RF
Ron Frost
Driver · 1956–1957 · from Wellington
2results
P8best finish
19clippings
Results
| Date | Meeting | Race | Pos | Car | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 1956 | Wigram 1956 | Lady Wigram Trophy Race (71 laps, 150 miles) | 8 | Cooper | 1:58:28.2 broke chain two laps from home, restarted | 21 Jan 1956, 23 Jan 1956 +1 |
| 26 Jan 1957 | Wigram 1957 | Lady Wigram Trophy Race (71 laps, 150 miles) | 8 | Cooper | 65 laps | 28 Jan 1957 |
Raced against most often
Peter Whitehead 2Reg Parnell 2Syd Jensen 2Frank Shuter 2Ron Roycroft 2Ross Jensen 2Tony Gaze 1Leslie Marr 1Arthur Moffatt 1Ray Archibald 1Jim Boyd 1Ronnie Moore 1
In the clippings (19)
Famous 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…
Entries for trophy event: Stan Jones withdrawsWhen entries closed there were 16 definite starters and nine tentative for the 1956 Lady Wigram International Trophy…
Lady Wigram Trophy won by P. WhiteheadEngland's Peter Whitehead won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy in a bright red Ferrari, his second…
Steady race by Wigram leadersThe 150-mile Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram on Saturday 21 January 1956 was dominated by the two red Ferraris of Peter…
Englishmen take placings in major car racePeter Whitehead won the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second time on Saturday 21 January 1956 before about 21,000…
British motor racing stars' fine exhibitionsAn editorial-style review of the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy, praising Peter Whitehead's repeat win over Tony Gaze and the…
Wigram Trophy car race: entries for event on January 26Entries for the third international Lady Wigram Trophy, Redex sports race, open car race and saloon race on 26 January…
P. Whitehead's third win in Wigram motor classicPeter Whitehead won the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy in 1hr 50min 8sec, two minutes slower than 1956, the first driver to…
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.
Jack Brabham top pick for Wigram raceJack Brabham, winner of the NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore a week earlier in a bored-out 2.2-litre Formula I Cooper, was…
Lady Wigram Trophy race could be fast and openThe ninth Lady Wigram Trophy race promised to be the most open and fastest, with Archie Scott-Brown's Lister-Jaguar…
Notable absentees from Wigram entriesTwenty-two New Zealand drivers entered the January 24, 1959 Lady Wigram International Trophy by the December 20…
Hulme and Amon for WigramMotor Racing Club officials announced that New Zealand's top drivers Denis Hulme and Chris Amon would race in the…
Wigram's last race?Colin Bryant reports that the January 1977 Lady Wigram race would be the last, because the world ruling body would not…
$400,000 worth of machines line upMore than $400,000 worth of Formula Pacific machinery was set to line up at Wigram, with some cars costing up to…
$400,000 worth of machines line upMore than $400,000 worth of Formula Pacific machinery was set to line up at Wigram, with some cars costing up to…
South Island could drop off paceGrand Prix general manager Ron Frost said after the 1981 Lady Wigram race that the South Island could be phased out of…
South Island could drop off paceGrand Prix general manager Ron Frost said after the 1981 Lady Wigram race that the South Island could be phased out of…
Kenny toots it with knockin' on the door of 50Lindsay Kerr profiles Ken Smith of Auckland, awarded an OBE in the 1987 Queen's birthday honours for services to…From the reports
- In January 1981 Ron Frost said the South Island might be phased out of the Formula Pacific series, and that it could become a North Island series. (26 Jan 1981)
- In January 1981 Ron Frost said the South Island might be phased out of the Formula Pacific series, and that it could become a North Island series. (26 Jan 1981)
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