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AJS

Motorcycle · AJS · 1953–1968
Printed as: A.J.S., AJS
14results
4wins
10podiums
11drivers

Drivers

Tom McCleary 3N. McCutcheon 2David Burns 2W. Fabian 1I. R. McCleary 1McNeill 1McCleary 1W. Wetzel 1B. McGibbon 1Don Damiano 1Trevor Discombe 1

Other AJS entries

AJS 7R 14AJS 350 4AJS 350cc 2

Results

DateMeetingRacePosDriverTimeSource
24 Jan 1953Wigram 1953350cc Scratch Race (three laps)1Tom McCleary5min 30sec24 Jan 1953, 24 Jan 1953
24 Jan 1953Wigram 1953350cc Scratch Race (three laps)2W. Fabian24 Jan 1953, 24 Jan 1953
21 Jan 1956Wigram 1956Junior Experts Race (17 miles)1I. R. McCleary (Christchurch)13:45.823 Jan 1956
21 Jan 1956Wigram 1956Junior Experts Race (17 miles)2N. McCutcheon (Dunedin)23 Jan 1956
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959350cc Motor-cycle Race1N. McCutcheon (Dunedin)13min 20.4sec winner's time24 Jan 1959, 26 Jan 1959
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959350cc Motor-cycle Race4Tom McCleary (Christchurch)24 Jan 1959
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959350cc Motor-cycle Race2McNeill (Christchurch)26 Jan 1959
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959350cc Motor-cycle Race4McCleary (Christchurch)26 Jan 1959
23 Jan 1960Wigram 1960Motor-cycles 500cc (8 laps, 16.8 miles)5David Burns23 Jan 1960, 25 Jan 1960
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Motor-cycles 350cc (8 laps)1W. Wetzel (Lower Hutt)13:31.119 Jan 1963, 21 Jan 1963
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Motor-cycles 350cc (8 laps)2B. McGibbon (Christchurch)13:31.2 led almost throughout19 Jan 1963, 21 Jan 1963
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Motor-cycles 350cc (8 laps)3David Burns (Christchurch)19 Jan 1963, 21 Jan 1963
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966N.Z. 500cc/Open Motorcycle Airfield Championship6Don Damiano (Christchurch)22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968First motor-cycle race3Trevor Discombe20 Jan 1968

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueDriverTimeSpeedWhatSource
24 Jan 1953WigramTom McCleary68.72 mphother · 350cc Scratch Race · 6.3 miles (three laps) in 5min 30secclipping

In the clippings (16)

Motor-cycle racing: rain spoils Wigram meetingA bleak report on the Wigram motor-cycle meeting: crowd of about 3,000, rain squalls, long gaps between races and Des…Good sport at Wigram speed meetingAbout 4,000 enjoyed the Christchurch Combined Motor-cycle Clubs' meeting at Wigram despite rain, which led to…Big crowd at motor-cycling races to-dayAbout 3,000 people attended the first events of the Combined Motorcycle Clubs' meeting at Wigram for the Air Race and…Englishmen take placings in major car racePeter Whitehead won the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second time on Saturday 21 January 1956 before about 21,000…R. Flockhart wins Wigram Trophy: fast time and thrilling finishFor the fifth year in five races a British driver won the Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart's BRM beat Jack Brabham's…Christchurch driver wins 50-mile sports car raceFrank Cantwell of Christchurch won the 50-mile sports car race, the premier event of the morning at the Lady Wigram…Results: Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, 23 January 1960Full results of the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the 150-mile trophy, the Motor Racing Club Trophy scratch race,…Results of car races at WigramResults of the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, January 23, 1960: Jack Brabham won the trophy from David Piper and Ian…Stanton wins Motor Racing Club championship; Archibald first home in saloon handicapMorning events at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.Motor-cycle crashA crash at the chicane in the first motor-cycle race put M.Stewart wins after rivals' crashJackie Stewart (V8 two-litre BRM) won the 101-mile 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy in a new race record of 1:03:44.1, with…BRM team romps home, sets recordJackie Stewart and Dickie Attwood finished first and second in the 12th International Lady Wigram Trophy, both inside…BRM aces both win heats for Wigram TrophyOn a drizzly morning BRM drivers Richard Attwood and Jackie Stewart won their 11-lap preliminary heats for the 1966…Molloy wins three-man struggle on old machineGinger Molloy won the NZ 500cc and open airfield championships at Wigram after swapping his balky works Bultaco for…BRM duo had it all to themselvesContinuation of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy report: Stewart beat Clark's 1965 race record by 35.2 seconds and BRM took…Points for Clark / Wigram resultsContinuation of the report on Jim Clark's win in the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy: the smaller 1.6-litre cars of Hulme (lap…

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