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Spencer Martin

Driver · 1966–1970 · from Australia
4results
2wins
3podiums
1:27best Wigram lap (1966)
26clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Lady Wigram Trophy, heat 1 (25 miles, 11 laps)3Brabham-Climax 2.517:15.522 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +2
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Gold Leaf all-comers saloon, second heat1Ferrari 250LM22 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Gold Leaf all-comers saloon, final (7 laps)1Ferrari 250LM11:19.122 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3
22 Jan 1966Wigram 1966Lady Wigram Trophy (100 miles, 44 laps)4Brabham-Climax 2.51:05:02.722 Jan 1966, 22 Jan 1966 +3

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
22 Jan 1966WigramBrabham1:27practice · Lady Wigram Trophy first practice (unofficial), just underclipping
22 Jan 1966WigramFerrari 250LM1:36.8lap record · Gold Leaf all-comers saloon final (new saloon lap record)clipping
22 Jan 1966WigramFerrari 250LM1:39fastest race lap · Second all-comers heatclipping
17 Jan 1970WigramFerrari GT86.08 mphlap record · Reputed Wigram record for a closed car, set some years earlier; a Ferrari grand touring car, not a true saloonclipping

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In the clippings (26)

Best entry yet for Wigram raceMotor Racing Club president J. A. Brewer announced the best-ever entry for the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy: factory…Jim Clark to defend Wigram TrophyEntries for the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy had not yet closed but a first-class field was assured for the 100-mile race…Pukekohe form no guideChristchurch Star preview of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy argues that the Pukekohe Grand Prix (won by Graham Hill) was…Wigram could be most vital raceAfter Richard Attwood's surprise win in the Levin Gold Leaf International in the No.Motor Racing Club presents 12th International Lady Wigram Trophy RaceProgramme and advertisement for the 12th Lady Wigram Trophy meeting at Wigram on Saturday 22 January 1966, with times…This should be the most keenly contested battlePreview of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy arguing that the entry makes it the most keenly contested in the event's…Can Clark complete Wigram 'double'?Technical preview of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy following the Grand Prix start-line debacle in which Clark stripped…President's messageMotor Racing Club president J. A. Brewer welcomes crowds and competitors to the twelfth International Lady Wigram…Saloon car racing big crowd-pleaser to-dayFeature on NZ saloon racing's popularity, describing three categories (standard production, Group 2 near-standard and…Spencer Martin profileProfile of 25-year-old Australian Spencer Martin of Scuderia Veloce (David McKay): started with a home-built…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…Stewart sets record in first runIn the first practice session for the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy, BRM driver Jackie Stewart set an unofficial record of…Week-end activity headed by car racingWeekend sports preview: the Lady Wigram International Trophy race is the star attraction on Saturday's sports…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…Saloon event to AustralianSpencer Martin's Ferrari won the seven-lap Gold Leaf all-comers saloon final from David Simpson's Lotus Anglia and…Stewart and Attwood give BRM one-two winBRM drivers Jackie Stewart and Dickie Attwood ran away with the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy from lap four after their two…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…Palmer and Martin duelPhoto of Jim Palmer and Spencer Martin battling during the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy: it was taken in the twenty-seventh…Palmer's third was not luckSuggestions that Jim Palmer was lucky to beat Spencer Martin for third in the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy were disproved:…Christchurch Lady Wigram TrophyMagazine-style review of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy: a BRM one-two (Stewart, Attwood) after a lap-4 shunt between…Four break 100 m.p.h. barrier in practiceFour drivers broke 100 mph and several more were close in the first practice session for the 1970 Lady Wigram Trophy.McRae breaks lap record in preliminary race at WigramWellington's Graham McRae gave notice of his Lady Wigram Trophy intentions by winning the five-lap, 11.5-mile…

From the reports

  • A 250LM Ferrari entered by Scuderia Veloce for Spencer Martin was expected to add spice to the 1966 Wigram sports and saloon races and might be the fastest car there. (17 Dec 1965)
  • Spencer Martin won the Pukekohe sports car race in the Scuderia Veloce 250LM Ferrari and was accepted for the saloon category at Wigram. (15 Jan 1966)
  • Martin's 250LM Ferrari was expected to lap Wigram almost as quickly as the single-seater Tasman cars. (18 Jan 1966)
  • Spencer Martin won the 1965 NSW road racing championship, Governors' Trophy and Queensland Tourist Trophy. (19 Jan 1966)
  • Martin scored 12 wins and two seconds in 16 saloon starts in a Holden in 1962. (19 Jan 1966)
  • Heat 1 of the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy was to include Clark, Attwood, Martin, Buchanan, Lawrence, Riley, Caldwell, Gillum and Dawson; heat 2 Stewart, Gardner, Marwood, Hollier, Sager, Levis, Palmer, Rhodes and Whittaker. (19 Jan 1966)
  • Spencer Martin and Palmer duelled for third; Palmer passed Martin on lap 27 after the Australian spun. (22 Jan 1966)
  • After three Tasman races in 1966 the points were: Stewart 15, Attwood 15, Palmer 10, G. Hill 9, Martin 7, Clark 6, Marwood 4, Buchanan 2, Hegan 2, Sager 1, Dawson 1. (24 Jan 1966)
  • Spencer Martin set a new Wigram saloon lap record of 1:36.8 in the 250LM Ferrari in the all-comers final in January 1966. (24 Jan 1966)
  • After Wigram, Stewart and Attwood shared the Tasman Championship lead on 15 points each; Palmer had 10 and Hill, Martin and Clark were next. (24 Jan 1966)
  • Jim Palmer passed Spencer Martin on a straight at Wigram in the 1966 Lady Wigram Trophy; Martin spun later in an attempt to repass. (27 Jan 1966)

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