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Geoffrey Richardson

Driver · 1963 · from England
Also printed as: Geoff Richardson
2results
1wins
2podiums
1:33.4best Wigram lap (1963)
10clippings
Ferrari 250 3Ferrari Berlinetta 1Ferrari 250GT 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963Sports cars (36 miles)3Ferrari Berlinetta1 lap behind19 Jan 1963, 19 Jan 1963 +1
19 Jan 1963Wigram 1963All-comers' saloon car race (10 laps)1Ferrarinearly 33sec ahead of Archibald led start to finish19 Jan 1963, 21 Jan 1963

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
19 Jan 1963WigramFerrari 250GT1:33.4practice · Saloon cars · fastest saloon in practiceclipping
19 Jan 1963WigramFerrari 250 GT1:34.6lap record · All-comers' saloon car race · new record; previous 1:42clipping
19 Jan 1963WigramFerrari 250 GT1:33.4other · Sports cars (36 miles) · approximate lap time early in the raceclipping

Raced against most often

Barry Cottle 1Arthur Moffatt 1Allan Moffat 1P. McFarlane 1Macfarlane 1P. R. Preston 1Barry Porter 1Ray Archibald 1Don Macdonald 1

In the clippings (10)

Saloon cars popularPreview of the saloon car events at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, centred on the 21-mile all-comers' saloon race.Cars and drivers: top-flight drivers should make the Lady Wigram Trophy race an event to rememberPreview of the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy race on Saturday, with practice heats the day before.Overseas drivers meet the MayorOverseas Lady Wigram Trophy drivers, looking like professional men out of their racing gear, had morning tea with the…Two drivers break Wigram lap record at practiceIn qualifying trials for the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy, John Surtees (Lola-Climax) and Jack Brabham (Brabham-Climax)…Sports car battle for first positionDunedin's Barry Cottle (1200cc Lola-Climax) won the 36-mile sports car race at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting in…Stanton wins Motor Racing Club championship; Archibald first home in saloon handicapMorning events at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.Maggs, Hyslop closeLap-by-lap account of the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy won by Bruce McLaren, with a NE wind gusting to 30 mph down the back…Saloon carsRay Archibald's 3.8 Jaguar won the morning saloon handicap despite a 55sec handicap, setting a fastest lap of 1:37.1…Sports carsBarry Cottle won the 1963 Wigram sports car race, leading 14 laps and fighting off Arthur Moffatt's Lotus, in a Le…This year's Wigram racing the bestA review of the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting, judged the best of the international series after indifferent performances…

From the reports

  • Geoffrey Richardson's Ferrari Berlinetta was the first of its type in New Zealand (1963). (15 Jan 1963)
  • Geoffrey Richardson's Ferrari 250 GT set a new saloon lap record of 1:34.6 (previous 1:42) in the 1963 all-comers' saloon race at Wigram. (21 Jan 1963)

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