H. GREEN, a member a probable entry in This car was built by i of the Canterbury the New Zealand Green and has been able suceess, winning every race in Car Club, in his racing car, road racing championship. raced by him with considerwhich it has finished. For Racing Motorists 100-Mile N.Z. Champ. 13-11-49 Planned (Special to MANY racing motorists t racing cars for the 100which will be held near Chri bury Car Club in conjuction For February the "Sports Post.") broughout New Zealand are building -mile New Zealand championship event stehurch next February by the Canterwith the Vintage Car Club. The first Dom championship to will carry rich p that is being im land. minion road raring be held. the event rizes and a trophy ported from Eng- The race has attracted wide interest in the Dominion and many inquiries have been received from Australian car clubs and drivers for details oi arrangements being made. A three-mile circuit in the Waimair: County: ive miles from the centre of Christchurch, has been chosen the club, and approval for the holding of the race has been obtained from the County Council. The Transport Department will co-operate with the club in the staging of the race. THE cars will race round the circult will quired anti-clockwiseto the left of the to keep road as 1s the normai practice. Passing will be done on the right only. preventing cutting-in at corners. The course will offer a stiff test for cars and drivers alike. Some of she bends will have to be taken slowly, while there are others which will allow speed, but only if it is coupled with extreme stil and fine judgment on the part of the driver. A long stretch of straight will allow Rigid conditions will govern the c'ontest. Drivers will have to be reistered with the Association of New ‚ealand Car Clubs as proficient racing motorists, while strict regulations covering the cars entered wil be enforced. Each driver will have a pit stafi service his car and control as none throughout the race by signals as in the big English and Continental events. This will be the first motor-car race to be ronducted in the Dominion on the Grand Prix style. From Overseas IN 1950, Canterbury's centandy, Tie stage • Grand event in which it is expected that Aus tralian and other overseas cars will take part. Arrangements have been made with the Royal Automobile Club for publicity on le proposea eveni • England and on the Continent. Already many prominent racing motorists in that part of the world have shown an interest in visit ing New Zealand for the race and for other sporting events to be held in that year. 13-19-48 Hundred Mile Motor Planned for Canterb A N attempt to raise motor-car racing in the standard of competition overseas i the Canterbury Car Club, and plans are in mile road race next February. New Zealand to s being made by hand for a 100- Many racing motorists throughout New paring cars for the race which will carry trophy. Inquiries have been received from clubs in Australia for details of the contest. Lealand are prerich prizes and a motorists and car Rigid conditions wi on the Grand Prix styl Britain. Drivers must New Zealand Car Clubs while the vehicles they I apply to the race, which will be run le, as on the Continent and in Great be registered with the Association of and of proved proficiency for racing, will drive will have to measure up to three mile circuit in the Waimairi county, five miles from the centre of the city, has been chosen for the race. The Transport Department will co-operate with the club in staging the contest, and approval has been given by the Waimairi County Council for the use of the roads. The route will offer a thorough test for cars and drivers alike. There are bends which must be taken slowly, and others in which skill will be tested to the utmost if they are to be negotiated successfully under racing conditions. A good stretch straight will enable cars to work up to a good speed Each driver will have a pit stafi to service his car, and to control him inrougnout the race by signals, as 1s done in the big Continental races. Strategy plays no small part in an event of this distance. The title of the main event will be "The New Zealand Road Racing Championship." Cars will race round the track anti-clockwise, and will have to keep to the left of the road as is the normal practice. All passing will have to he done on the right. which will prevent cutting-in at corners. These are only several of the rules that will apply. Cars will have to conform to the racing regu- : lations of the Association of New Zealand Car Clubs. The experience the club gains in the staging of this event, the first New Zealand road championship race to be held, will prove useful in the organising of a bigger competition planned for 1950, Canterbury's Centennial year. Cars being built in New Zealand for road racing will be entered, and several racing motorists from across the Tasman will bring their cars here for the event. The club is arranging with the Royal Automobile Club, in England, for publicity for the race, and sportsmen from France. and Italy are expected to visit New Zealand for the race and for other sporting events which will be held during the year. Road racing overseas has under- gone revival since the war, and several large-scale events have been held within the last year or two. Strangely enough the first post-war road race was held in Germany. In England, races are held on country roads, but in France and in Ireland routes take racing-cars through ... --. towns. Spiked tyres are fitted to cars in Sweden for racing on frozen lakes. Road racing is not so popular in America where track competition has a good hold. Associated with the Canterbury Car Club in the organising of the race is the Vintage Car Club. Members of the Papanui sub-branch of the Christchurch Returned Services Association will act as marshals. Race ury 24-1-49 Sixteen Cars Enter For Road Race Sixteen entries have been received 50 far for the 100-mile New Zealand Road Racing Championship which will be heid on a three-mile circuit in the Waimairi county, five miles from the centre of Christchurch, on Saturday, February 26. The event will be run in Grand Prix style under the rules laid down by the Association of New Zealand Car Clubs. entrants must be members of clubs affiliated to this body. The entries are as follows:-C and R team (C. H. Chatteris); Auckland, 749 c.c. supercharged Austin; M. Proctor. Wellington, 1089 c.c. Brooklands Riley: K. N. May, Christchurch, 1946 c.c. F.N.; F. B. Bernett, Christchurch. $500 c.c..Invicta; G. H. Wheeler, Christchurch, 3285 c.c. Ford Special; C. A. C. Pansley, Christchurch. 1986 c.c. Riley; P. M. Hoare, Christchurch, 972 c.c. Singer Special; H. R. Logan, Nelson, 972 c.c. Logan Special; Mrs S. Lupp, Dunedin, 1250 c.c. M.G. (T.C.); H. J. Mc- Lean, Christchurch, 817 c.c. M.G. (P.A.); D. S. Drewery, Christchurch, 847 c.c., M.G. Special; R. B. shana, Christchurch, 1292 c.c. NI.G. (I.A.); H. Green, Christchurch, 1604 c.C. Wolsley Special; R. A. H. Sharman, Christchurch, 939 c.c. M.G. (P.B.); J. Tutton, Rangiora. 1292 C.C. M.G. (T.A.); 'A. V. Sherratt, Christchurch, not specihed. 24-1-49 Eighteen Entries for Major Road Race Two additional entries for the 100mile New Zealand motor road racing championship to be held at Harewood on February 26 bring the total number of starters to eighteen. The latest entrants are H. Hedges, of Dunedin, who will drive a P.A. M.G. previously owned by Mrs s. Lupp, of Dunedin, who has a new car for the race, and D. Wild, of Christchurch, with a P.B. type M.G. which! The public address system will be installed around the threemile course will be on the most ambitious scale attempted in the Dominion. Between forty and fifty microphones will be in use.