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Lady Wigram Trophy

Wigram, 16 Jan 1971

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Graham McRae McLaren M10B [400-11S] - Chevrolet V8
#22
44 57m 51.8s
2 Frank Matich McLaren M10B [400-10-2] - Repco Holden V8
#10 (see note 1)
44 58m 19.5s
3 Graeme Lawrence (Tasman) 2.4-litre Ferrari Dino 246T/69 [0008] V6
#14
43
4 Frank Gardner Lola T192 ['190/F1/6'] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#31 (see note 2)
43
5 Chris Amon (Tasman) 2.5-litre March 701 [3] - Cosworth DFW V8
#2
43
6 Malcolm Guthrie Lola T192 [190/F1/14] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#32
42
7 Don O'Sullivan McLaren M10A [300-10] - Repco Holden V8
#8 (see note 3)
42
8 Leo Geoghegan (Tasman) 2-litre Lotus 59 [59-FB-14] - Waggott TC4V
#4 (see note 4)
41
9 Bobby Brown Lola T190 [190/F1/1] - Chevrolet V8
#28 (see note 5)
41
10 David McConnell (Tasman) 1.6-litre Lotus 59/69 [59-F2/XB-40] - Ford twin cam
#80 (see note 6)
40
11 Neil Doyle Begg FM2 [1] - Chevrolet V8
#55 (see note 7)
40
12 Allan Rhodes (NZNF) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21 - Ford
#67 (see note 8)
39
13 Frank Radisich McLaren M10A [300-06] - Chevrolet V8
#9 (see note 9)
32
R John Cannon McLaren M10B [400-01] - Chevrolet Bartz V8
#1
21 Accident
R Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B [400-20] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#34
15 Puncture
R Geoff Mardon Begg FM4 - Chevrolet V8
#54 (see note 10)
10 clutch
R Niel Allen McLaren M10B [400-02] - Chevrolet V8
#26 (see note 11)
8 Magneto
R Kevin Bartlett Mildren (Franklen) - Chevrolet V8
#5
8 Coil
R Evan Noyes (Tasman) 1.8-litre Brabham BT29 [23] - Cosworth FVC
#72 (see note 12)
40 Out Of Fuel
DNS Robbie Francevic Katipo MJ 70A - Chevrolet V8
Did not start
(engine)
DNS Mike Eyerly Surtees TS8 [001] - Chevrolet V8
#3 (see note 13)
Did not start
(suspension)
DNS Baron Robertson (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23C ["17"] - Cosworth FVA
#12 (see note 14)
Did not start
DNS David Oxton (Tasman) 2.5-litre March 701 [3] - Cosworth DFW V8
#25
Did not start
(car raced by Chris Amon )
DNS Bryan Faloon (Tasman) 2-litre Rorstan Mk 1a - Porsche 771 f8
#57
Did not start
(gear ratios)
DNA Rich Galloway Lola T190 [190/F1/1] - Chevrolet V8
#27 (see note 15)
Did not arrive
  Ken Smith (Tasman) 1.8-litre Lotus 59/69 [F3-2] - Cosworth FVC
#11 (see note 16)
On entry list
  Dexter Dunlop (NZNF) 1.6-litre McRae SR2 [2] - Cosworth FVA
#52
On entry list
  Russell Thomson (F?) unknown
#64
On entry list

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Graham McRae (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-11S] - Chevrolet V8 1m 17.0s
2 Frank Matich (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-10-2] - Repco Holden V8 1m 17.6s
3 John Cannon (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-01] - Chevrolet Bartz V8 1m 17.6s
4 Niel Allen (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-02] - Chevrolet V8 1m 18.0s
5 Frank Gardner (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 ['190/F1/6'] - Chevrolet Morand V8 1m 18.0s
6 Chris Amon (Tasman) 2.5-litre March 701 [3] - Cosworth DFW V8 1m 19.2s
7 Leo Geoghegan (Tasman) 2-litre Lotus 59 [59-FB-14] - Waggott TC4V 1m 19.7s
8 Graeme Lawrence (Tasman) 2.4-litre Ferrari Dino 246T/69 [0008] - Ferrari V6 1m 19.7s
9 Frank Radisich (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [300-06] - Chevrolet V8 1m 20.0s
