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Jack Tutton

Driver · 1949–1953 · from Rangiora
7results
4podiums
P2best finish
2:11.9best Wigram lap (1949)
22clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
26 Feb 1949Wigram 1949NZ Road Racing Championship (105 miles, 50 laps)13MG TA 1292cc26 Feb 1949
23 Feb 1952Wigram 1952Lady Wigram Trophy final (50 miles)10Jaguar XK12047:06 3142cc25 Feb 1952, 25 Feb 1952
20 Dec 1952South Brighton Beach 1952South Island beach racing championship (50 miles)2Jaguar XK1201:01:5220 Dec 1952
20 Dec 1952South Brighton 1952Scratch Race No. 1 (four laps of one mile)7Jaguar XK1205min 19sec22 Dec 1952
20 Dec 1952South Brighton 1952South Island beach racing championship2Jaguar XK12061min 52sec22 Dec 1952, 26 Dec 1952
17 Jan 1953Mccormacks Bay 1953First Scratch Race (five laps)3XK120 Jaguar8min 13sec17 Jan 1953, 19 Jan 1953
17 Jan 1953Mccormacks Bay 1953First Handicap Race (five laps)2XK120 Jaguar8min 22sec handicap 15sec17 Jan 1953, 19 Jan 1953

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
26 Feb 1949WigramMG2:11.9qualifying · NZ Road Racing Championship · handicap 3 lapsclipping

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In the clippings (22)

Car race plannedThe magazine announces the February 26 Canterbury Car Club race and looks back at the March 1947 South Island…Sixteen cars enter for road raceSixteen entries had been received for the 100-mile NZ Road Racing Championship to be held on a three-mile circuit in…Interest mounting among entrants in major road raceWith four weeks to go before the 100-mile New Zealand road racing championship at Harewood, secrecy surrounds the…N.Z. championship event: motor car racingCompetitors in the New Zealand championship road race were timed over a flying lap of the 2.1-mile Wigram course the…Thousands see big car race at WigramBetween 20,000 and 30,000 watched M. Proctor of Wellington win the first NZ motor road racing championship at Wigram…N.Z. championship road race, Wigram, 26-2-49: lap chartOfficial lap-by-lap position chart for the first NZ championship road race at Wigram, with a list of placings, car…National car road race: six Christchurch entriesFourteen final acceptances were received for the 25 February 1950 national road race at Wigram, with two Australian…Hec Green wins from Mrs Lupp at WigramHec Green of Christchurch won the second NZ motor road-racing championship at Wigram in his Wolseley Special, after a…Wigram may be best yetWith three Australians and about fifteen NZ drivers, the 100-mile Wigram race on Saturday promises the fastest yet; at…Local drivers have done well in Wigram car racesReview of the first three Wigram races (1949 to 1951) with their top finishers, noting Christchurch drivers have won…Lap record at Wigram car race todayBob Gibbons of Wellington, in a 1000cc Cooper, easily won the first 25-mile heat of the Lady Wigram Trophy from…Fast average times recorded: win for L. Moore's Alfa RomeoLes Moore won the 50-mile Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year running at an average of 76.79 mph, compared with…Les Moore wins car racing at Wigram with Alfa RomeoLes Moore won the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year in a row in his supercharged P3 2.9 litre Alfa Romeo at 76.79…Car race placings officially madeThe Motor Racing Club committee confirmed the placings in the Lady Wigram Trophy: Moore, Sulman, Shuter, Logan, Wild,…Handicap problem for Waimairi road eventThe 10min 1sec gap between Les Moore and tenth finisher Jack Tutton at Wigram will guide handicappers for the…Hec Green winner of fifty-mile beach racing titleHec Green won the fifty-mile South Island beach-racing championship at South Brighton in his R.A.South Island beach championship: H. Green wins easilyHec Green (rear-engined Vanguard Special), 1950 NZ 100-mile road race champion at Wigram, won the 50-mile South Island…Hec Green not hard pressed to win South Island beach car titleHec Green averaged under 60mph in his R.A.McCormack's Bay circuit provides good car racingA crowd estimated between 3,000 and 7,000 watched the Motor Racing Club's scratch and handicap races at McCormacks Bay…Motor racing on Causeway: Shuter drives wellFrank Shuter's lengthened, low-slung Ford V8 hot rod won two races at the Motor Racing Club's McCormacks Bay meeting…Racing drivers found Sumner circuit easyFrank Shuter, Hec Green and Hec McLean made light work of the McCormacks Bay-Sumner Causeway circuit at the Motor…Southbridge meeting on MondayDrivers from all over New Zealand were entered for the Southbridge Hundred, held wet or fine, led by John McMillan in…

From the reports

  • Jack Tutton's Jaguar XK120 was the only sports car in the 1952 South Island beach championship, prompting the article's suggestion that sports cars were on the way out of Christchurch competition. (26 Dec 1952)

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