29-1-63 Cottle-Stanton Duel In Club Championship The 32-mile Motor Racing Club Championstip was won by M. F. Stanton (Christchurch) with the 4932 C.c. Stanton Corvette after he had been hotly pursued throughout the race by B. Cotile (Dunedin) in the 1220 c.c. Lola. Stanton led from the first corner and came round the first lap followed by D. Lawrence (Wanganui) Lola; R. Rutherford (Christcirurch) 260M Zephyr, and Cottle. Stanton held his lead to the end, but there were many changes in the rest of the feld. By the second lap. Cottle! had moved up to third place behind Lawrence, with Rutinerford, A. F. Moffatt (Ashburton) Lotus, N. Stuart (Christchurch) Stuart Special, J. H. Reid (Gore) B.CM. Special. Cottle was lapping in about 1min 29.5sec and Stanton was doing the same. By the third, only four seconds separated the two cars. Lawrence took third place and Rutherford took fourth. About the seventh, Ruther-! Lord stopped near the hairpin and tightened a rear wheel. By this time A. F. Moflatt (Ashburton) in a Lotus had moved up to third, and by the eighth the positions were:! Stanton, Cottie, Moftati, Lawcence, Rutherford, and P. R Preston (Timaru) the Buckler. Further back were N. F. Stuart (Christchurch) Stuart Special, Reia, B. R. Blackbum (Christchurch) in the Maserati. B. Campion (Christanurab Lotus, J. D. Lovell. (Woodbourne) Lloyd Special. D. N. Stewart (Christchurch) Riley, R. J. Stewart (Christchurch) Sunbeam Alpine and E. D. Candy (Timaru) Healey Corvette. The first three positions then remained unchanged to the finish, Stuart moving Lip to fourth on the fourteenth. Lawrence, who had been going very well, retired on the circuit about the twelfth. The Cottle-Stanton duel maintained the interest throughout the race, the two cars finishing less than three seconds apart. Strong petition between Lawrence and Rutheriord between the sixth and the twelfth laps also provided excitement. Stanton's time for the race was 22min 40.6sec, compared with 22:44 last year. - The fastest lep went to Cottle with 1:28.5, again considerably faster than last year's 1:29.5, recorded by Stanton. The first six were Stanton, Cottle, Moffatt, Stuart, Blackburn and Rutherford. Motor-Cycle Crash A crash at the chicane in the first motoi-cycle race resulted in M. Daniel (Christchurch and M. Cleverly (Tauranga) being taken to hospital. ML Low (Rotorua) was treated on the circuit. Daniel was admitted to the Christchurch hospital with broken ribs and Cleverly was treated for abrasions and sent home. W. Wetzel (Lower Hutt) 350 A.J.S. Jed' from B. MacGibbon (Christchurch) OR a similar machine until the fourth, when the positions were reversed. However. on the last lap, Wetzel passed MacGibbon to take first place by a few leet, MacGibbon coming in send ahead of D. Bums (Christchurch) A.J.5 1a0 three. who held third place from The motor cycle event for 600 c.c. machines was run off without incident. M. Low (Rotorua) winning from W- Wetzel and K. McCleary. Saloon Cars R. J. N. Archibald (Christchurch), in a Jaguar 3.8. had the saloon car race all nis own way in spite of a 55sec. handicap. A disappointment was that neither F. E. Sprague (Timaru) in his Mark III Zephyr nor B. McLaren with the Mini Cooper started Sprague's car was kept off the line by a broken camshaft and the Mini Cooper retired on the grid with cooling troubles. The bigger . cars started on • Sosec. handicap, and consequently on the first lap the three first places were held by D. J. Marwood (Morrinsville) R. B. Langley and D. I. W. Craw (Christ- (Napier) Humber, Humber, church) Hillman. When the big cars started, Archibald swiftly took the lead from A. McBeath (Otaki) also in a Jaguar 3.8. On the second lap, Marwood pulled into the briefly and Langley took the lead. Archibald proceeded to carve rapidly through the field with McBeath in pursuit. However, McBeath bald and tell steadily Aback. fell steadily back, eventually finishing third. Archibald bad a lead the rest of the field before the last lap, and be had no dificulty in keeping his posi- tion. Marwood. who had pre- Saloon Crash viously been going well, disappeared about sixth The all-comers' saloon when he pulled into the pits. race saw the most spectacu- usual saloon