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.
| 1953 Lady Wigram Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Lady Wigram Trophy | |||
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| 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 |
| Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
| Time | Determined by heats | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ron Roycroft | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
| Time | 1:34.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
| Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
| Second |
| GeeCeeEss | |
| Third | Edelbrock Special | ||
Classification
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 |  Roy Roycroft
|
Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c | 24 | 38min 40.4sec | 1 |
| 2 | George Smith
|
GeeCeeEss / Mercury 4766cc V8 | 24 | 58.6 s | 2 | |
| 3 | Frank Shuter
|
Edelbrock Special / Ford 3992cc V8 | 24 | 1:59.8 s | 3 | |
| 4 | Ernie Sprague
|
Tucker-Ford / Mercury 4009cc V8 | 24 | 3:04.6 s | 4 | |
| 5 | Doug Haigh
|
Citroen Special / Citroen 1911cc 4cyl | 24 | 3:06.6 s | 6 | |
| 6 | Les Holden
|
Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl | 24 | 4:20.6 s | 8 | |
| 7 | Harold O'Neill
|
Chevrolet Special / Chevrolet 3885c 6cyl | 10 | |||
| 8 | Hec McLean
|
Cooper Mk II / JAP 1098cc V2 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Bill Crosbie
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A40 Special / Austin 1200cc 4cyl | 9 | |||
| 10 | Frank Pope
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Ford 10 Special / Ford 1168cc 4cyl | 16 | |||
| 11 | Max Winterbourn
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MG TC / MG 1250cc 4cyl | 11 | |||
| 12 | Wally Darrell
|
Vauxhall Special / Vauxhall 1300cc 4cyl | 12 | |||
| 13 | Ron Paterson
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Singer Special / Singer 972cc 4cyl s/c | 15 | |||
| Ret | Halsey Logan
|
HRG / Singer 1496cc 4cyl s/c | 15 | Crankshaft | 7 | |
| Ret | Bob Gibbons
|
Cooper Mk V / JAP 1098cc V2 | 13 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | Hec Green
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RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c | 12 | Engine | 17 | |
| Ret | Don Ransley
|
Ransley-Riley / Riley 2443cc 6cyl | 5 | Retired | 13 | |
| Ret | Pat Hoare
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RA Vauxhall / Vauxhall 1442cc 4cyl s/c | 3 | Engine | 5 | |
| DNS | Des Wild
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Alta / Alta 1961cc 4cyl | Did Not Start | |||
| DNS | John Jacobsen
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V8 Special / Mercury 4013cc V8 | Did Not Start | |||
| DNS | Vic Shuter
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McMillan Special / Ford 3992cc V8 | Did Not Start | |||
| DNS | Les Moore
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Kieft C50 / Vincent 998cc V2 s/c | Did Not Start | |||
| DNS | Arnold Stafford
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JBS-Norton / Norton 498cc 1cyl | Did Not Start | |||
| Source:[1] | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "3rd Lady Wigram Trophy". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 13 August 2016.