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31 Dec 1953Grand Prix at Ardmore: Maybach confirmed as winnerThe official placings of the 1954 Ardmore International Grand Prix confirmed Stan Jones (Maybach Special) as winner…5 Feb 1954Decision on S bend in car race may affect resultThe Motor Racing Club would decide after practice whether to eliminate the slow S bend from the 2.1-mile Wigram…6 Feb 1954Wigram motor race today: distinguished list of entrantsThe biggest motor race in South Island history: the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy with Wharton (B.R.M.), Whitehead…6 Feb 1954Large crowd sees preliminary races on Wigram circuitThe Redex Sports and Racing Car Handicap (25 miles) was won by J.6 Feb 1954P. Whitehead wins Lady Wigram car race in FerrariPeter Whitehead (Ferrari) won the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram from Tony Gaze (H.W.M.), while Ken Wharton's…28 Oct 1955Third N.Z. Grand Prix: British drivers to competeEntries for the third NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore on 7 January 1956 include Stirling Moss (Maserati), Reg Parnell…24 Nov 1955Entries for trophy event: Stan Jones withdrawsWhen entries closed there were 16 definite starters and nine tentative for the 1956 Lady Wigram International Trophy…21 Jan 1956Car racing at Wigram to-dayIn the open car handicap Barry Brown (Austin A40 Special) led six laps before A.21 Jan 1956Lady 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…23 Jan 1956Steady 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…23 Jan 1956Englishmen 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…5 Jan 1957Wigram 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…19 Jan 1957Keen competition in Wigram TrophyAt least twenty-five cars would face the starter in the 150-mile Lady Wigram Trophy, expected to be another Ferrari…26 Jan 1957N.Z. driver fastest at Wigram practiceAuckland's Ron Roycroft set the fastest practice lap at Wigram before the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy, 1:27 in his…26 Jan 1957Peter Whitehead winner of Lady Wigram Trophy for third timePeter Whitehead won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy in his Super Squalo Ferrari, his third successive…28 Jan 1957P. 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…2 Feb 1957Motor racing lost friends last SaturdayA critical piece says the Motor Racing Club lost friends at the 1957 Lady Wigram meeting through an incomplete and…7 May 1957Permission given for car racingPermission was granted for the Motor Racing Club's car and motor-cycle meeting on a 4.2-mile Southbridge circuit on…16 Jan 1958Lady 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.18 Jan 1958Jack 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…22 Jan 1958Evenly-matched entries for Wigram on SaturdayFive overseas drivers (Brabham, Scott-Brown, Lewis-Evans, Gibson and Glass) and 28 entries made the fourth Lady Wigram…23 Jan 1958Ross Jensen entry receivedRoss Jensen's entry for the Lady Wigram Trophy was received after earlier doubt.24 Jan 1958Lady Wigram Trophy race: drivers practise on circuitSeveral drivers practised at Wigram the evening before the race.24 Jan 1958Lady 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…25 Jan 1958Fourth international race at Wigram todayA race-day preview noting the three-year overseas monopoly of the Lady Wigram Trophy could end, with Lewis-Evans…25 Jan 1958Scott-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…25 Jan 1958Scott-Brown wins Wigram Trophy raceArchie Scott-Brown won the 150-mile, 71-lap 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy in his Lister-Jaguar in 1hr 47min 27.4sec, a new…27 Jan 1958New records set in the Lady Wigram Trophy racePhotographs of the fourth Lady Wigram Trophy race, a 150-mile car race on the Wigram circuit won by English driver…27 Jan 1958Lady Wigram Trophy won by Scott-BrownOne-handed Scotsman Archie Scott-Brown dominated the 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy in Brian Lister's Lister-Jaguar, setting…29 Jan 1958Overseas drivers for TeretongaLeading overseas and New Zealand drivers were to compete in the car races at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, on the…Mar 1958Give local drivers a better placeFirst of two articles on the future of NZ motor racing after the 1958 international series.15 Jul 1958NewsThe 40-mile NZ beach racing championship at the Pines