Wigram TrophyMotor racing at Wigram airfield · Christchurch · 1949–2000
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Elfin

Car · Elfin · 1969–1975
Printed as: Elfin, Elfin Repco, Elfin sports, Elfin Holden
7results
4wins
5podiums
5drivers
1:03.7best Wigram lap (1974)

Drivers

John McCormack 6Graham Harvey 5Garrie Cooper 2Grant Walker 1Max Stewart 1

Other Elfin entries

Elfin MR5 3Elfin 400 2Elfin MR6 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosDriverTimeSource
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Sports cars (11 laps)3Graham Harvey (Auckland) spun on the first corner; reached about 155 mph on the back straight18 Jan 1969, 20 Jan 1969
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Sports, GT and single-seater cars (6 laps)1Graham Harvey (Otahuhu)9:11.217 Jan 1970, 19 Jan 1970
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Free formula invitation race (6 laps)1Graham Harvey (Auckland)9:02.017 Jan 1970, 19 Jan 1970
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Lady Wigram Trophy9Garrie Cooper (Australia)43 laps22 Jan 1972, 23 Jan 1972
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Lady Wigram TrophyDNFJohn McCormack (Australia) gearbox trouble22 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy (100 miles)1John McCormack (Australia)52:29.8 record average of more than 115 mph; second successive win21 Jan 1974, 21 Jan 1974 +2
19 Jan 1975Wigram 1975Formula Ford1Grant Walker (Auckland)20 Jan 1975, 20 Jan 1975

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueDriverTimeSpeedWhatSource
18 Jan 1969WigramGraham Harvey155 mphtop speed · Sports carsclipping
17 Jan 1970WigramGraham Harvey1:28.4fastest race lap · Sports, GT and single-seater raceclipping
22 Jan 1972WigramJohn McCormack1:07.7qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy · row 4clipping
22 Jan 1972WigramMax Stewart1:08.6qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy · row 4clipping
22 Jan 1972WigramGarrie Cooper1:09.4qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy · row 5clipping
19 Jan 1973WigramJohn McCormack1:06.6qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophyclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramJohn McCormack1:03.7120.36 mphqualifying · NZ Grand Prixclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramJohn McCormack115 mphother · New Zealand Grand Prix · record race average, more than 115 mphclipping

In the clippings (17)

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…Out of petrol but still wonContinuation of the 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy report: Graham McRae retired from overheating after his pre-race fire,…Wigram resultsFull results from the 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: preliminary race, Mercury saloon heats, Rothmans free formula…Otahuhu driver scores winGraham Harvey of Otahuhu won the six-lap sports, GT and single-seater race at Wigram, taking the lead on the third lap…Kisses and champagne: McRae's trophy driveBehind McRae's faultless 1972 Lady Wigram Trophy win lay overnight drama: a cracked cylinder head found after…McRae wins Lady Wigram Trophy with apparent easeWellington's Graham McRae won the 18th International Lady Wigram Trophy race in his Leda GM1 at an average of 112.93…McRae fastest, others close behind himIn 1972 Lady Wigram Trophy qualifying, defending champion Graham McRae lapped the shortened 2.13-mile circuit in…McRae fastest in qualifying trialsGraham McRae finished Friday's Lady Wigram Trophy qualifying with a lap of 117.969 mph (about 65.0sec) on the…McRae wins exciting race for Lady Wigram TrophyGraham McRae won his third successive Lady Wigram Trophy in a record 52min 33.8sec (114.277 mph), after a race in…Wigram resultsFull results of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram, won by John McCormack (Elfin…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,…McRae fastest again in trialsFive drivers broke 120 mph in Saturday's qualifying trials for the 1974 NZ Grand Prix, headed by triple Tasman…G.P. to McCormack after eight cars excludedJohn McCormack (Elfin Repco) won the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram at a record average of more than 115 mph,…McCormack, Fahey best saloon driversAustralian John McCormack (Ansett Charger) and Aucklander Paul Fahey (Capri) won their saloon events at Wigram.McRae thrills crowd with superb drivingGraham McRae (McRae GM2) turned the tables in the third round of the Stuyvesant series with a faultless win in the…The trophy winnersTable of Lady Wigram Trophy race winners and their cars from 1949 to 1989; there was no race in 1955.

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