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Wigram on camera

Photo spread from the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy: the start, Clark at 160 mph on the back straight, and drivers Clark, Amon and Hulme in the order they finished.

Lap times

  • Jim Clark (Lotus): 160 mph top speed

Photos

  • The starter's flag has dropped and the field for the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy race is on its way. The three front markers are Australia's Frank Gardner (extreme left), New Zealand's Chris Amon, and the winner, Jim Clark of Scotland. In the second row Piers Courage is behind Amon, and New Zealand's world champion Denis Hulme is between Amon and Clark.
  • Jim Clark opens up the throttle and sets his Lotus streaking down the back straight at 160 miles an hour during one of the early laps in the main Wigram event.
  • The 'faceless' men of motor racing: behind the cloth masks are nerves of steel. From left: Jim Clark, Chris Amon and world champion Denis Hulme, in the order in which the drivers finished the race.
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WIG RAM ON CAM ERA The starter's flag has dropped, and the field for the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy race is on its way. The three front markers are Australia's frank Gardner, who is on the extreme left, making a bee-line for the inside of the track, New Zealand's Chris Amon, and the winner. Jim Clark. of Scolland. In the second row in the grid positions is Piers Courage, of the United Kingdom, behind Amon, and New Zealand's world champion, Denis Hulme, belween Amon and Clark. 20-9 - 68 Jim Clark opens up the throltle and sets his Lotus streaking down the back straight at 160 miles an hour during one of the early laps in the main Wigram event. The "faceless" men of the motor-racing gam co-ordinaled drivers to sit behind a steering whe ne. But behind those cloth masks are nerves el. From left: Jim Clark, Chris Amon and worl in which the drivers finished the race. of steel and some of the most skilled and Id champion Denis Hulme. This is the order

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