1-2-58 29-1-58 1-2-58 M'CA HOLLAND'S second placing in the 500 c.c. motor-cycle race. at Wigram on Saturday was most meritorious considering that in eari practice the same day he fell heavily from his cycle when taking a bend. The circuit had been made slippery by overnight rain, and, as he came out of a turn, he gave throttle an extra twist, oniv to find his back wheel up in the air and himself down on the ground. Shaken but uninjured, Holland considered himself fit enough to take his front position on the starting grid. Throughout the race he hotly contested the lead with N. McCutcheon, and just failed to take the chequered flag before McCutcheon. time was only 0.7sec slower than the winning time. Leading overseas and New Zealand drivers will compete in the car races to be held at Teretonga Park, Invercargili, O1l Saturday. They include Jack Brabham, of England, winner of the recent Grand Prix at Ardmore; Archie Scott - Brown, also of England who established a record in winning the 150 miles Lady Wigram Trophy on Saturday; a third Englishman, Dick Gibson; Arnold Glass, of Austra lia; Ross Jensen, of New Zea-! land, who was second in the Ron Roycroft, also of zealand. At least twenty competitors will take part in the big international race. SOISELL THE ENGLISH RACING DRIVER, Archie Scott-Brown, was the favourite of the crowd at Wigram last Saturday in bis Lister-Jaguar. Seott-Brown won the Lady Wigram Srophy race in record time, and set up a new lap record. Here he is shown throwing the Lister-Jaguar into the S-bend during the race. This English Car.. ..Set New Tradition RCHIE SCOTT photogaph, k win the 150-mile r Not since the first trophy. On that first oc winner was the averaged 66.17 mile sports car, a 41-li Christehurch, filled miles an hour. Times have changed. On Saturday Scott-Brown with the Lister-Jaguar established a new race record averaging 83.93 miles an hour. and a new lap record of 90.8 miles an hour. There is no doubt that Scott- Brown could have easily bumped the race average higher last Saturday, for after half the distance he eased up considerably when he realised he had the situation well in hand. One of the most amazing things about the win last Saturday is that, although the Lister-Jaguar is undoubtedly one of the fastest sports-racers on the world's circuits to-day, it is a tractable road rehicle. Most sports-racers do not take kindly to everyday use. But Scott-Brown drove the car down from Blenheim, after having it flown across from the North Island, and usel it as his -BROWN, the man on the righ broke Lady Wigram Trophy ace last Saturday with a spo lace back in 1949 has a spor it in the above traditions to Its-racing car. is car won the ccasion the distance Wellington driver, is an hour in a Broo tre Invicta, driven second place and als was 105.8 miles and the Morrie Proctor, who klands Riley 9. Another be Frank Bennet, of o made fastest lap at 68 personal transport to and from the circuit for the practice sessions. When he drove it back to the city after winning the race its motor was just as crisp as it was before the start. Big Mileage The car has covered eignt thousand racing miles in its life. By racing standards that is a big mileage. Moreover, according to its driver, the Jaguar engine has covered its last two thousand miles of racing without any work being done on it, apart from normal maintenance such as any owner who respects his car would have done. Gearbox trouble killed all chances the young Aucklander, Bruce McLaren, had in the New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore on January 11. On Saturday, again using the 1730 c.c. works Cooper- Climax, McLaren seemed certain of third place when once more the gearbox cracked up. Similarly the Australian, Jack Brabham, went out with the 2.2litre car when running second to Scott-Brown and not more than 13sec behind him after thirty laps. Achilles Heel The gearbox appears to be the Achilles' heel of the Cooper- Climax. Certainly, the power output and the roadholding of these ears cannot be faulted. It would appear that the 1750 ce car of the Englishman, Dick Gibson, is the one that has had the easiest season. Under the circumstances it would not be surprising to see his luck change with high plac ings in Dunedin and Invercargill. 4-2-58 ROAD TOLL AT RACE TRIALS "Unauthorised" Group's Charge The Paparua County Council will investigate reports from motorists and councillors that the intersection of Vickerys and Washbourne roads, near R.N.Z.A.F. station, Wigram, was blocked off by an unauthorised group during ¡trials for the Lady Wigram Trophy car race which were being held on Friday, January 24. The council will also investigate the charges made by counciliors that this unidentified group erected the road block with petrol drums and charged a toll of 2s 6d ¡a car for travel through this in- (tersection. Cr. Gilberthorpe told the council at a meeting last evening: "Some severe action will have to be taken. We'll have any Tom, Dick and Harry erecting road blocks and charging us to use public roads-what a cheek!" The chairman (Mr C. A. Campion): They appear to be a law unto themselves. "Explaining" Cr. R. J. Roberts: Someone will have to do a bit of explaining. Cr. J. H. Meyer: Could police action be taken?' The County Clerk (Mr A. Kelly) said that the council could bring an action and a police action could quite well follow. The meeting was told that no request had been made for the use of the road by the unknown toll collectors. Transport Department oficers were told that the unauthorised toll was being taken from dozens of motorists, but did not investigate the complaint, probably because it seemed so fantastic. The numbers of many cars driven by motorists who paid their tolls had been recorded and they could be called to assist the council in its inquiry, said Cr. J. H. Weaver. but I "They asked me to pay the toll, wasn't as silly as SOme motorists," said Cr. Wearer. Inquiries would be made immediately, he said.