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Bruce Benke

Motorcycle rider · 1953–1960 · from Ashburton
6results
5podiums
P2best finish
13clippings
Norton Manx 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
24 Jan 1953Wigram 1953500cc Scratch Race, second heat3Norton24 Jan 1953, 24 Jan 1953
26 Jan 1957Wigram 1957350cc Racing Class (motor-cycles)2Norton26 Jan 1957, 28 Jan 1957
3 Jun 1957Southbridge 1957Motor-cycle Race, up to 350cc (34 miles)3Norton26:39.83 Jun 1957, 4 Jun 1957
25 Jan 1958Wigram 1958500cc Motor-cycle Race (17 miles)4Norton25 Jan 1958, 25 Jan 1958 +1
23 Jan 1960Wigram 1960Motor-cycles 500cc (8 laps, 16.8 miles)2Norton13min 39sec23 Jan 1960, 25 Jan 1960
23 Jan 1960Wigram 1960Motor-cycles 350cc (8 laps, 16.8 miles)3Norton23 Jan 1960, 25 Jan 1960

Raced against most often

R. Newbrook 4J. Thompson 3J. Swarbrick 2A. G. Holland 2Les Lamb 1R. Proctor 1H. Holland 1Tom McCleary 1Johnny Hubbard 1N. McCutcheon 1G. Holland 1Selwyn Burt 1

In the clippings (13)

Big crowd at motor-cycling races to-dayAbout 3,000 people attended the first events of the Combined Motorcycle Clubs' meeting at Wigram for the Air Race and…Good sport at Wigram speed meetingAbout 4,000 enjoyed the Christchurch Combined Motor-cycle Clubs' meeting at Wigram despite rain, which led to…Motor-cycle racing: rain spoils Wigram meetingA bleak report on the Wigram motor-cycle meeting: crowd of about 3,000, rain squalls, long gaps between races and Des…Peter Whitehead winner of Lady Wigram Trophy for third timePeter Whitehead won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy in his Super Squalo Ferrari, his third successive…P. Whitehead's third win in Wigram motor classicPeter Whitehead won the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy in 1hr 50min 8sec, two minutes slower than 1956, the first driver to…Thrilling 120 m.p.h. car racing to be seen at SouthbridgeThe new Southbridge circuit of more than four miles, roughly rectangular with two dog-legs and a main straight over a…Southbridge car races start lateThousands saw B. R. Blackburn win the 25-mile saloon race at the Southbridge Hundred in a Ford Anglia from the front…G. Palmer romps home in Southbridge HundredGeorge Palmer of Hamilton won the Motor Racing Club's 24-lap Southbridge 100 in a 2-litre Cooper-Bristol, giving away…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…Scott-Brown in lead at halfway at WigramArchie Scott-Brown's Lister-Jaguar led the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy at half distance (75 miles) after 52min 30sec, with…Lady Wigram Trophy won by Scott-BrownOne-handed Scotsman Archie Scott-Brown dominated the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy in Brian Lister's Lister-Jaguar, setting…Results of car races at WigramResults of the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, January 23, 1960: Jack Brabham won the trophy from David Piper and Ian…Results: Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, 23 January 1960Full results of the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the 150-mile trophy, the Motor Racing Club Trophy scratch race,…

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