GA
Grant Aitken
Driver · 1979–1982 · from Dunedin
3results
1wins
3podiums
1:28.9best Wigram lap (1982)
9clippings
Results
- 1979P1Wigram · Shellsport saloonsDatsun
- 1980P2Wigram · Shellsport saloonsDatsun 1600
- P3Wigram · Flying Farewell saloonsDatsun 1600
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 1979 | Wigram 1979 | Shellsport saloons | 1 | Datsun | 29 Jan 1979 | |
| 27 Jan 1980 | Wigram 1980 | Shellsport saloons | 2 | Datsun 1600 | 28 Jan 1980 | |
| 27 Jan 1980 | Wigram 1980 | Flying Farewell saloons | 3 | Datsun 1600 | 28 Jan 1980 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 1982 | Wigram | Datsun 120Y coupe | 1:28.9 | qualifying · Shellsport saloon car championship · pole | clipping |
Raced against most often
Bryan Hesse 2Bryce Platt 1John Dymand 1Rex Findlay 1Reg Cook 1Rod Collingwood 1Warren Burt 1M. Whiston 1John Osborne 1Ian Munt 1Mark Rutherford 1A. Thompson 1
In the clippings (9)
Rosberg's loss will be Wigram's gainPreview of the 1978 Wigram meeting: after his appeal failed, Keke Rosberg must win one of two heats to clinch the…
Two Datsuns for CookAucklander Reg Cook prepared two Datsuns, a new two-litre 160J and a 1300cc 1200 coupe, to win the 1979 Shellsport…
Lesser fry provide excitementSupporting race results at the 1979 Wigram meeting: John Armstrong won the Escort Sport championship, Ken Crocker won…
Two men in a spin in Wigram practiceTwo Formula Pacific drivers, including points leader Huub Rothengatter, spun at Japanese Car Corner on the same lap…
Shellsport getting better all the timePreview of the Shellsport two-litre saloon championship at Wigram 1980: Reg Cook found it harder to win with his…
Huxford's Capri wins Open Saloon championshipReports of the support races at the 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.
Shellsport is fast and furiousShellsport saloons, limited to two litres, were dominated in their three-year history by Aucklanders Reg Cook (Datsun…
Tulloch too quickInky Tulloch (Mataura) and Graham Baker (Christchurch) fought out the Radio Avon saloons Flying Farewell, with Tulloch…
Scorching lap by OxtonDavid Oxton's Ralt RT4 set a scorching pace in first practice for the 1982 Lady Wigram Trophy, with 1:10.6 bettering…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?