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 Ron Roycroft Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c 24 38min 40.4sec 1 2 44 George Smith GeeCeeEss / Mercury 4766cc V8 24 + 58.6 s 2 3 1 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 18 Doug Haigh Citroen Special / Citroen 1911cc 4cyl 24 + 3:06.6 s 6 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 16 Hec McLean Cooper Mk II / JAP 1098cc V2 14 9 Bill Crosbie A40 Special / Austin 1200cc 4cyl 9 10 15 Frank Pope Ford 10 Special / Ford 1168cc 4cyl 16 11 23 Max Winterbourn MG TC / MG 1250cc 4cyl 11 12 13 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 21 Bob Gibbons Cooper Mk V / JAP 1098cc V2 13 Engine 18 Ret 12 Hec Green RA Vanguard / Vanguard 2088cc 4cyl s/c 12 Engine 17 Ret 2 Don Ransley Ransley-Riley / Riley 2443cc 6cyl 5 Retired 13 Ret 7 Pat Hoare RA Vauxhall / Vauxhall 1442cc 4cyl s/c 3 Engine 5 DNS 3 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 Source:
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