Maurice Stanton

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6 Aug 1948Car race plannedThe magazine announces the February 26 Canterbury Car Club race and looks back at the March 1947 South Island…31 Dec 1953Grand Prix at Ardmore: one Christchurch car withdrawnRon Symonds scratched his new S.H. car (Hec McLean to drive) from the 210-mile Ardmore Grand Prix on 9 January 1954…29 Jan 1954Overseas drivers should do best in trophy raceKen Wharton (B.R.M.), Peter Whitehead (supercharged 2.4-litre Ferrari) and Tony Gaze (H.W.M.) are expected to lead the…5 Feb 1954Decision on S bend in car race may affect resultThe Motor Racing Club would decide after practice whether to eliminate the slow S bend from the 2.1-mile Wigram…6 Feb 1954Wigram motor race today: distinguished list of entrantsThe biggest motor race in South Island history: the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy with Wharton (B.R.M.), Whitehead…6 Feb 1954P. Whitehead wins Lady Wigram car race in FerrariPeter Whitehead (Ferrari) won the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram from Tony Gaze (H.W.M.), while Ken Wharton's…20 Feb 1954Drivers now preparing for big race at WigramLocal drivers were preparing cars for the February 1955 Lady Wigram Trophy: F.19 Nov 1955Famous drivers enter for N.Z. motor racesPreview of the third NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore on 7 January 1956, with 42 entries including Stirling Moss (his own…21 May 1957Southbridge meeting on MondayDrivers from all over New Zealand were entered for the Southbridge Hundred, held wet or fine, led by John McMillan in…28 Dec 1959Wigram motor races: prospectus and entriesThe prospectus for the January 1960 Lady Wigram meeting required each team in subsidiary events to consist of a driver…15 Jan 1960Eliminations 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…16 Jan 1960Either way, Coopers will winPeter Greenslade of the Star looks at the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy: Brabham and McLaren in the works 2.5-litre Coopers…18 Jan 1960Rush to complete Stanton Corvette for trophy raceCharles and Maurice Stanton of Parlane Street, Christchurch, were rushing to finish their Stanton Corvette for Maurice…20 Jan 1960Home-built specials still find favourLocally built specials remain popular at Wigram, led by the new Stanton Corvette of Charles and Maurice Stanton and…20 Jan 1960Lady Wigram Trophy entry listList of 28 drivers entered for the 1960 international Lady Wigram Trophy when entries closed, with car numbers, home…20 Jan 1960Coopers dominate Trophy race fieldTwenty-eight entries, five from overseas, were received for the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy, with seven Coopers plus three…23 Jan 1960B. McLaren to drive Lycoming todayBruce McLaren's Cooper broke a piston and holed the crankcase in Friday's practice, so Auckland driver W.23 Jan 1960Lady Wigram Trophy photographsPhotographs from the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy: a minor collision at the hangar bend between Maurice Stanton and David…23 Jan 1960Brabham 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…23 Jan 1960At 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.23 Jan 1960Brabham 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,…25 Jan 1960Brabham 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…30 Jan 1960Motor racing is fickle and heart-breakingPeter Greenslade reflects on the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy.10 Dec 1960Wigram entries and motoring notesColumn of entries and news: early sports car entries for Wigram on January 21 (Austin Healey Sprite, Austin Healey…17 Jan 1962Racing Club Championship entriesEntry list for the Motor Racing Club Championship held during the January 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.20 Jan 1962Winning first event: Stanton wins club championshipPhotos: Maurice Stanton in his Stanton Special, winner of the Motor Racing Club's championship at the Lady Wigram…20 Jan 1962Three cars in spectacular smash at WigramThree cars crashed at the hairpin at the end of the main straight in the main sports car event: Forrest Cardon's…22 Jan 1962Field all the way for fine winStirling Moss, in a Lotus, won the 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy after leading from the first lap, crossing the line about…22 Jan 1962Results from Wigram Trophy meetingResults of the races at the 1962 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: Motor Racing Club championship, New Zealand motor-cycle…19 Jan 1963Two drivers break Wigram lap record at practiceIn qualifying trials for the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy, John Surtees (Lola-Climax) and Jack Brabham (Brabham-Climax)…19 Jan 1963Times and placesResults of the motor races at Wigram on the Saturday of the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting: the Motor Racing Club…21 Jan 1963Cottle-Stanton duel in club championshipThe 32-mile Motor Racing Club Championship at the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting was won by M.23 Jan 1963This year's Wigram racing the bestA review of the 1963 Lady Wigram meeting, judged the best of the international series after indifferent performances…19 Jan 1965Range of events at WigramPreview of the 1965 Lady Wigram meeting: the 100-mile Trophy race for Tasman Formula cars with two 25-mile morning…20 Jan 1965Sports, specials: Motor Racing Club championshipPreview of the 1965 Motor Racing Club championship for sports cars and specials at Wigram.20 Jan 1965Jim ClarkProfile of Jim Clark: world champion in 1964 (per the article) and within half a lap of the title again for 1965, 27…20 Jan 1965Entry listsEntry lists for the 1965 Wigram meeting: the all-comers saloon car race, the Gold Leaf production saloon race, the…23 Jan 1965McLaren, Clark win heats; new recordBruce McLaren and Jim Clark won their eleven-lap preliminary heats for the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy with ease.23 Jan 1965Saloon car race a thrillerThe second heat of the all-comers saloon race at the 1965 Lady Wigram meeting was a thriller between Aucklanders…25 Jan 1965Clark easily wins Lady Wigram Trophy raceJim Clark's 2.5 litre Lotus-Climax won the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy by more than 10 seconds from Bruce McLaren's…25 Jan 1965Clark rides his luck to win Wigram raceClark built a lead of nearly half a minute in the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, then noticed falling oil pressure in his…25 Jan 1965Jim Palmer likely to win titleWith 40 points in both the Gold Star series and the NZ Racing Drivers' Club championship after four meetings, 1964…22 May 1969Driver to make bid for recordReport dated 16 May 1969 that D. McDonald of Matamata would try to break the New Zealand car land-speed record of…22 May 1969Stanton Special is speedyHistory of the Stanton Special, with which Maurice Stanton of Christchurch set the New Zealand car land speed record…24 May 1969Brownlie sets a new speed mark of 177 mphDriving a 5.9 litre Begg sports car for the first time, 25-year-old Laurence Brownlie of Kelso, West Otago, set a…26 May 1969N.Z. speed record to Otago driverL. Brownlie of Kelso became the fastest man on four wheels in New Zealand on Saturday, breaking the national flying…24 Jan 1979Old-timers bring back the early daysTwenty-four cars from Wigram's early era were to run in a 'nostalgia parade' at the 1979 thirtieth anniversary Lady…25 Jul 1997Kiwi earns special place in historyObituary of motor racing pioneer Maurice Stanton, who died in Perth, creator with his brother Charles of the…10 Jun 2004Streets of speed namedA new housing subdivision in Mairehau, Christchurch, is named Stanton Park after motor-racing pioneers Maurice and…19 Jun 2004Stanton brothers: a quest for speedFeature on Charlie and Maurice Stanton, Christchurch mechanics who built the aero-engined Stanton Special…

