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Huub Rothengatter

Driver · 1980
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1:11.0best Wigram lap (1980)
15clippings

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
26 Jan 1980WigramChevron B481:11.6practice · Formula Pacific · joint third fastestclipping
27 Jan 1980WigramChevron B481:11.0fastest race lap · Lady Wigram Trophy, heat 2clipping

In the clippings (15)

Holland has one driver in NZRacing Team Holland, successful in the 1960s, has been revived to help Dutch drivers up the racing ladder, and its…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…Racing Team Holland has one driverRacing Team Holland, revived after its 1960s success, runs Huub Rothengatter, 27, in the 1980 Aurora AFX series with…Tait Electronics Lady Wigram Trophy meetingAdvert and programme for the 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at RNZAF Station Wigram on 26-27 January, round three of…Extremely even field for Pacific racesPreview of the 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy, round three of the Aurora AFX series, with $11,000 in prize money.Huub's sights set highProfile of 25-year-old Dutchman Huub Rothengatter, who led the NZ Formula Pacific series by two points over John Smith…Continuation of Wigram racing is up to publicWith the Stuyvesant Series dead after the cigarette company withdrew, 1980 racing became the Aurora AFX Series (Aurora…Woodley injuredMotor-cycle star John Woodley (Motueka, Suzuki RG500) crashed spectacularly in the first motor-cycle race at the Lady…McMillan wins both heats of Lady Wigram TrophyAuckland's Dave McMillan (Citizen Ralt) won both 80 km heats of the 1980 Tait Electronics Lady Wigram Trophy before…Lady Wigram Trophy meeting resultsResults box for the 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: heats 1 and 2 of the Formula Pacific race (McMillan won both,…The luck of the runningLight-hearted round-up of the drivers' fortunes at the 1980 Wigram meeting: John Smith's Ralt snapped an axle in both…Lady Wigram race back on calendarThe Motor Racing Club's annual meeting unanimously reversed its decision to cancel the January 1981 Lady Wigram…South Island could drop off paceGrand Prix general manager Ron Frost said after the 1981 Lady Wigram race that the South Island could be phased out of…South Island could drop off paceGrand Prix general manager Ron Frost said after the 1981 Lady Wigram race that the South Island could be phased out of…Dutch driver hailed as future Formula One starJos Verstappen, 20, of the Netherlands, impressed at the opening round of the 1993 Peter Jackson Series at Timaru by…

From the reports

  • Series points going into Wigram 1980: Rothengatter 49, John Smith 47, Millen 45, Riley 31, McMillan 25, Ken Smith and de Cesaris 22, Oxton 19, Perkins 16, Flux 13, Campbell 12, Donaldson 10, Wilson 3, Thackwell 1. (23 Jan 1980)
  • Huub Rothengatter was third and fourth at Auckland and third and second at Manfeild in the 1980 NZ Formula Pacific series before Wigram. (25 Jan 1980)
  • Rothengatter's Chevron B48 had failed in its last Formula Two outing at Phoenix Park, Dublin, before being rebuilt for the series. (25 Jan 1980)
  • Rothengatter finished third in the Macao Grand Prix after recovering from an early collision. (25 Jan 1980)
  • Huub Rothengatter retired with engine problems in the second Lady Wigram Trophy heat in 1980 and fell to third in the Formula Pacific series with one round remaining. (26 Jan 1980)

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