Rob Walker

In the clippings (9)

13 Jan 1959The New Zealand Grand Prix proved Moss in a class of his ownAnalysis of the 1959 NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore: Stirling Moss (Rob Walker Cooper-Climax) set a new lap record and race…9 Jul 1958Sporting notebook: Moss, Shelby and Brabham signedAuckland organiser Frank Perkins signed Stirling Moss, Carroll Shelby and Jack Brabham for the early-1959 NZ series,…31 Jan 1959N.Z. drivers hold own in any companyReview of the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy arguing that New Zealanders (McLaren, Syd Jensen, Mansell) were outclassed only…6 Nov 1959Moss will have to work for N.Z. Grand Prix winStirling Moss would not have things all his own way at Ardmore: it appeared he would drive a Cooper entered by the…5 Aug 1960Moss to compete at Wigram next yearJack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Bruce McLaren, Innes Ireland and John Surtees were confirmed for the January 21, 1961…19 Sep 1960World drivers to compete in Lady Wigram TrophyFive, and possibly seven, of the world's leading drivers were confirmed for the Lady Wigram Trophy at Christchurch on…17 Jan 1961Last chance to see 2.5-litre Grand Prix cars: Cooper and Lotus describedFeature saying the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy would be the last chance for New Zealanders to see factory and private…12 Jan 1971More NZ racing firms use motor sport as publicity mediumLooks at growing commercial sponsorship of motor racing ahead of the 1971 Lady Wigram Trophy, from the Bank of New…22 Jan 1972Drop NZ car seriesEnglish backer Rob Walker told Wigram that the eight-race Tasman series should be dropped in favour of one world…

From the reports

• The Walker Cooper originally expected for Moss was at least 15 per cent up on power over the works Coopers. (6 Nov 1959)
• Rob Walker said at Wigram in 1972 that crowd safety was bad, with only a hundred yards of bare grass between 150 mph cars and spectators. (22 Jan 1972)
• Walker proposed replacing the Tasman series with one world championship race each side of the Tasman, run in November or December to fit the world calendar. (22 Jan 1972)

Built automatically from OCR of the clippings, so a name printed two ways may still be split across two profiles, and some results may be missing. Spotted a mistake?