10 Kevin Bartlett (F5000) 5-litre Mildren (Franklen) - Chevrolet V8 1m 20.0s
11 Mike Eyerly * (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS8 [001] - Chevrolet V8 1m 21.0s
12 Teddy Pilette (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-20] - Chevrolet Morand V8 1m 21.4s
13 Malcolm Guthrie (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [190/F1/14] - Chevrolet Morand V8 1m 21.4s
14 Don O'Sullivan (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [300-10] - Repco Holden V8 1m 21.8s
15 Evan Noyes (Tasman) 1.8-litre Brabham BT29 [23] - Cosworth FVC 1m 22.8s
16 Bobby Brown (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/1] - Chevrolet V8 1m 23.6s
17 David McConnell (Tasman) 1.6-litre Lotus 59/69 [59-F2/XB-40] - Ford twin cam 1m 26.4s
18 Baron Robertson * (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23C ["17"] - Cosworth FVA 1m 26.6s
19 Allan Rhodes (NZNF) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21 - Ford 1m 27.0s
20 Neil Doyle (F5000) 5-litre Begg FM2 [1] - Chevrolet V8 1m 28.8s
- Geoff Mardon (F5000) 5-litre Begg FM4 - Chevrolet V8
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. McLaren M10B [400-10-2] (Frank Matich): New to Frank Matich (Australia) and fitted with Repco's new Holden V8 F5000 engine for Australian racing. Raced for the first time at Warwick Farm on 12 July 1970 but crashed, and rebuilt on a new tub as "M10C". Next raced at Calder on 18 Oct 1970, then at Australian Grand Prix 22 Nov 1970. Raced in the 1971 Tasman series, then to the US for the L&M series before returning to Australia for the 1971 Gold Star series. Crashed prior to Oran Park 27 June and rebuilt on third tub. To Frank Radisich at the end of 1971 and raced in the 1972 Tasman series, the 1972 Australian Gold Star, and the 1973 Tasman. To Keith Laney (NZ), fitted with a Chevrolet V8 and appeared in the Tasman series in 1974 and 1975. Then to Dennis Phillips for hill climbs 1976, then Russel Greer (Blenheim, NZ) and fitted with a 6.3-litre Chevy to win the 1979/80 NZ hill climb championship. Sold to Peter Addison (Australia) but history then unknown until acquired by Max Warwick (Australia) in the mid-1990s. Raced at Historic Sandown from 1998. Sold to Graham Wadsworth (Melbourne, Australia) 2006.
  2. Lola T192 ['190/F1/6'] (Frank Gardner): Said to be the fourth T192 but does not appear in Lola records. New (?) for Frank Gardner in the 1971 Tasman series; then to Colin Hyams for the 1971 Australian Gold Star, 1972 Australian Internationals, then to America for the 1972 US series. Via Carl Haas to Dan Furey (Columbus, OH) for the US series in 1973 and 1974 - Randall Dana 1975 - Phil Niles 1976 - Bob Danzi 1978 for Single-Seat Can-Am - Dana Seymour 1981 - Brian Blaine 1984 - Bob Young by 1987 - Hans J. Glaser 1992 to 2006. Acquired by Nick Shrigley-Feigl (Ramsey, Isle of Man) by 2010. To Roland David (Vienna, Austria) 2016. More information about Lola T192 "SL.192/14"
  3. McLaren M10A [300-10] (Don O'Sullivan): New to Frank Matich (Cremorne, Australia) late 1969. Raced in the 1970 Tasman series, taking four pole positions and winning at Pukekohe and Wigram. Damaged in an accident during a preliminary race at the Singapore GP in March 1970 and replaced with a new M10B. The M10A was repaired, fitted with a Repco Holden engine and sold to Don O'Sullivan, who was entered by Team Matich in the 1971 Tasman series. O'Sullivan crashed at Teretonga and the car was destroyed. Parts were later used in O'Sullivan's Gardos F5000 car.
