Wisdom specialised in endurance events and entered 52
sports car races in 33 years, including 12
Le Mans 24-hour races, 10
Mille Miglias and 4
Targa Florios. He was a class winner in the Mille Miglia in 1949, 1952 and 1957, and at Le Mans in 1950 and 1952. In 1950 he lent his
Jaguar XK120 to
Stirling Moss for the
RAC Tourist Trophy, which brought Moss his first major international race victory. Cars that Wisdom raced included
Singer,
Riley,
MG,
Jaguar,
Aston Martin,
Bristol,
Nash-Healey,
Austin-Healey,
Jowett and
Bentley, and among his co-drivers were
Jack Fairman,
Leslie Johnson, and
Graham Whitehead. An experienced rally driver, he competed in the
Monte Carlo Rally 23 times. In 1959 he was a member of the three-driver
BMC team whose EX-219 streamliner, a purpose-built experimental
Austin-Healey Sprite, broke 12 speed records at
Bonneville Salt Flats. The car averaged for 12 hours. ==Sports car racing results==