20-1-61 Weather conditions mere unpleasant when drivers in tomorrow's Lady Wig ran Trophy race took part in practice this morning. These photographs show Bruce McLaren (top) and Stirling Moss as thes are about to take the hangar bend during their runs. 'DRY' WEEK-END IF WEATHER PERSISTS RANat Wirram this morning may mean a "dry" week-end for the star drivers who will contest the seventh international Lady Wigram Trophy race to-morrow. There is an attractive, This morning, the trophy all with his new Ferrari, but prize of one hundred bottles race drivers had a training he was well down with a! of New Zealand wine for the session, but they were not lap speed generally around first man to do a lap of the timed officially until inis ol mues an hour, and was 2.116 mile circuit at 100 afternoon, and possibly with complaining about the slipmiles an hour. exception of Britain's pery surface. Although most of the in- Stiring Moss, they did noc The track itself is in ternational drivers who are exert themselves too much. are tee- Moss, with the blue Rob excellent condition, but contesting the race. the rain this morning totallers, they have friends Walker Lotus, was lapping made driving exceptionwho took a keen interest in in about lmin 26.5sec tainty ally difficult. their pertormances tasiregulariy. That is a speed morning. of nearly 88 miles an hour. Saloon car drivers were first out to-day and toe, However, the drizzle Miserable' Aucklander. Ross Jensen, dampened everyone's with his 3.8 litre Jaguar, was! spirits and it meant that he was not at motoring very quickly but 'lap times were generally However, ¡certainly not having things about 10sec slower than the rain was mistthey would be if the oescribed ing over his goggles and he a The Timaru dr The Timaru driver, Ernie track had been dry. the conditions as sprague, with his modified "miserable." Zephyr, was having a real Sweden's Bonnier dice with Jensen. In fact at/ seemed down! ione stage, it looked as! quickly in the appalling con-t though they were really ditions Yeoman Credit Cooper, and he turned racing. unspectacular Pangor lara sea y workmanlike laps at about Rangiora, was also 85 miles an hour. well with his Humber 80. The Cooper works drivers, Jack Brabham and Bruce No Yardstick who know the course far better than the rest of the overseas visitors, However, as was the case , were content to circulate in with the trophy race drivers about 1min 31sec-83.7 miles this morning's periormances an hour. were probably no real yard- Brabham holds the stick. lap record at 1min 20.8 notable absentee sec-94.28 miles an hour. this morning was John- But he said before this nie Mansell with the morning's training ses- nw Tec-Mec. He hopes sion that in the wet the to reach Christchurch cars would be to to-morrow morning. 15sec slower a lap. A late arrival was Hamiain actual fact, after ren tost driver his Maserat , who training McLaren just got Maserati tothought they were generally gether in time to get it on: about 10sec slower. the boat last night. That means that if the! weather is kind to-morrow the faster drivers could possibly achieve the 100 milesan-hour lap. The team Lotus drivers, John Surtees and Jim Clark took things fairly easily and the other Lotus ¡ driver, Roy Salvadori. Slippery Of the New Zealanders, Christchurch's Pat Hoare was probably doing best of WET