22 - 1-62 THE WINER of Saturday's Lady Wigram Trophy race, Stirling Moss, drinks a glass of champagne at the conclusion of the event. Moss led from start to finish. Results from Wigram Trophy Meeting Results of races at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting on Saturday were: Motor Racing Club championship (about 31 miles) -M. Stanton (Christchurch), Stan 22min 44sec, 1; A Lotus, Lola- Climax, rewa), Tec Mec, New Zealand motorcycle championship No. 1 (about miles) - 250 c.c.: K. G. McCleary (Christchurch), 248 Velocette, 14min 47sec, 1; T. R. McCleary (Christchurch). 248 Velocette, williams (Christ- 3. 350 c.c.: 12min Robinson (Aust.); 348 Norton, 2; W. G. Molloy (Huntly), 348 Norton, 3. Saloon Car Race (21 miles) 1000 c.c. 3000 c.c.-P. R. Ornstien (Pukekobe), Hillman, 18min 10.4sec, 1; 2011 c.c. 3000 c.c.: A. 0. Beetham (Masterton), Ford Zephyr, 19mmm 20 I; over 3000 c.c.: R. J. N. Archibald (Christchurch), Jagwinner ornstien. Fastest time! 1. Outright winner: Ornstien. Archibald, 17min 22.6sec. Bardahl Sports Car race (42 miles)-R. J. Coppins (Manu- Tec Mec. 26in 41.2sec, rewa J. Cottle (Dunedín), Lola! I; B.. _ 2; S. Taylor (Te Awamutu), min 57.4sec, 3; H. Ganley (Hamilton), Lotus, 18 laps compieted, 4. Under 1500 c.c.: Cottle 1, Ganley 2. 1500 c.c. and over: Cop 1, Taylor 2, Scott-Brown Prophy: Coppins N.Z. Motor-Cycle race championship No. 2, 500 c.c. (about 16 miles)-|• Pawson (Auckland), Norton, 12min 39.4sec, I; Matchless, 12min 39.8sec, Daniel (Christchurch), Norton, 13min 7. Lady Wigram Lady Trophy -S. Moss 2.5 litre Lotus, Australia.752 Hiitre 38.7sec, 13. J. Brabhara (Australia), Cooper, 96min 55sec, 2; J. Surtees (Britain), 2.7-Litre Соорет, 96min 56.3sec, Fastest lap: Moss, Brabham, Surtees, Imin 20.1sec (a new record). All-comers saloon car race (21 miles)-R. N. Archibald Jaguar, 17min 58.8sec,. 1; G. kohe),. Mini-Austin, 2; R. Flockhart (Britain), Mini-Cooper, Outright winner-R. Archibald. Under 1500 c.c.-G. B. Miles, Thousands of Hours Go Into Pre-race Planning WiTh the cat paing se won rel top derivers, thone ands ls of seit hours watching the world's top drivers at the wheels of their sports models. stage, says a special release, Se, se a nopecial ease like previes nes mosh of fuel handy for a hasty refit; for the thousands and thou those involved were there! with the necessary tools to sands of hours that have for practice day, when the i tried themselves out cope with an neatly stowed togethere all gone into the preparation cars for this one day of the year. pit organisation: the spares which the organt was all "jacked up. sation thinks necessary Thousands of hours It was then that drivers carry, and all the tools in by the drivers and and mechanics decided on place; finally; place mechanics on their cars, rear axle ratios to De allotted to each member of thousands more by the used and any minor tuning the pit crew, and a irm back-room stafi on the adjustments to the motors. "Keep out" given to outorganising side. Across "Pit Straight" you Work Through Other Tasks booths behind which tne Maybe the team is right cars are drawn up immedi out of luck and something ately before their particular serious goes wrong with the While the mechanics and races, and inside which piticar on practice day. inen arivers nave making crews wait, as calmly as it's matter of working their preparations, the manthey can, in the hope that right through the night if agement side has worked steadily lapping the course. driver Will continuelnecessary, and on up to race out who is to do the time- make good the keeping (usually time, Pit preparations fall into damage. then the watches are kept on the job three distinct sections; the strain might not be off. if possible), and lap-scoring work on the car before If the car is right, there's Of course, there are offe the race, the organisation of still pienty to do. First ial time-keepers time-keeping, lap-scoring ther's a bit of psycnologi- scorers in the buliding over and team control during the cal warfare to be done dur- there in the middle of the race, and the nurly bury of ing the pre-race line-shooi course, but their figures are coping with a sudden refuel- ing sessions. not much use to the people ling call, change of tyres, or No one is prepared to who want to for a more serious know from in the pit lap to lap how mechanical detect. say exactly what his car their men are standing. will or won't do. That This is where wives, Vital Factor would be giving girl-friends, sisters and show away. Sometimes mothers come in very The pits are, in handy. • Lap - scoring vital a factor in a driver's, is carefully schonled to and time-keeping give chances of success as put out a story that so- them something to depends and-so's Ferrari is suffer- and prevent them from ing from a mysterious gnawing their fingerinformed sickness, when in point nails with anxiety. And stands in the race, who is! of fact it's runaing like experience has shown going strongly out in front, a charm. that they do the job or maybe challenging from One of the biggest factors splendidly. behind, whether it is time in a driver's success is in There are several very he made a forward move, or keeping the other drivers whether it's safe to nurse good reasons for having sep the final guessing. Moss is a cham- arate records in the pits. sperate laps in a isht lowly a because he can Whoever is managing the Shrewdly assess the psycho- car-in the case of a big logy of his opponents, then concern it is a regwar team And if anything goes use tactics which leave them manager, with the lone wölf at a disadvantage. driver it is often his father then the driver must be Quite apart from the one- or brother-needs to KnOW to stand aside, upmanship angie, make the most of the plenty to be done by the pitiexactly how the cat stands • point in the race. or min- crew. Everything has to be And he cannot tell unless he ites seconds confident thoroughly organised, with has lap placings and times that the team will do in front of him. what is required as quickly as humanly possible and send him on his way again with at least a sporting chance in the race. Let's have a look at what takes place. Worse It is worse for the driver. Unless he is right out in • an experienced idea man, on the forty-irst lap or the forth-fourth. He is concentrating on getting round that course just as fast as he can, and he ¡relies on his team manager to tell him where he is, who is gaining on him, when to put the pressure on, and to signal when the end of the race 1s near. Fow does he know all these things? Every so often you will see some. one step øut from the pits with a blackboard in his hand and hold it up to a particular dri. On it will be letters and figures in the team's own code, telling how he's going. whether to speed up or slow down, and anything else which will help him to get further to the front. An incorrect. signal from the pit can ruin a driver's chances, just as surely as a mechanical breakdown, or a carelessly handled can: of petrol in that flurry when a car comes into the pits.