Motor-Racing Lady Wigra Won By m Trophy Scott-Brown Over the last four years, the motor-racing public of Christehurch has been fortunate in seeing international racing of a high order in the Lady Wigram trophy_race, and has come to expect skilful driving from the competitors. But on Saturday, the display of driving by the one-handed Scotsman, Archie Scott- Brown, erceeded anything that has been seen on the circuit yet. It is the first time that an international race has been won in New Zealand by a combination of a British car and driver. It was a shattering drive in more was never fully extended mays than one. The distinctive Saturday. Hoare completed green and yellow Lister-Jaguar rocketed around the circuit for Fifth and sixth places were filled 150 miles to establish a new race by M. C. Mayo, of Levin (Cooper record of Ihr 47min 7.4sec; a new Climax). and . the Australian lap record of 1min 23.8sec; and to Glass (Ferrari Super Squalo). bury in its dust the chances of a Brabham Retires Zealander winning One of the favourites for the race, trophy. . Brabham (Cooper F1) Even the most ardent critic of much of his leeway from the back ad motor-racing would the starting grid. and at one stage second position-15sec acknowiedge Scott-Brown's per- hind Scott-Brown. However, he was formance as the brilliant effort it! not fated to notch his third succes- The stuffed black cat mas- sive win in New Zealand, and which with the car gearbox of his car the strain of catching Listerwherever it races was patted by Jaguar. A similar fate befell New Scott-Brown at the end of the Zealand's young motor-racing prosevent, but it was not by luck alone McLaren, driving that the race was won. It was! works Cooper. After being close to for most of the early by reason of the fine driving of he was holding third position what is acknowledged as the most laps, when his gearbox broke down afte potent sports-racing car in the 58 laps. For the rest of the ract world. watched ‚disconsolately Scott-Brown's driving where his car came to rest by the drew much of the attention away hangars. From the drop of the flag, Scottfrom the otber competitors, New Brown out-accelerated every car on Zealand drivers having the grid to take first position. interesting tussles further back in was hotly pursued by McFaren the field Three of them acquitted Jensen and Roycroft close in behind ear-splitting roar of the Listerthemselves well and finished in the first six placings. The Auckland ferent parts of the circuit, and competitor, Ross Jensen sound of its acceleration, Maserati) was the only driver on some of the corners Scott-Brown could not lap was beginning to turn, told a story Scott-Brown was using with the cracking pace his Jaguar what is acknowledged imposing. Jensen's of getting round a corner, formerly owned by Stirling Moss, which is the hallmark of champion driver-the four-wheel the power, but its driver power drift. All four wheels of the could not match the skill of the car are sliding at once, and the only leader. Apart from a few brief factor saving the car from spinning moments after he had spun up at is the engine power to the sliding the S-bend and Jensen slipped The Lister-Jaguar was through to the lead. Scott-Brown almost through corners as any other car on the cirled from start to finish. Jensen cuit, with the possible exception of completed the race one minute Lewis-Evans. behind. Even by the third lap, Scott-Brown had established a four-second Lewis-Evans Third over McLaren, but Jensen was hard Third place went to another on the heels of McLaren. highly-skilled English driver, later took over second position, Stuart Lewis-Evans. In the dart- further back in the field, was unobstrusively working his way shaped Connaught which thrilled up towards the leaders, and had soon the British crowds with its win passed Roycroft for fourth position. at Goodwood last year, Lewis- One Mistake Evans completed for him Scott-Brown made only one mismust have been a dull and dis- during the whole race-on the appointing race. The Alta engine eighth lap when he spun at the 5- Jensen mistring badly, but it was only of short acceleration was poor. Preferring