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Roy Harrington

Driver · 1974–1983 · from Auckland
3results
1wins
3podiums
12clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
19 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Castrol GTA championship, Groups 2 and 33Fiat 12419 Jan 1974, 22 Jan 1974
24 Jan 1982Wigram 1982NZ Shellsport Series race225 Jan 1982
23 Jan 1983Wigram 1983Shellsport national 2 litre saloons1Escort TC double-points race24 Jan 1983

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In the clippings (12)

Fiats dominate group two saloonsFiats took the first five places in the Group 2 Castrol GTX saloon race at Wigram.Wigram resultsFull results of the 1974 New Zealand Grand Prix and Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram, won by John McCormack (Elfin…Two Datsuns for CookAucklander Reg Cook prepared two Datsuns, a new two-litre 160J and a 1300cc 1200 coupe, to win the 1979 Shellsport…Shellsport getting better all the timePreview of the Shellsport two-litre saloon championship at Wigram 1980: Reg Cook found it harder to win with his…Local drivers no match for BrazilianBrazilian Roberto Moreno won the 1982 Lady Wigram Trophy and the Aurora Formula Pacific championship, leading both…North-South battle at Wigram on SundayPreviews the saloon, Shellsport, Formula Ford, Laser, production and motorcycle races at the 1983 Wigram meeting.Crowe, Tulloch outstanding in big-saloon eventsTrevor Crowe and Inky Tulloch shared the honours in the big-saloon races at the 1983 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting.Saloon cars are still crowd-pleasersPreview of the supporting races at the 1984 Just Juice Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: OSCA big-banger rounds, the new ANZ…Veteran set for series winVeteran Auckland driver Ken Smith, 42, looked set to win the 1984 Just Juice Formula Pacific series ending at Wigram,…Full field for saloon spectacularPreview of the saloon-car races at the 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: the new ANZ Bank touring car championship,…Sprague extends lead in touring car championshipGary Sprague (Tauranga, Ford Falcon) won the 50 km ANZ Bank national touring car championship race at Wigram,…Battles for supporting race titlesReview of the supporting races at the 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting: Gary Sprague's Falcon won the ANZ Bank Touring…

From the reports

  • Shellsport points before the 1983 Wigram round: Cook 81, Harrington 49, Burt 34, Murdoch 24, Marsh 20, Stoneman 17. (21 Jan 1983)
  • Roy Harrington won the double-points Shellsport 2 litre saloon race at Wigram in 1983 in his Escort TC, after Reg Cook's Datsun Sunny developed a gearbox fault. (24 Jan 1983)

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