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C. A. C. Ransley
Driver · 1949–1952 · from Christchurch
5results
2wins
4podiums
1:58.1best Wigram lap (1951)
20clippings
Results
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 1949 | Wigram 1949 | NZ Road Racing Championship (105 miles, 50 laps) | 3 | Riley | 1:36:36 | 26 Feb 1949, 28 Feb 1949 +3 |
| 26 Feb 1949 | Wigram 1949 | Handicap | 5 | Riley | two laps handicap | 26 Feb 1949, 28 Feb 1949 +2 |
| 3 Nov 1951 | Pleasant Point (The Spit) 1951 | Second race (four laps) | 1 | Riley 9 | 6:31 | 1 Nov 1951 |
| 3 Nov 1951 | Pleasant Point (The Spit) 1951 | Eighth race (four laps) | 2 | Riley 9 | 8:07 | 1 Nov 1951 |
| 19 Jan 1952 | Loburn 1952 | Race twelve (four laps) | 1 | Riley | 3:14 | 19 Jan 1952 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 1949 | Wigram | Riley | 2:02.6 | qualifying · NZ Road Racing Championship · handicap 2 laps | clipping | |
| 31 Mar 1951 | Wigram | Alfa Romeo | 1:58.1 | qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy fastest lap competition | clipping | |
| 3 Nov 1951 | Pleasant Point (The Spit) | Riley 9 | 1:01 | 52 mph | fastest race lap · Motor Racing Club meeting (one mile) | clipping |
Raced against most often
Morrie Proctor 2Hec Green 2Sybil Lupp 2Ron Roycroft 2Halsey Logan 2R. M. Christie 2N. Proctor 1Frank Bennett 1Don Ransley 1Des Wild 1J. G. Low 1E. J. McLean 1
In the clippings (20)
Car race plannedThe magazine announces the February 26 Canterbury Car Club race and looks back at the March 1947 South Island…
Sixteen cars enter for road raceSixteen entries had been received for the 100-mile NZ Road Racing Championship to be held on a three-mile circuit in…
Car being built in cityProfile of more entries for the February 1949 road race.
N.Z. championship event: motor car racingCompetitors in the New Zealand championship road race were timed over a flying lap of the 2.1-mile Wigram course the…
Car road race: huge crowd at Wigram, win for Wellington driverM. Proctor of Wellington won the first NZ car road racing championship at Wigram over 105 miles and 50 laps in his…
Thousands see big car race at WigramBetween 20,000 and 30,000 watched M. Proctor of Wellington win the first NZ motor road racing championship at Wigram…
Thrilling 105-mile car race at Wigram is won by M. ProctorM. Proctor of Wellington won the first NZ road racing championship at Wigram in his veteran 1098cc Brooklands Riley,…
Some of the competitorsPhoto of the cars getting away at the start of the 105-mile road racing championship at Wigram; winner Proctor's…
First New Zealand motor car road racing championship held at ChristchurchPhoto spread of the first NZ road racing championship at Wigram: winner M.
Motor racing: history made at WigramMagazine review of the first NZ 105-mile road racing championship at Wigram, won by M.
N.Z. championship road race, Wigram, 26-2-49: lap chartOfficial lap-by-lap position chart for the first NZ championship road race at Wigram, with a list of placings, car…
Road race at Wigram: L. Moore wins in Alfa RomeoL. Moore won the Motor Racing Club's 100-mile race on the Wigram airstrips in his 2.9 litre Grand Prix Alfa Romeo, in…
Ransley, Wheeler fastest at motor race meetingAt the Motor Racing Club's meeting at Pleasant Point, the fastest laps were by C.
High speeds at motor racingAt the Motor Racing Club's grass track meeting at Loburn, Hec Green's R.A.
Local drivers have done well in Wigram car racesReview of the first three Wigram races (1949 to 1951) with their top finishers, noting Christchurch drivers have won…
Les Moore has second big motor race winLes Moore won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy final in his Grand Prix Alfa Romeo before 14,000 to 15,000 spectators,…
Les Moore wins car racing at Wigram with Alfa RomeoLes Moore won the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year in a row in his supercharged P3 2.9 litre Alfa Romeo at 76.79…
PhotoRonnie Moore and C. Ransley stand by their cars after the accident in the Lady Wigram Trophy race; Bob Gibbons's…
Roycroft has chance at WigramAfter winning the 150-mile Mairehau road race at 66mph, Auckland's Ron Roycroft (Grand Prix Alfa Romeo) looks almost…
Motor racing: Wigram trophy events, record entriesRecord entries: 23 for the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy race and 22 for the 25-mile sports and saloon handicap at Wigram…Built automatically from OCR of the clippings, so a name printed two ways may still be split across two profiles, and some results may be missing. Spotted a mistake?