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Wayne Murdoch

Driver · 1969–1993 · from Otematata
8results
3wins
4podiums
1:29.9best Wigram lap (1982)
15clippings
Brabham 4Ford Falcon 2Holden Commodore 2Toyota Corolla 1Toyota 1Datsun 240Z 1Brabham 1500 1

Results

DateMeetingRacePosCarTimeSource
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Motor Racing Club championship (11 laps, 25 miles)1Brabham 1.5 litre15:04.4 fastest lap 1:36.818 Jan 1969, 20 Jan 1969
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Lady Wigram TrophyDNFBrabham Ford 1500 engine trouble20 Jan 1969
18 Jan 1969Wigram 1969Lady Wigram Trophy, first heat (1500cc cars)5Brabham Ford 150017:24.620 Jan 1969
20 Jan 1974Wigram 1974Castrol GTX (9 laps)1Ford Falcon GT21 Jan 1974
29 Jan 1989Wigram 1989Shell Group N saloon cars (Race 1)6Corolla30 Jan 1989
28 Jan 1990Ruapuna 1990Castrol Group N.Z. Saloon Car championship, Race 1 (10 laps)10Toyota GTFeb 1990
19 Jan 1992Wigram 1992Classic cars2Datsun 240Z20 Jan 1992
17 Jan 1993Wigram 1993Touring Cars (Race 1)1Commodore18 Jan 1993

Lap times and speeds

DateVenueCarTimeSpeedWhatSource
18 Jan 1969WigramBrabham 1.5 litre1:36.8fastest race lap · Motor Racing Club championshipclipping
18 Jan 1969WigramBrabham 15001:36.5fastest race lap · Motor Racing Club championshipclipping
20 Jan 1974WigramFord Falcon GT1:32.8qualifying · Castrol GTX Group 1 · fastest group one qualifierclipping
23 Jan 1982Wigram1:29.9qualifying · Shellsport saloon car championship · Timaru; fourth fastestclipping
17 Jan 1993WigramHolden Commodore1:31.02qualifying · Aztec NZ Touring Cars · grid 5clipping

Raced against most often

Graham McRae 2David Oxton 2Allan McCully 2Ken Smith 2David Slater 2Ray Wilson 2Louis Vandermeer 2Kelvin Cameron 1Lindsay Tosh 1Graham Baker 1John Stuart 1Jochen Rindt 1

In the clippings (15)

Race never so openPreview of the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy, said to be the most open ever with five men holding a good chance: Graham…Austrian driver sets Wigram lap record in heatGold Leaf Team Lotus laid a strong claim to the 15th Lady Wigram Trophy when world champion Graham Hill beat team-mate…Murdoch winsW. Murdoch (Brabham) won the Motor Racing Club championship for single-seaters and NZ-built specials, leading from the…Rindt wins hard-fought Wigram Trophy raceJochen Rindt won the 1969 Lady Wigram Trophy in a Lotus-Ford V8, 26 seconds ahead of team-mate Graham Hill, in record…Saloons and historic cars at WigramPreview of the saloon and support races at the 1974 NZ Grand Prix meeting at Wigram: Paul Fahey's new Cologne Capri V6…McRae needs 120 mph lap for pole positionDrivers wanting pole or front row for the 1974 NZ Grand Prix at Wigram would need a flying lap of about 120 mph in…Saloon races excitingClose, exciting saloon racing at Wigram on Sunday, with honours in the top three events shared by Graham Baker (PDL…McCormack wins his second NZ Grand PrixJohn McCormack (Australia) won the 100-mile New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram in his three-year-old Elfin MR5 Repco V8,…Scorching lap by OxtonDavid Oxton's Ralt RT4 set a scorching pace in first practice for the 1982 Lady Wigram Trophy, with 1:10.6 bettering…North-South battle at Wigram on SundayPreviews the saloon, Shellsport, Formula Ford, Laser, production and motorcycle races at the 1983 Wigram meeting.Motor racing results: Wigram, Benson and Hedges International meetingPartial results from the 29 January 1989 Wigram meeting: Peter Jackson Formula Pacific heat and Lady Wigram Trophy…Results - RuapunaFull results with fastest laps from the Ruapuna Peter Jackson meeting of 27-28 January 1990: Formula Pacific heat and…Provisional results from the Lady Wigram Trophy raceProvisional results of the supporting classes and heats at the 1992 Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, including Group N,…Baird puts himself on the line to gain pole positionCraig Baird won pole position for the 1993 Lady Wigram Trophy, 8/10ths of a second faster than Stuart Crow and Steve…Baird puts Verstappen behind him at WigramCraig Baird won the Lady Wigram Trophy and the preliminary heat at Wigram, his third Trophy win, moving to the head of…

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)

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