Wigram TrophyMotor racing at Wigram airfield · Christchurch · 1949–2000
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Car · Ford · 1966–2000
Printed as: Ford Mustang, Mustang, PDL Ford Mustang, P.D.L. Mustang, Mustang II, Sidchrome Mustang, Ford Mustang 5-litre, Ford Mustang V8, Mustang (Sidchrome), Mustang 5000
43results
19wins
39podiums
20drivers
1:12best Wigram lap (1974)

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Results

DateMeetingRacePosDriverTimeSource
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Production Saloon Car Race (30 minutes)1Ivan Segedin (Hamilton)17 laps fastest lap 1:49.222 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +2
21 Jan 1967Wigram 1967Wills All-comers saloon car race, second heat (9 laps)1Paul Fahey (Auckland)15:28.421 Jan 1967, 21 Jan 1967
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Rothmans Group 5 saloon car final (9 laps)1Frank Bryan (Auckland)15:25.320 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloons over 1300cc (11 laps)1Paul Fahey (Auckland)16:45.4 Mustangs filled first three places20 Jan 1968, 20 Jan 1968 +2
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloons over 1300cc (11 laps)2Frank Bryan17:4820 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloons over 1300cc (11 laps)3Rod Coppins17:48.820 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloon car final1Frank Bryan15:25.320 Jan 1968, 21 Jan 1968 +1
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Free formula saloon car race (9 laps, 20 miles)1Paul Fahey15:07.420 Jan 1969
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Mercury $1000 saloon car series, heat 1 (7 laps)2Red Dawson11:2717 Jan 1970
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Mercury $1000 saloon car series, heat 1 (7 laps)4John Riley11:48.617 Jan 1970, 19 Jan 1970
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Free formula saloon car race (6 laps)DNFRed Dawson spark plug trouble17 Jan 1970
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Free formula saloon car race (6 laps)4John Riley17 Jan 1970
17 Jan 1970Wigram 1970Mercury $1000 saloon car series, heat 1 (7 laps)2Ian Dawson (Auckland)0.9sec behind19 Jan 1970, 19 Jan 1970
16 Jan 1971Wigram 1971Mercury $1000 saloon series (Heat 2)1Paul Fahey (Manurewa) third victory of the day16 Jan 1971
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Bank of New South Wales Saloon Car Championship, Heat 1 (5 laps)1Paul Fahey (Auckland)6:59.0122 Jan 1972, 22 Jan 1972
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Ace-Osca saloon car championship1S. K. Haig20 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Ace-Osca saloon car championship3John Armstrong11:39.020 Jan 1973, 22 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Ace-Osca saloon car championship1Kevin Haig (Dunedin)11:29.822 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Bank of New South Wales championship (10 laps, 22 miles)2Paul Fahey (Christchurch)14:22.322 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Invitation saloon race (10 laps, 22 miles)2John Armstrong22 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Invitation saloon race (8 laps)1Allan Moffat (Australia) took the lead on the line21 Jan 1974
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Invitation saloon race (8 laps)2Jim Richards (Auckland)21 Jan 1974, 22 Jan 1974
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Open saloon race, classes A and B (8 laps)1Graham Baker10:31.622 Jan 1974
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Open saloon race, classes A and B (8 laps)2Jim Richards10:33.822 Jan 1974
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Invitation saloon race (8 laps)1Arthur Moffatt (Australia)22 Jan 1974
19 Jan 1975Wigram 1975Saloons over 4200cc2Jim Richards (Auckland)20 Jan 1975, 20 Jan 1975
19 Jan 1975Wigram 1975Saloons over 4200cc3Leo Leonard (Timaru)20 Jan 1975, 20 Jan 1975
19 Jan 1975Wigram 1975Radio Avon Saloon Car Classic (11 laps)2Leo Leonard20 Jan 1975, 20 Jan 1975
18 Jan 1976Wigram 1976Union Travel Super Saloon race (GTX-type cars)3Rod McElrea19 Jan 1976
18 Jan 1976Wigram 1976Saloon match race, three laps1Jim Richards (Auckland)19 Jan 1976
18 Jan 1976Wigram 1976Saloon match race, three laps3Leo Leonard (Christchurch)19 Jan 1976
18 Jan 1976Wigram 1976O.S.C.A. race, five laps3Rod McElrea (Ashburton)19 Jan 1976
30 Jan 1977Wigram 1977Union Fast Freight race1Leo Leonard (Timaru)31 Jan 1977, 31 Jan 1977
30 Jan 1977Wigram 1977Union Fast Freight race3Jim Richards31 Jan 1977, 31 Jan 1977
30 Jan 1977Wigram 1977Australia v New Zealand saloon challenge, six laps1Leo Leonard31 Jan 1977
30 Jan 1977Wigram 1977Australia v New Zealand saloon challenge, six laps2Jim Richards31 Jan 1977
30 Jan 1977Wigram 1977Open saloon car race3Rod McElrea (Ashburton)31 Jan 1977, 31 Jan 1977
27 Jan 1980Wigram 1980Open Saloon Car Association (OSCA) event5Rod McElrea (Ashburton)28 Jan 1980
19 Jan 1992Wigram 1992Pre 65 (Heat 1)2Chris Blackwood20 Jan 1992
23 Jan 1994Wigram 1994TraNZam (Race 1)1Kayne Scott24 Jan 1994
23 Jan 1994Wigram 1994TraNZam (Race 2)1Kayne Scott24 Jan 1994
23 Jan 1994Wigram 1994Pre 65 (Race 1)3Kevin Moreton24 Jan 1994
9 Feb 2000Wigram 2000Wigram farewell classic meeting (feature race)1Peter Stewart10 Feb 2000

