Tony Gaze

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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…31 Dec 1953Motor race at Wigram: world's leading cars enteredKen Wharton (B.R.M.), Tony Gaze (H.W.M.) and Peter Whitehead (Ferrari) will race in the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy at…25 Jan 1954Overseas cars for Wigram racePhotographs of the British H.W.M. (to be driven by F. O. A. Gaze) and the Italian Ferrari (driven by owner Peter…27 Jan 1954Mechanic working on H.W.M. racing carA mechanic works on the supercharged 2-litre H.W.M.29 Jan 1954Overseas drivers should do best in trophy raceKen Wharton (B.R.M.), Peter Whitehead (supercharged 2.4-litre Ferrari) and Tony Gaze (H.W.M.) are expected to lead the…3 Feb 1954International Lady Wigram Trophy race, 100 milesAdvertisement for the International Lady Wigram Trophy, 100 miles, at Wigram on Saturday 6 February 1954, featuring…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 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…8 Feb 1954Wigram car race to P. WhiteheadPeter Whitehead, English woolbroker and farmer, won the fastest car race ever run in the South Island, the 48-lap,…8 Feb 1954The winners and the man who pushed his car homePhoto montage of the 1954 Lady Wigram Trophy: Peter Whitehead's Ferrari winning, Tony Gaze's H.W.M.8 Feb 1954Whitehead wins Wigram Trophy: B.R.M. breaks down near finishAt least 15,000 saw the fastest car race ever run in the South Island.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…19 Nov 1955Famous drivers enter for N.Z. motor racesPreview of the third NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore on 7 January 1956, with 42 entries including Stirling Moss (his own…24 Nov 1955Top cars, drivers in Lady Wigram raceOrganisers announced the leading overseas entries for the January 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy, with overseas manufacturers…24 Nov 1955Wigram motor races: English entries confirmedCabled advice from the Racing Drivers' Club secretary Desmond Scannell confirmed Reg Parnell, Leslie Marr, Peter…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 Dec 1955Motor-racing at Wigram: six more entries confirmedSix more entries were confirmed for the Lady Wigram International Trophy race, including Zambucka, Jensen, R.14 Jan 1956Motor racing at Wigram: drivers to arrive on Monday; Parnell to race Grand Prix Aston MartinSix overseas entrants (Parnell, Marr, Gaze and Whitehead from England; Mackay and Sulman from Australia) were to fly…14 Jan 1956Mechanical trouble dogging favourite in Lady Wigram raceTony Gaze's 3-litre Ferrari was suffering periodic loss of speed since the New Zealand Grand Prix, and mechanics were…17 Jan 1956New Zealanders could be threat in car raceMechanic Stan Elsworth, who looks after the Whitehead and Gaze Ferraris, predicted the Lady Wigram Trophy would be the…17 Jan 1956Car drivers would like drains sealedOverseas drivers were unhappy about the apron drains at Wigram, which Tony Gaze called dangerous and said could make a…18 Jan 1956Delay in shipment of cars for Wigram raceShipping delays on the Navua, which reached Lyttelton at 12.30 p.m.18 Jan 1956English racing drivers arrive from AucklandParnell, Gaze and Whitehead arrived in Christchurch after a North Island holiday and were welcomed by Hume Christie…19 Jan 1956Racing cars arrive: bodywork damaged in transitThe Ferraris of Tony Gaze and Peter Whitehead were dented in transit from Auckland and sent to city panelbeaters…20 Jan 195624 cars entered in Lady Wigram Trophy raceTwenty-four cars would face the starter for the 71-lap Lady Wigram Trophy.21 Jan 1956Keen racing expected for Lady Wigram TrophyWith six overseas drivers entered, the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy looked one of the keenest ever on the two-mile Wigram…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…21 Jan 1956British driver wins Wigram Trophy racePhotographs of the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy: the start with Gaze, Marr and Whitehead on the front row, Whitehead…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…26 Jan 1956British motor racing stars' fine exhibitionsAn editorial-style review of the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy, praising Peter Whitehead's repeat win over Tony Gaze and the…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…22 Jan 1959Wigram has seen famous overseas driversR. M. Carr notes that four overseas drivers who raced in the Wigram internationals were later killed: Ken Wharton…

From the reports

• Practice laps at Wigram in 1954: Wharton 1min 23.5sec, Whitehead 1min 26sec, Gaze 1min 26.5sec, Zambucka 1min 33.3sec, Archibald 1min 33.8sec. (8 Feb 1954)
• Whitehead's Cooper-Jaguar and Gaze's Jaguar-HWM had never been raced in Australia or New Zealand. (24 Nov 1955)
• In the 1956 Wigram sports car race Tony Gaze roared away in reverse at the Le Mans start and had to change gear before chasing the leaders. (21 Jan 1956)
• Gaze's fastest lap of the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy was 1:26.7 on his 18th lap; the race was run in a strong easterly. (21 Jan 1956)
• Whitehead and Gaze lapped steadily in the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy; Gaze led only on laps three, six and seven. (23 Jan 1956)
• Tony Gaze set a new Wigram lap record of 1:26.7 (88 mph) on lap 18 of the 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy. (23 Jan 1956)
• Whitehead averaged about 84 mph; at half distance he led Gaze by 10 seconds, Marr by 48 seconds and Parnell by 2 minutes 10 seconds. (23 Jan 1956)
• Roycroft's fastest practice lap in 1957 of 1:27 was about 87 mph, 0.3 seconds slower than Tony Gaze's 1956 lap record. (26 Jan 1957)
• Wigram was notoriously heavy on tyres; in 1956 Parnell, Whitehead and Gaze only just finished 150 miles without stopping for fuel and tyres. (26 Jan 1957)

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