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C. A. C. Ransley

Driver · 1949–1952 · from Christchurch
5results
2wins
4podiums
1:58.1best Wigram lap (1951)
20clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
26 Feb 1949Wigram 1949NZ Road Racing Championship (105 miles, 50 laps)3Riley1:36:3626 Feb 1949, 28 Feb 1949 +3
26 Feb 1949Wigram 1949Handicap5Riley two laps handicap26 Feb 1949, 28 Feb 1949 +2
3 Nov 1951Pleasant Point (The Spit) 1951Second race (four laps)1Riley 96:311 Nov 1951
3 Nov 1951Pleasant Point (The Spit) 1951Eighth race (four laps)2Riley 98:071 Nov 1951
19 Jan 1952Loburn 1952Race twelve (four laps)1Riley3:1419 Jan 1952

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
26 Feb 1949WigramRiley2:02.6qualifying · NZ Road Racing Championship · handicap 2 lapsclipping
31 Mar 1951WigramAlfa Romeo1:58.1qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy fastest lap competitionclipping
3 Nov 1951Pleasant Point (The Spit)Riley 91:0152 mphfastest race lap · Motor Racing Club meeting (one mile)clipping

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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…

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