From the reports

• The Stanton Special, the 'Crop-Duster', was powered by a 6124cc de Havilland Gipsy aircraft engine, four times the capacity of the B.R.M. (6 Feb 1954)
• The Stanton special in 1954 had an inverted four-cylinder De Havilland Gipsy Major aero engine and twice recorded 14.7sec for the standing mile. (20 Feb 1954)
• Maurice Stanton's aero-engined special was timed at 132mph at Ohoka in 1955. (19 Nov 1955)
• M. F. Stanton held both the NZ flying and standing kilometre speed records and was to drive a well-known aero-engined special in the 1957 Southbridge main race. (21 May 1957)
• The Stanton Corvette had a front-mounted Chevrolet Corvette engine, built by Charles and Maurice Stanton. (16 Jan 1960)
• The Stanton Corvette was built by Charles and Maurice Stanton and was being finished days before the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy. (18 Jan 1960)
• The Stanton brothers held the Australian and New Zealand speed record at 173 mph in 1960. (20 Jan 1960)
• Largest engines in the 1960 trophy race: Stanton Special 4640cc, Lycoming 4733cc, Tornado 4600cc, Lago Talbot 4485cc, Roycroft's Ferrari 4000cc. (20 Jan 1960)
• The Stanton Special had suspension, chassis and disc brakes all designed locally. (23 Jan 1960)
• Stanton spun at the hangar bend in front of Piper in the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy, costing Piper time. (23 Jan 1960)
• The Stantons planned a new Lycoming-engined car for the January 1961 Wigram 40-mile race and put their Gypsy aero-engined special up for sale. (10 Dec 1960)
• Stanton's winning time in the 1963 Motor Racing Club Championship was 22min 40.6sec, compared with 22:44 in 1962. (21 Jan 1963)

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