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Leo Geoghegan

Driver · 1969–1971 · from Australia
1results
1:19.7best Wigram lap (1971)
20clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Lady Wigram TrophyDNFRepco Brabham 2.5 low oil pressure20 Jan 1969

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
18 Jan 1969WigramRepco Brabham 2.51:23practice · Lady Wigram Trophyclipping
16 Jan 1971WigramLotus 69 Waggott 2-litre1:19.7103.89 mphqualifying · Lady Wigram Trophyclipping

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In the clippings (20)

Wigram could be most vital raceAfter Richard Attwood's surprise win in the Levin Gold Leaf International in the No.15th International Lady Wigram Trophy Race programmeMotor Racing Club programme for the 15th International Lady Wigram Trophy at RNZAF Station Wigram on Saturday 18…Drivers have day to get feel of circuitPreview of the 15th International Lady Wigram Trophy on 18 January 1969.Wings will be fitted on racing carsExplains the aerofoil wings that Wigram patrons would see for the first time at the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy.Can Amon make it a hat-trick this season?With Chris Amon having won the first two 1969 Tasman rounds (NZ Grand Prix and Levin) as in 1968, the question was…15th International Lady Wigram Trophy race: programme and admissionAdvertisement and programme for the 15th International Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at RNZAF Wigram, with race…Race never so openPreview of the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy, said to be the most open ever with five men holding a good chance: Graham…Driver profiles: Jochen Rindt, Leo Geoghegan, Frank Gardner, Chris Amon, Derek BellProfiles of the main overseas drivers for the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy.Wigram record set by RindtLap records were broken at Wigram in practice for the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy, with Austrian Jochen Rindt's Lotus-Ford…Overseas drivers dictate termsBefore a crowd of more than 20,000 in brilliant sunshine, Jochen Rindt led the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy from pole, with…Rindt wins hard-fought Wigram Trophy raceJochen Rindt won the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy in a Lotus-Ford V8, 26 seconds ahead of team-mate Graham Hill, in record…Easy win to Jochen RindtAveraging a record 103.11 mph, 26-year-old Jochen Rindt won the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy 26 seconds ahead of Gold Leaf…Big overseas entry for Tasman seriesRacing drivers from Britain, France, the United States and Australia, as well as New Zealand, were set to contest the…Trophy race entry of 23 a recordThe seventeenth international Lady Wigram Trophy race on 16 January 1971 attracted a record field of 23, of whom 15…17th International Lady Wigram Trophy race: round 3 Tasman championshipAdvertisement listing entrants for the 17th International Lady Wigram Trophy race, round 3 of the 1971 Tasman…Extremely fierce competition expected; new lap and race recordsPreview of the 17th Lady Wigram Trophy race, expected to produce new lap and race records and extremely fierce…Wigram racing cars held upShipping delays left a number of cars for the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy in Wellington, due in Christchurch only hours…Best field ever at WigramPreview of the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy, the eighth consecutive Tasman Series, billed as the most evenly matched field…McRae sets recordGraham McRae took pole position for the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy with a lap of 1:17.0 (107.53 mph) in his…It's McRae: twin recordWellington's Graham McRae won the 17th International Lady Wigram Trophy race from start to finish in his…

From the reports

  • Tasman Championship points before the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy: Amon 18, Courage 10, Rindt 6, Geoghegan 5, Gardner 4, Bell 3, Lawrence 3, McRae 1; four races followed Wigram. (14 Jan 1969)
  • Tasman championship points: 9 for first, 6 second, 4 third, 3 fourth, 2 fifth, 1 sixth; Amon led with 18, Courage 10, Rindt 6, Geoghegan 5, Gardner 4, Bell and Lawrence 3, McRae 1 before Wigram 1969. (15 Jan 1969)
  • Leo Geoghegan's Lotus-Repco was flown to New Zealand on Boxing Day 1968 for the NZ Grand Prix at Pukekohe on 4 January, and was to be flown back to Australia after Teretonga for the Lakeside, Warwick Farm and Sandown Park Tasman races. (15 Jan 1969)
  • Geoghegan has won every major Australian race except the Bathurst 500-mile race. (15 Jan 1969)
  • Front row of the first 1969 Wigram heat: McRae, D. Oxton (Brabham) and K. J. Smith (Lotus); second heat front row: Rindt, Amon and Hill, with Courage and Bell on row two and Gardner, Geoghegan and Lawrence on row three. (17 Jan 1969)
  • After Wigram 1969, Tasman points were Amon 22, Rindt 15, Courage 13, Bell and Geoghegan 5 each, Gardner 4. (20 Jan 1969)
  • Leo Geoghegan had retired early at Wigram two years earlier and skipped the Levin and Pukekohe Tasman races in 1971. (13 Jan 1971)

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