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Bruce Allison
Driver · 1976–1977 · from Australia
3results
1podiums
P2best finish
1:11.2best Wigram lap (1976)
34clippings
Results
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 1976 | Wigram 1976 | New Zealand Grand Prix (Pukekohe, early January 1976) | 2 | Lola T332 | 8 Jan 1976 | |
| 18 Jan 1976 | Wigram 1976 | Lady Wigram Trophy (100 miles) | 4 | Lola T332 | 43 laps | 19 Jan 1976, 19 Jan 1976 +1 |
| 30 Jan 1977 | Wigram 1977 | Lady Wigram Trophy (Peter Stuyvesant series round 5) | 5 | Ralt | 31 Jan 1977, 31 Jan 1977 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 1976 | Wigram | Lola T332 | 1:11.2 | qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy | clipping | |
| 30 Jan 1977 | Wigram | Ralt RT1 | 1:12.8 | qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy · grid 5 | clipping |
Raced against most often
Ken Smith 2Kevin Bartlett 2Brian Redman 2Jim Murdoch 2Paul Bernasconi 2Baron Robertson 2John Edmonds 1Gary Love 1Max Stewart 1Graham Baker 1Graeme Lawrence 1Tom Gloy 1
In the clippings (34)
Old Lady woos Europe's fast menThe Lady Wigram Trophy motor race on 18 January 1976 would have a revised layout with the pits and paddock moved to…
Top drivers line up for WigramA 14-car field for the Lady Wigram Trophy race on Sunday 18 January 1976, third round of the four-race Stuyvesant…
1976 Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting, Sunday 18th JanuaryAdvertisement and entry list for the 1976 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, third round of the Peter Stuyvesant series, with…
Allison leadsBruce Allison led the 1976 Stuyvesant series after a second at Pukekohe and a third at Manfeild, but Ken Smith, Max…
Series shaping up for grandstand finishAfter two rounds of the 1976 Stuyvesant series Graeme Lawrence is rated the fastest car-driver combination, having set…
The driversShort profiles of the drivers in the 1976 Lady Wigram Trophy: Graeme Lawrence, Bruce Allison, Ken Smith, Max Stewart,…
22nd International Lady Wigram Trophy Race MeetingPreview of the 22nd Lady Wigram Trophy meeting on 18 January 1976.
Loads of talent in saloon car fieldsFour saloon car races on the 1976 Wigram programme feature the best saloon drivers: Australian Allan Moffatt…
Warwick Brown hereReigning Stuyvesant champion Warwick Brown of Australia is in Christchurch but not racing in the Lady Wigram Trophy…
Lawrence wants change of luckGraeme Lawrence, fastest qualifier in the opening Stuyvesant rounds at Pukekohe and Manfeild, has reservations about…
No clear favourite for Lady WigramBruce Allison, in his first year of F5000 racing, is the man to beat in the 1976 Lady Wigram Trophy, one point ahead…
The man at the topBruce Allison, 22-year-old Australian leader of the Stuyvesant series, aimed to reward his team, who made three engine…
Touch of history to Stewart's practiceIn the first qualifying trial for the 100-mile 1976 Lady Wigram Trophy race, nobody came near the lap record of…
Lap record at 117mph by Ken SmithKen Smith of Auckland broke the Wigram lap record in his Lola T332 in the second of three qualifying sessions, lapping…
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…
Results, Lady Wigram Trophy meeting 1976Results of the third round of the Peter Stuyvesant series at Wigram won by Ken Smith (Lola) in 51min 53.9sec, plus…
Wigram problem may spell end of era for promotersPeter Greenslade reports that Ken Smith (Lola T332) won the Lady Wigram Trophy, third round of the Peter Stuyvesant…
Stuyvesant series lacks strength in the fieldPeter Greenslade argues that the 1976 Lady Wigram Trophy showed the Peter Stuyvesant series has no depth, being kept…
Still driving youngstersProfile of Max Stewart, 40, the oldest open-wheeler driver in Australia, now a professional full-time driver after…
20 for motor-racing seriesJohn Fridd previews the January 1977 Peter Stuyvesant series, now run for Formula Pacific (1600cc, mainly Ford BDA)…
Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting 1977, fifth and final roundAdvertisement and programme for the 1977 Wigram meeting on Sunday 30 January, final round of the Peter Stuyvesant…
Drivers in the seriesProfiles of the drivers contesting the 1977 Peter Stuyvesant series for Formula Pacific cars ahead of the 30 January…
Bruce AllisonShort profile of Australian Bruce Allison, aged 23, who drives a Ralt RT1 in the Stuyvesant series and plans to race…
Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting 1977, fifth and final roundAdvertisement and programme for the 1977 Wigram meeting on Sunday 30 January, final round of the Peter Stuyvesant…
Winning still Rosberg's gameKeke Rosberg clinched the 1977 Peter Stuyvesant series by winning the fourth round at Teretonga, having won three of…
Different pattern on Sunday?Peter Greenslade says Wigram's longer, faster circuit could change the pattern seen in earlier Stuyvesant rounds.
Flying without a wing?Russell Jones reports Keke Rosberg, already series winner, may gamble on running without a rear wing at Wigram to…
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…
Lady Wigram special: international driversProfiles of the drivers in the 1977 Lady Wigram Trophy from eight countries, including Finn Mikko Kozarowitzky (the…
24 to race in last series raceLine-up of 24 starters from New Zealand, Australia, Britain, the USA, Finland, Jamaica, Hong Kong and Indonesia for…
Gloy wins at Wigram but Rosberg still fastest in seriesTom Gloy (Tui) won the 44-lap, 160 km Lady Wigram Trophy, last round of the 1977 Stuyvesant series, after Keke…
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…
Changes in racing machinery at Wigram over 30 yearsA feature tracing how single-seater racing cars at Wigram changed from narrow-tyred, wire-wheeled machines of the…
Moreno favoured, but doubtful, for seriesPreviews the four-round 1983 Formula Pacific international series (January 1983), naming overseas entrants from the…From the reports
- Stuyvesant series points after Pukekohe and Manfeild 1976: Allison 10, Stewart 9, Smith 9, Redman 9, Bartlett 5, Bernasconi 4, Murdoch 2, Baker 2. (15 Jan 1976)
- Bruce Allison suffered a suspected bearing failure in practice and left to change his engine. (17 Jan 1976)
- Bruce Allison's right front tyre blew out at about 130 mph into Bombay Bend, and his crew changed it in about 45 seconds. (19 Jan 1976)
- Allison lost 43 seconds replacing a punctured rear tyre, handing second place to Murdoch. (19 Jan 1976)
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