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Merv Neil

Driver · 1958–1959 · from Auckland
3results
1wins
2podiums
14clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
25 Jan 1958Wigram 1958Redex Sports Car Race (50 miles, 24 laps)2Cooper-Climax40:51.8 class winner up to 1500cc25 Jan 1958, 25 Jan 1958 +1
25 Jan 1958Wigram 1958Sports Car Race - up to 1500cc1Cooper Climax27 Jan 1958
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150.236 miles)7Cooper-Climax66 laps26 Jan 1959, 26 Jan 1959

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In the clippings (14)

Lady Wigram Trophy may be most open race in series yetWith 25 entries received for the 25 January 1958 race, the Lady Wigram Trophy looked the most open yet.Evenly-matched entries for Wigram on SaturdayFive overseas drivers (Brabham, Scott-Brown, Lewis-Evans, Gibson and Glass) and 28 entries made the fourth Lady Wigram…Puncture spoils Frank Cantwell's sports car hopesKen Harris won the 50-mile Redex sports car race at Wigram in the ex-Wharton Monza Ferrari after Frank Cantwell's…Scott-Brown in lead at halfway at WigramArchie Scott-Brown's Lister-Jaguar led the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy at half distance (75 miles) after 52min 30sec, with…Lady Wigram Trophy won by Scott-BrownOne-handed Scotsman Archie Scott-Brown dominated the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy in Brian Lister's Lister-Jaguar, setting…Notable absentees from Wigram entriesTwenty-two New Zealand drivers entered the January 24, 1959 Lady Wigram International Trophy by the December 20…Wigram entriesTwo late entries were received for the Lady Wigram Trophy: John Mansell of Tuakau in a 250F Maserati formerly owned by…Lady Wigram Trophy: anyone's guessPreview of the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy: unlike recent years, the winner cannot dictate terms, and the…Trophy race entriesEntry list for the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy, a race of 150.236 miles, with 35 entries including Flockhart (BRM),…Overseas drivers do not have it all their way nowProfile of Bruce McLaren, the Auckland teenager-turned-world-class driver who overcame a childhood bone disease…Meet the top trophy driversProfiles of the main contenders for the January 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart (BRM, twice Le Mans winner,…Flockhart on job at startLap-by-lap account of the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy: Flockhart took pole in the BRM with Brabham, McLaren and Ross…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…

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