  4. Lotus 59 [59-FB-14] (Leo Geoghegan): New to Australia Lotus importer Leo Geoghegan, replacing his very successful but ageing Lotus 39-Repco. The Lotus was fitted with a 2-litre Waggott TC4V engine and used in Australian National Formula 1 and Tasman events in 1970 and 1971.  He won two Australian Gold Star race in this car, at Warwick Farm in September 1970 and at Mallala a few weeks later.  After spending 1972 on the sidelines, the Lotus was sold to Bob and Gary Johns for 1973, fitted with a Ford twin cam engine, and used in Australian Formula 2 from 1973 to 1975. By 1985, it had been acquired by John Holmes (Toowoomba, Queensland), and was restored to its original Waggott configuration.
  5. Lola T190 [190/F1/1] (Bobby Brown): New to Jerry Hansen and raced at Sebring in December 1969. Also driven by Chuck Parsons (his #44 Aqua Velva T190 at US R1 1970), then by Hansen at the Laguna Seca Pro race on 14 June 1970. Advertised 25 Jul 1970. Apparantly sold to Rich Galloway and raced in the US series, starting from R9 Brainerd 16 Aug 1970. Probably the car used by Galloway Tasman 1971 (crashed by Bobby Brown in practice for R1 but rebuilt for Brown in remaining New Zealand races and then for Galloway in Australia; then crashed at last race. To Charlie Hayes and raced by Bobby Unser at the Questor GP 1971; presumably then the car advertised by Hayes in August 1971. Advertised "Bobby Unser's Questor GP T-190-92" from Los Altos, CA (in the San Francisco Bay Area) April 1972 which would appear to rule it out from being the either the Cal Rayburn or Dick Losk cars. Subsequent history unknown.
  6. Lotus 59/69 [59-F2/XB-40] (David McConnell): New to David McConnell (Montréal, Quebec, Canada) and raced in the SCCA Continental Championship for Formula B series and the Quebec Region Molson Championship during 1970. The car was entered by Jim Russell RDS (Canada) Ltd, and generally wore #86. McConnell then took the car out to New Zealand for the start of the 1971 Tasman Cup, where the car was described as a Lotus 69. After a run of poor results in New Zealand, he fitted an 1800cc Cosworth FVC engine for the Australian rounds, but failed to qualify for the Warwick Farm race. Local Lotus agent Leo Geoghegan tried the car in practice at that event. After one more race, McConnell abandoned the series. The subsequent history of the Lotus 59/69 is unknown.
  7. Begg FM2 [1] (Neil Doyle): Built for 1969/70 season. Begg Engineering: raced by Graham McRae in 1969/70 Gold Star series (debut Pukekohe Oct 1969) and later Geoff Mardon in New Zealand Tasman rounds. Then sold to Neil Doyle (Ashburton, NZ) and used in New Zealand Gold Star races in 1970/71, 1971/72 and 1972/73. Sold to Peter Rhodes, then bought by George Begg for spares. Chassis sold to John Gobbe (Christchurch, NZ), and history then unknown until acquired by Stuart Lush (Auckland, NZ) in 1993. Fully restored and first seen at a Lady Wigram Trophy memorial meeting in November 1998. Presumably the car raced by Stuart McDonald in the first Tasman Revival race in late 2003. Raced by Judy Lyons in the Tasman Revival series in January 2006. Raced by Kerry McIntosh (Auckland, NZ) at Phillip Island in March 2008, and in the Tasman Revival series in 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, but crashed at Hampton Downs in Jan 2012. Next seen when raced by McIntosh at Taupo Jan 2017, and Pukekohe Nov 2017.
