19-9-63 B. - McLAREN WINS Bulls driver, C. A. Amon (Cooper) crashes through bales of straw during the ninth international Lady Wigram Trophy race at Wigram this aiternoon. RACE OF THRILLS NEW ZEALAND'S No. 1 racing motorist, Aucklander Bruce Me. Laren, made amends for indifferent performances at Pukekohe and Levin by winning the 150 mile Lady Wigram Trophy at Christchurch to-day. In what was undoubtedly. Sixth was the Wellington ine most thrilling race seen ariver, ian Green, who comon the 2.116-mile aerodrome|pleted sixty-two laps in his circuit; McLaren bettered 1.9 litre Cooper Climax. the race record set by Stir- After leading the field for ling Moss last year and the the first lap and holding second man home, the Aus- second piace for twentytralian Jack Brabham, set a' seven laps. John Surtees! new lap record. i2.7 litre Lola Climax made McLaren with his 2.7 litre a pit stop and did not re- Cooper Climax cut out the sume until the leaders had distance in 1hr 36min 4.7sec. completed forty-two laps. Last year Moss's record 38.7sec. winning time was thr 36min Drifted Ine previous lap Innes Ireland, the Scotsrecord of 1min 20.1sec man who drove the fourset by Joss and John wheel drive Ferguson racer, Sartees last year was whittled down on at was prominent early in the least three occasions in race but drifted back to-day race. through the field and made Brabham was a pit stop after thirty eight the man laps. who set the final figure in a He did resume but desperate attempt to gather eventually retired with in McLaren the late overheating trouble. stages of the race. The Australian had made Two of the faroured. ¡ Dit stop co take on more New Zealanders, Tony oil and nad dropped back Shelly Lotus into fourth place but, driving Climax) and Chris brilliantly, he managed to Amon Cooper corne home 30.3sec behind Climax), were but Tooth: nent earis both McLaren. went out with gearbox Only Two trouble. McLaren won his first! These were the only two major international that completed the seventy race in New Zealand to-day, one laps. and he may well have been! In third place was the lucky to do so. slim South African Tony he In the concluding stages, Maggs (2.7-litre Lola Climax) was cruising round, and he was nearly beaten by simply nursing the engine, which Angus Hyslop, the Hastings suffering from sheep farmer. lack of oil pressure. These two completed The engine was bathed in seventy laps. oil when the car was finally Steady and consis- pushed into the pit paddock at the finish. tent driving when other All leading drivers elected favoured men fell by the wayside earned for to use the fast-wearing rain the young Auckland tyres to obtain better trac- 1500 C.C. Lola driver, tion and, as things turned John Histed, a good fifth place with sixty. four laps completed. DUA Bruce McLaren gets a kiss of congratulation from his wife Pat, after be won the ninth international Lady Wigram Trophy race at # igram this. afternoon. out, Melaren could pro bably have put in another eight or nine laps before the right rear tyre had worn out. Brabham, Tho had clapped on the pace, had his right rear tyre completely worn out. It is doubtful if he could have gone another two laps. There was by means a record crowd at Wigram, but it was a good one all the same, everyone got full value for their money. Never before has a trophy race been so closely contested. Surtees led for the first lap, then Melaren tOoK over and he stayed in front until lap 32, where Brabham took him. The Australian remained in front until the 42nd lap, when Mclaren went to the front again. On lap 44, Brabham made his pit stop to take on oil and that was that. He could not hope to make up the lost ground, but in those late stages, he put in a terrific effort to overhaul Maggs and Hyslop, who had Deen running second and third respectively behind McLaren.