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueDriverTimeSpeedWhatSource
22 Jan 1966WigramIvan Segedin1:49.2fastest race lap · Production Saloon Car Raceclipping
20 Jan 1968WigramPaul Fahey1:37.8fastest race lap · Saloons over 1300ccclipping
18 Jan 1969WigramIan Dawson1:41practice · Saloon cars, approxclipping
16 Jan 1971WigramPaul Fahey1:35.087.16 mphfastest race lap · Mercury saloon car series, second heatclipping
19 Jan 1973WigramPaul Fahey1:22.392 mphqualifying · Bank of New South Wales saloon series · fastest, shared with Coppinsclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramAllan Moffat1:12about 99 mphqualifying · Open saloon car race (Ace-Osca) · poleclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramGraham Baker1:18qualifying · Open saloon car race (Ace-Osca) · beside Moffat on the gridclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramJim Richards1:19qualifying · Open saloon car race (Ace-Osca)clipping
20 Jan 1974WigramAllan Moffat100.620 mphlap record · Invitation saloon race · new outright saloon car lap recordclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramArthur Moffatt1:17.00fastest race lap · Open saloon race, classes A and Bclipping
19 Jan 1975WigramAllan Moffat1:21.796.94 mphqualifying · Saloon cars · fastest saloon qualifierclipping
19 Jan 1975WigramJim Richards1:23.0qualifying · Saloon cars · third fastest saloonclipping
1976WigramLeo Leonard1:17.2lap record · Shellsport championship · broke Alan Moffat's 1976 record of 1:17.6 (Monza)clipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard270 km/htop speed · saloons, Wigram main straight · expectedclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard320 km/htop speed · Shellsport, Wigram back straight · predicted by PDL chief Bob Stewartclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard1:19161.342 km/h (100.253 mph)qualifying · Shellsport championship · fastest saloon lap yet at Wigram; poleclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramJim Richards1:19.6qualifying · Shellsport championshipclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard210 km/htop speed · Wigram back straightclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard1:18.6fastest race lap · Union Fast Freight raceclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard1:17.8fastest race lap · Australia-NZ challengeclipping
30 Jan 1977WigramLeo Leonard1:17.38lap record · Shellsport championship · new Wigram saloon lap recordclipping
1978Leo Leonard1:14.90lap record · allcomers, Wigram 1978clipping
29 Jan 1978WigramLeo Leonard1:19.0lap record · saloons 0-6000ccclipping
2 Feb 1994Kayne Scott1:12.36other · TraNZam at Wigram, 1994clipping

In the clippings (44)

