-.... Needed His Win Race Skill to of Wits The Christchurch Star Sports, Jan. 20, 1962Page 'TIRLING MOSS, second in a rain-soaked 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy, made amends in no uncertain fashion to-day when he raced away from a high-class field of international and national drivers to win with a 2.5-litre Lotus at record speed. It was a race of wits That let Flockhart up The mat jor positions Mass aleckled to use sixth place with the Aus dil not change and the They Arnold Cass race Wus over tyrện. pro- (B.R.M.) and vided extra adhesion then many people realised came Aneus the but wore gulekly and WON DIs driving skill blue and white litre Cooper. A great crowd soon gatht tact conserved them To all intents and pur- ered around Moss congratulale nill. wee out the 150 miles. poses, the rest of thein were Later he was taken round out of the contest. There were rumours this the enable what Moss motor-racing officials bebut Basing Up lieved late this aflernoon was Hot until the cars was an all-time record whinen out on to the Moss went his merry way crowd lo have a close view starling stic that anyone clear of the rest of the field really knew that Moss was. and easing up little, the his Brure Melaren had tyres. pole position. Outsire him Surlees and Brabham was Moss, •ack and then Braham, John then Sur- other tient on too and had opened up a each Wigram the cars were placed gap Mclaren. was well clear of Salvadori. Race crowd quickly gathered around the Lotus and the: Hyslop at this stage rain tyres were there for was going really well alt seo. then Into sixth place. Flockhart to run Results They're Off The rest were a long way Results of races at the Tension mounted as the now lapping the slower cars. Lady Wigram Trophy meet- l'he winner of this afternoon's cighth International Tady Wigram Troping race seconds tleked The The next incident was ing today Mr W. Laing, (Stirling Mors) is given the lag at the linish of the event. starler, the twenty-ourth no lamen toe das an blous dim rainer made a pit stop ship it down with a sweep. Most made the best of the 10l113. check the gearbox -6723 From Front Page into He was not to start again, B. hangar bend. He was closely and was the second Ciwax, Tee pursued by Brabham, Sur- New Zealand tess, and McLaren, and the Bandini First to Retire, rest 44 they shot were all in a bunch. under Still Ahead champion a 5,c (Christchurch), 1; T. pontine tower At thirty laps. Moss was Mo4s through was already the chicone, clear and Brabham, well clear who Surtees christchurch Willams Palmer, Flockhart Follow ing ¡way and gained .S.U. 348 Lorenzo Bandini, with ground on the red Cooper Maserati, NEXt line were Salva-Mollo, 348 No There were not many re- Perhaps unluckiest of After that, although Sur Hyslop and Glass. Saloon The Italian Ior all with the then came Mansel who had 1000 c.c. 3000 tirements. hold on, hurt, yellow Ornstlen Hillman. enzo Bandini was the first to Pat Hoare. His Ferrari tralian did not give him Lotus, both showing up. completed only twenty-eight 10.4sec WuL pipe broke was not right before the chance. Moss was clear at the endi and Beetham on his (cooper Maserati after aradl After qualifying hard of the first lap and Brabham managed to take Sur. A By the rime he e •had ristchurch) eleven laps. Next out was the down 1000 to 17sec the pole yesterlay post- 20-1-62 the early stages. Mclaren fourth and firth lot hanpened After four Salvadorl. was! in they The order were well clear of the the field. Brabham, was Moss, Mr. laps (Manu. young twenty-four laps with ol.us. selector Hamilton who went gone out. a lop Jim his at ahead of the young stralght. He minute finished the tenth Bulls just Isappointing tion on the trophy race startlog grad taro was Just a Biliao Bruce to-day. Mc- Surtees alvadorl, Hyahap Laren, Tec Me seeding, Tola driver, Chris Amon (Mas- He just conti not lokl laps Surtees girl back into! Scotsman, Ron who, Hoare, anul l'lockhart. lockhart, WIS the leading trio and lost some ground. were (ilass and completed sixty-four laps. gradually lost growmd. Mansel, well placed in sixth or l'he race looken to he, lap be- seventh position, went It have been hind them Hoare and Mass said, something Kept Lead procession, but is is done. his 2.7 litre Cooper was not Shelly.. cunning cutle so given for the retrement and reason Iul it Wigram has ever been Coppins trickier. had yesterday. By the end of seven (21 of his Lotus. Salvadori, as usual, drove Mons was 13sec clear or sir Record Lap was exceedingly slip lees and then came McLaren The local drivers were pery ant evelt the host of a dulged in no fireworks, and Brabham and Surtees now not disgraced. They simply th edrivers hac their momin close attendance. Brab- Mini-Austin could not hola the top over- the early played second fiddle to hig hani was fourth and Bandini. began to crack on Kone.. the nace Surtees. was close behind Salvadori, they picking up (Britaln), 1500 Mini-Cooper, seas men. Surtees had Brabham's team-mate Moss made every post who was lying fifth. 2sec a lap on Moss. For all that, the Hastings measure but about half-way winning They race spun post and once All anese alivers, of cre completed theirl had built up lead of 20 time Mossi completed forty-third lap-the fastest finished sixth with 2.5- up by the control tower to had Cooper, completed iet the Australian through. the eiglit laps, had lapped the of the race- -in Imin 20.1 Surtees it was obvious that Bob lade,50 sec. That was a new lap sixty-nine lf lockheart his tyres laated out he was running last in F. record.. measure latter's retirement. fore the was going to be the winlap later Brabhanı Five laps later Moss ner. They did last, but only another. and equalled the time. complete sixty-seven just. moved up post Melaren, with wagerati 40U JOP position the New Zea- made Ne his bad to sad sun Arnold Glass (B.R.M.). Australlan, But he could not rush 3 Cars in lander never headed him and it was not till they had that he was able to head ok mark Fine North By the Cline Moss completed ten laps he was the former world motor. But perhaps one of the Smash at well clear of Surtees, then cycle champion and take finest performances of the Brabham very close over second place. day was that of Wellington's kehind, and MeLaren quite Surtees overdid things Tony shel 960 who way back. closely followed and had a spin. That home hig .c.c. Cooper by Bandini Salvadori. hut his run was going great was his that, although the engine of Brabham through and after suwerine irom pleted sixty-five laps. to ninth place, having com- Wigram short-liver. laD later he lack of oil, he managed to Two of the leading drivers in the main Sporte car out at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting to-day escaped with shaking when three curs crashed at the hairpin bend end of straight. The third driver drove out of trouble and into the lead. The leading cars were a 2litre Lotus driven by Arthur Moffatt, Ashburton, the coming Special driven by forest Cardon, of Auckland, and Tec Mec driven Bob Coppins, land. Boiled Over Cardon, in the Lycoming, braked for the slow corner but the brake grabbed and cur veered across track, hitting the side of the Lotus and rolling it In the mix-up the Tee Mec was also. hit but Copp1n8 continued. The other cars appeared badly damaged. eatly alages the race were exciting, with the Waneanui driver First time past the control tower in this afternoon's Lady Wigram Trophy race dominating the and Juck Brabham has a slight lead on his former team-mate Bruce Mcharen. Lawrencents little Lola. lield However, 1500 car, c.c. which had been giving trouble earlier, went of the picturerence was out. picture.