  8. Brabham BT21 (Allan Rhodes): First seen when raced by Graham Harvey (NZ) at Pukekohe in December 1967. To Les Jones March 1968 then Graham Baker April 1969, Allan Rhodes 1970, Russell Noble 1971 or 1972 and used to construct a sports car. Other parts to Neil Whittaker 1973 to construct a Formula Ford. Eventually to Robert Hands (Melbourne, Australia) 2001 and sold to Peter Harburg (Brisbane, Queensland) some time later for about 2 years. To Peter Barclay (Canberra, Australia) by 2009 and run in Australian vintage events.
  9. McLaren M10A [300-06] (Frank Radisich): See full history: McLaren M10A 300-06.
  10. Begg FM4 (Geoff Mardon): Built for 1970/71 season, and first raced by Geoff Mardon at Wigram in January 1971. Raced by David Oxton in the 1971/72 Gold Star. To Garry Pedersen October 1972, and rebuilt with a wedge body for the 1972/73 Gold Star. Then to Bill David for Robbie Booth to race in the 1974 Internationals, the 1974/75 Gold Star events, and the 1975 Internationals. Then to Gary Love for the 1976 Internationals, but the car's history is then unknown until it was acquired by Allan Hamilton in Australia some time before 1990. Next seen with Graham Brayshaw (Brookby, Auckland, New Zealand) in 2004, and retained to 2006. To the Rush family, and raced by Timothy Rush in the 2007/08 F5000 Tasman Revival series. Raced by Tim but also sometimes by Terry in the 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2011/12 series. Last seen racing in November 2011, but photographed in The Rush Collection in April 2016.
  11. McLaren M10B [400-02] (Niel Allen): New to Niel Allen (Australia) late 1969, and raced in 1970 and 1971 Tasman series. To Kevin Bartlett for 1971 Australian Gold Star and 1972 Tasman 1972, then to US for at least one race in 1972. Then unknown until bought by Gil Cameron, and raced in Australia from 1975 to 1977. Donated parts to Tony Edmondson's Alfetta Chev sports sedan, and the remainder of the car stored at Elfin during the 1980s. Subsequent history unknown, but later owned by Llynden Riethmuller (Sydney, NSW) in 2007. After Riethmuller's death, sold to Alan Hamilton in 2011, and restored for historic racing. More information about McLaren M10B 400-2
  12. Brabham BT29 [23] (Evan Noyes): Entered by Fred Opert Racing for Evan Noyes (Cedarville, MI) in the 1971 Tasman series, where it was fitted with a 1.8-litre Cosworth FVC. This was not the same BT29 that Noyes had used in Formula B in 1970, as that car was later advertised by Opert in the US. Sold to Graeme Lawrence (New Zealand) after the Tasman series, fitted with a Hart twin cam and used in races in South East Asia in early 1971, then with the FVC again for races in New Zealand and Australia. To Leo Geoghegan for SE Asian races in 1972, then to Ken Smith in New Zealand. Next seen when advertised by Bill David (Taupo, New Zealand) in June 1974, still with its FVC and twin cam engines. Raced by Frank Bray and entered by David in 1975, then to Peter Hughes and fitted with a Fiat engine for 1976, then a BDA for 1977. Observed by David McKinney in 1977 to be chassis BT29/23.
  13. Surtees TS8 [001] (Mike Eyerly): Built for 1971 season. Announced late October 1970. Bonphil Racing for Mike Eyerly Tasman 1971 (where David McKinney observed the chassis number to be '001'). Crashed badly in practice at Warwick Farm and said by Motoring News to be "written off". Returned to the factory for repairs. The rest of the team returned to the US but had hit financial problems and everything was siezed as they came through customs. The equipment, including two Bartz engines but less the missing monocoque, was sold to Phil Palm and Ron Pohl. Although the tub may have been repaired, TS8/01 cannot be considered to exist after the Warwick Farm crash.
