photoJim Clark leads Piers Courage and Bruce McLaren away at the start of the second heat of the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy, which Clark won.
Photos
- Jim Clark zooms away from Piers Courage (left) and Bruce McLaren (right) at the start of the second heat of the Lady Wigram Trophy race. Clark won the heat.
letter · Had My Money's WorthLady Wigram prices
A reader replies to the 'Once Bitten Twice Shy' complaint, arguing that Lady Wigram prices were reasonable for one of New Zealand's biggest annual events with the world's top drivers and that non-starters disappoint owners as much as spectators.
race reportMustangs take saloon event
Aucklander F. Bryan's Mustang won the nine-lap Rothmans Group 5 saloon car final at the 1968 Lady Wigram meeting in 15min 25.3sec, after an early challenge from Ashburton's N. Doyle (Corvette). Timaru's G. Sprague was third, with a three-way Mini-Cooper battle for fourth and fifth and A. J. Murray (Ford Sabre TG) seventh after a spin.
Rothmans Group 5 saloon car final (9 laps)
| 1 | F. Bryan (Auckland) | Ford Mustang | 15:25.3 |
| 3 | G. Sprague (Timaru) | | |
| 7 | A. J. Murray (Christchurch) | Ford Sabre TG | |
Lap times
- F. Bryan (Ford Mustang): fastest race lap
resultsGrid positions
Grid for the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy listing Clark (Lotus-Ford V8), Hulme (1.6 Brabham), Rodriguez (BRM V8), Palmer (1.6 McLaren), Lawrence, K. Smith (1.5 Lotus-Ford), G. McRae, Amon (Ferrari V6), Gardner (Brabham-Alfa Romeo V8), Courage (FVA 1.6 McLaren-Ford), McLaren (BRM V12), Bolton, Dawson, Levis, Stone, Oxton, Macdonald and Faloon. The row layout is not reliably legible.