22-1-59 Top-flight Two-wheelers Will Provide Good Sport SoME of New Zealand's top fight moloresclisis will be among more than forty entrants for the two-wheeler races that will be on the programme at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting on Saturday. Noel McCutcheon, captain of the 1958 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy team, will be making his first appearance on a Canterbury circuit since his return from overseas. He will most likely ride & 350 c.c. 7R A.J.S. in both the senior and junior events. This Dunedin rider is exceptionally fast and a model of consisteney. Canterbury's representativel lin the 1959 T.T. team, Don Me- Neil, will also be appearing and he will ride a 500 c.c. will Norton i in senior race and a 7R terest will be that of the world speedway obampion, Barry Briggs, of Christ- -church. Briggs at present having a holiday here and has been baving a few speedway rides, but it must be quite a time since he has ridden in a road Face. He will be using a 500 c.c. din contingent will have plenty or weight behind it in the shape of the Marsden brotners Colin and Bruce. Both are exceptionally good riders and they will be handling Nortons. Two In One Other stars include the Mc- Cleary brothers, Tom Tom and Kevin, of Christchurch. McCleary has represented New Zealand in Europe, and his younger brother is well-known as one of the leading scrambles riders in the country to day. Actualiy the two motorcycle races mill have races within them. first' event will be for 350 Cat. machines • and divided inte two categories — one for machines running on poo! petral and the other for machines on racing fuel, In addition there will be a 250 c.c. race run in conjunction with these events. The senior race will have two categories — pool petrol and racing. Bach race will be oi eight laps and the massed starts should! prove to be quite a spectacle.f Generally speaking, the best motorcyclists prove to be about sec a lap slower than the best car drivers. Thus, or the average, their speed is nearly 9 miles an hour slower than the cars. Tom McCleary Don Mcfell Barry Briggl TROPHY RACE FIELD Thirty-three drivers will con test the 1959 Lady Wigram Trophy race. The drivers; with details of their cars, are: Driver Car Flockhart B.R.M. Brabham Cooper Herrick Austin Special F. D. Cantwell Tojeiro Jaguar K. C. MacMillan i Cooper Climax G. H. Pierce Austin Healey K. D. Harris Ferrari A. T. Freeman Talbot Largo D. G. Young Jaguar XK120 W. Darrell A.C.E. III D. Campbell Maserati 4CL1 A. L. Shelly Cooper Climax P. M. Hoare Ferrari 1 V. P. Blackburn Citroen Special A. Kennard Healey Corvette R. J. Roycroft Ferrari R. A. Beggs Mistral C. O. Jennings M.G.A. E. Clark Ferrari (Driver to be nominated) Puma ?. A. Gibbons Lycoming 3. H. Cooper Climax J. C. Cullen Cullen 500 :F. Shuter Maserati 8cm. L. R. Gilbert Cooper Bristol R. McGutcheon Normac Special R. A. Levis R.A.L. Special B. A. Wood Cooper J. Palmer Lotus B. McLaren Cooper Climax M. Richards - Austin Healey. G. Lawton Соорет W. : M. Gill Buckler Other Races The trophy race is the main car event on the programme, of course, but there are several other motor-car races which will provide considerable interest. Twenty-three drivers have entered for the open-car handicap race. They come from many parts of New Zealand, and and include trophy competitors one overseas driver, F.. Losee (from the United States). They will drive a range of cars, from smart sports racers to "specials" and, of course, several cars seen around the streets any day. Twenty drivers have been! attracted by the saloon car race, and here also there will be a wide range of cars competing. Notable among them are R. J. N. Archibala, in a Jaguar 3.4, and F. D. Cantwell in his Puma. The sports car race, another Important item on the card, has attracted nineteen competitors from several parts of the Dominion.