the leaderhe dynamie Scotsman to stay in the race rather than again hurtling the lead waste valuable time in the pits. with renewed vigour, and it was in Lewis-Evans managed to stave off the period that he was attempting to build up his lead once more that the threats from the cars behind he clocked one lap at Imin 23.8sec- If his car had been in good order, more than five seconds he could well have pushed Scott- Whitehead's record of 1956 set up Brown, but as it was, he bad com- in a Ferrari at lmin 29.5sec. pleted only 69 of the 71 laps when By the twentieth lap, Brabham had way into the race finished. tion, with Jensen next, followed by The first local driver to finish Roycroft. Lewis-Evans, was P. M. Hoare, driving a 3-litre Roycroft was dropped Ferrari. Although he finished in Iurther and furtner, Hoare has ret to forced to pull into the pits after a rear wheel had locked on a corner know his machine fully. The car For the rest of the race he was subis a particularly potent one, but itldued by this fault in nis car. the twenty-fifth lap. Brabham was only 15sec behind Scott-Brown. and Jensen was behind. dropping back slowin. 265 The strain was telling on some of the cars alreads. althougn the Lister-Jaguar sounded as crisp as when it started. On the twenty-eighth lap, Brabham pulled into the pits with clutch trouble. and on the next lap was reluctantis forced to retire. About the sailit time, Freeman's Lago-Talbot was pushed to side of the track the S-bend with a broken transmis- Taking the pit-siraight entrance 100 fast, the Timaru driver. E. Sprague, disappeared amongst hay-bales, but, emerging from the one piece, continued other side he later retired race. with the bearings of engine making ominous grinding noises. By this time the race had settled down, and for the next 20 laps there was little change in the positions. Scott-Brown was driving with undiminished dash, and had lapped McLaren, then in third place, by the ffty-third lap. McLaren stayed close behind him for several laps, and was one of the few drivers who nore seconds' hampse of the Lister-Jaguar's cand McLaren's Car Fails But his tuition from Scott-Brown cam to a sudden end when on the sixtieth lap he retired after Lewis- excellent. drive. This allowed Evans to take over third position. The corners all round the circuit were becoming particularly with molten. rubber, and stipe ery the bend the cars were sliding as if ice. Scott-Brown alone handled the surface with the respect it deserved, and not a trace of backlash was observable from the Lister-Jaguar on the corners. Several other cars spun up or were forced to use the escape road when the drivers realised they would not make the corner. The last few laps depended upon the cars standing up to the pace. Scott-Brown still driving well as when the race began, and Jensen enough not to his past safety attempt to catch him. Several miles further back, Lewis-Evans' car developing hold of enough poWeI foI him to off the challenges of Hoare and Mayo. The crowd of more than 15,000 showed their enthusiasm when Scott- Brown was driven round the circuit after the race. *It was wonderful race, and the car just went like bomb," he said. The from the race Mardon (R.A. Vanguard) two iaps, broken carburettor bowl; W. Darrell four laps, broken water pipe; B. A. ide), 18 laps, (ACE) Wood (Star- Brabham gearbox; F. E. bearings; Freeman (Lago Talbot), 36 laps, transmission; B. McLaren (Cooper Climax), 59 laps, gearbox. Sports Car Race K. D. arivine Ken the Monza! ton Ferrari year, brought was lucky to which HariSe en to late win Zealand the 50-mile Whar- last sports car race. Од last lap he snatched victory from Cantwhose Tocaro- Jaguar picked and punetured a rear tyre on the control. tower corner. The car went into vicious spin and missed the marker drums by inches. MI. Neil, of Auckland, driving lead Cooper Climax, the early, but Cantwell and seen in artis had too much speed for the tiny car. Cantwel! was too enthusiastic, he spun twice before having his third and last spin. 3.4 lite Jaguar saloons had the other cars the NSaloon race at their mercy. R. J. Archibald was reaching very high speeds in his, while G. Quirk was getting into real trouble trying to catch him. Quirk spun twice but the car did not overturn. J. Hayes (Auckland) drove a Ford Zephyr into third position. Drivers and results are:— LADY WIGRAME TROPHY RACE 71 Laps (150 Miles) A. Scott-Brown (England), Lister Jaguar, Ihr 4îmin 27.4sec, 1; R. Jensen (Auckland), 250F Maserati, Ihr 48 min 18sec, 2; S. Lewis-Evans (England), Gonna t Ihr 48min I1.7sec (69 P. Hoare (Christ- (68 laps). church), laps) Ferrari. 