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Len Neilson

Driver · 1965–1972 · from Dunedin
7results
2podiums
P2best finish
14clippings
Cooper 3Mini 3Morris Mini 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
23 Jan 1965Wigram 1965Gold Leaf saloon car race (all-comers, 20 miles)4Morris Mini23 Jan 1965
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloons up to 1300cc (11 laps)4Austin-Cooper17:5420 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
20 Jan 1968Wigram 1968Saloon car final4Austin-Cooper20 Jan 1968, 22 Jan 1968
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Saloon cars, Group 5 (heat 1, 7 laps, 16 miles)4Mini Cooper S20 Jan 1969
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Saloon cars, Group 5 (heat 2, 7 laps, 16 miles)2Mini Cooper S12:36.520 Jan 1969
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Free formula saloon car race (9 laps, 20 miles)5Mini Cooper S16:01.620 Jan 1969
22 Jan 1972Wigram 1972McPhail Motor Parts Open Saloon Car Championships, Round One (8 laps)3Austin Cooper22 Jan 1972, 22 Jan 1972

Raced against most often

David Simpson 3R. B. Langley 2Angus Hyslop 2Neil Doyle 2Jim Richards 2B. McLean 2Alan Prattley 2Bob Stewart 1W. Kettelwell 1B. Benzie 1Rodger Anderson 1Frank Bryan 1

In the clippings (14)

Entry listsEntry lists for the 1965 Wigram meeting: the all-comers saloon car race, the Gold Leaf production saloon race, the…McLaren, Clark win heats; new recordBruce McLaren and Jim Clark won their eleven-lap preliminary heats for the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy with ease.Saloon car entries (Wigram 1966)Entry lists for the 1966 Wigram all-comers saloon races: first heat of Anglias, Austin Coopers and Morris Coopers from…Mustang could not be caughtSaloon-car support races at the 1966 Lady Wigram meeting: Ian Segedin's Ford Mustang won the 30-minute production…Mustangs take saloon eventAucklander F. Bryan's Mustang won the nine-lap Rothmans Group 5 saloon car final at the 1968 Lady Wigram meeting in…Clark achieves 101 m.p.h. race average speedJim Clark (Lotus-Ford V8) won the second 11-lap preliminary for the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy at an average of 101.7…Points for Clark / Wigram resultsContinuation of the report on Jim Clark's win in the 1968 Lady Wigram Trophy: the smaller 1.6-litre cars of Hulme (lap…Clark wins Wigram, collects side prizeAbout 30,000 people saw Jim Clark win his third Lady Wigram Trophy (after 1965 and 1967) at just under 103 mph in the…Saloon car excitementD. Simpson of Auckland (Ford Escort twin cam) won both Group 5 saloon heats and was second in the free-formula race at…Exciting saloon car racingAll three saloon races at Wigram were won by Paul Fahey of Manurewa in his Twin Cam Ford Escort, but in probably the…Thrills, spills for big crowd at Wigram circuitEarly arrivals at the 1972 Lady Wigram meeting saw crashes and close racing in the preliminary events on the 2.13-mile…Lady Wigram: McRae wins from start to finishPress Association report that Graham McRae won the 1972 Lady Wigram Trophy from start to finish in his Leda GM1 at…Saloons thrill crowdReport on the saloon car races at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, run over three-car battles in the opening laps.Aussie champ Moffat shows them the wayAustralian saloon champion Allan Moffat won the fast invitation saloon race at the 1973 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting in…

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