22-1-59 A LEADING NEW ZEALAND DRIVER and a likely contender for the Lady Wigram Tropby! Boss Jensen, in action in his El Salvador Maserati at Ardmore. English, Drivers Have Won Four The Wigram race has been held the regular circuit was completed nine times since its inception in last Scott-Brown; who went round in year by the late Archie Times 1949there was no race in 1805. 87.06 miles an hour in a Listeras the track was being resealed. In Jaguar sports racer-the only time that time it has been won four a sports car has won the race. times by English . drivers, three The winners of the previous times by driyers races were.- IrOm Christchurch, and once each by Auck- 1949 (105.8 miles): Morrie Procland and Wellington drivers. toI (Wellington), Brooklands The circuit is of 2.116 miles, but Riley, Ior 35min 56sec (66.17 the lap distance in 1954 was only miles an hour). 2073 mies as the sharp bend at the end of the back straight was 1950(105.8 miles): Hec Green removed. (Christchurch), Wolseley In 1954 the late Ken Wharton, Special, 1hr 30min 57sec (69.79 who finished third after pushing miles an hour). the 1ll-fated BRM over the last 400 yards and over the inishing 1951 (101.57 miles): Les Moore line, did & record lap at 89.37 (Christchurch), P3 Alla miles an hour. The fastest lap on! Romeo, Ihr 27min 4isec (69.5 miles an hour). 1952 (50.78 miles): Les Moore (Christchurch), P3 Alfa Romeo, 39min 4sec (76.3 miles an hour). 1953 (50.78 miles): Ron Roycrott (Auckland), P3 Alfa Romero, 38min 40sec (78.8 miles an , hour). PETER WHITEHEAD 1954 (99.5 miles): Peter Whitehead (England), Ferrarl, 1hr 9min 51.3sec (85.48 miles an hout). 1956 (150.24 miles): Peter Whitehead (England), Ferrari, 1hr 48min 0.3sec (83.46 miles an 1857 (15024 miles): Peter Whitehead (England), Ferrari, Ihr 50min 8sec (81.84 miles an , hour). 1958 (150.24 miles): Archie Scott- Brown (England), Lister- Jaguar, lar 47min 33.4sec ARCHIE SCOTT-BROWN (83.8 miles an hour). Wigram Has Seen Famous Overseas Drivers - Ispecially written by R. M "The Press Sororng Correspondent of CARR, The dangers Inherent motor racing are emphased by tae fact thst four oversess drivers who have äriven in the internationsl races & Wigram have subsequently been Billed, Een Wharton, who. gained third place at Wigram in 1954 fa she 16-cylinder B.B.M. was killed In the sorte caP race &t Ardmore in 195%. It mas a eruel twist fortune that Wharton shoula- have travelled 12,000 miles to mees his late on this side of the world. Undoubtedly the most commanding personality met at Wigram was Archie Scott-Brown, the dynamic one-handed Englishman who lived for motor racing and 'established himself as a leading driver in spite of his disability. Scott-Brown was never happier than' when tie was driving his car on the limit, but at the Spa- Francorchamps circuit last yéar, ne too, was killed, while driving a Lister-Jaguar. Motor racing is a sport which can strike at anyone anywhere, and even the best drivers recognise the risks'involved.. Peter Whitehead the only driver ever to have won an international motor race/ in New Zealand three times-at Wigram in 1954, 1956, and 1957was & clever yet restrained competitos. tank commander in North Africa in the last war, Whitehead was a tactician of the frst order, a direct 'contrast to the "press-on" personality of Scott-Brown. Waitehead was killed in a rally in France late last gear when the Jaguar he was driving with his brother Graham skidded over a precipice. Slightly-built and softly-spoken Stuart Lewis-Evans was the last! person one would picture as a top grand prix driver. Lewis-! Evans adopted a fatalistic attitude towards the sport and believed no-one knew when their time was up. -His time was pitifully KEN WHARTON ghort, for at Casablanca last year: he was fatally burned in thel pyre of a Vanwall in which he was endeavouring to stave off the Ferrari threat and give Stirling Moss the world drivers' championship. Those are not the only famous drivers, who have graced the Wigram circuit. Tony Gaze was always reluctant to speak of bis exploits, but his second placings! in 1954 and 1956 showed bis ability. Few knew that this same driver was once a Battle of Britain Aghter pilot, who flew for more than a yeaf with Douglas Bader. Reg Parnell, raced was similar in i see 10 Does real. personality to Parnell, Britain's • veteran motor . racings retired from the sport in 1957. Now head of the Aston Martin competitions department, he must feel somewhat lucky to have survived 22 years, of racing on the world's circuits.! International drivers can earn big money in the sport, but who would dispute that they ears ¿every penny of it? TROPHY RACE ENTRIES Entries for the Lady Wigram Irophy race, of 1 laps, totalling 150.236 miles, are: R. Flockhart (Scotland) BRM. J. Brabham (Australia) Cooper F.1. F. D. Cantrell (Christchurch) Tojeiro Jaguar E. C. Macmillan (Invercargill) Cooper Climax G. H. Pierce (Taumarunui) Austin Healey K. D. Harris (Auckland) Ferrari A. I. Freeman (Wellington) Largo-Talbot D. G. Young (Timaru) Jaguar XK 120C W. Darrell (Christehurch) A.C.E. III D. Campbell (Christchurch) Maserati 4CL1 A. Li. Shelly (Wellington) Cooper Climax P. M. Hoare (Christchurch) Ferrari V. R. Blackburn (Christchurch) Citroen spi. A. Kennard (Christchurch) • Healey Corvette R. J. Roycroft (Glen Murray) Ferrari R. A. Biggs (Christchurch) Mistral C. O. Jennings (Auckland) MI.G.A. I. E. Clark (Auckland) Ferrari R. A. Gibbons (Wellington) Lycoming spl. S. H. Jensen (Palmerston North) Cooper Climax N. Herrick (Invercargill) Austin spl J. C. Cullen (Dunedin) Cullen 500 F. Shuter (Christchurch) Maserati L. R. Gilbert (Hamilton) Cooper Bristol R. McCutcheon (Norsewood) Normac spl. R. A. Levis (Putarura) R.A.L spi. B. A. Woods (Dunedin) Cooper J. Palmer (Elamilton) Lotus B. McLaren (Auckland) Cooper Climax M. Richards (Auckiand) Austin Healey G. Lawton (Whangarei) Cooper sports W. MI. Gill (Auckland) Buckler Mk. 90 R. Jensen (Auckland) Maserati. I. Mansell (Tuakau) Maserati M. Neil (Auckland) Cooper Climax