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David Young
Driver · 1958–1964 · from Timaru
6results
1wins
2podiums
1:23.8best Wigram lap (1963)
31clippings
Results
- 1958P1Pines Beach · Saloon Car Race (12 miles)Jaguar XK120C
- 1961P4Wigram · Motor Racing Club ChampionshipJaguar C-type
- P4Wigram · Sports car race (20 laps outright)Jaguar C-type
- P2· Race for New Zealand specials and racing cars, Waimate (21 miles)Jaguar C-type
- 1964P6Wigram · Lady Wigram Trophy, Heat 2 (25.3 miles)Cooper
- DNFWigram · Lady Wigram Trophy (44 laps, 100 miles)Cooper
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 1958 | Pines Beach 1958 | Saloon Car Race (12 miles) | 1 | Jaguar XK120C | 15min 9.6sec | 15 Jul 1958 |
| Jan 1961 | Wigram 1961 | Motor Racing Club Championship | 4 | C-type Jaguar | 37:13.8 | 20 Jan 1961, 23 Jan 1961 +1 |
| 21 Jan 1961 | Wigram 1961 | Sports car race (20 laps outright) | 4 | Jaguar | 37:26.9 | 23 Jan 1961, 23 Jan 1961 |
| 24 Feb 1961 | 1961 | Race for New Zealand specials and racing cars, Waimate (21 miles) | 2 | C-type Jaguar | 24 Feb 1961 | |
| 18 Jan 1964 | Wigram 1964 | Lady Wigram Trophy, Heat 2 (25.3 miles) | 6 | Cooper-Ford 1.5 litre | 17 Jan 1964 | |
| 18 Jan 1964 | Wigram 1964 | Lady Wigram Trophy (44 laps, 100 miles) | DNF | Cooper-Ford 1.5 litre | spun out after 40 laps | 18 Jan 1964, 20 Jan 1964 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 1963 | Wigram | Cooper | 1:23.8 | qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy · third row | clipping |
Raced against most often
Doug Lawrence 3Angus Hyslop 2Ron Rutherford 2W. R. Gardiner 2Jack Brabham 2Bruce McLaren 2John Youl 2Andrew Buchanan 2Rex Flowers 2B. G. Kinzett 1B. Sprague 1M. J. F. Kenyon 1
In the clippings (31)
Aero-engined special wins N.Z. beach eventCulverden sheepfarmer D. H. Rutherford won the NZ beach race championship at Pines Beach in his Lycoming aero-engined…
Rutherford's easy beach title winOnly twelve cars started the 30-mile NZ beach championship at Pines Beach because 1957 champion Ron Roycroft did not…
Sporting notebook: BRM for WigramAfter the Teretonga Park Gold Star meeting, BRM said it would bring its Formula 1 car for Ron Flockhart to the Lady…
Notable absentees from Wigram entriesTwenty-two New Zealand drivers entered the January 24, 1959 Lady Wigram International Trophy by the December 20…
Trophy race fieldThirty-three drivers were to contest the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy race, led by Flockhart (BRM) and Brabham (Cooper).
Trophy race entriesEntry list for the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy, a race of 150.236 miles, with 35 entries including Flockhart (BRM),…
Wigram Trophy: an open contestThe best field ever lined up for the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy: five or six entrants could win.
Thrilling duel in sports car feature eventEighteen-year-old Jimmy Palmer (1960cc Lotus) won the 42-mile sports car race by the narrowest of margins from…
Brabham wins Lady Wigram Trophy; brilliant race by McLaren in borrowed carIn one of the easiest wins of his career, world champion Jack Brabham took the sixth Lady Wigram Trophy in 1hr 40min…
Fastest Wigram lap goes to ClarkWet qualifying for the seventh Lady Wigram Trophy meeting saw Jim Clark (Team Lotus) set the fastest time, 1:39.6,…
Wigram entries and motoring notesColumn of entries and news: early sports car entries for Wigram on January 21 (Austin Healey Sprite, Austin Healey…
Entries for minor racesList of entries for the supporting sports car, open car and saloon car races at the January 1961 Wigram meeting, with…
Big Wigram race: Brabham first, Moss secondJack Brabham won the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy in a works Cooper in appalling weather, after staving off three serious…
Brabham wins Lady Wigram TrophyReigning world champion Jack Brabham led from the first lap to win his second successive Lady Wigram Trophy, the race…
Rutherford's R.A. ZephyrProfile of Christchurch driver Rutherford's reliable home-built R.A.
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)…
How they startStarting grid for the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy as determined in training the day before.
The Motor Racing Club presents its 10th International Lady Wigram Trophy RaceAdvertisement and timetable for the 10th International Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at RNZAF Station Wigram on Saturday…
100 miles of speed and thrills at Wigram: tenth Trophy race will be very closePreview of the tenth Lady Wigram Trophy on 18 January 1964, tipped to be the closest and most exciting yet, with at…
Lady Wigram Trophy Race 1964 programmeProgramme for the tenth international Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, 18 January 1964, presented by the Motor Racing Club:…
Entries for the Lady Wigram Trophy race meetingEntry lists for the 1964 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, covering the Trophy race heats, the Motor Racing Club…
Excellent racing likelyPreview of the tenth Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.
Formula One Brabham: fastest cars yetPreview of the fastest field yet assembled for a Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.
Hulme and Brabham take early heats for Wigram Trophy raceThe Repco-Brabham-Climaxes of Jack Brabham and Denis Hulme won the two 25.3-mile preliminary heats for the 1964 Lady…
McLaren hot on Brabham's tail: grid positionsStarting grid for the 1964 Lady Wigram Trophy final: Brabham, McLaren, Hulme and Youl on the front row, then Palmer,…
McLaren Wigram doubleBruce McLaren won his second consecutive Lady Wigram Trophy on the 2.3-mile circuit, driving the lightweight…
Race to McLaren: Lady Wigram TrophyBruce McLaren won his second Lady Wigram Trophy on the 2.3-mile circuit, covering the 101.2 miles (44 laps) in 65min…
Main race prospectsPreview of the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy: the race is as open as ever with overseas drivers McLaren (last year's…
Entry listsEntry lists for the 1965 Wigram meeting: the all-comers saloon car race, the Gold Leaf production saloon race, the…From the reports
- Eight of the ten starters finished the 12-mile saloon race at Pines Beach, 1958, won by 18-year-old D. Young. (15 Jul 1958)
- Of 13 starters in the 1964 Lady Wigram Trophy, eleven finished; Amon retired after 21 laps with suspension trouble and Young spun out after 40. (18 Jan 1964)
- The 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy had 17 entries: McLaren and Hill (Cooper 2500), Clark (Lotus 2500), Gardiner and Palmer and Grant and Thomasen (Brabham 2500), Abernethy and Dawson (Cooper 2500), Riley (Lotus 2500) and Flowers (Lola 2500), plus 1500cc cars of Buchanan, Thomas, Lawrence, Sager, Young and Levis. (20 Jan 1965)
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