In-form Wakefield hammered a badly-weakened young Wigan side to record a fourth successive Super League win.
Jacob Miller claimed a hat-trick, while skipper Danny Kirmond and prop Nick Scruton got two each as Wigan suffered their worst defeat in 11 years.
Wingers Tom Johnstone and Ben Jones-Bishop and full-back Max Jowitt all crossed too as Trinity scored 11 tries.
Scrum-half Liam Finn also grabbed a second-half try to supplement his nine conversions for a 22-point haul.
After a week in which a virus has affected a number of players, second-placed Wigan were also without injured captain Sean O'Loughlin, as well as most of their big hitters.
Michael McIlorum is out for the season with a broken ankle, John Bateman did not make his expected return following concussion, Liam Farrell was suspended, Dom Manfredi and Dom Crosby were also missing and Sam Tomkins is yet to reappear since his winter return from New Zealand.
Wigan handed debuts to Jack Wells and Joe Bretherton and had two other youngsters, Jack Higginson and Nick Gregson, making only their second full Super League appearances, and the inexperience showed.
Widnes Vikings 24-34 Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers fought back from 18-0 down to earn victory over Widnes Vikings at the Select Security Stadium.
The hosts had lad early on with tries for Patrick Ah Van, Macgraff Leuluai and Corey Thompson, before a Denny Solomona hat-trick for Cas.
Ryan Boyle, Luke Gale and Paul McShane all crossed for Tigers after the break, but Lloyd White's late try could not spark a fightback for the home side.
Defeat extended early season leaders Widnes's losing run to four matches.
Victory saw Castleford win on the road for the first time since beating Hull FC 31-24 in February.
Gale added to his try with five conversions to contribute 14 of Castleford's points.
Widnes remain fifth, four points off top spot and one point above seventh-placed Tigers.
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