Des Wild

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13 Nov 1948Eighteen entries for major road raceTwo more entries bring the field for the 100-mile NZ motor road racing championship at Harewood on 26 February 1949 to…26 Feb 1949N.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…26 Feb 1949N.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…25 Nov 1949New racing car will make debut in 100-mile contestD. W. Wild of Christchurch is finishing a new racer built from a 940cc, 11 hp Fiat and modelled on the Cisitalia, to…25 Nov 1949National car road race: six Christchurch entriesFourteen final acceptances were received for the 25 February 1950 national road race at Wigram, with two Australian…4 Feb 1950Second N.Z. road racing title is to be decided soonThree weeks before the second NZ road racing championship at Wigram there will be three events: the 105-mile…24 Feb 1950Where the national car road race will be held tomorrowAerial or course photo of the airfield circuit at the RNZAF station, Wigram, with a photo of Hec Green and, at right, D.2 Apr 1951Road 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…7 Apr 1951Rain did not keep drivers' speeds down in car raceDespite the rain, drivers at the 1951 Wigram race were nearly as fast as in the 1950 conditions: Moore's winning…19 Jan 1952High speeds at motor racingAt the Motor Racing Club's grass track meeting at Loburn, Hec Green's R.A.16 Feb 1952Local 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…25 Feb 1952Fast average times recorded: win for L. Moore's Alfa RomeoLes Moore won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year running at an average of 76.79 mph, compared with…25 Feb 1952Les 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…25 Feb 1952Car race placings officially madeThe Motor Racing Club committee confirmed the placings in the Lady Wigram Trophy: Moore, Sulman, Shuter, Logan, Wild,…5 Mar 1952Gruelling car race at Wigram delights huge crowd with speed, thrills and spillsPhoto spread of the 1952 Lady Wigram Trophy: Les Moore averaging 78.04 mph for 50 miles in 39min 2.8sec before 14,000…22 Dec 1952Des Wild's new Alta racing car arrivesChristchurch racing driver Des Wild checks the engine of his new Alta racing car, which arrived from England on…19 Dec 1952Crack drivers enter for Saturday's racePreview of the Motor Racing Club's meeting at McCormacks Bay-Sumner Causeway, a circuit of about two miles, with ten…12 Jan 1953Motor races on Causeway: club event for air race fundsThe Motor Racing Club will hold short races on a two-mile circuit using McCormacks Bay Road and the three-quarter-mile…17 Jan 1953McCormack's Bay circuit provides good car racingA crowd estimated between 3,000 and 7,000 watched the Motor Racing Club's scratch and handicap races at McCormacks Bay…24 Jan 1953Racing drivers found Sumner circuit easyFrank Shuter, Hec Green and Hec McLean made light work of the McCormacks Bay-Sumner Causeway circuit at the Motor…21 Jan 1953Motor-cycle racing: clubs' event for air race fundsMore than 80 entries for the motor-cycle racing festival at Wigram, the first time motorcycles raced there.24 Jan 1953Motor-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…14 Feb 1953Roycroft has chance at WigramAfter winning the 150-mile Mairehau road race at 66mph, Auckland's Ron Roycroft (Grand Prix Alfa Romeo) looks almost…25 Feb 1953Motor 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…25 Feb 1953Two scratchings, one new race entryArnold Stafford (Wellington, J.B.S. 500) and Vic Shuter (Frankton, McMillan Special) scratched from the Lady Wigram…28 Feb 1953Ron Roycroft in second big car race win to-dayRon Roycroft (Alfa Romeo, Auckland) won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy in 38min 42sec, flawless as at Mairehau a month…26 Jan 1956Motor Racing Club elects officersOfficers elected at the Motor Racing Club annual meeting in June 1956: patron J.2 Feb 1957Motor racing at Southbridge: annual event proposedThe Motor Racing Club (Brewer, Wild and Laing) asked the Southbridge Town Council to agree to an annual large-scale…2 Feb 1957Car club plans fastest circuit in N.Z.The Motor Racing Club's planned Southbridge circuit, about 4.5 miles with a mile-long straight, was to be the longest…2 Feb 1957Plans proceed for annual Southbridge eventD. W. Wild said organisation would start at once for an annual road race at Southbridge, with Ellesmere County Council…

From the reports

• In December 1952 Des Wild received a new Alta racing car from England, bought for him by speedway rider Dick Holland. (22 Dec 1952)
• Des Wild's new Alta made its debut at McCormacks Bay in January 1953 but retired with plug troubles. (17 Jan 1953)
• Des Wild's Alta was measured at 2000cc capacity in February 1953, not 1500cc as officials thought. (25 Feb 1953)
• The D. W. Wild Trophy was awarded to the first car home in the up to 1500cc category in the 1953 Lady Wigram Trophy; Hec McLean's Cooper won it. (28 Feb 1953)

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