event saw plenty of close lar crash of the day. when R. (Nelson) rolled WOrK. particularly on corners, and was one of thei Chevrolet about four times best events of the morning. came into the main A chibald recorded the fast-i straight. expected. est lap of Imin 37.1sec, con-jevent was won by G. N. Richsiderably faster ardson (U.K.) in the Ferrari year's 1min 41.9sec, which he 250 G.T. also put up. On the f st lap the Ferrari came round with a lead Sports Cars nearly 200 yards on R. J. N Archibald (Christchurch) The sports car race was a the Jaguar. The Mark. III triumph for Cottle, and he led Zephyr of F. E. Sprague (Tifor 14 of the mart kept close to the Ferwon Irom A I. Monatt (Ash-'rari from the start and arounc burton) Lotus, second the hanger bend, but stopped place, and it was a battle all at the chicane with mechanithe way. In the process, Cotle sit a new lap record cal derangernonts. for the race. The previous ; spent nearly all day rebuild- However. Sprague, who had record, which he set himself ing his engine after he had last year, was Imin 31. sec, been unable to enter in the and he shattered it with Imin first saloon race because of ZT.3SEC, considerably faster! han he went in practice. the broken camshaft, rejoined Ine event featured a Le the race a lap Mans start, and Cottle, by! showed the potential of the virtue ot his practice time. car, keeping between Archihad pole position. He was i bald and A. McBeath's Jaguar away, closely followed 3.8 for the rest of the race. by Moffatt. G. N. Richard- But he was unplaced because (UK) in the Ferrari of his stop. 250 GT. third place On the second lap, ihroughout. came to the curve into the By the second lap the order main straight only to find the leading cars the road turning faster than Cottie, Motiatt, Richardson his Chevrolet. He hit the R. J. Stewart (Christchurch) | bales, rolled about four times Sunbeam Alpine, B. I Por-with the doors ying open ter (St. Andrews) Trumphi The car came to rest on vale) Austin Healey. and El wneels ai the end of nearls Sweetman 100 yards of scattered hay. (Dunedin): The bodywork Jaguar. wrecked. After By the third, however, Mof-Pletely i tense moment Tait untastenec fatt had passed Cottle to take second place, the two cars his safety belt and stepped unhurt. The crowd opening a considerable gap out on the Ferrari, which in turn greeted his appearance with loud cheering and clapping was opening • a gap on the The first three in the race rest of the field. At this time stage-Richardson Richardson clocking about 1:33.4 and Cottle 1:27.3 Archibald and McBeath (the Sprague's On the fifth. Cottle snatched last when Moffatt overdid it on being pursued by R. G. Mac- the lead back from Moffatt Zephyr between them) -were up on the wrong side of theE. I. Dows Jaguar, K. Grant the hanger bend and ended donald (Cheviot) in a Zephyr bales. On the fifth, the leaders (Palmerston North) in his sur- and prisingly rapid A40, and Mclapped tailenders, Laren in his somewbat outhey did it again on the tenth. Stewart retired on the circuit Classed Mini-Cooper The first three held their fourth place. about the twelfth when In positions to the end, Richard- Moffatt tried hard to catch son finishing nearly 33 sec- onds ahead of Archibald and Cottle again, but could not do On the sixteenth and setting a new race record of pair bmin 5.4sec against last year's penultimate lap the 17:29 also put up by Archilapped Richardson, still in bald. He also set a new lap third place. They finished record of 1:34.6, against last in this order, with Mactarlane, year's 1:42. P. R. Preston (Timaru), the Buckler, and Porter Lowing them 1230 THE LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE.TOP: The start of Saturday's Surtees (United Kingdom), who is followed by J. Brabham (Australia), McLaren (New Zealand), is driving the car second from the left. On the Africa). BOTTOM LEFT: McLaren after his victory. RIGHT: McLaren's Chicane bend. The 150-mile race was won in the record time of 96mim'4 the record set last year by Stirling Moss (United race. Leading the field is J. on the right. The winner, B. extreme left is A. Maggs (South Cooper Climax negotiating the .7sec, which is 34sec. better than Kingdom.