Wigram TrophyMotor racing at Wigram airfield · Christchurch · 1949–2000
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Alfa Romeo

Car · Alfa Romeo · 1950–1990
Printed as: Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo 2.9 litre supercharged, Alfa Romeo 2.9 litre, Alfa Romeo 2900cc, Alfa Romeo 2.3, Alfa Romeo 2.3 litre, Alfa Romeo (supercharged 2.9-litre Grand Prix)
10results
4wins
5podiums
8drivers
1:34best Wigram lap (1952)

Drivers

Les Moore 9Ron Roycroft 7John McMillan 2Don Ransley 1D. Caldwell 1Martin Carpenter 1A. Barratt 1C. A. C. Ransley 1

Other Alfa Romeo entries

Alfa Romeo P3 2

Results

DateMeetingRacePosDriverTimeSource
31 Mar 1951Wigram 1951100-mile race (Lady Wigram Trophy)1Les Moore (Christchurch)1:27:4131 Mar 1951, 31 Mar 1951 +13
23 Feb 1952Wigram 1952Lady Wigram Trophy, second heat (25 miles)3Don Ransley (Christchurch)23 Feb 1952
23 Feb 1952Wigram 1952Lady Wigram Trophy final (50 miles)1Les Moore (Christchurch)39:02.823 Feb 1952, 25 Feb 1952 +12
28 Feb 1953Wigram 1953Over 1500cc preliminary (25 miles)1Ron Roycroft (Christchurch)20min 18sec27 Feb 1953, 28 Feb 1953
28 Feb 1953Wigram 1953Lady Wigram Trophy (50 miles)1Ron Roycroft (Auckland)38min 42sec28 Feb 1953, 11 Mar 1953
9 Jan 1954Ardmore 1954International Grand Prix5Ron Roycroft (New Zealand)31 Dec 1953
6 Feb 1954Wigram 1954Lady Wigram Trophy Race (100 miles)4John McMillan (Wellington)76min 59.4sec6 Feb 1954, 8 Feb 1954 +1
21 Jan 1956Wigram 1956Lady Wigram Trophy Race (71 laps, 150 miles)DNFJohn McMillan dropped a valve21 Jan 1956
3 Jun 1957Southbridge 1957Southbridge 100 (100 miles, 24 laps, handicap)DNFD. Caldwell retired after briefly holding fourth4 Jun 1957
28 Jan 1990Ruapuna 1990Castrol Group N.Z. Saloon Car championship, Race 1 (10 laps)12Martin CarpenterFeb 1990

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueDriverTimeSpeedWhatSource
25 Feb 1950WigramA. Barratt130 mphtop speedclipping
31 Mar 1951WigramLes Moore1:56.4qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy fastest lap competitionclipping
31 Mar 1951WigramC. A. C. Ransley1:58.1qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy fastest lap competitionclipping
31 Mar 1951WigramLes Moore1:42fastest race lap · Lady Wigram Trophy, late in the race (reported)clipping
1952WigramLes Moore76.79 mphother · Wigram 1952 · fastest race average at Wigram to dateclipping
1952WigramLes Moore1:34lap record · Lady Wigram Trophy 1952 · previous lap recordclipping
1952WigramLes Moore80 mphlap record · Lady Wigram Trophy 1952 · lap of about 1min 34sec for 2.1 milesclipping
23 Feb 1952WigramLes Moore1:48.71lap record · NZ championship hill-climb, Governors Bay-Sign of the Kiwiclipping
23 Feb 1952WigramLes Moore81 mphfastest race lap · Lady Wigram Trophy final (two laps)clipping
1953WigramRon Roycroft79.5 mphother · Lady Wigram Trophy 1953 · winning average, 50 miles in 38min 40secclipping
28 Feb 1953WigramRon Roycroft79.2 mphother · Lady Wigram Trophy · second lap averageclipping
28 Feb 1953WigramRon Roycroft81 mphfastest race lap · Lady Wigram Trophy · sixteenth lapclipping
28 Feb 1953WigramRon Roycroft1:34fastest race lap · Lady Wigram Trophy 1953 · equalled the previous lap recordclipping

In the clippings (37)

