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Duncan Rutherford

Driver · 1952–1959 · from Culverden
10results
3wins
8podiums
16clippings
Willys 5MG Midget 2Willys Jeep 2

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
19 Jan 1952Loburn 1952Race seven (four laps)1Willys Midget19 Jan 1952
19 Jan 1952Loburn 1952Race twelve (four laps)2Willys Midget19 Jan 1952
20 Dec 1952South Brighton Beach 1952South Island beach racing championship (50 miles)3Willys Special 42 laps20 Dec 1952
20 Dec 1952South Brighton 1952Scratch Race No. 1 (four laps of one mile)6Willys-Jeep Special22 Dec 1952
20 Dec 1952South Brighton 1952South Island beach racing championship3Willys-Jeep Specialcompleted 42 laps22 Dec 1952, 26 Dec 1952
17 Oct 1953Rakaia Domain 1953Second Race3Willys Special S/C17 Mar 1953
17 Oct 1953Rakaia Domain 1953Fourth Race1Willys Special S/C1min 46sec17 Mar 1953
19 Feb 1955Rakaia Domain 1955Race Twelve3Willys Special6 Nov 1954
20 Jul 1958Pines Beach 1958NZ Beach Championship (30 miles)1Lycoming Special34min 42sec15 Jul 1958
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959Open Car Handicap (25.392 miles)5Lycoming Special handicap 7min 35sec24 Jan 1959, 26 Jan 1959 +1

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
5 Dec 1953Rakaia DomainWillys Special (supercharged)32.261.49 mphother · D. W. Wild Challenge Trophy solo lapclipping

Raced against most often

Hec Green 4Jack Tutton 3Wally Darrell 3Frank Shuter 2E. Sprague 2Des Wild 1Gordon Wheeler 1C. A. C. Ransley 1Hec McLean 1H. O'Neill 1F. Sharman 1B. O. Williams 1

In the clippings (16)

High speeds at motor racingAt the Motor Racing Club's grass track meeting at Loburn, Hec Green's R.A.Hec Green winner of fifty-mile beach racing titleHec Green won the fifty-mile South Island beach-racing championship at South Brighton in his R.A.South Island beach championship: H. Green wins easilyHec Green (rear-engined Vanguard Special), 1950 NZ 100-mile road race champion at Wigram, won the 50-mile South Island…Hec Green not hard pressed to win South Island beach car titleHec Green averaged under 60mph in his R.A.Car racing held at RakaiaD. H. Rutherford won the D. W. Wild Challenge Trophy at the Motor Racing Club's Rakaia Domain meeting with a lap of…Fastest lap in car race to ShadboltA. Shadbolt took the lap record and the D. W. Wild Trophy at the Rakaia Domain meeting with his home-made rear-engined…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…Roycroft hardest to beat in beach race championshipAuckland driver Ron Roycroft with his new Jaguar Special was seen as the hardest man to beat in the 30-mile NZ beach…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…PhotoW. Harris in a Ford Special slides at the south end of the Pines Beach course after leading from the start of the NZ…Sporting notebook: beach championship not truly nationalThe columnist argues the NZ beach racing championship held by the Motor Racing Club in July 1958 could hardly be…Christchurch driver wins 50-mile sports car raceFrank Cantwell of Christchurch won the 50-mile sports car race, the premier event of the morning at the Lady Wigram…Lady Wigram Trophy race to Flockhart in BRMRon Flockhart (BRM) won the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy at an average of about 89 mph, 2.7sec ahead of Jack Brabham's…R. Flockhart wins Wigram Trophy: fast time and thrilling finishFor the fifth year in five races a British driver won the Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart's BRM beat Jack Brabham's…Gill unlucky; drivers' club officers; Innes Ireland deer shooting; Bonnier on PorscheShort motor racing items: young Auckland student M.

From the reports

  • D. H. Rutherford lapped Rakaia Domain in 32.2sec (61.49mph) on 5 December 1953 in a supercharged Willys Special. (17 Mar 1953)
  • D. H. Rutherford, a Culverden sheepfarmer, won the 1958 NZ beach championship at Pines Beach in a Lycoming aero-engined special. (15 Jul 1958)
  • D. H. Rutherford's winning car in the 1958 NZ beach championship was home-made and fitted with an aircraft engine. (21 Jul 1958)

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