Tom Gloy

Lady Wigram Trophy winner: 1977 (Tui BH2-Ford BDA). All winners →

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In the clippings (28)

17 Jan 1977For Tom, a hot, hard hour of workRussell Jones spends the Teretonga race day with American driver Tom Gloy (Tui), who needed a win to keep his series…8 Dec 197620 for motor-racing seriesJohn Fridd previews the January 1977 Peter Stuyvesant series, now run for Formula Pacific (1600cc, mainly Ford BDA)…27 Jan 1977Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting 1977, fifth and final roundAdvertisement and programme for the 1977 Wigram meeting on Sunday 30 January, final round of the Peter Stuyvesant…27 Jan 1977Drivers in the seriesProfiles of the drivers contesting the 1977 Peter Stuyvesant series for Formula Pacific cars ahead of the 30 January…27 Jan 1977Wigram race promises to be excitingRussell Jones previews the 1977 Wigram round, the last of the Stuyvesant series, now run for evenly matched Formula…27 Jan 1977Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting 1977, fifth and final roundAdvertisement and programme for the 1977 Wigram meeting on Sunday 30 January, final round of the Peter Stuyvesant…27 Jan 1977New names and new cars for WigramPreview of the 23rd Lady Wigram Memorial Trophy race, fifth and final round of the $60,000 Peter Stuyvesant series,…27 Jan 1977Fine tuning makes the differenceExplains why Saturday practice and qualifying matter at Wigram: choosing gear ratios against the Christchurch…27 Jan 1977Winning still Rosberg's gameKeke Rosberg clinched the 1977 Peter Stuyvesant series by winning the fourth round at Teretonga, having won three of…28 Jan 1977Different pattern on Sunday?Peter Greenslade says Wigram's longer, faster circuit could change the pattern seen in earlier Stuyvesant rounds.29 Jan 1977Flying without a wing?Russell Jones reports Keke Rosberg, already series winner, may gamble on running without a rear wing at Wigram to…29 Jan 1977Gloy impressive in Wigram qualifying trialsA moderate crowd watched the first of three qualifying sessions for the 1977 Lady Wigram Trophy.29 Jan 1977Rosberg: you follow me, chaps!Peter Greenslade analyses Keke Rosberg's qualifying approach in the 1977 series: pole at Teretonga (56.4 sec for the…29 Jan 1977Rosberg wins pole spotKeke Rosberg (Chevron B34) qualified fastest for the Lady Wigram Trophy with a lap of 71.2 sec (179.017 km/h, 111.236…29 Jan 1977Lady Wigram special: international driversProfiles of the drivers in the 1977 Lady Wigram Trophy from eight countries, including Finn Mikko Kozarowitzky (the…29 Jan 197724 to race in last series raceLine-up of 24 starters from New Zealand, Australia, Britain, the USA, Finland, Jamaica, Hong Kong and Indonesia for…29 Jan 1977PhotoRosberg, Kozarowitzky and Nicholson make final checks before practice for the Lady Wigram Trophy, and Tom Gloy shares…29 Jan 1977Museum piece wins its last raceWigram was the last serious race for Tom Gloy's eight-year-old Tui, designed and built by Allan McCall, which will go…31 Jan 1977Gloy wins at Wigram but Rosberg still fastest in seriesTom Gloy (Tui) won the 44-lap, 160 km Lady Wigram Trophy, last round of the 1977 Stuyvesant series, after Keke…31 Jan 1977The luckiest manGraham Baker, one of the unluckiest Stuyvesant drivers, considers himself lucky after sliding his Birrana off in…31 Jan 1977Puncture costs Rosberg Lady Wigram TrophyStephen Stuart reports that Keke Rosberg, from pole, led out but a slow puncture in the right front tyre of his…17 Nov 1979Wigram in Pacific eventThe 1980 Lady Wigram Trophy race was to count as a round of the new Pacific Region Championships, with Pukekohe (NZ…26 Jan 1981South 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…26 Jan 1981South 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…23 Jan 1984Davy Jones youngest Lady Wigram Trophy winnerAmerican Davy Jones, of Syracuse, became the youngest winner of the Lady Wigram Trophy in 1984.29 Nov 1984Classic racing battlesHistorical feature ahead of the December 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy, recalling the race as New Zealand's…29 Nov 1984Two young Americans destined for the topPreview of the 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy field featuring two young Americans, Davy Jones and Ross Cheever, who share a…24 Jan 1990The trophy winnersTable of Lady Wigram Trophy race winners and their cars from 1949 to 1989; there was no race in 1955.

From the reports

• Tom Gloy finished third at Teretonga in 1977. (17 Jan 1977)
• Rosberg had 29 points and Tom Gloy 16 in the 1977 series before the Wigram round. (28 Jan 1977)
• A strong north-easterly hampered the 1977 Wigram qualifying sessions and favoured Gloy's smaller-fronted Tui. (29 Jan 1977)
• Tom Gloy's Tui, built by Allan McCall, won the 1977 Lady Wigram Trophy and then went to a motoring museum. (29 Jan 1977)
• Tom Gloy won the 1977 Lady Wigram Trophy, a 44-lap, 160 km race, after Keke Rosberg's slow puncture. (31 Jan 1977)
• Graham Baker crashed his Birrana in Wigram practice in January 1977 after losing steering in the turbulence behind Tom Gloy's Tui. (31 Jan 1977)
• Formula Pacific replaced Formula 5000 as New Zealand's premier single-seater formula in 1977, and American Tom Gloy won the inaugural Wigram Formula Pacific race. (29 Nov 1984)
• Tom Gloy won the first Wigram race for Formula Pacific cars in 1977. (29 Nov 1984)

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