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F. E. Sprague
Driver · 1953–1964 · from Timaru
7results
1wins
6podiums
1:49.6best Wigram lap (1964)
19clippings
Results
- 1953P4Wigram · Lady Wigram Trophy (50 miles)Mercury
- 1958P2Birdlings Flat · Race 3 (scratch)Ford Zephyr
- P2Birdlings Flat · Race 5 (scratch)Ford Zephyr
- P1Birdlings Flat · Race 13Ford Zephyr
- 1959P2Wigram · Saloon Car Race (25 miles)Ford Zephyr
- 1961P3Wigram · Saloon cars (fastest times)Ford Zephyr
- 1964P3Wigram · I.G.A. Saloon Car Race, FinalFord Zephyr
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 1953 | Wigram 1953 | Lady Wigram Trophy (50 miles) | 4 | Mercury V8 Special | 41min 44sec | 28 Feb 1953 |
| 7 Dec 1958 | Birdlings Flat 1958 | Race 3 (scratch) | 2 | Zephyr | 29 Aug 1958 | |
| 7 Dec 1958 | Birdlings Flat 1958 | Race 5 (scratch) | 2 | Zephyr | 29 Aug 1958 | |
| 7 Dec 1958 | Birdlings Flat 1958 | Race 13 | 1 | Zephyr | 3min 36sec | 29 Aug 1958 |
| 24 Jan 1959 | Wigram 1959 | Saloon Car Race (25 miles) | 2 | Ford Zephyr | 23min 22.5sec | 26 Jan 1959, 26 Jan 1959 |
| 21 Jan 1961 | Wigram 1961 | Saloon cars (fastest times) | 3 | Zephyr | 18:53.3 | 23 Jan 1961 |
| 18 Jan 1964 | Wigram 1964 | I.G.A. Saloon Car Race, Final | 3 | Zephyr | 20 Jan 1964, 20 Jan 1964 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 1964 | Wigram | Zephyr Mk III | 1:49.6 | fastest race lap · I.G.A. Saloon Cars, Heat 2 | clipping |
Raced against most often
Harold Heasley 2B. G. Kinzett 2Ray Archibald 2Ron Roycroft 1George Smith 1Frank Shuter 1Doug Haigh 1L. Holden 1H. O'Neill 1Hec McLean 1Hec Green 1Bob Gibbons 1
In the clippings (19)
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…
Ron 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…
Motor-racing at Wigram: six more entries confirmedSix more entries were confirmed for the Lady Wigram International Trophy race, including Zambucka, Jensen, R.
Southbridge meeting on MondayDrivers from all over New Zealand were entered for the Southbridge Hundred, held wet or fine, led by John McMillan in…
Lady Wigram Trophy may be most open race in series yetWith 25 entries received for the 25 January 1958 race, the Lady Wigram Trophy looked the most open yet.
Evenly-matched entries for Wigram on SaturdayFive overseas drivers (Brabham, Scott-Brown, Lewis-Evans, Gibson and Glass) and 28 entries made the fourth Lady Wigram…
Scott-Brown wins Wigram Trophy raceArchie Scott-Brown won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy in his Lister-Jaguar in 1hr 47min 27.4sec, a new…
Dust and stones hazard at Birdling's Flat racesAbout 3000 watched saloon, sports and racing cars on a one-mile grass circuit at Birdlings Flat, organised by the…
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…
Rain stops Wigram practice after fast lapsHeavy rain left several inches of water on the track and forced official practice for the Lady Wigram Trophy to be…
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…
Saloon carsRay Archibald's 3.8 Jaguar won the morning saloon handicap despite a 55sec handicap, setting a fastest lap of 1:37.1…
Minor eventsPreview of the saloon, sports and club championship races on the 1964 Lady Wigram programme.
Saloon-car race at WigramPhoto of F. E. Sprague's badly crumpled Zephyr, damaged when it spun into the hay-bales on the corner into the pit…
Saloons: heats and finalThe saloons matched the main race cars for interest.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?