1953 Lady Wigram Trophy

  1953 Lady Wigram Grand Prix

Race details
3rd Lady Wigram Trophy
Date	28th February 1953
Location	Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course	Temporary racing facility
Course length	3.403 km (2.116 mi)
Distance	24 laps, 81.672 km (50.784 mi)
Weather	Fine
Pole position
Driver	Ron Roycroft	Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Time	Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver	Ron Roycroft	Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Time	1:34.0
Podium
First	Ron Roycroft	Alfa Romeo Tipo B
Second	George Smith	GeeCeeEss
Third	Frank Shuter	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	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	A40 Special / Austin 1200cc 4cyl			9
10		Frank Pope	Ford 10 Special / Ford 1168cc 4cyl			16
11		Max Winterbourn	MG TC / MG 1250cc 4cyl			11
12		Wally Darrell	Vauxhall Special / Vauxhall 1300cc 4cyl			12
13		Ron Paterson	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	RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c	12	Engine	17
Ret		Don Ransley	Ransley-Riley / Riley 2443cc 6cyl	5	Retired	13
Ret		Pat Hoare	RA Vauxhall / Vauxhall 1442cc 4cyl s/c	3	Engine	5
DNS		Des Wild	Alta / Alta 1961cc 4cyl		Did Not Start
DNS		John Jacobsen	V8 Special / Mercury 4013cc V8		Did Not Start
DNS		Vic Shuter	McMillan Special / Ford 3992cc V8		Did Not Start
DNS		Les Moore	Kieft C50 / Vincent 998cc V2 s/c		Did Not Start
DNS		Arnold Stafford	JBS-Norton / Norton 498cc 1cyl		Did Not Start
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