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Barry Cottle

Driver · 1962–1963 · from Dunedin
4results
1wins
4podiums
1:27.3best Wigram lap (1962)
14clippings
Lola 6

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
20 Jan 1962Wigram 1962Motor Racing Club championship (15 laps, about 31 miles)3Lola up to 1500cc class winner20 Jan 1962, 22 Jan 1962 +1
20 Jan 1962Wigram 1962Bardahl sports car race (42 miles)2Lola under 1500cc class winner22 Jan 1962
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Sports cars (36 miles)1Lola-Climax 1200cc25:20.619 Jan 1963, 19 Jan 1963 +1
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Motor Racing Club Championship (15 laps)2Lola-Climax 1220ccless than 3 seconds behind19 Jan 1963, 19 Jan 1963 +1

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
1962WigramLola-Climax1:27.3lap record · Sports cars (36 miles) · new record; previous record 1:31.x set by himself in 1962clipping
19 Jan 1963WigramLola 1220cc1:28.5fastest race lap · Motor Racing Club Championship (32 miles)clipping

Raced against most often

Arthur Moffatt 3Allan Moffat 3Maurice Stanton 2Rod Coppins 2Bob Coppins 1S. Taylor 1Howden Ganley 1Geoffrey Richardson 1P. McFarlane 1Macfarlane 1P. R. Preston 1Barry Porter 1

In the clippings (14)

Entries for minor racesList of entries for the supporting sports car, open car and saloon car races at the January 1961 Wigram meeting, with…Racing Club Championship entriesEntry list for the Motor Racing Club Championship held during the January 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.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…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…Results from Wigram Trophy meetingResults of the races at the 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: Motor Racing Club championship, New Zealand motor-cycle…Stirling Moss coming to Wigram to watchStirling Moss would attend the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy as a spectator, arriving January 15 and possibly driving a lap…16 in the raceList of the 16 entrants in the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy race with car numbers, engine sizes and home towns.Two drivers break Wigram lap record at practiceIn qualifying trials for the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy, John Surtees (Lola-Climax) and Jack Brabham (Brabham-Climax)…Sports car battle for first positionDunedin's Barry Cottle (1200cc Lola-Climax) won the 36-mile sports car race at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting in…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…Cottle-Stanton duel in club championshipThe 32-mile Motor Racing Club Championship at the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting was won by M.Sports carsBarry Cottle won the 1963 Wigram sports car race, leading 14 laps and fighting off Arthur Moffatt's Lotus, in a Le…This year's Wigram racing the bestA review of the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting, judged the best of the international series after indifferent performances…

From the reports

  • Class winners in the 1963 Motor Racing Club Championship included Cottle (Lola, under 1500cc) and Moffatt (3000cc class). (19 Jan 1963)
  • Cottle's 1:28.5 fastest lap in the 1963 club championship was faster than Stanton's 1:29.5 of 1962. (21 Jan 1963)
  • The 1963 Wigram sports car race featured a Le Mans start; Cottle had pole by virtue of his practice time. (21 Jan 1963)
  • Moffatt passed Cottle on lap 3, but Cottle took the lead back on lap 5 when Moffatt ran up on the wrong side of the bales at the hangar bend; Moffatt did the same on lap 10. (21 Jan 1963)

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