19-1-57 19-1-57 19-1-57 I G IG PAPP A WIGRAM WIG 4YHH ∞••• HỆM NỘM #AMA UUUU NHNN "ROYAL TOUR" GRANDSTANDS "ROYAL TOUR" GRANDSTANDS RED GRANDSTAND. opposite Pits and Start and Finish. GREEN GRANDSTAND, opposite Hairpir Bend at Finish of Back Straight. SEAIS : 20g EACH (includes entry). SEATS 205 EACH (includes entry). FAMILY CONCESSION TICKETS PAMILY CONCESSION TICKETS Admits Car and Occupants, 30s eaci. CONCESSION RATES: Single Tickets, Adulta 7s, Children 25, Cars Grandstand Plans, Advance and Mail Order Bookings for Stand Seats and Concession Tickets Not on Sale at= DI.C. BOOKING OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH. C6679X LADY WIGRAM TROPHY DRIVERS AKRIVE.—This photograph, taken outside a Christchurch garage yesterday afternoon. shows the Ferrari racing car owned by Peter Whitehead, the English racing motorist (right). Whitehead, who is talking to a small boy, won the Next to him is Parnell, a veteran English racing motorist, tre fourth New Zealand Grand Prix at ardmore. uckland, last Saturday. Parnell will be making the Lady Wigram Trophy Race next Saturday one of the last of his racing career. KEEN COMPETITION IN WIGRAM TROPHY AT last twentyis cors will face the starter in the Lady Wigram Trophy race next Saturday, and it looks as though, for the first few laps at least, the circuit will be almost as crowded as Colombo Street on a summer Friday night. But speed is the thing that counts at Wigram, and so it is likely that before the first 20 of the 150 miles are covered the field will be well strung out and the wheat will be pretty well sorted from the chaff. On paper it looks as though the wheat will consist mainly • Englishmen Reg Parnell, Peter Whitehead, and Horace Gould, Jack Brabham, of Australia, and New Zealanders Ron Royeroft, Ross Jensen, and Bob. Gibbons. And, still on paper, the race looks like being another Ferrari festival. Parnell, winner of last week's New Zealand Grand Prix and team-mate Peter Whitehead will be driving their 3t-litre Super Squalo models, and Roycroft will handle his 4s-litre car. The rest of the wheat is mixed. Gould will have his 250F Maserati, Gibbons a D type Jaguar sports car, and Jensen. Whitehead's Monza Ferrari sports—a car similar in every respect to that in which Ken Wharton crashed to his death at Ardmore. It would be expecting a great deal of the sports cars to head the monoposto racers, just as it would be expecting a lot of the little Formula II Cooper, which will be driven by Brabham. Possibilities On this basis it looks as though Parnell, Whitehead, Gould, and Roycroft will sort it out among themselves. And of the quartet, New Zealander Roycroft looks about the most likely of the bunch. In the Grand Prix he had the measure of Parnell and Whitehead in the early stages and it was failing brakes and heat eshaustion that put him out of the race. Parnell's win was probably the result of his patience. He let Whitehead fight out the early laps with Roycroft and that fight cost Whitehead his brakes also. Thus Parnell was able to head him in the laiter stages. On the fast, onen-cornered Wigram circuit brakes do not play such an important part. Speed and acceleration are the things that really count, along with experience. Roycroft has raced at Wigram every year since the first race in 1949 and he knows the circuit like the back of his hand. The same can be said of Whitehead. who has won the last two trophy races, each time with Ferrari. The big puzzle in the race is likely to be the Gould Maserati. Luck did not go Gould's way at Auckland. He was feeling off colour on the day and the car was not just as good as it should have been. Things should be different next Saturday and the Maserati could give the Ferraris something to think about. Sports car drivers Gibbons and Jensen should be up in the minor places, just as they were at Auckland, and between them they should provide a fair share of the afternoon's excitement for these cars are very evenly matched. Although the remainder of the large field looks outclassed, it could be that one of the Cooper Climax sports cars or one or other of the more elderly racers could finish well up. Sports Cars The sports car race of 76 miles should provide some interesting racing. Main interest will most likely centre on Brabham, the Cooper works driver, who will handle his dise-braked Cooper Climax. This little sports car is very quick indeed and may give Gibbons with the D type Jaguar something to think about. 22-1-57 MOTORCYCLING ENTRIES FOR WIGRAM HANDICAP Six motor-cycle races will be held before the Lady Wigram trophy race at Wigram on Saturday. Entries for the main race, the All Comers' Handicap, are:- A. G. van Dijk (Royal Enfeld). N. E. _Tom:linson (Norton), H. Newbrook + Matchless). S. Burtt_ (Matchless), B. Benke Gilard (E.M.C.), R. V. McKendry (Ambassador), ¡Norton Clarke (D.O.T. MC- Gibbon (B.S.A.), W. E. Rush _(A.J.S.), G. Holland (Norton), J. Swarbrick (A.J.S.), Hubbard (B.S.A.), P. Glassonbury (A.J.S.), I. Mauger (Top (B.S.A.). Brown (B.S.A.), G. TopP R. R. Currie (B.S.A.), R Norris BBA.). G. interson (B.S.A.). Newman (Norton), L. E. Hauschild (Triumph).! ivi. Daniel (B.S.A.), Smith (B.S.A.). _B. E. Tims (A.J.S.). M. B. Lamb (Norton), D. E. Carr (B.S.A.), R. J. Harris, (B.S.A.), A. Thomas. C Fisk (Francis Barnett), R. Taggart (Triumph), S. Harrison (velocette), B. Chambers (Triumph), P. W. Phillips_ (B.S.A.), G. Stuthridge (Ariel), R. J. McCleary (Moto Guzzi), R. T. Knowles (Francis Barnett), R. L Hay (B.S.A.), A. Stewart (Norton), G. Mardon, P. Watson (Norton), Van Olphen (Matchless), • M. Wilson (M.W. Special). J. Fisher, F. H Overton (Royal Enfield), T. L. Fon TeA! 1. Rutledge (A.J.S.); 0 Frew (B.S.A.), T.R. McCleary (A.J.S.). 22-9-57 THIRD INTERNATIONAL LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE. LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE. NEXT SATURDAY. NEXT SATURDAY NEXT SATURDAY. PROGRAMME: 10.00 a.m.: Motor-cycle Race. 10.30 a.m.: Open Car Handicap Race. 11.00 a.m.: Motor-cycle Race. 11.30 a.m.: Redex Sports Car Race. 1.00 p.m.: Motor-cycle Race. 1.30 р.m.: Lady Wigram Irophy Race. 4.00 p.m.: Salon Car Race. Ine 30 Entries include:- R. • Parnell (England). Ferrarl. P. Whitehead (England), Ferrart. H. • Gould (England), Maserati. J. Brabham (Australia), Cooper Climax. R. Jensen (N.Z.), Monza Ferrari. R. Royeroft (N.Z.), Ferrari. T. Clark (N.Z.), H.W.M. R. Moore (N.Z.), Cooper Climax. A. NicKay (Australia), Cooper Climax- S. Jensen (N.Z.). Cooper Climax. A. Freeman (N.Z.), Largo Talbot. R. Gibbons (NZ.), Jaguar "D" Type. WIGRAM, SATURDAY, JAN. 26 WIGRAM, SATURDAY, JAN. 26 Reserved Grandstand Seats available DI.C. 2133