances, fire tender, grandstand, control tower and corners including Bomb-Bay Bend, the hairpin, the back straight and the Hangar Bend; no spectators permitted inside the circuit.
Facts
- The Wigram circuit had corners named the Bomb-Bay Bend, the Hairpin, Hangar Bend and the Vickerys corner, with a main straight and a back straight.
featureSchoolboy enthusiasts
The Christchurch Boys' High School Car Club, formed in 1966 by science teacher Ron Walton, ran an international motor show at Canterbury Court during Lady Wigram Trophy week 1967, backed by the Motor Racing Club. Displays included a rotary engine built by Hamilton Walker of Whangarei, exotic cars, vintage cars, home-built cars and a 'concours d'elegance' for Queen of the Motor Show.
Facts
- The 1967 Canterbury Court motor show opened at 2 pm on the Wednesday of Lady Wigram week and closed at 10 pm on the Friday.
- A display car was the Aston Martin DB3S that won the 1953 Tourist Trophy in Ireland, driven by the late Peter Collins and Roy Salvadori.
Photos
- Brent McKeown, Ron Hazelhurst, Peter Rollingson, Ted Sharp and Ron Walton preparing Mr Walton's home-built Wasp racing car for the show.