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Horace Gould

Driver · 1954–1957 · from Britain
2results
1podiums
P2best finish
17clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
9 Jan 1954Ardmore 1954International Grand Prix2Cooper-Bristol31 Dec 1953
26 Jan 1957Wigram 1957Lady Wigram Trophy Race (71 laps, 150 miles)DNFMaserati 250F heat exhaustion after 51 laps26 Jan 1957, 28 Jan 1957

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In the clippings (17)

Grand Prix at Ardmore: Maybach confirmed as winnerThe official placings of the 1954 Ardmore International Grand Prix confirmed Stan Jones (Maybach Special) as winner…N.Z. car-racing titles: choice of overseas driversPromoters of the five international races in New Zealand in early 1957 had to choose which overseas drivers to…Four English drivers in Lady Wigram Trophy raceThe Motor Racing Club announced the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy on 26 January would have Peter Whitehead, Ken Wharton,…Wigram Trophy car race: entries for event on January 26Entries for the third international Lady Wigram Trophy, Redex sports race, open car race and saloon race on 26 January…Lady Wigram Trophy: English drivers arriveReg Parnell, Peter Whitehead and Horace Gould arrived a week before the third Lady Wigram Trophy, their cars to be…Keen competition in Wigram TrophyAt least twenty-five cars would face the starter in the 150-mile Lady Wigram Trophy, expected to be another Ferrari…Horace Gould prepares MaseratiPhotograph of Horace Gould with his Maserati 250F and two mechanics preparing for the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy.English drivers test cars on Wigram trackThe Super Squalo Ferraris of Parnell and Whitehead and Gould's 250F Maserati were tested on the back straight, Gould…Welcome to racing driversFive overseas drivers were welcomed by the Mayor at an informal reception: Parnell, Whitehead and Gould (England) and…Famous racing cars at Wigram: Maserati and Ferrari to duel for honoursA technical preview of the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy comparing the Super Squalo Ferraris of Parnell and Whitehead…N.Z. driver fastest at Wigram practiceAuckland's Ron Roycroft set the fastest practice lap at Wigram before the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy, 1:27 in his…Peter Whitehead winner of Lady Wigram Trophy for third timePeter Whitehead won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy in his Super Squalo Ferrari, his third successive…P. Whitehead's third win in Wigram motor classicPeter Whitehead won the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy in 1hr 50min 8sec, two minutes slower than 1956, the first driver to…The smile of victoryPhotographs of Peter Whitehead after his third successive Lady Wigram Trophy win on 26 January 1957, the start with…Parnell, Gould and the start at WigramPhotographs from the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy: Parnell leading Roycroft and Whitehead, Horace Gould exhausted after 51…Who is she?A picture item about a woman drinking champagne from the Lady Wigram Trophy won by Peter Whitehead, and Horace Gould,…Smoother run for carsFor 1958 the Motor Racing Club planned to move straw bales to the left so drivers could cross the drain before the…

From the reports

  • Stan Jones won the 1954 NZ International Grand Prix at Ardmore in a Maybach Special after the placings were disputed by Horace Gould. (31 Dec 1953)
  • Entries for the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy included Maserati 250Fs for Wharton, Gould and Brabham and two Ferrari Super Squalos for Parnell and Whitehead. (5 Jan 1957)
  • Not since Ken Wharton's 16-cylinder BRM in 1954 had the Wigram airfield echoed to such engine noise as Gould's Maserati in January 1957. (23 Jan 1957)
  • Roycroft took pole for the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy with an 87.56 mph practice lap, with Whitehead, Parnell and Brabham alongside and Gibbons, Syd Jensen and Gould on the second row. (26 Jan 1957)

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