Tag: Bruce McLaren | Talk Motorsport
The Hey-day of International Motor Racing at Wigram
Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 6 Record overseas entries were received for the 1960 Lady Wigram Trophy Race. One…
Wigram Motor Racing: The First Decade
Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 5 Racing at Wigram began on a January weekend in 1949, with intermittent drizzle…
Wigram – The Motor Racing Circuit
Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 4 Following the conclusion of World War II there was a renewed interest in…
Motor sport of another kind – Wigram
Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 3 As a harbinger of things to come, in 1928 Wigram (at that point…
At First a NZ Air Force Base – Wigram
Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 2 Flying took off early in Canterbury under the drive and encouragement of Henry…
HF Wigram’s vision that produced a motor racing circuit
Motor Racing at Wigram – Part 1 It all started during The Great War (1914-18). The man with the vision…
In praise of motor racing ‘PR’
In theory ‘PR’ stands for ‘Public Relations,’ a catch-all term for advice and activity in the area where you or…
Zak Brown casts shade on Bruce’s legacy
This weekend in Singapore marks the return of the proper down-force battle in Formula 1 after the low-drag challenges of…
Trans-Tasman hopes, finally?
Years ago the trans-Tasman rivalry was alive and well in this part of the world – and the introduction of…
How to be top
New Zealand race fans love to reminisce about the years when we had a ‘Trio at the top’. For decades,…