22-1-57 23- 1-57 23-9-57 BRITISH DRIVER Horace Gould is shown here with his Maserati 250F car preparing for the Lady Wigram Trophy race on Saturday. The two mechanics with him will form his pit crew for the event. Left to right: H. G. Sedles, B. D. Collins, and Gould. Motor-cycling Entries for Wigram Six motor-cycle races will precede the running of the Lady Wigram Trophy race at Wigram on Saturday Comers' Handicap, are: Entries for the main race. the A. G. van Dijk _(Royal Enfield), N. E. Tomlinson (Norton). H. Newbrook (Matchless (Norton), E-ke S. Burtt (Matchless), Benke Gillard Clarke sador), s. McKendry (Ambas sador), McGibbon (B.S.A.). W. E. Rush (A.J.S.). A. G. Holland (Norton), J. Swarbrick (A.J.S.), J. Hubbard Glassonbury Brown (B.S.A.). (B.S.A.), R. R. Currie (B.S.A.), E. Morris (B.S.A.), G. Wandby (B.S.A.), R. T. Anderson (B.S.A.). Newman (Norton " Daniel (B.S.A.. L. E. Hauschild (Triumph), MI. R. W. Smith (B.S.A.), B. . E. Tims (A.J.S.). M. _B. Lamb (Norton). D.; Carr (B.S.A.). J. Harris (B.S.A.). A. Thomas, C. Fisk (Francis Barnett), R Taggart (Triumph). S. Harrison (Velocette) : B. Chambers (Triumph): P. Phillips (B.S.A.). G. Stuthridge (Ariel), B. J. McCleary (Jioto Guzzi), T. Anowles (Francis Barnett), R. L. Hay (B.S.A.). A. Stewart (Norton), G. Mardon. P. Watson (Norton). C. van Olphen (Matchless), V. Wilson (M.W. Special), J. Fisher, F. I Overton (Roval Enfeld). T. L Carlyon (B.S.A.), 1. Rutledge (A.J.S.),, O. J. Frew (B.S.A.). I. R. McCleary (A.J.S.). ENGLISH DRIVERS TEST CARS ON WIGRAM TRACK It needed little imagination fer residents of Sockburn and! Hornby to realise last evening; that high-powered racing rais were being tested at the Wigram aerodrome. The snarling engines of the two Super Squalo Ferraris of Reg Parnell and Peter Whitehead and the 250 Flaserati of Horace Gould. all of Britain. could be heard far and wide. The drivers are entered in the Lady Wigram trophy race Saturday, and were being • given an opportunity to test their cars on the back straight. Not since the late Ken Wharton came to Wigram- in 1954 with fabulous 16-cylinder supercharged B.R.M. has the airfield reverberated to the sounds like that produced from Gould's Maserati. There was no power conserved in Gould's testing, and as the engine built up power: along the _ back straight ine whine increased in pitch and intensity. When he returned to his pit crew after the testing he said the car had not sounded better. He had reached 7500 revolutions a minute on the tachometer-the recommended maximum -and the engine had sounded very crisp. neg_ Parnell, winner of tre New Zealand Grand Prix two weeks ago, looked sum shel watched his mechanic, Stan Ells- worth, diagnosing the trouble with his Ferrari. It needed only a few seconds for Ellsworth to find that the Ferrari's tanks had a small amount of water in them. The tanks had been filled with water to ship the car from Auckland to Lyttelton, and some was still left As his own car was not available for hich speed work. Parnell used Whitehead's car for a fast test down the back straight to relieve his feelings. Whitehead's Ferrari was perfect running order even on its first run-an unusual phenomenen considering the notoriously dubious temperaments of a thoroughbred racing engine. Three New Zealand drivers appeared on the circuit for a short period. The former world champion speedway rider. Ronnie Moore. appeared in one of the latest Cooper Climaxes. The tiny! streamlined car sped through the corners at almost top speed. Moore's car is one of the few nf its kind in New Zealand. The engine has been developed from a fire-pump motor. F. Shuter. a veteran of the Wigram circuit in his wellknown Cadillac Special, will chis year drive a Maserati formerly nwned by T. Clark, of Welling ton. The car is a pre-war model. and did not sound very happy its test runs. The other driver was D. Campbell, with a Cooper Norton. entrants had their track last evening. checking the motor of his Maserati car. Peter Whitehead's Ferrari is seen at the back. 24-9-57 EAD WANTS WIGRAM WIN DETER WHITEHEAD Wigram Trophy on English racing driver Reg Prit winner) told the Ma M.P.) at a civic reception wanted to win the Lady Saturday for the third time, Parnell (New Zealand Grand ayor (Mr R. M. Macfariane, this morning. The reception was for Engish and Australian drivers who are competing in the Lady Wigram Trophy Race on Saturday. Wnitehead has won the trophy race on the last two occasions. Reg Parnell suggested that if his colleague did win, ne would not take the trophy away with him, but would leave it here for competition. "But," he said, "there is a man called Horace Gould with other ideas. "As for myself, if I get into the first three I will be more than happy." The Mayor welcomed the drivers, and told them how keenly Christchurch people At a similar function in 1954. At a similar function last year, Ken Wharton had been present, said Mr Macfazlane. His tragic death at Ardmore emphasised certainly the risks and skills required in motor racing. But, he said, this sport did not have any monopoly of risks. All sports offered risks to their participants. The president of the Car Club (Mr C. A. Croft) said the Lady Wigram event had put Christchurch, dew Zealand, on The map in the motor-racing sport. The English drivers welcomed were Messrs Parnell. Whitehead, and Gould. and the Australians were Messrs Jack Brabham and Allan Mckay.