22-2-49 25-2-49 Course for Motor Race Inspected By Officials A further stage in the arrange ments for the 105-mile New Zealand championship car race, which will be held at Wigram, was reached! yesterday, when officiais of the club, the Public Works Department, and tro police inspected the tarmac * ih will be used for the race. the main entrance for spectators will be from Smiths Road and Simes Road. No spectators will be allowed ! in the centre of the track, that space being kept clear for officials. the outside of the track they will be allowed only in the areas covered from those entrances, but it is expected that sumcient space will thus D= provided. The main entrance ti the aerodrome will not be used * the public. • rom both the authorised e..: ances • there are large areas which will be used as car parks. No sectators will be allowed, now. ever. on the narrow strip. to the south of the portion of the track! avar from the city. There the i track is curved, and it is thought that there might be some danger of cars leaving the road. The main straight lies on she eastern portion of the track, and after that there is a sharp bend leading into a curved area and a smaller straight. In this straight the starting and finishing line will be located, and the pits. The course then leads down past the administrative buildings and the hangars round the perimeter of the aerodrome, and back into the straight, a distance of just over two miles. 24-2-49 Twenty-Two Entries For Big Car Race A further entry has been received for the 100-mile New Zealand Road Racing championship to be held at Wigram on Saturday afternoon, bringing the total number of starters to twenty-two. The latest contestant is A. Ferguson, of Christchurch, who will drive a P.A. type M.G.. which he procured several days ago specially for the event. PUBLIC NOTICES CANTERBURY CAR CLUB. All holders of Members windscreen tickets for CATS must enter the serodrome from the Symas ROAD entrance to enter the Members car pars. C54288 25-2-49 Traffie Warning for Sports To-morrow In view of the heavy fiow of traffe expected through Christchurch at various periods to-morrow (there is a race meeting at Rangiora and a. motor race the R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Wigram. the Chief Traffic Inspector (Mr G. P. Kellar) this morning issued a warning to motorists to use care. He advised people going to Rangiora to use the North Parade route to Marshland Road. and said that it would help keep • congestion on Riecarton Road to a minimum if as many motorists as possible went to Wigram via Middle Lincoln Road and Annex Road. • Motorists should keep in line inheavy traffic," Mr Kellar concluded. "Frequently when they pull out in attempts to pass they have no opportunity of getting back in line-and that often leads to trouble." 25-2-49 25-2-49 00 MILES MOTOR RACE TO-MORROW at Wigram Aerodrome The Main Entrance to the Aerodrome will be closed to' See spectators. ew Zealand's Fast St Cars Finest rivers DLba Patrons can get direct entry to Car Park via Smith's Road —Vickery's Road-and Symes Road. To avoid congestion and simplify parking, Patrons are requested to arrive in ample time before the race-the earlier the better. RACE STARTS AT 2.30 p.m. 25-2-49 Spectators at Race Will be Safe, Says Marshal Although anxiety has been expressed in some quarters for the safety of the spectators at the New Zealănd championship road race at the R.N.Z.A.F. station,, Wigram, to-morrow. the chief marshal for the this race (Mr O. G. McIver). said afternoon that if the spectators do as ther are told by the road stewards and the police they will be in no danger. The spectators will all be on the outside of the track. according to Mr Melver, and only officials, an ambulance, and a fire tender will be in the centre. Ropes will prevent spectators from getting closer than two chains to the track. "All the corners will be protectea with bales of hay, and all danger said Mr Melver. points will be well looked after," MOTOR-CAR RACING N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL CHECK OF ENTRIES Twenty of the 22 racing cars taking part in the 100-mile New Zealand road race championship at the Royal New Zealand Air Force station, Wigram, to-morrow were officially checked by the scrutineer (Mr W. G. Thomas) at a city garage last evening. Mr Thomas said afterwards that there was nothing inherently wrong with any of ine cars and that, apart from a lew minor aetails to start in the race.". they were all in a sound condi- Iwo of the cars were not ready for inspection last evening. One is a T.A. 849 c.c. M.G. owned by Mr A. Ferguson, of Christchurch, which is a late entry. The oiner is a supercharged Austin T. which is arriving by the steamer express this morning. This car, owned and driven by Mr R. Roycroft, of Auckland, has done ll1 miles an hour on Muriwai beach at Auckland and holds fastest time for! the New Zealand hill-climb championship at Paekakariki. large crowd gathered to inspect the cars. number of which have been built by their owners. All the cars have pre-war engines, apart from a 1948 T.C. M.G., which has been entered by Mrs S. Lupp, of Dunedin, but they were all smart in appearance. Particularly with brightly polished silver attractive body, was a Ford V8 three-litre Bentley with a motor, owned and driven by Mr a. Lowe. This and a 4j-litre Invicta owned by Mr F. P. Bennett are the two heaviest cars entered for the race. The Invicta was originally built for the Ulster Tourist Trophy Race, in which it was driven - by Luis Fontes. It holds the South Island fiying half-mile title and is one of the favourites for to-morrow's race. One of the owner-built cars was that of Mr H. R. Logan, of Nelson. It is powered by a Singer Le Mans racing motor and has independent suSpension with a differential made by Mr Logan at Nelson. Among the other cars taking part in the race are a B4 Ford with an American overhead valve conversion, driven by Mr R. Hutcheon; an F.N., a Belgian car built specifically for sprinting. with an oil radiator, owned and driven by Mr K. N. May; a 1931 model Brooklands Riley. which gained third place in 500-mile race at Brooklands in 1932 with two women drivers and will be driven to-morrow by Mr M. Proctor. of Wellington; and Mr P. M. Hoare's Singer Special, with a Singer motor and a locally-built chassis. Mr Hume D. Christie will act as codriver for his son, Mr R. M. Christie, who is driving one of seven I-type M.G.'s taking part in the race. A practice run will be held this evening at Wigram.