National car road race: Australian entriesEntries from Australia include Gary Coglan of Sydney with a supercharged TC MG and P.Car race to Les Moore in record timeDespite appalling weather, Les Moore set a record average of 68 mph to win the Motor Racing Club's 100-mile Wigram…Rain did not keep drivers' speeds down in car raceDespite the rain, drivers at the 1951 Wigram race were nearly as fast as in the 1950 conditions: Moore's winning…L. Moore's Alfa Romeo first to finish in 100 miles car race at WigramLes Moore of Christchurch won the 100-mile race at Wigram in his Grand Prix Alfa Romeo in a record 1hr 27min 41sec (68…Road race at Wigram: L. Moore wins in Alfa RomeoL. Moore won the Motor Racing Club's 100-mile race on the Wigram airstrips in his 2.9 litre Grand Prix Alfa Romeo, in…Local drivers have done well in Wigram car racesReview of the first three Wigram races (1949 to 1951) with their top finishers, noting Christchurch drivers have won…Lap record at Wigram car race todayBob Gibbons of Wellington, in a 1000cc Cooper, easily won the first 25-mile heat of the Lady Wigram Trophy from…Les Moore wins car racing at Wigram with Alfa RomeoLes Moore won the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year in a row in his supercharged P3 2.9 litre Alfa Romeo at 76.79…Car race placings officially madeThe Motor Racing Club committee confirmed the placings in the Lady Wigram Trophy: Moore, Sulman, Shuter, Logan, Wild,…Sulman to drive in raceAustralian Tom Sulman will be a definite starter in the Lady Wigram Trophy after repairing his 4C Maserati, crashed at…Les Moore has second big motor race winLes Moore won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy final in his Grand Prix Alfa Romeo before 14,000 to 15,000 spectators,…Fast lap times feature of big Wigram car raceLes Moore averaged an officially timed 76.79 mph for the 50 miles.Fast average times recorded: win for L. Moore's Alfa RomeoLes Moore won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year running at an average of 76.79 mph, compared with…Motor-cycle racing: clubs' event for air race fundsMore than 80 entries for the motor-cycle racing festival at Wigram, the first time motorcycles raced there.Ron Roycroft in second big car race win to-dayRon Roycroft (Alfa Romeo, Auckland) won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy in 38min 42sec, flawless as at Mairehau a month…Wellington driver established new Wigram car recordBob Gibbons (Cooper 1100, Wellington) set a new Wigram lap record in the under-1500cc preliminary at the 1953 Lady…Nelson driver takes first car raceHalsey Logan of Nelson (H.R.G.) won the under-1500cc 25-mile preliminary by a hair's breadth from Pat Hoare (R.A.Trophy winner congratulationsNew Zealand Free Lance photo spread of the 1953 Lady Wigram Trophy: R.Grand Prix at Ardmore: Maybach confirmed as winnerThe official placings of the 1954 Ardmore International Grand Prix confirmed Stan Jones (Maybach Special) as winner…Big motor racing at Wigram: improvement in five yearsReview of five years of the Lady Wigram Trophy ahead of the 6 February 1954 race.Whitehead wins Wigram Trophy: B.R.M. breaks down near finishAt least 15,000 saw the fastest car race ever run in the South Island.P. Whitehead wins Lady Wigram car race in FerrariPeter Whitehead (Ferrari) won the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram from Tony Gaze (H.W.M.), while Ken Wharton's…Wigram car race to P. WhiteheadPeter Whitehead, English woolbroker and farmer, won the fastest car race ever run in the South Island, the 48-lap,…Lady Wigram Trophy won by P. WhiteheadEngland's Peter Whitehead won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy in a bright red Ferrari, his second…G. Palmer romps home in Southbridge HundredGeorge Palmer of Hamilton won the Motor Racing Club's 24-lap Southbridge 100 in a 2-litre Cooper-Bristol, giving away…English drivers have won fourSummary of the nine Lady Wigram Trophy races since 1949 (none in 1955 while the track was resealed): four won by…Ten years of trophy winners at WigramA list of every Lady Wigram Trophy winner from 1949 to 1959 with distances, times and average speeds, plus the…These men won in past yearsList of Lady Wigram Trophy winners 1949-1960 and circuit and lap record details: lap record 1:20.8 (94.28 mph) by Jack…Climax of Motor Racing Club's plansMotor Racing Club president Jack Brewer's welcome message ahead of the January 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, predicting…Fast times have been set at Wigram by past winnersTable of past Lady Wigram Trophy winners with race times, average speeds and fastest laps from 1949 to 1961.Costly cars racing at terrific speedsFeature on the history of the Lady Wigram Trophy ahead of the tenth race on 18 January 1964, with a table of every…Wigram fastest course: previous winnersHistory of Wigram racing: the Canterbury Car Club ran NZ's first long-distance race in 1949 before the Motor Racing…Previous Wigram event winnersList of winners of the main Wigram race from 1949 to 1966 with distances, winning times, average speeds and fastest…Today's speeds a far cry from those of first raceHistory of the Wigram main race since the Canterbury Car Club's first long-distance race in 1949, won by Wellington…The fastest circuit: Pukekohe or Wigram?Argues that a race average of 105 mph in the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy would make the 2.3-mile Wigram circuit New…The trophy winnersTable of Lady Wigram Trophy race winners and their cars from 1949 to 1989; there was no race in 1955.Results - RuapunaFull results with fastest laps from the Ruapuna Peter Jackson meeting of 27-28 January 1990: Formula Pacific heat and…

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