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E. Sprague
Driver · 1951–1958 · from Timaru
5results
2podiums
P3best finish
7clippings
Results
- 1951P3Pleasant Point · Eighth race (four laps)Morris Minor
- 1952DNFSouth Brighton · South Island beach racing championship (50 miles)V8 Special
- P4South Brighton · Scratch Race No. 1 (four laps of one mile)Ford
- 1953P3Mccormacks Bay · Second Scratch Race (five laps)Mercury
- 1958DNFWigram · Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150 miles)
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 1951 | Pleasant Point (The Spit) 1951 | Eighth race (four laps) | 3 | Morris Minor | 8:35 | 1 Nov 1951 |
| 20 Dec 1952 | South Brighton Beach 1952 | South Island beach racing championship (50 miles) | DNF | V8 Special | blew motor trying to hold Green | 20 Dec 1952 |
| 20 Dec 1952 | South Brighton 1952 | Scratch Race No. 1 (four laps of one mile) | 4 | Ford V8 Special | 5min 2sec | 22 Dec 1952 |
| 17 Jan 1953 | Mccormacks Bay 1953 | Second Scratch Race (five laps) | 3 | Mercury special | 8min 39sec | 17 Jan 1953, 19 Jan 1953 |
| 25 Jan 1958 | Wigram 1958 | Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150 miles) | DNF | went into hay bales at the pit entrance; later retired with engine bearing trouble | 27 Jan 1958 |
Raced against most often
Hec Green 3Wally Darrell 3Jack Tutton 2Duncan Rutherford 2Frank Shuter 2R. Macdonald 1C. A. C. Ransley 1Hec McLean 1H. O'Neill 1F. Sharman 1B. O. Williams 1W. Southby 1
In the clippings (7)
Ransley, Wheeler fastest at motor race meetingAt the Motor Racing Club's meeting at Pleasant Point, the fastest laps were by C.
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…
McCormack'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…
Motor racing on Causeway: Shuter drives wellFrank Shuter's lengthened, low-slung Ford V8 hot rod won two races at the Motor Racing Club's McCormacks Bay meeting…
Roycroft has chance at WigramAfter winning the 150-mile Mairehau road race at 66mph, Auckland's Ron Roycroft (Grand Prix Alfa Romeo) looks almost…
Lady Wigram Trophy won by Scott-BrownOne-handed Scotsman Archie Scott-Brown dominated the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy in Brian Lister's Lister-Jaguar, setting…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?