Wigram TrophyMotor racing at Wigram airfield · Christchurch · 1949–2000
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Chevrolet Corvette

Car · Chevrolet · 1960–1989
Printed as: Stanton Corvette, Stanton-Corvette, Corvette, Chev Corvette, Stanton Corvette 4932cc, Corvette Anglia, Stuart-Corvette 4932cc, Stuart-Corvette
16results
3wins
9podiums
10drivers
1:29.5best Wigram lap (1962)

Drivers

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Results

DateMeetingRacePosDriverTimeSource
23 Jan 1960Wigram 1960Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150 miles)DNFMaurice Stanton transmission trouble23 Jan 1960
20 Jan 1962Wigram 1962Motor Racing Club championship (15 laps, about 31 miles)1Maurice Stanton (Christchurch)22:44 3000cc and over class winner20 Jan 1962, 22 Jan 1962 +1
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Motor Racing Club Championship (15 laps)1N. F. Stanton (Christchurch)22:40.619 Jan 1963
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Motor Racing Club Championship (15 laps)1Maurice Stanton (Christchurch)22:40.619 Jan 1963, 21 Jan 1963
23 Jan 1965Wigram 1965Motor Racing Club Championship (25 miles)4Maurice Stanton19:24.423 Jan 1965, 25 Jan 1965 +1
21 Jan 1967Wigram 1967Wills All-comers saloon car race, second heat (9 laps)4Neil Doyle (Ashburton)15:41.821 Jan 1967, 21 Jan 1967
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Motor Racing Club Championship (11 laps)4Neil Stuart (Christchurch)18:3220 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Sports cars over 1500cc (11 laps)2Geoff Mardon (Christchurch)16:50.620 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Sports cars over 1500cc (11 laps)6Neil Doyle20 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloon car final2Neil Doyle20 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Sports cars (11 laps)2Jim Boyd (Auckland)16:41.318 Jan 1969, 20 Jan 1969
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Motor Racing Club championship (11 laps, 25 miles)5John Stuart18:45.720 Jan 1969
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Historic car race3Warner Mauger (Christchurch)21 Jan 1974, 22 Jan 1974
29 Jan 1989Wigram 1989Hansells Sun Valley sports sedan championship, Heat 1 (8 laps)3Steve Dymand30 Jan 1989, 30 Jan 1989
29 Jan 1989Wigram 1989Hansells Sun Valley sports sedan championship, Heat 2 (8 laps)3Steve Dymand30 Jan 1989, 30 Jan 1989
29 Jan 1989Wigram 1989Hansells Sun Valley sports sedan championship, Heat 2 (8 laps)6Peter Meadows30 Jan 1989

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueDriverTimeSpeedWhatSource
1962WigramMaurice Stanton1:29.5fastest race lap · Motor Racing Club Championship (32 miles) · 1962 fastest lapclipping
22 Jan 1966WigramGeoff Mardon144 mphtop speed · Motor Racing Club championship (back straight)clipping

In the clippings (23)

Brabham won race at just under 90 m.p.h.Jack Brabham won the sixth international Lady Wigram Trophy in his works Formula I Cooper-Climax at just under 90 mph,…Field all the way for fine winStirling Moss, in a Lotus, won the 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy after leading from the first lap, crossing the line about…Three cars in spectacular smash at WigramThree cars crashed at the hairpin at the end of the main straight in the main sports car event: Forrest Cardon's…Results from Wigram Trophy meetingResults of the races at the 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: Motor Racing Club championship, New Zealand motor-cycle…Cottle-Stanton duel in club championshipThe 32-mile Motor Racing Club Championship at the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting was won by M.Stanton wins Motor Racing Club championship; Archibald first home in saloon handicapMorning events at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.Times and placesResults of the motor races at Wigram on the Saturday of the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting: the Motor Racing Club…Saloon car race a thrillerThe second heat of the all-comers saloon race at the 1965 Lady Wigram meeting was a thriller between Aucklanders…Clark easily wins Lady Wigram Trophy raceJim Clark's 2.5 litre Lotus-Climax won the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy by more than 10 seconds from Bruce McLaren's…Clark rides his luck to win Wigram raceClark built a lead of nearly half a minute in the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, then noticed falling oil pressure in his…Boyd wins club race; Porter had to pushJim Boyd (Lycoming Special) won the exciting 11-lap Motor Racing Club championship for sports cars and specials from…Stewart wins preliminary of big raceJackie Stewart (BRM) won the second 25-mile preliminary for the 1967 Lady Wigram Trophy from Jack Brabham (Repco V8),…Wigram resultsResults of the 1967 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram: the two 11-lap trophy preliminaries (Levis won the 1.5-litre…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…Clark achieves 101 m.p.h. race average speedJim Clark (Lotus-Ford V8) won the second 11-lap preliminary for the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy at an average of 101.7…Clark wins Wigram, collects side prizeAbout 30,000 people saw Jim Clark win his third Lady Wigram Trophy (after 1965 and 1967) at just under 103 mph in the…Murdoch winsW. Murdoch (Brabham) won the Motor Racing Club championship for single-seaters and NZ-built specials, leading from the…Austrian driver sets Wigram lap record in heatGold Leaf Team Lotus laid a strong claim to the 15th Lady Wigram Trophy when world champion Graham Hill beat team-mate…Sports-car race to B. HawesTimaru driver B. Hawes won the Wigram sports-car race in his Begg Corvette despite strong pressure from J. Boyd's…McCormack wins his second NZ Grand PrixJohn McCormack (Australia) won the 100-mile New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram in his three-year-old Elfin MR5 Repco V8,…Wigram resultsFull results of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram, won by John McCormack (Elfin…Motor racing results: Wigram, Benson and Hedges International meetingPartial results from the 29 January 1989 Wigram meeting: Peter Jackson Formula Pacific heat and Lady Wigram Trophy…Japanese driver wins Wigram trophyHiro Matsushita became the first Japanese winner of the Lady Wigram Trophy after 30 incident-packed laps.

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