1958 Lady Wigram Trophy

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1958 Lady Wigram Grand Prix
7th Lady Wigram Trophy
Race details
Date 25 January 1958
Location Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course Temporary racing facility
Course length 3.403 km (2.116 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 241.77 km (150.23 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver Lister 57/1
Time Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Archie Scott Brown Lister 57/1
Time 1:27.5
Podium
First Lister 57/1
Second
  • New Zealand Ross Jensen
Maserati 250F
Third Connaught B-Type

The 1958 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 25 January 1958. It was the seventh Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Archie Scott Brown in the Lister 57/1. This would prove to be one of Scott Brown's last victories before his untimely death at Spa-Francorchamps later that year.

Classification[edit]

Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Grid
1 United Kingdom Archie Scott Brown Lister 57/1 / Jaguar 3781cc 6cyl 71 1hr 47min 33.4sec 1
2 New Zealand Ross Jensen Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 71 + 45.1 s 3
3 United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans Connaught B-Type / Alta 2470cc 4cyl 71 + 1:38.3 s 2
4 New Zealand Pat Hoare Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 2996cc 4cyl 69 + 2 Laps 7
5 New Zealand Merv Mayo Cooper T41 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl 67 + 4 Laps
6 Australia Arnold Glass Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 3431cc 4cyl 66 + 5 Laps
7 New Zealand Duncan Rutherford Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl
8 New Zealand Ron Roycroft Ferrari 375 / Ferrari 4493cc V12
9 New Zealand Gavin Quirk Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl
10 New Zealand Ralph Watson Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl
11 New Zealand Bob Gibbons Jaguar D-Type / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl
Ret New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper T43 / Climax 1750cc 4cyl 66 Gearbox 4
Ret Australia Jack Brabham Cooper T43 / Climax 2249cc 4cyl 29 Gearbox
Ret United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught B-Type / Alta 2470cc 4cyl Retired
Ret New Zealand Frank Cantwell Tojeiro 3/56 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl Tyre 6
United Kingdom Dick Gibson Cooper T43 / Climax 1496cc 4cyl
New Zealand Ken Harris Ferrari 750 Monza / Ferrari 2999cc 4cyl
New Zealand Merv Neil Cooper T39 / Climax 1498cc 4cyl
New Zealand Frank Shuter Maserati 8CLT-50 / Maserati 2984cc 8cyl s/c
New Zealand Ernie Sprague Maserati 4CLT-48 / Maserati 1498cc 4cyl s/c
New Zealand Graham Pierce Austin-Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl
New Zealand Arthur Kennard Healey-Corvette / Chevrolet 4342cc V8
New Zealand Ian Mackellar Cooper T39 / Climax 1098cc 4cyl
New Zealand Geoff Mardon RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c
New Zealand Bruce Wood Staride 52 / JAP 497cc 1cyl
New Zealand Wally Darrell ACE III / Ford 2584cc 6cyl
Source:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "7th Lady Wigram Trophy". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Lady Wigram Trophy
1958
Succeeded by