1956 Lady Wigram Trophy

  1956 Lady Wigram Grand Prix

Race details
5th Lady Wigram Trophy
Date	21st January 1956
Location	Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand
Course	Temporary racing facility
Course length	3.403 km (2.116 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 241.77 km (150.23 mi)
Weather	Fine
Pole position
Driver	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 500/750S
Time	Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 500/750S
Time	1:29.5
Podium
First	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 500/750S
Second	Tony Gaze	Ferrari 500/750S
Third	Leslie Marr	Connaught B-Type

The 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 21 January 1956. It was the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Peter Whitehead in the Ferrari 500/750S. This was Whitehead's second Lady Wigram Trophy victory in succession and was another international podium lockout with Tony Gaze once again finishing second and Leslie Marr finishing third.

Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Grid
1		Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 500/750S / Ferrari 2968cc 4cyl	71	1hr 48min 00.3sec	1
2		Tony Gaze	Ferrari 500/750S / Ferrari 2968cc 4cyl	71	+ 18.3 s	3
3		Leslie Marr	Connaught B-Type / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl	71	+ 1:35.3 s	2
4		Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3R / Aston 2996cc 6cyl	71	+ 5:14.9 s	4
5		Syd Jensen	Cooper Mk IX / Norton 530cc 1cyl	71	+ 5:51.4 s	5
6		Frank Shuter	Cadillac Special / Cadillac 5200cc V8	71	+ 8:08.8 s	15
7		Roy Roycroft	Bugatti-Jaguar / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl	71	+ 9:05.2 s	6
8		Ron Frost	Cooper Mk IX / Norton 530cc 1cyl	71	+ 10:27.9 s	7
9		Ross Jensen	Austin-Healy 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl	71	+ 13:12.3 s	13
10		Arthur Moffatt	Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl	68	+ 3 Laps	16
11		Ray Archibald	Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl	68	+ 3 Laps	9
12		Jim Boyd	Buckler Mk VI / Ford 1172cc 4cyl s/c	65	+ 6 Laps	14
Ret		Tom Clark	Maserati 8CM / Maserati 2992cc 8cyl s/c		Engine	8
Ret		David McKay	Aston Martin DB3S / Aston 2996cc 6cyl		Retired	10
Ret		Pat Hoare	Maserati 4CLT-48 / Maserati 1498cc 4cyl s/c		Retired	11
Ret		Tom Sulman	Aston Martin DB3S / Aston 2996cc 6cyl		Retired	12
Ret		Arnold Stafford	Cooper Mk IX / Norton 530cc 1cyl		Retired	17
Ret		Ray Drew	Cooper Mk IX / Norton 498cc 1cyl		Retired	18
Ret		Allan Freeman	Talbot-Lago 26C / Talbot 4485cc 6cyl		Retired	19
Ret		Wally Darrell	ACE II / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl		Retired	20
Ret		John McMillan	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c		Retired	21
DNA		Ronnie Moore	Cooper Mk V / Vincent 998cc V2		Did Not Attend
DNA		Les Moore	Kieft C50 / Vincent 998cc V2 s/c		Did Not Attend
DNA		John Horton	HWM / Alta 1960cc 4cyl s/c		Did Not Attend
DNA		Fred Zambucka	Maserati 8CLT-50 / Maserati 2984cc 8cyl s/c		Did Not Attend
DNA		George Smith	GeeCeeEss / Mercury 4071cc V8		Did Not Attend
Source:[1]

References

1. "5th Lady Wigram Trophy". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 2016-08-14.