27-2-53 BEST FIELD YET FOR WIGRAM CAR RACING ffty-mile Lady Wigram Trophy race will face the starter at the Royal New Zeaiand Air . Force Station, Wigram, to-morrow afternoon. The race will be the major event on the Motor Racing Club's programme, which includes a twenty-five mile handicap for sports and saloon cars, and twenty-five-mile scratch races for trophy race cars up to 1500 c.c. capacity and three of more than 1500 c.c. will be the The favourite for the trophy race Frank Shuter (V8 Speciall. The Aucklander, Ron Roy. other local entrants hold little croft. He will drive his Grand Prix Alfa Romeo in which he won appeal, but cannot be discounted 150 mile Mairehau road race at the because their cars may prove more end of last month. reliable than some of the faster Roycroft is perhaps the best ones. driver racing to-day and in the field of twenty-one he looks the From limaru hardest man to beat. Timaru is represented by two Second string from Auckland will competitors Doug Haigh (Citroen be George Smith who, with his Gee Special and E. Sprague (Mereury Cee Ess, holds, among other national Special). Haigh must be conceded motoring titles, the New Zealand beach racing championship. a change of a minor place on his showing in the Mairehau race. Bob Gibbons, of Wellington, will At this stage, Roycroft, Green, be driving his 1100 c.c. Cooper. He Smith and Wild is a stylish fast driver. Gibbons, Moore, seem tre most likely to fill the major City Contingent places. The handicap event for sports and The Christchurch contingent will saloon cars appears to be tairly open, make up the largest part of the but the Neison driver, Keith Roper field. It will be led by 'Hee Green, (Morgan) looks well placed on the who led the race with his RA Van- 5min 35sec mark. He has a 50sec guard for twelve of the twenty-five start on the scratch man, Roycroft, laps last year. who will drive his Type 35A Bugatti With two Wigram victories to his in this event. credit in the Alfa Romeo that Roycroft is driving this year, Les Moore Parent-Teacher veeting. - The will come to the line in a super- question of the early start on the charged Kieft. completion of the assembly hall, was This little car which develops discussed at the annual meeting of 110 brake horsepower and the Christchurch Boys' High School • may give Parent-Teacher Association last weighs only fiowt, night. major opposition to Roycroft, The address was given by Green and Gibbons, but the the head master (Mr J. Leggat), who distance may be too great for also announced that the plans for the new lunch room had been it. approved. The following officers Other Christchurch drivers likely were elected:-President, G. to be prominent are Hec McLean Hooper;. secretary, Mr N. Dunshea;: (Cooper 1100), Des Wild (Alta) and treaster, Mr N. Falloon, 28-2-53 LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE. WIGRAM, SATURDAY, 28th FEB. Admission: Adults 3/-. Children 1/6. Cars 1/-. Promoted by Motor Racing Club, Inc. 28-2-53 Nelson Driver Takes First Car Race Nelson driver Halsey Logan brought his H.R.G. home to a hair's breadth victory in the under 1500 c.c. twenty-five-mile race for. Lady Wigram Trophy cars at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Station, Wigram, this afternoon. He was followed in a second later by the local man, Pat Hoare TRA. Vauxhall). In third place came the Invercargill competitor, W. E. Crosbie (A40 Special), a minute later. There was a crowd of about 8000 to watch the early races. Conditions were good, although there was a slight wind. Driving his 1100 c.c. Cooper, Hec McLean (Christchurch) led the feld from the start until the eleventh lap, with the exception of the third. lap when another Cooper, driver by Bob Gibbons (Wellington) snatched a momentary lead. with gear-box McLean retired trouble when he held a comfortable lead with only a lap to go. Logani and | Hoare drove in close company for the twenty-five miles. Results: Under 1500 Preliminary Race.—H. R. Nelson, 21min 52sec, • 1; Loan Hoare (RAS P. M. Hoare Christchurch, 21min 33sec, 2; E. (A40 Special), Il, 22min 52sec. 3: church), $. Winterbourn invercargith DIG.), Christ- Over 1500 c.c. Preliminary Pace—R. Roycroft (Alfa Romeo) Christchurch, 20min 18sec, 1; G. C. Smith (Gee Cee Ess) Auckland, , 20min 35sec. 2; F. Shuter (Ford V8 Special) Christchurch, 20min 49sec, 3: F. S. Green (R.A. , Vanguard) Christchurch, 21min 25sec, 4. 28-2-53 10 U Getting away to a good start (above) are competitors in the event for cars over 1500 ccr preliminary to the Lady Wigran Trophy race at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Station, Wig ram, this afternoon. In foreground i smith the otheritant Left: brilliant Auckland driver, who - won:the Lạcy Wigram Iropay. • 501-