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Arthur Kennard

Driver · 1953–1955
9results
2wins
8podiums
13clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
17 Oct 1953Rakaia Domain 1953First Race4Riley2min 27sec17 Mar 1953
17 Oct 1953Rakaia Domain 1953Fifth Race3Chevrolet Special17 Mar 1953
17 Oct 1953Rakaia Domain 1953Seventh Race1Riley17 Mar 1953
4 Dec 1954Rakaia Domain 1954Fifth Race2Riley 2327 Nov 1954
4 Dec 1954Rakaia Domain 1954Tenth Race3Riley 2327 Nov 1954
19 Feb 1955Rakaia Domain 1955Race One3Austin Healey6 Nov 1954
19 Feb 1955Rakaia Domain 1955Race Seven3Austin Healey6 Nov 1954
19 Feb 1955Rakaia Domain 1955Race Twelve26 Nov 1954
19 Feb 1955Rakaia Domain 1955Race Seventeen13min 27sec6 Nov 1954

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In the clippings (13)

Motor-racing surprisesThe first car racing meeting of the 1953-54 season (Rakaia Domain, 17 October 1953) drew a large entry for nineteen…Car racing held at RakaiaD. H. Rutherford won the D. W. Wild Challenge Trophy at the Motor Racing Club's Rakaia Domain meeting with a lap of…H. Green breaks Car Club recordHec Green cut the Rakaia track record from 32.05sec to 30.2sec at the Rakaia Car Club meeting; the track was a shade…Fastest lap in car race to ShadboltA. Shadbolt took the lap record and the D. W. Wild Trophy at the Rakaia Domain meeting with his home-made rear-engined…Racing cars arrive: bodywork damaged in transitThe Ferraris of Tony Gaze and Peter Whitehead were dented in transit from Auckland and sent to city panelbeaters…Lady Wigram Trophy may be most open race in series yetWith 25 entries received for the 25 January 1958 race, the Lady Wigram Trophy looked the most open yet.Puncture spoils Frank Cantwell's sports car hopesKen Harris won the 50-mile Redex sports car race at Wigram in the ex-Wharton Monza Ferrari after Frank Cantwell's…Roycroft hardest to beat in beach race championshipAuckland driver Ron Roycroft with his new Jaguar Special was seen as the hardest man to beat in the 30-mile NZ beach…Nineteen cars in N.Z. beach raceNineteen starters were expected in the 30-mile NZ championship beach race at Pines Beach, including Ron Roycroft in a…Rutherford's easy beach title winOnly twelve cars started the 30-mile NZ beach championship at Pines Beach because 1957 champion Ron Roycroft did not…Trophy race fieldThirty-three drivers were to contest the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy race, led by Flockhart (BRM) and Brabham (Cooper).Trophy race entriesEntry list for the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy, a race of 150.236 miles, with 35 entries including Flockhart (BRM),…Lady Wigram Trophy raceMagazine photo page on the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart (BRM) won in a record 101 minutes 4 seconds for 150…

From the reports

  • Sports car entries for 1958 included Frank Cantwell's Tojeiro-Jaguar, Arthur Kennard's Healey-Corvette and several Jaguars and Austin-Healeys. (16 Jan 1958)

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