13 - 12-62 Stirling Moss Coming To Wigram to Watch Stirling Moss 4-9- Moss I Januar PA. AUCKL The Britis] Stirling Mos at Auckland said his mal tralia and Ne 1. Hendry) : Moss will a Wigram Tr Christchurch 19 and proba of honour ai prizes. "HE British racing driver, Stirling Moss, will appear at Wigram on January 19-as a spectator. This was announced to day by Mr G. F. Sheppard. secretary of the Motor Racing Club, Christchurch. Moss would arrive in New Zealand on January 15 and would come straight to Christchurch, said Mr Sheppard. He would leave on either the Sunday or Monday after the race. The Lady Wigram Trophy race itself will feature five overseas drivers in addition to nine local entries and one provisional entry. Heading the overseas entries are New Zealand's Bruce McLaren, competing in his Cooper under English colours; the Australian Jack Brabham in his own Brabham car; and the English motor-cyclist turned car driver, John Surtees, in a Lola. The South African Tony 63 • Maggs. Will also appear in • a Lola. Maggs was the No. 2 driver for the Cooper works team last year. The : fifth overseas entrant is another Englishman, Innes Ireland, driving a Fergusson. N.Z. Entries The New Zealand entries for the race include Timaru's D. Young in a Cooper which he has just brought back from overseas, Hamil ton's Jimmy Palmer in a | Lotus and Wellington's Tony Shelly in his Lotus. Shelly also recently returned from an overseas ; campaign. A former "Driver to Europe" scholarship winner, Angus Hyslop (Hastings), will compete in the race in his Cooper. The remaining New Zealand entrants are R. J. Flowers (Lower Hutt), Gemini: B. J. Cottle (Dunedint. Lola; J. C. Histed (Auckland), Lola; K. Sager (Auckland), Lotus; W. J. Thomasen (Auckland), Cooper. The entry of R. J. Coppin (Auckland), Tec Mec, is provisional. Late entries will be accepted. Due on y 16 LAND, To-day. sh racing driver ss would arrive - on January 16, anager for Ausew Zealand AIr vesterday. attend the Lady cophy Race at on January ably drive a lap and present the 4-9-63 10-1-63 LADY TROP WIGRAM TY RACE SATURDAY, JANUARY 19th 1963 Jack Brabham Bruce Mclaren John Surtees Innes Ireland Tony Maggs Grandstand eats Concession Tickets NOW ON SALE at Bookimg Office N.B.—No Concession or Family Tickets available of Gates. D.I.C. only. GRANDSTAND SEATS 30 each CONCESSION TICKET .. 40 = each (ADMITS CAR AND UP TO 6 ADULTS.) PALMER TO STAY WITH COOPER PA AUCKLAND, To-day Hamilton driver Jim Palmer has accepted a contract with the manager of the Bowmaker team, veteran driver Reg Parnell, to drive the team's 2.7-litre Cooper through the rest of the New Zealand and Australian seasons. Palmer celebrated bis 21st birthday • on saturaay by taking • third place in the New Zealand Grand Prix in the same car -fter only half an hour's practice. P. gramme He will drive the Cooper at Levin this Saturday, in the Lady Wigram Trophy: Race at Christchurch, at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, at Warwick Farm Sydney, and on the new lakeside circuit, Queensland. FAMILY TICKET • • 30= each (ADMITS 2 ADULTS AND UP TO 6 CHILDREN.) Country Patrons: STAMPED AND ADDRESSED Envelopes to D.I.C. Booking Office, Christchurch. 12 63 Qua For lity Tro En phy Race LTHOUGH the field for Wigram Trophy race usual, the quality of the entries there is every chance of a gen new lap and race records. • the ninth International Lady next Saturday is smaller than is such that, barring bad weather, uine wheel-to-wheel struggle and Currently the lap record for the 2.116 mile powerdriving circuit stands in the names of Stirling Moss (2.5-litre Lotus-Climax) and John Surtees (2.7-litre Cooper Climax). In last year's race they each put in a lap of the circuit in Imin 20.1sec-an average speed of 95.1 miles an hour. Moss, who was never really pressed, averaged 93.27 miles an hour to set a new race record aiso. Overseas line up for this year consists of the Aucklander Bruce McLaren (2.7litre Cooper-Climax), Jack Brabham (2.7-litre Brabham- Cimax), John Surtees and Tony Maggs (2.7-litre Lola- Climaxes) and Innes Ireland (2.5-litre Ferguson- Climax). Hour In the past overseas men have tended to dominate the race, but there is every indication that at least four New Zealanders will give them a run for their money this time. They are Hastings sheep. farmer Angus Hyslop (2.5litre Cooper-Climax), Wellingtonian Tony Shelly (2.5litre Lotus-Climax), 19year-old Chris Amon, of Bulls (2.5-litre Cooper- Climax) and Hamilton's Jim Palmer (1500c.c. Lotus- Ford). While these are the only New Zealanders who can be seriously regarded as competitire, the balance of the field is such that there is sure to be a good race within the race. The indications are that there wil be sixteen starters in the feature event. Wigram fields are restricted to twenty - four starters, so this time there will not be so much traffe as usual on the circuit and! it is safe to anticipate some sizzling lap times. McLaren, Brabham and Surtees are no strangers to Wigram. Brabham has! won the race twice already! and knows the circuit like the back of his hand. MeLaren, on the other hand has taken major places at Wigram but victory has so far eluded him. This year he must have his best chance ever. in the training sessions for the New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe he was far faster than antone else and in the race itself was probably robbed of rictory when his fuel tank split. Howerer, Shelly's chances cannot be discounted although, generally speaking, seems happier on his home circuit at Levin. Young Amon is unquestionably the most promising of the younger generation and he is about to embark upon a professiona! racing career as the member of the Australian team Scuderia Teloce. Palmer, who celebrated his twenty-first birtnday by finishing third with 2.7-litre Cooper-Climax in the Grand Prix, will probably drive his own 1500c.c. Lotus-Ford at Wigram. in which care he will be at a disadvantage Prospects Surtees is commonly regarded as a potential world champion and he certainly showed brilliant form at Pukekohe. His Lola never missed a beat and he was able to finish the race easing up. Maggs, a youthful and slim South African, was McLaren's team mate with Coopers in Europe last season and he has an excellent record in l'ormula Junior and Grand Prix racing benina him. Unknown The Ferguson to be driven by Ireland is the unknown quantity. With a 2.5 litre engine it is down OD power but its fantastic roadholding could possibly ofiest that if the circuit is greasy or the day happens to be wet. On the basis of experience and form Hyslop must be considered the most likely New Zealand prospect. With pagnificent drive he finished secon in the Grand Prix. In 1961 be drove brilliantly to finish third in the. trophy race here and already this season he has won the Renwick 50. However if Reg Parnell makes the Cooper available again, Palmer could easil! add to his laurels. Before the training sessions, which will be held next Friday, McLaren. Brabham and Surtees look tne best prospects for a trophy race win. All the same there is not going to be much in it. To provide the leading drivers with further incentive a Christchurch business man, Mr Bernie : Blogg, has put up a prize of £200 for the first man to do a 100-miles-an-hour lap at Wigram. There are some people who feel that if the prize is not won this year could be a long time before it is. Supporting events for the meeting have attracted excellent fields and there is every indication that the saloon car races. always a Wigram feature. will be more closely contested than ever before. In fact, in every respect, the ninth international fix ture on the aerodrome circuit shows promise of teing the best ever.—Peter Green. Slade.