Mark Rutherford

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In the clippings (22)

24 Jan 1979EscortsportA new Escortsport series for standard Ford Escort Sport models debuted at Wigram on Sunday 1979, with $500 prize money…25 Jan 1979Spectacular Escort SportsThe Escort Sports class, new in the 1979 season, was set for the Wigram meeting.29 Jan 1979Lesser fry provide excitementSupporting race results at the 1979 Wigram meeting: John Armstrong won the Escort Sport championship, Ken Crocker won…23 Jan 1980Shellsport getting better all the timePreview of the Shellsport two-litre saloon championship at Wigram 1980: Reg Cook found it harder to win with his…28 Jan 1980Huxford's Capri wins Open Saloon championshipReports of the support races at the 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.26 Jan 1981Tulloch too quickInky Tulloch (Mataura) and Graham Baker (Christchurch) fought out the Radio Avon saloons Flying Farewell, with Tulloch…21 Jan 1983North-South battle at Wigram on SundayPreviews the saloon, Shellsport, Formula Ford, Laser, production and motorcycle races at the 1983 Wigram meeting.18 Jan 1984Not slowing down: the big bangersPreview of the Open Saloon Car Association (OSCA) Arbuckles $25,000 Super Car Series round at the 1984 Lady Wigram…20 Jan 1984Saloon cars are still crowd-pleasersPreview of the supporting races at the 1984 Just Juice Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: OSCA big-banger rounds, the new ANZ…20 Jan 1984Veteran set for series winVeteran Auckland driver Ken Smith, 42, looked set to win the 1984 Just Juice Formula Pacific series ending at Wigram,…20 Jan 1984Full field for saloon spectacularPreview of the saloon-car races at the 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the new ANZ Bank touring car championship,…21 Jan 1984Practice day before the Lady Wigram Trophy meetingA photo spread from practice day, the day before the annual Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting in January 1984.23 Jan 1984Sprague extends lead in touring car championshipGary Sprague (Tauranga, Ford Falcon) won the 50 km ANZ Bank national touring car championship race at Wigram,…23 Jan 1984Battles for supporting race titlesReview of the supporting races at the 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: Gary Sprague's Falcon won the ANZ Bank Touring…28 Nov 1984A class of its ownFeature on the Christchurch-based Open Saloon Car Association (OSCA), now in its 14th season with Arbuckles sponsorship.29 Nov 1984Nine saloon-car support racesPreview of the supporting races at the December 1984 Lady Wigram meeting, with nine saloon-car races among the…29 Nov 1984Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: timetable and impressive line-up of supporting racesTimetable and entry details for the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting on Sunday 2 December 1984: racing starts at 11.15am…3 Dec 1984Winning Wigram driver shows great promiseYoung American Ross Cheever, who rolled his Ralt RT4 in practice, won the 1984 Skyline Garages Lady Wigram Trophy.3 Dec 1984Supporting eventsReports and results of the support races at the December 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.25 Jan 1988Thrill (Sun Valley sports sedans and Group A at Wigram)Two thrilling Sun Valley Sports Sedan heats highlighted the supports at Wigram in January 1988: Rob Kennard won the…23 Jul 1993Ron Rutherford moves to the Gold CoastProfile of Christchurch motoring identity Ron Rutherford, who moved permanently to Australia's Gold Coast in 1993.8 Jan 2002A tale of a motorsport careerProfile of Ron Rutherford, race driver, rally driver, businessman and co-founder of Woodford Glen, who is now in…

From the reports

• Ron Rutherford began racing in 1952 in a sprint at McCormacks Bay in a Ford Popular. (23 Jul 1993)
• Rutherford's 260M Zephyr was an R.A. special originally with a supercharged Vauxhall engine, later a Ford Zephyr engine with a Raymond Mays head, developed over about 10 years. (23 Jul 1993)
• Rutherford bought his Lotus 23B from Frank Williams, later Formula One team boss; Jim Clark told him all 23Bs handled that way. (23 Jul 1993)
• At the 1972 Wigram meeting Rutherford won a Castrol GTX race in his Chrysler Charger from Alan Moffat's Falcon GTHO, and finished second in the 1972 GTX series to Leo Leonard. (23 Jul 1993)
• Rutherford held the saloon lap record at Ruapuna for several years in an A40 Farina fitted with Lotus Cortina mechanicals. (23 Jul 1993)
• Woodford Glen speedway, built in 1975 by Rutherford and Errol Inwood, cost about $150,000 against an estimate of $70,000 because its straights were laid out too long. (23 Jul 1993)
• In 1989 Rutherford set up Kelford Kams (Australia) in Nerang, Queensland. (23 Jul 1993)
• Ron Rutherford rolled his Lotus Cortina-based car at Bombay bend at Wigram in practice. (8 Jan 2002)

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