4; M. C. Ihr Mayo 48min (Auckland), 31.8sec Cooper Climax, Ihr 47min 35.8sec (67 laps), 5; A. Glass {Australia), Ferrari Super Squado, 1hr 48min 19.6 sec (6 lapsi. 6. Fastest laD: A. scott- LISTER-JAGUAR'S SUCCESS Built By Small English Firm The winner of the Lady Wigram Trophy race on Saturday. Archie Scott-Brown gave the English sports car designer and owner of a small engineering firm, MIr Brian Lister. another impressive victory. Mr Lister, hailed as one of the finest racing car designers England today, was responsible for creating the car which Scott-Erown drove. Working on the basis of an ordinary D-type Jaguar engine, Lister four years ago commenced WOrK on the Lister-Jaguar car which has now become famous in many parts of the world. By building the lightest body on any sports car in the world, and working on the engine to ipcrease its power, a car with startling performance resulted. There were many teething troubles with the car, but the model driven by Scott-Brown has proved so successful that a new model is already almost completed in preparation for the season in Europe On Saturday, the car out-accellerated, out-braked, and generally outmanoeuvred all the cars on the circuit. On the back straight; R J. Royeroft, driving the most powerful car in the race-a V-12 Ferrari-was able to hold the Lister-Jaguar for a few moments, then the car was by in a flash. Scott-Brown was in top gear for only a few seconds before be changed down for the S-bend. Aiter the race, Scott-Brown proudly showed the stuffed black cat mascot given to the Lister team before their first race at Silverstone four years ago. It has been with the team ever since. The new Lister-Jaguar will be seen in action at Sebring (U.S.A.) later this year. It has been entered by the American millionaire Briggs Cunningham, who for several years has raced Chevrolet Corvettes. Scott-Brown has been invited to drive the car with Walt Hansgen. an American, as codriver. Brown, Lister-Jaguar, Imin 23.8sec (a record). Open Car Handicap (25 miles) -G. Austin-Healey, 24min amin 2530 are Lawrence 25.3sec, (Wa- Mistral 24min 35.6sec, #. J. Brown (Christehurch 325min Vauxhall Special, 24min 39.9sec, Ryan Christchurch), 9.8sec, Rutherford church), RA-Vauxhall, 25min 19.5sec 5. 350 C.C. Motor-cycle Race (17 miles).-N McCutcheon (Dunedin), 7R A.J.S., 1; J. Swarbrick (Waiau), 7R A.J.S., 2; R. Newbrook (Mangaroa), TR A.J.S., B. Benke (Ash- 13mt0o sec Norton, Winner's time, 13min Sports Car Race (50 miles).-K. D. (Auckland), Monza Ferrari, 39min 42.9sec, 1; M. Neil (Auckland), Cooper Climax, 40min 518sec G. Pierce (Taumarunui), Austin Healev, 40min 56.6sec. 3. Up to 1500 c.c. M. Neil I, M. Mayo 2, A. Moffat (Ashburton), Mistral, 3. 1501-3000 c.c.: K. D. Harris I, G. Pierce 2. G. Lawton 3. Over 3000 c.c.: A. Bell (Palmerston). Jaguar 1; E. A. Kennard (Christchurch), Healev-Corvette 2. 500 c.c. Motor-cycle Race (17 miles) -N. McCutcheon (Dunedin), Norton. G. Holland (Christchurch), Norton. 2; R. Newbrook Matchess, Swarbrick Swarba (walau), 4 cenner's time. 13min 24.3sec. Saloon Car Race (25 miles).—R. J N. Archibald Jaguar, 21min 57.2sec, (Te Awamutu). 3.4 Jaguar. 22min 50.8 sec. Hayes (Auckland), Ford Zenhvr. 23 min 45.2sec 2. 27-1-58 WINNER OF MOTOR-CYCLE RACES AT WIGRAM.—N. McCutcheon, of Dunedin, a New Zealand Isle of Man representative, competing on the Wigram circuit on Saturday. He won both the 350 c.c. and 500 c.c. races. 28-9-58 209 A9. 20322 A. SCOTT-BROWN is shown being flagged to victory as his Lister-Jaguar roars past the winning line after winning the Lady Wigram Trophy race on Saturday. Scott-Brown is waving his hand to the applauding spectators during his moment of triumph.