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Garry Pedersen

Driver · 1972–1974 · from Auckland
4results
2wins
2podiums
13clippings
Oldsmobile 1Begg FM4 1McLaren 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Formula Libre and Formula Ford (six laps)1Gemco Olds V822 Jan 1972
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972Free-formula single-seaters and sports racers (6 laps)1Gemco-Oldsmobile V8 walkaway win, about 28sec clear; best lap 93.9 mph23 Jan 1972
20 Jan 1973Wigram 1973Lady Wigram TrophyDNFBegg FM4 pulled out after 37 laps22 Jan 1973
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy (100 miles)5McLaren22 Jan 1974

Raced against most often

G. McIntyre 2D. Evans 2Graham McRae 2Warwick Brown 2David Oxton 2John McCormack 2P. G. Harris 1Lyn Johnson 1Steve Thompson 1Frank Matich 1Dexter Dunlop 1Kevin Bartlett 1

In the clippings (13)

Thrills, spills for big crowd at Wigram circuitEarly arrivals at the 1972 Lady Wigram meeting saw crashes and close racing in the preliminary events on the 2.13-mile…Kisses and champagne: McRae's trophy driveBehind McRae's faultless 1972 Lady Wigram Trophy win lay overnight drama: a cracked cylinder head found after…Decision for Molloy; both motor-cycle titles to PerryAuckland's 21-year-old Geoff Perry (500 Suzuki) won both the New Zealand open and 500cc airfield championships at…Graham McRae heads list of championsField guide to the 19th Lady Wigram Trophy race.English driverProfile of Englishman Alan Rollinson, second in the New Zealand Grand Prix, who is out to win the 1973 Tasman series.Lady Wigram entriesList of the 20 drivers and cars entered for the 19th International Lady Wigram Trophy Race, with race numbers and a…McRae wins third successive Lady Wigram TrophyGraham McRae won his third successive Lady Wigram Trophy from pole, with Max Stewart booting his Lola T330 into Hangar…McRae wins exciting race for Lady Wigram TrophyGraham McRae won his third successive Lady Wigram Trophy in a record 52min 33.8sec (114.277 mph), after a race in…G.P. to McCormack after eight cars excludedJohn McCormack (Elfin Repco) won the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram at a record average of more than 115 mph,…McCormack wins his second NZ Grand PrixJohn McCormack (Australia) won the 100-mile New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram in his three-year-old Elfin MR5 Repco V8,…Wigram resultsFull results of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram, won by John McCormack (Elfin…Kiwis driving to the top: Dave's eyes on the stakesProfile of Dave McMillan, 32, who won both Wigram heats to end the 1979 Formula Pacific series.Oxton on defending titleProfile of 35-year-old David Oxton, New Zealand single-seater champion, defending his title with Pye sponsorship.

From the reports

  • Stuyvesant $100,000 series points after three rounds (five races to go) in January 1974: Gethin 16, McCormack 15, J. Walker 9, Pilette 9, Oxton 7, McCully 6, Stewart 6, Brown 2, K. Smith 2, G. Pedersen 2, G. Lawrence 1. (22 Jan 1974)

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