Winning •. 2s.. 2 First Event 62 20-1- TOP: Maurico Stanton, in stanton special, winnel' of the Motor Racing Club's champlonshiy at the Lady Wigram Trophy: race meeting at / Wistam tors in the first motor. cycie race get under way after the lowering of the atarting flag. 3 Wigram Cars In Spectacular Smash WWO of the leading drive Lady Wigram Trophy ing when three cars erashed main straight. The third i the lead. r's in the main sports car event at the meeting to-day escaped with a shakat the hairpin bend at the end of the driver drove out of trouble and into The leading cars were a 2. litre Lotus driven by Arthur Moffall, of Ashburton, the Lycoming Special driven by the motorcyclist champion, Forest Cardon, of Auckland, and a Tec Mec driven by Bob Coppins, also of Auckland. Cardon, in the Lycoming, braked for the corner, but 1he brake grabbed and the car veered across thin track. hitting the side of the botus and rolling it over. In the mix-up, the Tec Mec was also hit but Coppins continued. The other cars appeared bartly camaged. The carly stages of the race were exciting, with the Wanganui driver, Doug Lawrence, dominating the field In his little 1500 c.c. Lola. However. the cal, which had been giving trouble earlier, went sick again and Lawrence was out of the picture. The preceding race for the -[first saloon car event of the r' day had plenty of thrills, e with a batch of the B.M.C.s minicars providing a lot of them. The small ones were sent off first and were followed shortly afterwards by group of ford Zephyrs and a Holden. Last to leave the line welc the 3.8 litre daguars and a Chevrolet conpe. The Christchurch expert, Ray Arehibald, sliced way through the field in his grey Jaguar, passing cars in groups and turning on one of the most workmanlike PREFormances of the morn. In the small car ciass, !' R. Ornstien (Pukekone) had things very • much his own way with a Filman Husky station wagon. In the concluding slages of the race he was lapping faster thall some of the larger cars. McLaren Out nut, but his 1500 c.c. Lola sports racer was not on form and he was back in the field after a pit stop. Cottle won the up to 1500 c.c. class in the race, Moffatt the 1500-3000 c.c., and Stanton the 3000 c.c. "and over class. A disappolntment for the crowd was the non-appearance of New Zealand's No. 1 racing, motorist, Bruce Me: Laren. He was to have driven one of the new Mor Stop Press: ris Mini-Coopers, but a pro• test from another competi• tor claiming the car did not comply with the race reguia• tlons was upheld by the stewards, and McLaren did not start., 51014B72 The fifteen-lap Motor Racing Club championship was lady::Wigrani «"Irophy... dominated by the Mausertain's surine Most had led church ' driver, Corvette. Stanton, with his Stanton the way after éleven: Jape Ir start but was closely chaged ollowing Moss Weret J. Sur ie took the load from thethe Jads, wigrom Traphy enca all the way by the Ashbur. 111 his Lotus sports racer. ton driver, Arthur Moffatticed, J. Brabham, 1, MeLarez, Mofatt actually wrested Salvador!, and I, Bandini. the lead momentarily on two: occaslons, but Stanton, who cut out the 81 miles in 22min 1:4480C, got: home 15.8sec ahead of the •Lotus drivel. In third place was the young: pundin driver, B. J. Cottie (Lola), and fourth wad Bob , Cop. (leo Meo), Auck» land, A pre-race: favourite was Doug Lawrence,, of Wanga-