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…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 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…Mustang could not be caughtSaloon-car support races at the 1966 Lady Wigram meeting: Ian Segedin's Ford Mustang won the 30-minute production…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…Mustangs take saloon eventAucklander F. Bryan's Mustang won the nine-lap Rothmans Group 5 saloon car final at the 1968 Lady Wigram meeting in…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…Scot's record average at ChristchurchJim Clark (2.5 Lotus-Ford V8) won the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy at a record average of 102.6 mph after a race-long…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…Saloon car excitementD. Simpson of Auckland (Ford Escort twin cam) won both Group 5 saloon heats and was second in the free-formula race at…Wigram record set by RindtLap records were broken at Wigram in practice for the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy, with Austrian Jochen Rindt's Lotus-Ford…Wigram resultsFull results from the 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: preliminary race, Mercury saloon heats, Rothmans free formula…Exciting saloon car racingAll three saloon races at Wigram were won by Paul Fahey of Manurewa in his Twin Cam Ford Escort, but in probably the…McRae breaks lap record in preliminary race at WigramWellington's Graham McRae gave notice of his Lady Wigram Trophy intentions by winning the five-lap, 11.5-mile…Out of petrol but still wonContinuation of the 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy report: Graham McRae retired from overheating after his pre-race fire,…It's McRae: twin recordWellington's Graham McRae won the 17th International Lady Wigram Trophy race from start to finish in his…Fahey's day in saloon eventsManurewa's Paul Fahey won three saloon races at the 1971 Lady Wigram meeting: the Bank of New South Wales championship…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…Thrills, spills for big crowd at Wigram circuitEarly arrivals at the 1972 Lady Wigram meeting saw crashes and close racing in the preliminary events on the 2.13-mile…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…Francevic's Mazda hits 118mph for winRobbie Francevic's rotary Mazda RX2 won the Castrol GTX Group 2 and 3 saloon race, the first event at the 1973 Lady…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…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 needs 120 mph lap for pole positionDrivers wanting pole or front row for the 1974 NZ Grand Prix at Wigram would need a flying lap of about 120 mph in…Wigram resultsFull results of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram, won by John McCormack (Elfin…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…McRae and Amon toss a coinPole position for the 1975 Lady Wigram Trophy was decided by a coin toss after Graham McRae and Chris Amon both lapped…Moffatt gets his revengeAllan Moffatt (Australia, Chev Monza) beat Leo Leonard (Christchurch) at Wigram after being beaten by the Mustang at…Ken Smith wins the 'bad luck' Lady WigramAuckland driver Ken Smith won the 1976 Lady Wigram Trophy from start to finish after Graeme Lawrence blew up in…Rosberg wins pole spotKeke Rosberg (Chevron B34) qualified fastest for the Lady Wigram Trophy with a lap of 71.2 sec (179.017 km/h, 111.236…Fast airfield track will suit P.D.L. MustangJohn Fridd previews the Shellsport and Australia v New Zealand saloon races at Wigram, where the new P.D.L.Saloon car racing popularPreview of the saloon car side of the 1977 Wigram meeting: Castrol GTX cars, Shellsport nine-lap round, six-lap…Leonard powers to great winJohn Fridd reports that Leo Leonard showed the full potential of the new P.D.L.Leo Leonard saloon starLeo Leonard's P.D.L. Mustang outclassed the saloons at Wigram with three wins from three starts, spinning at the…Puncture costs Rosberg Lady Wigram TrophyStephen Stuart reports that Keke Rosberg, from pole, led out but a slow puncture in the right front tyre of his…Series points, lap records and prizemoneySeries points after Teretonga in 1978 (subject to appeal): Rosberg 49, Perkins 37, Sullivan 26, McMillan 12, Miedecke…Huxford's Capri wins Open Saloon championshipReports of the support races at the 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.Provisional results from the Lady Wigram Trophy raceProvisional results of the supporting classes and heats at the 1992 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, including Group N,…Stokell wins wet Lady Wigram raceAustralian Paul Stokell overcame treacherous wet conditions to win the shortened 89km, 23-lap 1994 Lady Wigram Trophy…Mighty MustangsComparison of New Zealand's two best-known Ford Mustangs, the legendary PDL Mustang 2 (built 17 years earlier in…Awkward end for Wigram relicAt the final, drivers-only farewell classic meeting on the 3.87km Wigram airfield circuit (held 9 February 2000,…

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