1953 Lady Wigram Trophy

December 2018 December 2018 CUST 3rd Lady Wigram Trophy Lady Wigram New Zealand Wigram_Airfield_Circuit_map.png Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand 28 February 1953 Temporary racing facility 2.116 3.403 24 50.784 81.672 Fine Ron Roycroft NZL Alfa Romeo Tipo B Determined by heats Ron Roycroft Alfa Romeo Tipo B 1:34.0 NZL Ron Roycroft NZL Alfa Romeo Tipo B George Smith NZL GeeCeeEss Frank Shuter NZL Edelbrock SpecialThe 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 NZL Ron Roycroft Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c 24 38min 40.4sec 1 2 44 NZL George Smith GeeCeeEss / Mercury 4766cc V8 24 + 58.6 s 2 3 1 NZL Frank Shuter Edelbrock Special / Ford 3992cc V8 24 + 1:59.8 s 3 4 NZL Ernie Sprague Tucker-Ford / Mercury 4009cc V8 24 + 3:04.6 s 4 5 18 NZL Doug Haigh Citroen Special / Citroen 1911cc 4cyl 24 + 3:06.6 s 6 6 6 NZL Les Holden Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl 24 + 4:20.6 s 8 7 NZL Harold O'Neill Chevrolet Special / Chevrolet 3885c 6cyl 10 8 16 NZL Hec McLean Cooper Mk II / JAP 1098cc V2 14 9 NZL Bill Crosbie A40 Special / Austin 1200cc 4cyl 9 10 15 NZL Frank Pope Ford 10 Special / Ford 1168cc 4cyl 16 11 23 NZL Max Winterbourn MG TC / MG 1250cc 4cyl 11 12 13 NZL Wally Darrell Vauxhall Special / Vauxhall 1300cc 4cyl 12 13 NZL Ron Paterson Singer Special / Singer 972cc 4cyl s/c 15 Ret NZL Halsey Logan HRG / Singer 1496cc 4cyl s/c 15 Crankshaft 7 Ret 21 NZL Bob Gibbons Cooper Mk V / JAP 1098cc V2 13 Engine 18 Ret 12 NZL Hec Green RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c 12 Engine 17 Ret 2 NZL Don Ransley Ransley-Riley / Riley 2443cc 6cyl 5 Retired 13 Ret 7 NZL Pat Hoare RA Vauxhall / Vauxhall 1442cc 4cyl s/c 3 Engine 5 DNS 3 NZL Des Wild Alta / Alta 1961cc 4cyl Did Not Start DNS NZL John Jacobsen V8 Special / Mercury 4013cc V8 Did Not Start DNS NZL Vic Shuter McMillan Special / Ford 3992cc V8 Did Not Start DNS NZL Les Moore Kieft C50 / Vincent 998cc V2 s/c Did Not Start DNS NZL Arnold Stafford JBS-Norton / Norton 498cc 1cyl Did Not Start Source: http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/other1953.html 3rd Lady Wigram Trophy sergent.com.au 2016-08-13 References Lady Wigram Trophy 1952 Lady Wigram Trophy 1953 1954 Lady Wigram Trophy Category:Lady Wigram Trophy Lady Category:February 1953 sports events in Oceania