20 60 TED GRAY Cooper Tro s Domin phy Rac ate e Field TWENTY-EIGHT entries have been Motor Racing Club for next Sa national race, and five of them are drivers. The open car race for the Mo championship has attracted 21 entries race 25, and the sports car race 19. reduce the field of the trophy race to on Friday afternoon. received by the aturday's inter- : from overseas tor Racing Club 5, the saloon car Eliminations to 25 will be made Coopers dominate the field for the international race with seven entries, and Cooper hybrids number a further three. Four English Lotus cars have been entered-although one of them owned by David Piper does not have a driver yet. Piper entered this second car of his at Ardmore and it was to be driven by Frank Shuter, of Christchurch. Shuter was unlucky to be taken ill with appendicitis before the race, and the car was taken over by Arnold Stafford. Three Maseratis, four Ferraris including the powerful Monza sports model-—and five specials are the strongest other representatives. Only six of the total entry in the international race are from the South Isiand. The largest capacity cars are those of M. F. Stanton (4640 c.c. Stanton Special), A. I. Freeman (4485 c.c. Lago Talbot), W. M. Gill (4733 c.c. Lycoming), Ted Gray (4600 c.c. tornado) and i. J. Roycrott (4000 c.c. terrari). Each of these cars develops tremendous power, but on a circuit such as Wigram, the smaller capacity Coopers, with their outstanding cornering ability, have the advantage. To gain better acceleration, most of these large capacity cars have to be geared down, and in addition, their weight is a telling factor in their speed around the corners. IAN BURGESS DAVID PIPER