was given Gold Star status by the Association of New Zealand Car…19 Dec 1958Sporting notebook: BRM for WigramAfter the Teretonga Park Gold Star meeting, BRM said it would bring its Formula 1 car for Ron Flockhart to the Lady…9 Jul 1958Terms for Moss, Shelby and Brabham not yet receivedThe Christchurch Motor Racing Club had not yet received word on the terms under which Frank Perkins engaged Moss,…23 Sep 1958Top drivers for Grand PrixThe NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore on January 10, 1959 promised a world-class field: Moss (2.2-litre Cooper like his…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…22 Jan 1959PhotoRoss Jensen, a leading New Zealand driver and likely contender for the Lady Wigram Trophy, in action in his El…21 Jan 1959Dangerous bends ahead for New Zealand motor racingPeter Greenslade reviews the 1959 international series (Auckland, Christchurch, Waimate, Invercargill), with record…23 Sep 1958Lady Wigram Trophy to be competed for annually at WigramThe Lady Wigram Trophy won by the late Archie Scott-Brown in January 1958 was to be returned to New Zealand at the…19 Dec 1958Notable absentees from Wigram entriesTwenty-two New Zealand drivers entered the January 24, 1959 Lady Wigram International Trophy by the December 20…13 Jan 1959BRM to appear in all NZ internationalsRon Flockhart said that provided the BRM holds together it would race at Wigram on January 24, Waimate on January 31…13 Jan 1959Three overseas drivers will compete at WigramOnly three overseas drivers accepted the Motor Racing Club's terms for the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy on January 24,…15 Jan 1959Late Wigram entryRoss Jensen, New Zealand's champion the previous season, made a late entry for the Lady Wigram Trophy on January 24,…17 Jan 1959Wigram scratchings: N.Z. car racing statusPeter Greenslade argues New Zealand had arrived in international racing: the Scuderia Buell Piccolo Maseratis and…22 Jan 1959Fifth International Lady Wigram Trophy race, Saturday January 24Motor Racing Club programme advertisement for the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy at RNZAF Station Wigram:…22 Jan 1959Lady Wigram Trophy: anyone's guessPreview of the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy: unlike recent years, the winner cannot dictate terms, and the…22 Jan 1959Flockhart and Brabham favouritesThe Press motoring correspondent R. M. Carr previews the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy: with only two overseas drivers, Ron…22 Jan 1959Trophy race entriesEntry list for the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy, a race of 150.236 miles, with 35 entries including Flockhart (BRM),…22 Jan 1959Overseas 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…22 Jan 1959Meet the top trophy driversProfiles of the main contenders for the January 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart (BRM, twice Le Mans winner,…24 Jan 1959Christchurch driver wins 50-mile sports car raceFrank Cantwell of Christchurch won the 50-mile sports car race, the premier event of the morning at the Lady Wigram…24 Jan 1959Desperate duel won by FlockhartRon Flockhart's BRM won the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy, setting a new race record (about 89 mph, 1hr 41min…24 Jan 1959Flockhart sets new Wigram lap recordIn practice on the evening before the race, Ron Flockhart (BRM) set a new Wigram lap record of 1min 21.6sec, about…26 Jan 1959Lady 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…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…28 Dec 1959Brabham to driveJack Brabham, 33, seemed highly likely to start in the January 23, 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy with his works 2.5-litre…28 Dec 1959Brabham to race here?Repeat of the December report that Jack Brabham was highly likely to race his works 2.5-litre Cooper-Climax in the…16 Jan 1960Either way, Coopers will winPeter Greenslade of the Star looks at the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy: Brabham and McLaren in the works 2.5-litre Coopers…19 Jan 1960Lap speeds to soar in Wigram battlePreview of the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy: the works Cooper-Climaxes of Jack Brabham and Bruce McLaren are in the box…19 Jan 1960Twenty-four in field after Friday eliminationElimination trials at Friday's training session will cut the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy field to 24 starters.20 Jan 1960Lady Wigram Trophy entry listList of 28 drivers entered for the 1960 international Lady Wigram Trophy when entries closed, with car numbers, home…21 Jan 1960Coopers should shatter Lady Wigram race recordThe Star predicts the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy will be the fastest ever, with Brabham and McLaren lapping near 97 mph…22 Jan 1960Mechanics race to prepare Brabham's carJack Brabham reached Christchurch from Australia to find his Cooper-Climax partly dismantled; his mechanic Tim Wall…21 Jan 1961Rain stops Wigram practice after fast lapsHeavy rain left several inches of water on the track and forced official practice for the Lady Wigram Trophy to be…19 Sep 1960When Stirling Moss comes... a 100 m.p.h. lap in Wigram racePeter Greenslade looks ahead to the January 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, recalling Morrie Proctor's first win at Wigram in…17 Jan 1961New Zealand producing many promising driversProfile of the New Zealand drivers expected at the January 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy: Pat Hoare (Ferrari, runner-up in…20 Jan 1961'Dry' week-end if weather persistsRain at Wigram dampened practice, with lap times about 10 seconds slower than dry.23 Jan 1961Big Wigram race: Brabham first, Moss secondJack Brabham won the 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy in a works Cooper in appalling weather, after staving off three serious…23 Jan 1961Brabham wins Lady Wigram TrophyReigning world champion Jack Brabham led from the first lap to win his second successive Lady Wigram Trophy, the race…14 Jan 1964Wigram plays big role in motor sportFeature on the Motor Racing Club's success since its founding more than ten years earlier in producing an…20 Jan 1966Jensen may be starter at WigramFormer NZ champion Syd Jensen of Palmerston North was to contest the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy in his newly acquired 2.5…19 Jan 1972Expense no object as Frank Matich prepares for WigramTwo-time Australian Grand Prix winner Frank Matich flew back to Sydney after the Levin race to have special suspension…29 Jan 1972McRae will keep on winningProfile of 31-year-old Graham McRae, nicknamed "Cassius", the dominant driver of the 1972 Tasman series and the New…

From the reports

• Syd Jensen made five fuel stops in the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy, one lasting 54 seconds. (21 Jan 1956)
• Challenge trophy winners at the 1956 Wigram meeting: Wilde Challenge Trophy (1500cc) S. Jensen; Brooklands Challenge Trophy (Motor Racing Club member) and Motor Assemblies Challenge Cup (New Zealand-built car) F. Shuter; Kennett Challenge Trophy (first New Zealand driver) S. H. Jensen. (23 Jan 1956)
• Winners of the 1956 trophies: Wilde Challenge Trophy (to 1500cc) S. H. Jensen; Brooklands Challenge Trophy and Motor Assemblies Challenge Cup (NZ-built car) F. Shuter; Kennett Challenge Trophy (first New Zealander) S. H. Jensen. (23 Jan 1956)
• Roycroft took pole for the 1957 Lady Wigram Trophy with an 87.56 mph practice lap, with Whitehead, Parnell and Brabham alongside and Gibbons, Syd Jensen and Gould on the second row. (26 Jan 1957)
• Class winners in the 1957 sports car race: up to 1500cc Brabham, up to 3000cc R. Jensen, unlimited Gibbons. (26 Jan 1957)
• Scott-Brown, disabled in his right hand, won in a Lister-Jaguar; Jensen was first New Zealander and Pat Hoare first Motor Racing Club member to finish. (25 Jan 1958)
• Before the July 1958 Pines Beach race, Ross Jensen and Bruce McLaren were already assured of first and second in the 1958 Gold Star standings. (15 Jul 1958)
• Only two New Zealanders, McLaren and Ross Jensen, received starting money in the 1959 international series. (21 Jan 1959)
• Syd Jensen finished seventh in the 1959 NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore in a 1500cc Cooper-Climax. (17 Jan 1959)
• Ross Jensen became the first New Zealander to win an international event in his own country with victories at Dunedin and Invercargill in 1958. (22 Jan 1959)
• Jensen drove a lightweight Maserati commissioned by the Santa Ana Automobile Club of El Salvador in 1959. (22 Jan 1959)
• The 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy front row was Flockhart (BRM, pole), Brabham (Cooper-Climax), McLaren (Cooper-Climax) and Ross Jensen (Maserati). (24 Jan 1959)

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