  14. Brabham BT23C ["17"] (Baron Robertson): Built by Baron Robertson using a new chassis acquired from Racing Frames in England and the remaining parts of BT23C/7 which had been crashed by Roly Levis while testing it for Robertson at Bay Park in December 1969. This car first raced at the start of the 1970/71 New Zealand season where Graham Vercoe says it wore a chassis plate '23/17'. New Zealand motor racing historian David McKinney referred to the car as 'BT23C/17' but did not believe it had any relationship to the car of that number that was still owned at that time by Kurt Buess in Switzerland. Raced by Robertson in New Zealand in 1971 and 1972, and then by Kelvin Cameron in 1973. By 1978 the car was with Frank Macskasy and he has confirmed to Andrew Fellowes that it was destroyed in a garage fire. The engine survived and was sold to Lloyd Evans.
  15. Lola T190 [190/F1/1] (Rich Galloway): New to Jerry Hansen and raced at Sebring in December 1969. Also driven by Chuck Parsons (his #44 Aqua Velva T190 at US R1 1970), then by Hansen at the Laguna Seca Pro race on 14 June 1970. Advertised 25 Jul 1970. Apparantly sold to Rich Galloway and raced in the US series, starting from R9 Brainerd 16 Aug 1970. Probably the car used by Galloway Tasman 1971 (crashed by Bobby Brown in practice for R1 but rebuilt for Brown in remaining New Zealand races and then for Galloway in Australia; then crashed at last race. To Charlie Hayes and raced by Bobby Unser at the Questor GP 1971; presumably then the car advertised by Hayes in August 1971. Advertised "Bobby Unser's Questor GP T-190-92" from Los Altos, CA (in the San Francisco Bay Area) April 1972 which would appear to rule it out from being the either the Cal Rayburn or Dick Losk cars. Subsequent history unknown.
  16. Lotus 59/69 [F3-2] (Ken Smith): Entered by Michael Spence Ltd for Tetsu Ikuzawa in F3 in 1969. Autosport noted that he was "giving his 59 its first outing" at Silverstone on 17 May 1969 and Motoring News called it "c/n 2". In September, it was reported that the car had been sold to Eddie Jacobsson, but Izukawa continued with it through October. Then entered by Mike Ticehurst's Motor Racing Enterprises for James Hunt at Thruxon in November. To Mike Stow for 1970 and, after a single F3 race, converted to Formula 2 for David Cole to drive at Crystal Palace in May, where he failed to qualify. Raced by Stow in a libre at Silverstone and then sold to New Zealander Ken Smith who entered it for Gold Star races from October onwards. Raced by Smith in the 1971 Tasman series as a Lotus 69, as the car now had 69-style bodywork, and using a 1.8-litre Cosworth FVC. Retained for Gold Star and International races in 1972, and also used at races in Singapore and at Batu Tiga with a Ford twin cam engine. According to Graeme Vercoe, the car was later owned by Simon Seagrave, Malcolm Webb and Steve Bullot as a Formula Ford car. Vercoe adds that it went via David Manton (Tauranga) to Allan Cattle (Auckland) in 1989. Subsequent history unknown.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

Sources include Autosport, Motoring News, the F1 Register books and Graham Vercoe's books "Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand" and "The Golden Era of New Zealand Motor Racing".

The start point for the 1970 Tasman results was Bruce Sergent's site which contains full reports on all these races. The 1970 results were then augmented by practice times and other information on R1 Levin and R2 Pukekohe (both in Autosport 15 Jan 1970); R3 Wigram (Autosport 29 Jan 1970); R4 Teretonga (Auto News Vol 3 No 14 9 Feb 1970 and Autosport 29 Jan 1970); R5 Surfers Paradise (Auto News Vol 3 No 15 23 Feb 1970 and Autosport 19 Feb 1970); R6 Warwick Farm (Auto News Vol 3 No 16 9 Mar 1970 and Autosport 26 Feb 1970); and R7 Sandown Park (Auto News Vol 3 No 16 9 Mar 1970 and Autosport 26 Feb 1970). Additional qualifying times have been provided by Milan Fistonic.

Individual sources for this event

There were no Tasman Formula preliminaries for this race but a few slower local 5000s and 1500s ran in a preliminary libre race. Qualifying times provided by Wolfgang Klopfer from Motoring News.