17-1-64 17-1-64 18-1-64 Hulme Thousands Watched A crowd estimated at 18,000 watched this morning's racing at the tenth international Lady Wigram motor race trophy meeting. The spectators began arriving long before the first beat of the trophy race, and the public parking area was a sea of cars Dy 9 a.m. Officials expected more than 20,000 by the time the main race started. Conditions orerhead were good, but late in the morning a strong easterly blew up to keep temperatures nown. and Brabham Takel Early Wigram Heats for Trophy Race "HE 2.5 litre Repco-Brabham-Climaxes of the former world champion, Jack Brabham, and his husky young Te Puke team mate, Denis Hulme, dominated the two preliminary 25.3 mile heats for the international Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram to-day. What showed promise of being a record crowd saw Hulme win the first heat from end to end in 16min 22.6sec. and take fastest lap in Imin 26.7sec. In the second heat there was a tremendous tussie between Brabham and the Aucklander Bruce McLaren (2.5 litre Cooper-Climax). McLaren led from the second lap to the end of the fifth, then Brabham went to the front and held a slender lead to the end. McLaren • actually passed Brabham less than half a mile from home, but Brabham took the Aucklander again to win the race in 16min 12.5sec., by half a second from McLaren. Brabham made fastest lap in imin 27.2 sec, Just half a second slower than his team mate's effort in the! irst ne Hit Post Much of the interest went out of the first heat when Tim Haver, NIc. Laren's young American team mate. spun off the track in the first lap, at the entrance to the long back straight. The Cooper-Climax travelled more than 100 yards across the grass, and struck a post. The steering and front suspension were slightly damaged, and Mayer, right out of the contest, resumed for another lap before retixing. His mechanics immed. iately set to work to repair the damage in readiness for the main race. With Mayer out of the way, Hulme had a clear 6sec lead over the Hamilton driver. Jim Palmer 12.5 litre Cooper-Climax). was closely followed Wellington man Ton These two held their positions right to the end and were well clear of the young lew Zealand interna• tional. Chris Amon 2.5 litre Lola - Climax sounded none too heathy. Lap Behind The Putaruru driver Roly evis was well and truly ut of the contest in his .65 litre Lotus-Ford, and inished lap behind the thers. There was one other re tirement in this neat-that of Ken Sager-whose Lotus Ford went out with gearbox trouble, after one lap. The second heat was much more exciting. The Tasmanian John Youl 12.5 litre Cooper-Climax) got a fiver of a start and at the end of the first lap led McLaren and Brabham However, MeLaren made his move in the second lap, with Branham in close attendance. Youl dropped back to third place but at the end of four laps there was only four seconds between the three, who had opened up a considerable gap to Andrew Buchanan 1.6 litre Brabham-Ford) and David Young (1.5 litre Cooper- Ford) and Rex Flowers (1.5 litre Lotus-Ford). High Speed Brabham really applied the pressure and he and McLaren were hitting 150 miles an hour on the back straight. It was at this stage that the Australian went to the front, but there was really nothing in it as Mc- Laren was never more than two car-lengths behind him. Toal could not maintain the searing pace and drifted back a bit, but was well clear of Buchanan, Young, and Flowers, who were travelling in close company. Right to the end the issue was in doubt. McLaren made several attempts, and finally did manage to slip by, just (past the hair-pin on the (final round, but Brabham took him again less than al quarter of a mile from: home, and won by the nar- ¡rowest of margins. Following McLaren were buchanan SLOW mesuts. Lady Wigram Trophy Heat ] (25.3 miles)-D. Hulme (1e Puke), 2.5-litre Repco-Brabham-Climax, 16min: L220 seC, 2.3-itre J. Palmer (Hamil ton). Cooper-Climax,; 16min 34sec. 2; A. Shelly • (Wel- 2.5-litre Lotus-Climax, Tingron) ' 35 3sec, 16min 3 Lola-climan, Amon 2.5-litre 17min (Bulls), 2ise165litre Levis (Putaruru)• Ialo e Loevi- Ford, one behind, 5. Fastest lap: Hulme, 1min 26.7sec. Heat —J. Brabham (Austra- ¡la), 2.5-litre Repco-Brabham- Climax, 1omin 12.5sec, 1; B.. Mic- Laren (Auckland), 2.5-litre Cooper-Climax, 16min 13sec, 2; i3. Youl 2.5-litre (Tasmania): Cooper-Climax, 16min 28.5sec, 1.6- Buchanan (Masterton). fitre Brabham-Ford. 17min 15.6 s.S-utre LEus-Ford. emin 175 sec. 4; R. ,litre sec D ong(r 1 Cooper-Ford, 17min sec, 6. Fastest lap: Brabham, itmin 27.2sec. V.R.C. Championships - Heat 1 (approximately 20 miles): B. Porter (St Andrews), Lotus, Ismin 24sec, 1: J. Riley (Auck- Lola. 16min 10.8sec, T.R: Preston (Timar), Buck ler, 16min 15.4sec. 3: J. D. Lov- (Christchurch): Lloyd Special, 17min 2.Ssec, 4; D. Mitchell (Temuka), Triumph. 17mir 6.2 sec, 5. Heat 2: J. Boyd . (Papatoetoe), Valour, 15min 2.6sec, 1; R. Rutherford (Christchurch), 260N 16miti 24sec, 2; N. F. Stuart Zepart ( Christ 16m/n Shuter (Christ- /Special, 17min 46.2sec, Archibald Had to Fight Saloon Hard for Car Win CHRISTEONECH drove one of the to win the second heat race at Wigram to-day Archibald had to push his 3.8 Jaguar to the limit to beat the Timaru driver Ernie Sprague in a Ford Zephyr. However, Sprague's attempts to slip through on the inside on the final bend came to grief. He gave his car every thing to bridge the fen Varas Inal sepala- pun two times and a half alanced precariously or wo wheels, and bouncer prague had led Arch d until the fnal, nint He had tried everyt to pass the Timaru di in the first eight laps, only managea to suP pe on the inside on the conti Bad Luck The race could have beer even more spectacular hac the well-known saloon cal driver K. Grant not run in to misfortune at the firs lap. From the pole position on the front line of the grid, Grant did not have the happiest of starts, and lost control in the loop when trying to make up for lost ground. He spun, bounced off car and out of the race. Grant's departure ushere out a gripping struggle fo: third position among B. J Mawood, (Humber), I. Seg edin (Anglia Super), Hogan (Allard Ette), and F I. Dow (Jaguar). driver Ray Archibald finest races of his career of the I.G.A. saloon car Segedin notched second piacing when Sprague spur out of the race, and Hogan finished third. ahead Dow, with R. Stewart, who e a steady race Less Interesting Compared with the later 'ace the first for smaller cars, was heat, toe affair and saw the "Flying Doctor" from Napier, R. B Langley, win easily in his Austin Cooper S. 1° For the first few laps, the n| Leeston driver, J. Mullins, slipped away to a comfort Table lead in his Morris Cooper s, but when his iti ¡car began to lose power he was quickly overhauled by Langley, who was never headed Mullins kept dropping back through the field as the race prod gressed and the young Wanganıi driver, 1. J. hawrence (Ford 1- Anglia), moved into second place the second lap and held it. There was then a gap back to S. Taylor, of Te Awamutu, in his Austin Cooper, and Mullins finished Result I.G.A. Saloon Car Race (approx. 20 miles)-First heat: a R. B. Langley (Napier), Austin Cooper S, 17min 48.6sec, 1; A. d J. Lawrence (Wanganui), Ford Angila, 17min 51.1 sec. 2; S. Tay- T lor (Te Awamutu),. Austin Cooper, 17min 57.2sec, 3; J. Mullins (Leeston), Morris Cooper S, 18min 5.8sec, 4. Second heat: Archibald (Christchurch) Jaguar, 16min 35.4 sec, 1; Í. Segidin (Hamilton), Anglia ' Super, 17min 1i.ssec, 2; 12. Hogan Allardette, 17min 19sec, 3; I. (Geralune›, Jaguar, ,17min 44.7sec, 4; R. Stewart (Christchurch), Sunbeam Alpine, 17min 58.4sec,. 5; A. Moffatt (Ashburton), Lotus Cortina, 13min 30.6sec, 6. Six laps from the finish and Jack Brabham still has a lead on Brace McLaren as they come out of the bairpin bend from the back straight during the Lady Wigram Irophy race this afternoon. Brabham went into a spin shortly after, which gare the race to Mclaren.