8-1-62 19-1-62 15-1-62 LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE SATURDAY, JANUARY 20th 19620 See Stirling Moss Jack Brabham Bruce Melaren John Surtees Roy Sairadori Ron Flockhart Grandstand eats Concession lickets NOW ON SALE at DIC Booking Office N.B.—No Concession or Family Tickets available at Gates. D.I.C only. GRANDSTAND SEATS .. • • CONCESSION TICKET ® 01 each (ADMITS CAR AND UP TO & ADULTS) FAMILY TICKET • • 30' each (ADMITS 2 ADULTS AND UP TO 6 CHILDREN) Country Patrons: STAMPED AND ADDRESSED Envelope to D.I.C Booking Office, Christchurch. Bandini. •9, Glass at Wigram The Italian champion, Lorenzo Bandini, and the well-known Australian racing Arnold Glass, will start drivel in the 150 mile Lady Wigram Trophy Saturday, January 20. Conclusion of successiul negotiations with the connections of these two drivers was announced by the Motor Racing Club, sponsor of the event. this morning. Private Team Bandini, who finished fifth in the New Zealand Grand Prix last Saturday in a 2.8litre Cooper-Maserati, is the No. 1 driver in the private Italian racing organisation, Scuderia Centro-Sud, which is sponsored by Signor Guglielmo Del. A wealthy garage pro prietor, Glass is one of the few racing drivers in the world owning a B.R.M. This is one of the 22 litre modeis similar to those raced by the official B.R.M. team in the 1961 New Zealand Grand Prix. These entries bring the field for the trophy race to twenty-five. At least one entrant will be eliminated in the time trials on the day before the race. WIGRAM MARSHALS ARE YOUR FRIENDS DOZENS of men in white shirts and official r around the circuit at Wigram on Saturday the big events comes up These men are not there! for fun, states a special re lease. They are the marshals, and on them depends much of the safety organisation of the тасе. An incident brings them to their toes, giving maximum protection the public and other drivers. Not Enemies Having struggled over the barriers and secured for yourself an unrivalled view of the racing. do not treat as personal enemy the burly figure who comes along and politely telis you to climb back again, rans the statement. He is not niggling or abusing his authority, but carrying out an extremely important part in the running of the meeting. He and his colleagues, as unpaid helpers, are divided into three main categoriesflag marshals, pit and paddock marshals and, by no means least important, spectator marshals, whose particular concern is to prevent you from wandering into dangerous places. Perhaps the pleasantest -though certainly the most demanding in patience and tact—is the spectator marshal's job. He gets by far the best view of the racing, even though it may be on an uninteresting straight. Placed at intervals along i the barriers, the main tunction of these marshals is to prevent the crowds from encroaching on the по- ¡man's land alongside the circuit. Stay Put It is all entertaining enough provided • nothing happens, but if there is an "incident" of any sort, the situation • can become very tricky. Save in exceptional circumstances (rescuing the ibbons will be moving when the roll call for driver from a burning car, or the like) the golden rule is to stay at one's post. The flag marshal's job is very different and his duties are numerous. The and agreed upon flags used, inter- by national consent. are these and they must be in use at every race meeting: Blue (the overtaking flag), yellow (danger), yeilow-and-red striped foil on the course), red (stop immediately). black, shown in conjunction with a car's number (that car to stop next time it reaches the pits). white ambulance or official car on the circuit, and black-and-white chequered (end of race). 1 Flag Talk The first three flags are! those with which the flag marshals are mainly concerned and, these, the blue flag will be most frequently used. Held stationary, and displajed to a uriver it means that there another car close behind him; waved, it means that the second car is trying to overtake. The yellow and yellowand red striped flags are even more important as, by their intelligent use, a great deal of trouble can be avoided. The yellow fag, "Danger, held stationary. means slow down" and waved "Great danger, prepare to stop. If for any reason the circuit is obstructed, the fiag must be shown. So much depends on common sense and intelligence that com. plete familiarity with the flags and their meanings, gained br constant practice, will help enormously towards an instinctive reaction in tinies of crisis. With the yellow and red,! "oil on the road" flag, an experienced marshal will be in a position to take Steps to avoid what might develop into a monstrous pile up. By lack of exper- Fence and observation can cause one. No Smoking Pit and paddock marshals must also have a sound general knowiedge of matters pertaining to motor racing. The pit marshal is there to enforce the regulations and: o prevent smoking. He has to see the cars have a free run-in to the pits and do not leave till the road is clear; perhaps to observe the cause and dura- (tion of stops in his area and to report to the correct authority; to prevent a mob "unauthorised persons" from gathering round the cars as they come in, and holding up the work; to see that, in sports car races the! ¡engines are started on the i starting motors only, and so on. Paddock marshals are the worst served of the • lot. They probably see little, if anything, of the racing, though they have the compensation of a first-class opportunity to study the cars. They are responsible for seeing that the cars are in the right places at the right times and finding drivers and telling them when they are due at the i start.