LG
Len Gilbert
Driver · 1959–1961 · from Hamilton
4results
P4best finish
1:31.8best Wigram lap (1960)
30clippings
Results
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 1959 | Wigram 1959 | Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150.236 miles) | 8 | Cooper-Bristol | 64 laps | 26 Jan 1959, 26 Jan 1959 |
| 23 Jan 1960 | Wigram 1960 | Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150 miles) | 7 | Cooper Bristol | 1hr 45min 27sec 67 laps | 23 Jan 1960, 23 Jan 1960 +3 |
| 23 Jan 1960 | Wigram 1960 | Sports car race (20 laps, 42 miles) | 4 | Cooper Bristol | 31min 40.4sec | 23 Jan 1960, 25 Jan 1960 |
| 21 Jan 1961 | Wigram 1961 | Lady Wigram Trophy Race (99.45 miles) | 6 | 2.5 Maserati | 44 laps | 21 Jan 1961, 23 Jan 1961 +1 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 1959 | Wigram | Cooper Bristol | 1:31.9 | qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy practice · grid 9 | clipping | |
| 23 Jan 1960 | Wigram | Cooper-Bristol | 1:31.8 | practice · Lady Wigram Trophy | clipping |
Raced against most often
Jack Brabham 3Bruce McLaren 3Syd Jensen 2Johnny Mansel 2Pat Hoare 2Jim Palmer 2Denny Hulme 2Malcolm Gill 2Angus Hyslop 2Ron Flockhart 1Bob Gibbons 1Merv Neil 1
In the clippings (30)
Trophy race fieldThirty-three drivers were to contest the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy race, led by Flockhart (BRM) and Brabham (Cooper).
Trophy race entriesEntry list for the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy, a race of 150.236 miles, with 35 entries including Flockhart (BRM),…
Flockhart sets new Wigram lap recordIn practice on the evening before the race, Ron Flockhart (BRM) set a new Wigram lap record of 1min 21.6sec, about…
Lady Wigram Trophy race to Flockhart in BRMRon Flockhart (BRM) won the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy at an average of about 89 mph, 2.7sec ahead of Jack Brabham's…
R. Flockhart wins Wigram Trophy: fast time and thrilling finishFor the fifth year in five races a British driver won the Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart's BRM beat Jack Brabham's…
Eliminations necessary from record Wigram Trophy fieldRecord entries were received for the 1960 Wigram meeting: 21 for the Motor Racing Club open-car championship, 25 for…
Lady Wigram Trophy entry listList of 28 drivers entered for the 1960 international Lady Wigram Trophy when entries closed, with car numbers, home…
B. McLaren to drive Lycoming todayBruce McLaren's Cooper broke a piston and holed the crankcase in Friday's practice, so Auckland driver W.
Thrilling duel in sports car feature eventEighteen-year-old Jimmy Palmer (1960cc Lotus) won the 42-mile sports car race by the narrowest of margins from…
Results of car races at WigramResults of the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, January 23, 1960: Jack Brabham won the trophy from David Piper and Ian…
Gilbert follows close behindFragmentary caption of a photograph of Gilbert of Hamilton in his Cooper-Bristol following close behind, going…
Brabham takes Trophy: armchair run in his fourth attemptJack Brabham led from start to finish in his works Formula I Cooper-Climax to win the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy in…
At the start: grid for the Lady Wigram TrophyStarting grid for the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy: Row 1 Brabham, Burgess, Piper, Hoare; Row 2 Mansel, S.
Brabham won race at just under 90 m.p.h.Jack Brabham won the sixth international Lady Wigram Trophy in his works Formula I Cooper-Climax at just under 90 mph,…
Australian driver wins the Lady Wigram Trophy racePhoto page from the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy: winner Jack Brabham shows his winning style, Brabham, Piper and Burgess…
Brabham wins Lady Wigram Trophy; brilliant race by McLaren in borrowed carIn one of the easiest wins of his career, world champion Jack Brabham took the sixth Lady Wigram Trophy in 1hr 40min…
Results: Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, 23 January 1960Full results of the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the 150-mile trophy, the Motor Racing Club Trophy scratch race,…
30,000 see Brabham's Wigram winA crowd of almost 30,000 watched Jack Brabham win the sixth Lady Wigram Trophy easily in a works Cooper-Climax from…
When Stirling Moss comes... a 100 m.p.h. lap in Wigram racePeter Greenslade looks ahead to the January 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, recalling Morrie Proctor's first win at Wigram in…
Star line-up should mean fast Wigram Trophy racePeter Greenslade says the Motor Racing Club outbid Australian promoters at Warwick Farm to land seven top overseas…
Preparations for Wigram Trophy race on SaturdayFive days before the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, seven top overseas drivers were due in Christchurch with Moss arriving…
Best Wigram field and G.P. no guidePeter Greenslade says the poor state of the Ardmore circuit in the 1961 NZ Grand Prix (won by Brabham) makes it no…
Records should topple in big Wigram raceWith seven top drivers entered, including Brabham, McLaren and Moss, records are expected to fall at the January 21,…
Seventh International Lady Wigram Trophy RaceMotor Racing Club advertisement for the seventh international 150-mile Lady Wigram Trophy at RNZAF Station Wigram on…
New Zealand producing many promising driversProfile of the New Zealand drivers expected at the January 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy: Pat Hoare (Ferrari, runner-up in…
World class cars and driversPreview of the 1961 Wigram motor races: seven overseas entrants, led by reigning world champion Jack Brabham and…
Brabham does it againWorld champion Jack Brabham led from start to finish in a Cooper to win the Lady Wigram Trophy in appalling wet…
Big Wigram race: Brabham first, Moss secondJack Brabham won the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy in a works Cooper in appalling weather, after staving off three serious…
Brabham wins Lady Wigram TrophyReigning world champion Jack Brabham led from the first lap to win his second successive Lady Wigram Trophy, the race…
Gill unlucky; drivers' club officers; Innes Ireland deer shooting; Bonnier on PorscheShort motor racing items: young Auckland student M.From the reports
- Len Gilbert's Maserati 250F was the first Continental car home, sixth, three laps behind. (23 Jan 1961)
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