15-1-59 5th International LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE R.N.L.A.F. STATION Wigram, Saturday, Jan. 24th OVERSEAS ENTRIES RON FLOCKHART - SCOTLAND - B.R.M. (WINNER AT LE MANS) JACK BRABHAM - GT. BRITAIN - COOPER 2200 C.C. (FORMULA II WORLD CHAMPION 1958) A RECORD RACE ENTRY INCLUDES ALL THE BEST N.Z. DRIVERS. PROGRAMME: PRACTICE 9.00 OPEN CAR RACE, 10 a.m. 25 miles 350 G.E. MOTOR CYCLE RACE, 10.45 -.. miles SPORTS CAR RACE, 11.30 miles 500 c.c. MOTOR CYCLE RACE, 12.30 17 miles LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE, 1.45 150 miles SALOON CAR RACE, 4 20 miles ADMISSION ADVANCE BOOKINGS AT DIC BOOKING OFFICE ONLY. ROYAL TOUR GRANDSTAND SEATS 10/-, (plus admittance) ADMISSION TO COURSE: ADULTS 7/6, CARS 2/6, CHILDREN 2/6. CONCESSION TICKET ADMITS Private Car and & Adults, 30/- FAMILY TICKET ADMITS Private Car, 2 Adults and Children Free, 20/- ADMISSION AT GATES: ADULTS 7/6 - CARS 2/6 - CHILDREN 2/6 CATERING TEA - HOT WATER PACKAGE LUNCHEONS ICE CREAM PIES SOFT DRINKS 16-1-59 19-1-59 Flockhart's Career Ron Flockhart, the 35-year-old B.R.M. driver with a delightfu Scottish accent who will drive in the Lady Wigram Trophy race on January 24, is one of Britain's top-rank drivers. An engineering graduate of Edinburgh University; he held the rank of captain during the last war, serving in Italy. Austria, and Egypt. Flockhart's career in motor sport began after the war with motor-cycles. Transferring to cars in 1949. he frst raced with M.G.'s and E.R.A.'s, owning the first and the last of the pre-war E.R.A.'s. The first was the R 1A and the last was the R 4D—a two-litre car which remains to this day his favourite car. B.R.M. Driver In 1954 he took up full-time motor racing, joining the Owen racing organisation. Hitherto he had raced on most of the circuits in the British Isles, but after being involved in the testing and development of the V-16 B.R.M. ne began racing on Continental circults. He drove for the Scottish Ecurie Ecosse in D-type Jaguars, being placed fourth in . the 12hour race at Rheims and first in the Le Mans 24 hours on two occasions. When the B.R.M. was not used in grand prix racing, he accepted the invitation to drive a Connaught in the Grand Prix d'Europe at Monza in 1956 and finished third. At that time, this was the highest Diace achieved by a British driver in a British car in a world championship event. His suecesses were. continued in 1957, but most of 1958 was spent in hospital and recuperating after his serious crash at Rouen. His races in New Zealand mark his return to the sport since the accident. He has not decided on his plans for the 1959 season, but he says it is certain that he will be driving for B.R.M.. at least. Race Driver Ron Flockhart's Unusual Hobby IS Walk Ing THE BB. racing driver Ron Flockhar% who arrived in Christchurch this morning from the North Island, has one of the most unusual hobbies for a racing driver—walking. "I like to get away from the 'infernal' combustion engine for a while and go walking in the Scottish Highlands when I get the chance," he said. Flockhart, aged 3t' Edinengineering graduate of burgh Universtiy, with a pleasant Scottish accent, is also a keen amateur pilot. He owns his own Auster aircraft, which he finds is a most useful and pleasant way of getting to ana from car race meets. He arrived from Wellington this morning without his senior mechanic. Gordon Newman, and the B.R.I. engine specialist, Roy foreman. whom ne was sapposed to meet at the ferry last night. Apart from driving the B.R.M. type 25 prototype, which is being raced for the first time seriously in New Zealand, Flockhart sends back lengthy technical reports to the Owen organisation. owners of the car. Three of the Vl6 type B.R.M.s will be modified and another two of the type 25 are being built. so that with the one ne nas in New Zealand. there will be six B.R.M.s racing soon. Workout He said this New Zealand trip was a workout for him following his spectacular smash at Rouen. in which he suffered six broken ribs. fractured spine and a punctured lung. "By the time I get back home in February I hope to be getting more familiar with the old game," he said. "Im just getting back into the swing of it and feel quite good." He will drive the B.R.M. in the Lady Wigram Trophy race on January 24, and hopes to be in the South Island for about a month, possibly also racing at Waimate and Invercargill. After some big game fishing tin the North Island. he • will Ron Flockhart travel to the United States on technical representation and then return to the United Kingdom and his home in Bedford. An engineering outlook was not an essential for motor racing, he advised. " Ignorance is bliss in this case. " he said. 17-1-59 Late Wigram Entry Ross Jensen, New Zealand's champion racing driver last season, has made a late entry for the Lady Wigram international trophy race on January 24. Jensen will race the Piccolo Maserati which he has been commissioned to drive by the South American state of El Salvador. He was in a good position in the New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore last Saturday when the car developed a fault in the engine. This has been rectified. and Jensen must highly favoured on the faster Wigram circuit.