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How they started in Trophy race

Grid positions for the 1967 Lady Wigram Trophy: Stewart (BRM) and Brabham (Repco-Brabham) on the front row, then Clark (Lotus-Climax) and Attwood (BRM), then Hulme, Palmer and Bartlett, with Gardner, Dawson, Marwood and Levis behind.

Facts

  • 1967 Lady Wigram Trophy grid: row 1 Stewart (BRM), Brabham (Repco-Brabham); row 2 Clark (Lotus-Climax), Attwood (BRM); row 3 Hulme (Brabham), Palmer (Repco-Brabham), Bartlett (Repco-Brabham); row 4 Gardner, Dawson, Marwood (Cooper), Levis; later rows included Boyd, Hollier (1.5 Lotus), Macdonald, Lawrence, Harvey and Brownie (1.5-litre cars).

Photos

  • Jim Clark gets the chequered flag indicating that he has won the Lady Wigram Trophy race.
  • Bad luck for New Zealand's Jim Palmer as his engine steams up. Palmer had to retire from the remainder of the race.
race report

Other events

Supporting races at the 1967 Lady Wigram meeting. Brian Scobie won the 250cc national airfield motor-cycle championship from Bob Haldane. Dick Langley (Austin-Cooper S) won the 30-minute production saloon race, and Andrew Buchanan's Ferrari 250LM won the Motor Racing Club championship after Geoff Mardon's Stanton-Corvette broke its crown wheel and pinion at the start.

250cc national airfield motor-cycle championship

1Brian Scobie (Hamilton)
2Bob Haldane (Tauranga)
3Pip Schultz (Tokoroa)
4Graham Lacey (Whangarei)
5Sonny Clarke (Christchurch)

Production saloon car race (30 minutes)

1Dick Langley (Napier)Austin-Cooper S 1293cc
2Bryan InnesMorris-Cooper S
3Hugh Kettelwell (Auckland)Morris-Cooper S
4Hugh Bagwell (Havelock North)Austin-Cooper S
5Barry PhilipsLotus Cortina
6Carlos Neate (Christchurch)Prince GT

Motor Racing Club championship (11 laps, 25 miles)

1Andrew BuchananFerrari 250LM
2Barry Kenn (Southland)Chevrolet

Facts

  • The 1967 Wigram production saloon race ran for 30 minutes, 17 laps of the 2.3-mile circuit with 13 starters.
  • Brian Scobie's win in the 250cc airfield championship at Wigram in 1967 followed his opening of the 1967 250cc series.
Read the OCR text
21-1-67 Jim Clark gets the chequered : fag indicating that he has won this afternoon's Lady Wigram Trophy race. How They Started In Trophy Race Grid positions for the Lady Wigram Trophy: 1. STEWART J. BRABHAM (B.R.M.) (Repco-Brabham) . 3. CLARK E. ATTWOOD (Lotus-Climax) (B.R.M.) D. HULATE J. PALMER K. BARTLETT (Brabhom) (Repco-Brabhom) (Repco-Brabham) F. GARDNER L DAWSON D. MARWOOD R. LEVIS (Repco-Brabham) (Repco-Brabham) (Cooper) (Repco-Brab.) J. WESTON 1. BOYD D. HOLLIER (1.5 Repco-Brabham) (Repco-Brabham) (1.5 Lotus) J. WESTON D. MACDONALD G. LAWRENCE G. HARVEY (1.5 Brabhom) (1.5 Brabham) (1.5 Brabhom) (1.5 Brab. Ford) I. BROWNIE (1.5 Brabhom) Other to atong Bead in bie reprise fist appearance in the Hamilton's Brian fing his first appearance in the South Island since he returned 1967 250 c.c. series when from Europe. he convincingly. won the Scobie opened up a twentynational. airfield.. motor- yard gap after the first lap national... and maintained this lead to the cycle championship at end of the twenty-five mile •Wigram this afternoon. race. Scobie led from start to Haidane was untested to hold finish, being pressed only by second place throughout. Tauranga's Bob Haldane, the Pip Schultz (Tokoroa) had 1965 New Zealand Isle of Manla great la great struggle with Graham Lacey: (Whangarei). Schultz was fifth after the first lap but took third position during the final lap. Lacey was third almost throughout. Christchurch's Sonny Clarke was the best of the local riders, with a splendid, forceful ride to gain fifth place well ahead of another city rider, Rick Mayne. Napier's Dick Langley, driving a 1293 c.c. Austin-Cooper S Bad luck for New Zealand's Jim Palmer as his engine steams up. Palmer makes a fas$ exit as someone comes to his aid. Palmer had to retire from the remainder of the race. Events thad little trouble winning tz • David Ox on med 150 thirty-minute production saloom and Jabu Rile car race. 00 co- Louis. Ch Langley led the thirteen starters from start to finish 3 Oxton -slender lead covering the 2.3 mile circuit an the seventeen times before the end bad. to give best to Riley's time limit had elapsed. * powerta car and the Bryan Innes at the wheel of tatt came third with Oxton the Morris-Cooper S took second place with as little trouble. After oné -ap Hugh Kettel well (Auckland), in a Morris. Cooper S was lying fifth. But over the next three laps he showed some excellent driving and slipped into third place a Hugh Bagwell (Haveloc North), driving. yet another Austin-Cooper S, stayed with Kettelwell and for the remainder of the race these iwo drivers had an interesting tussle. Kettelwell eventually i took the honours. Slight Edge Christchurch driver Carlos Neate (Prince G.T.) and Barry Philips (Lotus Cortina) also Kept close company throughout the race, with Philips baving a slight edge to take fifth place. The 250 L.M. Ferrari driver Andrew Buchanan an end-to-end win in the 11-lap, 25 mile moter racing club's championship. Much of the interest went out of the race at the drop of the starter's flag when the crown wheel and pinion of the ¡Stanton Corvette brose driver Geof Mardon accelerated from the line. It had been anticipated that Mardon would give Buchanan ¡a real run for the money, but ¡that was not to be, and Barry Kenn, a Southlander, in a beggi Chevrolet ran second for the whole distance. A good duel developed be-

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