1959 Lady Wigram Trophy

  1959 Lady Wigram Grand Prix

Race details
8th Lady Wigram Trophy
Date	24th January 1959
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	Ron Flockhart	BRM P25
Time	Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver	Ron Flockhart	BRM P25
Time	1:22.2
Podium
First	Ron Flockhart	BRM P25
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper T45
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper T45

The 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 24 January 1959. It was the eighth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Ron Flockhart in the BRM P25.

Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Grid
1		Ron Flockhart	BRM P25 / BRM 2497cc 4cyl	71	1hr 41min 04.0sec	1
2		Jack Brabham	Cooper T45 / Climax 2202cc 4cyl	71	+ 2.7 s	2
3		Bruce McLaren	Cooper T45 / Climax 1964cc 4cyl	69	+ 2 Laps	3
4		Syd Jensen	Cooper T45 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl	68	+ 3 Laps	5
5		Johnny Mansel	Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl	67	+ 4 Laps	7
6		Bob Gibbons	Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl	66	+ 5 Laps	9
7		Merv Neil	Cooper T45 / Climax 1960cc 4cyl			17
8		Len Gilbert	Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Bristol 1971cc 6cyl			10
9		Tom Clark	Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 3431cc 4cyl			6
10		Ken Harris	Ferrari 750 Monza / Ferrari 2999cc 4cyl			27
11		Jim Palmer	Lotus 11 / Climax 1098cc 4cyl			16
12		Roly Lewis	RAL / Ford 1172cc 4cyl			24
13		George Lawton	Cooper T39 / Climax 1498cc 4cyl			13
14		Graham Pierce	Austin-Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl			15
15		Max Richards	Austin-Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl			20
16		David Young	Jaguar C-Type / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl			21
17		R.A. Beggs	Mistral / Ford 1172cc 4cyl			23
18		Mick Jennings	MGA TC / MG 1600c 4cyl			24
19		Brian Blackburn	Citroen Special / Citroen 1991cc 4cyl			18
20		Wally Darrell	ACE III / Ford 2584cc 6cyl
Ret		Dick Campbell	Maserati 4CLT-48 / Maserati 1498cc 4cyl s/c		Retired	14
Ret		Frank Cantwell	Tojeiro 3/56 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl		Brakes	11
Ret		Reg McCutcheon	Normac Special III / Chevrolet 3930cc 6cyl		Retired
Ret		Ken MacMillan	Cooper T39 / Climax 1098cc 4cyl		Retired	19
Ret		John Cullen	Cullen 500 / Norton 498cc 1cyl		Retired
Ret		Tony Shelly	Cooper T41 / Climax 1496cc 4cyl		Retired	28
Ret		Frank Shuter	Maserati 8CM / Maserati 2992cc 8cyl s/c		Gearbox	12
Ret		Arthur Kennard	Healey-Corvette / Chevrolet 4342cc V8		Retired	22
Ret		Pat Hoare	Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 2996cc 4cyl	7	Piston	8
Ret		Ross Jensen	Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl	4	Transmission	4
Ret		Bruce Wood	Cooper Mk X / Norton 498cc 1cyl		Retired
Ret		Bob Watson	Puma / Austin 948cc 4cyl		Retired	26
Source:[1]

References

1. "8th Lady Wigram Trophy". sergent.com.au. Retrieved 2016-08-15.