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Tom Clark

Driver · 1957–1959 · from Auckland
Also printed as: Tom Clarke
1results
P9best finish
1:27.2best Wigram lap (1959)
18clippings

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
24 Jan 1959Wigram 1959Lady Wigram Trophy (71 laps, 150.236 miles)9Ferrari Super Squalo62 laps stopped to clear paper from radiator26 Jan 1959

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
26 Jan 1957WigramH.W.M.1:33practice · Lady Wigram Trophyclipping
24 Jan 1959WigramFerrari Super Squalo1:27.2qualifying · Lady Wigram Trophy practice · grid 5clipping

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In the clippings (18)

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…N.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…Peter 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…Permission 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…Thrilling 120 m.p.h. car racing to be seen at SouthbridgeThe new Southbridge circuit of more than four miles, roughly rectangular with two dog-legs and a main straight over a…Notable absentees from Wigram entriesTwenty-two New Zealand drivers entered the January 24, 1959 Lady Wigram International Trophy by the December 20…Wigram scratchings: N.Z. car racing statusPeter Greenslade argues New Zealand had arrived in international racing: the Scuderia Buell Piccolo Maseratis and…Fifth International Lady Wigram Trophy race, Saturday January 24Motor Racing Club programme advertisement for the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy at RNZAF Station Wigram:…Lady Wigram Trophy: anyone's guessPreview of the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy: unlike recent years, the winner cannot dictate terms, and the…Wigram Trophy: an open contestThe best field ever lined up for the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy: five or six entrants could win.Desperate duel won by FlockhartRon Flockhart's BRM won the fifth international Lady Wigram Trophy, setting a new race record (about 89 mph, 1hr 41min…Flockhart on job at startLap-by-lap account of the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy: Flockhart took pole in the BRM with Brabham, McLaren and Ross…Flockhart 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…Lady 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…R. Flockhart wins Wigram Trophy: fast time and thrilling finishFor the fifth year in five races a British driver won the Lady Wigram Trophy: Ron Flockhart's BRM beat Jack Brabham's…More 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…McRae will keep on winningProfile of 31-year-old Graham McRae, nicknamed "Cassius", the dominant driver of the 1972 Tasman series and the New…Driving ambition revs through Rob WilsonColin Bryant profiles New Zealander Rob Wilson, who went to England eight years earlier penniless, played guitar in…

From the reports

  • Tom Clark's firm Crown Lynn Potteries sponsored McRae's European Formula 5000 racing. (29 Jan 1972)
  • McRae had a 140 mph crash at Hockenheim, where Jim Clark died, and suffered burnt hands. (29 Jan 1972)

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