1953 Lady Wigram Trophy

1953 Lady Wigram Grand Prix
3rd Lady Wigram Trophy
Race details
Date 28 February 1953
Location Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course Temporary racing facility
Course length 3.403 km (2.116 miles)
Distance 24 laps, 81.672 km (50.784 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver
  • New Zealand Ron Roycroft
 Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Time Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Ron Roycroft Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Time 1:34.0
Podium
First
  • New Zealand Ron Roycroft
 Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Second
  • New Zealand George Smith
 GeeCeeEss
Third
Edelbrock Special

The 1953 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 28 February 1953. It was the third Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Ron Roycroft in the Alfa Romeo Tipo B. This was the third straight win for the Tipo B car and Roycroft completed the weekend in dominant fashion achieving pole position and the fastest lap as well as the race win.

Classification

Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Grid
1 19 New Zealand Roy Roycroft Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c 24 38min 40.4sec 1
2 New Zealand George Smith GeeCeeEss / Mercury 4766cc V8 24 + 58.6 s 2
3 New Zealand Frank Shuter Edelbrock Special / Ford 3992cc V8 24 + 1:59.8 s 3
4 New Zealand Ernie Sprague Tucker-Ford / Mercury 4009cc V8 24 + 3:04.6 s 4
5 New Zealand Doug Haigh Citroen Special / Citroen 1911cc 4cyl 24 + 3:06.6 s 6
6 New Zealand Les Holden Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl 24 + 4:20.6 s 8
7 New Zealand Harold O'Neill Chevrolet Special / Chevrolet 3885c 6cyl 10
8 New Zealand Hec McLean Cooper Mk II / JAP 1098cc V2 14
9 New Zealand Bill Crosbie A40 Special / Austin 1200cc 4cyl 9
10 New Zealand Frank Pope Ford 10 Special / Ford 1168cc 4cyl 16
11 New Zealand Max Winterbourn MG TC / MG 1250cc 4cyl 11
12 New Zealand Wally Darrell Vauxhall Special / Vauxhall 1300cc 4cyl 12
13 New Zealand Ron Paterson Singer Special / Singer 972cc 4cyl s/c 15
Ret New Zealand Halsey Logan HRG / Singer 1496cc 4cyl s/c 15 Crankshaft 7
Ret New Zealand Bob Gibbons Cooper Mk V / JAP 1098cc V2 13 Engine 18
Ret New Zealand Hec Green RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c 12 Engine 17
Ret New Zealand Don Ransley Ransley-Riley / Riley 2443cc 6cyl 5 Retired 13
Ret New Zealand Pat Hoare RA Vauxhall / Vauxhall 1442cc 4cyl s/c 3 Engine 5
DNS New Zealand Des Wild Alta / Alta 1961cc 4cyl Did Not Start
DNS New Zealand John Jacobsen V8 Special / Mercury 4013cc V8 Did Not Start
DNS New Zealand Vic Shuter McMillan Special / Ford 3992cc V8 Did Not Start
DNS New Zealand Les Moore Kieft C50 / Vincent 998cc V2 s/c Did Not Start
DNS New Zealand Arnold Stafford JBS-Norton / Norton 498cc 1cyl Did Not Start
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "3rd Lady Wigram Trophy". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Lady Wigram Trophy
1953 		Succeeded by