RL
R. B. Langley
Driver · 1957–1968 · from Napier
11results
5wins
8podiums
1:27.8best Wigram lap (1967)
24clippings
Results
- 1957P6Southbridge · Saloon Car Handicap (25 miles)Jaguar
- 1963P2Wigram · 21-mile saloon car handicapHumber
- 1964P1Wigram · I.G.A. Saloon Cars, Heat 1 (9 laps, about 20 miles)Cooper
- 1965P1Wigram · Gold Leaf saloon car race (all-comers, 20 miles)Cooper
- P1Wigram · Half Hour Gold Leaf saloon car raceCooper
- P1Wigram · All-comers saloon, first heat (20 miles, 9 laps)Cooper
- 1966P3Wigram · Production Saloon Car Race (30 minutes)Cooper
- P5Wigram · Gold Leaf all-comers saloon, first heatCooper
- 1967P1Wigram · Production saloon car race (30 minutes)Cooper
- P3Wigram · Wills All-comers saloon car race, first heat (9 laps)Cooper
- 1968P5Wigram · Saloon car finalCooper
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 1957 | Southbridge 1957 | Saloon Car Handicap (25 miles) | 6 | Jaguar 2.4 | 29:08 | 4 Jun 1957 |
| 19 Jan 1963 | Wigram 1963 | 21-mile saloon car handicap | 2 | Humber | 19 Jan 1963, 21 Jan 1963 | |
| 18 Jan 1964 | Wigram 1964 | I.G.A. Saloon Cars, Heat 1 (9 laps, about 20 miles) | 1 | Austin Cooper S | 17:48.6 | 17 Jan 1964, 20 Jan 1964 |
| 23 Jan 1965 | Wigram 1965 | Gold Leaf saloon car race (all-comers, 20 miles) | 1 | Austin-Cooper 1275cc | 23 Jan 1965 | |
| 23 Jan 1965 | Wigram 1965 | Half Hour Gold Leaf saloon car race | 1 | Austin-Cooper S | 16 laps | 23 Jan 1965, 25 Jan 1965 +1 |
| 23 Jan 1965 | Wigram 1965 | All-comers saloon, first heat (20 miles, 9 laps) | 1 | Austin-Cooper S | 25 Jan 1965, 25 Jan 1965 | |
| 22 Jan 1966 | Wigram 1966 | Production Saloon Car Race (30 minutes) | 3 | Austin Cooper | 16 laps | 22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +2 |
| 22 Jan 1966 | Wigram 1966 | Gold Leaf all-comers saloon, first heat | 5 | Austin Cooper | 22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3 | |
| 21 Jan 1967 | Wigram 1967 | Production saloon car race (30 minutes) | 1 | Austin-Cooper S | fastest lap 1:27.8 | 21 Jan 1967 |
| 21 Jan 1967 | Wigram 1967 | Wills All-comers saloon car race, first heat (9 laps) | 3 | Austin-Cooper | 21 Jan 1967 | |
| 20 Jan 1968 | Wigram 1968 | Saloon car final | 5 | Austin Cooper | 22 Jan 1968 |
Lap times and speeds
| Date | Venue | Car | Time | Speed | What | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 1965 | Wigram | Austin-Cooper 1275cc | 102 mph | top speed · Gold Leaf saloon car race (back straight) | clipping | |
| 21 Jan 1967 | Wigram | Austin-Cooper S | 1:27.8 | fastest race lap · Production saloon car race | clipping |
Raced against most often
Jim Mullins 5Brian Innes 4Len Neilson 2Warner Collins 2F. Hamlin 2Hugh Bagwell 2B. R. Blackburn 1Don Ransley 1J. Heasley 1Harold Heasley 1Ray Archibald 1Athol McBeath 1
In the clippings (24)
Southbridge meeting on MondayDrivers from all over New Zealand were entered for the Southbridge Hundred, held wet or fine, led by John McMillan in…
G. Palmer romps home in Southbridge HundredGeorge Palmer of Hamilton won the Motor Racing Club's 24-lap Southbridge 100 in a 2-litre Cooper-Bristol, giving away…
Stanton wins Motor Racing Club championship; Archibald first home in saloon handicapMorning events at the 1963 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.
Saloon carsRay Archibald's 3.8 Jaguar won the morning saloon handicap despite a 55sec handicap, setting a fastest lap of 1:37.1…
Entries for the Lady Wigram Trophy race meetingEntry lists for the 1964 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, covering the Trophy race heats, the Motor Racing Club…
Minor eventsPreview of the saloon, sports and club championship races on the 1964 Lady Wigram programme.
Archibald had to fight hard for saloon car winChristchurch's Ray Archibald drove one of the finest races of his career to win the second I.G.A.
Saloons: heats and finalThe saloons matched the main race cars for interest.
Saloon eventsPreview of the 1965 Wigram saloon races: the allcomers race has a big varied entry in which a Ford (Anglia) looks…
Entry listsEntry lists for the 1965 Wigram meeting: the all-comers saloon car race, the Gold Leaf production saloon race, the…
McLaren, Clark win heats; new recordBruce McLaren and Jim Clark won their eleven-lap preliminary heats for the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy with ease.
Saloon car race a thrillerThe second heat of the all-comers saloon race at the 1965 Lady Wigram meeting was a thriller between Aucklanders…
Clark 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…
Clark 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…
Excellent racing forecastPreview of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy, expected to be a close tussle between world champion Jim Clark (Lotus-Climax…
Saloon car entries (Wigram 1966)Entry lists for the 1966 Wigram all-comers saloon races: first heat of Anglias, Austin Coopers and Morris Coopers from…
BRM aces both win heats for Wigram TrophyOn a drizzly morning BRM drivers Richard Attwood and Jackie Stewart won their 11-lap preliminary heats for the 1966…
BRM duo had it all to themselvesContinuation of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy report: Stewart beat Clark's 1965 race record by 35.2 seconds and BRM took…
Stewart wins after rivals' crashJackie Stewart (V8 two-litre BRM) won the 101-mile 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy in a new race record of 1:03:44.1, with…
Mustang could not be caughtSaloon-car support races at the 1966 Lady Wigram meeting: Ian Segedin's Ford Mustang won the 30-minute production…
BRM team romps home, sets recordJackie Stewart and Dickie Attwood finished first and second in the 12th International Lady Wigram Trophy, both inside…
Wigram resultsResults of the 1967 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram: the two 11-lap trophy preliminaries (Levis won the 1.5-litre…
Clark wins Wigram, collects side prizeAbout 30,000 people saw Jim Clark win his third Lady Wigram Trophy (after 1965 and 1967) at just under 103 mph in the…
Other events: sports and saloon races at WigramPreview of the support programme at the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: a sports car race featuring G.From the reports
- Langley and Innes in S-type Mini-Coopers raced neck and neck to the end of the 1965 Gold Leaf saloon car race. (23 Jan 1965)
- Segedin's Mustang won the 1966 Wigram production saloon race by 10 seconds from Jim Mullins's Mini Cooper S; Langley was a further 14 seconds back. (24 Jan 1966)
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