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Peter Gethin

Driver · 1974 · from England
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1podiums
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1:03.3best Wigram lap (1974)
15clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy (100 miles)3Chevron B2415.5sec behind Pilette passed Oxton on lap 4521 Jan 1974, 21 Jan 1974 +1

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
1974WigramChevron B24120.566 mphfastest race lap · 1974 Lady Wigram Trophyclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramChevron B241:03.3121.137 mphqualifying · NZ Grand Prixclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramChevron B24120.566 mphlap record · New Zealand Grand Prix · lap 44 of 47; new record for the 2.13-mile Wigram circuitclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramChevron B241:03.6fastest race lap · New Zealand Grand Prixclipping

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In the clippings (15)

$14,000 for Wigram Trophy raceSixteen drivers will race for a $14,000 prize fund in the January 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy, with the winner receiving…Aerodynamics vitalTechnical feature on racing-car bodywork design: designers use the track as a wind tunnel with pitot tubes and…Race prospectsPreview of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram, the third round of the Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 series and…F5000 comes of ageReview of Formula 5000's 1973 European success, when Belgian Teddy Pilette won the title in a Chevron B24 with 136…New Zealand Grand Prix 1974 at Wigram: programmeAdvertisement and programme for round three of the Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 series, the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix…McRae needs 120 mph lap for pole positionDrivers wanting pole or front row for the 1974 NZ Grand Prix at Wigram would need a flying lap of about 120 mph in…McRae fastest again in trialsFive drivers broke 120 mph in Saturday's qualifying trials for the 1974 NZ Grand Prix, headed by triple Tasman…G.P. to McCormack after eight cars excludedJohn McCormack (Elfin Repco) won the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram at a record average of more than 115 mph,…McCormack wins his second NZ Grand PrixJohn McCormack (Australia) won the 100-mile New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram in his three-year-old Elfin MR5 Repco V8,…Wigram resultsFull results of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram, won by John McCormack (Elfin…McRae needs win to be in running for Tasman seriesLooking back on the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram, Greenslade describes how John McCormack (Elfin MR5 Repco)…Wigram may be crucial race of seriesRussell Jones assesses the drivers' chances ahead of the 1975 Lady Wigram Trophy, third round of the Stuyvesant series.Australians leading seriesPreviews of the Australian contenders in the 1975 Stuyvesant series: Johnnie Walker, who won the 1974 Levin round;…McLaren's widow donates new trophy for Wigram raceDrivers in the twenty-first Lady Wigram Trophy would compete for two trophies: the annual Lady Wigram Trophy and a new…International flavour to seriesHistory of the Tasman and Formula Pacific series leading to the Aurora AFX series.

From the reports

  • Several drivers suffered punctures and tyre wear in the 1974 Wigram Grand Prix, including Gethin and Pilette. (21 Jan 1974)
  • Peter Gethin set a 120.566 mph record for the 2.13-mile Wigram aerodrome circuit in the 1974 Grand Prix. (21 Jan 1974)
  • After the Wigram round Gethin led the Stuyvesant series with 16 points, from McCormack on 15; the final New Zealand round was at Teretonga Park and four Australian rounds followed, starting at Oran Park. (21 Jan 1974)
  • Stuyvesant $100,000 series points after three rounds (five races to go) in January 1974: Gethin 16, McCormack 15, J. Walker 9, Pilette 9, Oxton 7, McCully 6, Stewart 6, Brown 2, K. Smith 2, G. Pedersen 2, G. Lawrence 1. (22 Jan 1974)
  • McRae took the lead in lap 15 and Gethin stopped for a tyre replacement in lap 23, handing second place to McCormack. (26 Jan 1974)
  • Max Stewart was runner-up to Peter Gethin in the 1974 series in a Lola T330. (16 Jan 1975)
  • The 1974 trophy race was won at 114.277 mph by John McCormack; Peter Gethin set the then record lap at 120.566 mph. (17 Jan 1975)
  • From 1974 the series became the Peter Stuyvesant Series; Peter Gethin won the first in a Chevron and Warwick Brown the 1975 series in a Lola. (16 Jan 1982)
  • Overseas drivers who raced in the NZ series include Brian Redman, Peter Gethin, Teddy Pilette, Max Stewart, Tom Gloy, Danny Sullivan, Pierre Dieudonne, Ian Grob, Keke Rosberg and Bobby Rahal. (16 Jan 1982)

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