23-1-64 Brabham's Car a Prototype The Repco - Brabham- Climax that Jack Brab ham drove into second place in the Lady Wigram Trophy is the prototype of the car in which he will contest tais year's Indianapolis 500-mile race. In 1961 the genial Australian finished ninth at Indianapolis in a 2.7-litre Cooper Climax, a car of the type that, for a couple of seasons, became standard equipment for overseas drivers contesting the Australian and New Zealand international races. Joint Venture Brabham's latest attempt to win the worid's richest! motor race will be a joint; venture. Brabham is collaborating with the wellknow American Indiana- polis car sponsor, John Zink. He will use a 425 brake horse-power 42-litre four cylinder Offenhauser епgine. This power unit is the most popular among American Indianapolis drivers. Wider Body The car itself will be basically similar to that Brabham raced here. However, the wheelbase will be lengthened to comply with race regulations and the body will be wider to house fuel tanks with total capacity of 40 gallons. To. take full advantage of the circuit's four left-hand turns, the car will be slightly offset and auxiliary equipment will be placed to give it a weight bias to the left. It is probable that a twospeed Colotti gearbox will be used. 20-2-64 19-3-64 MCLAREN LOOKS CERTAINTY FOR WIGRAM START Alecting the Motes Facing add vietn • be calling for entries for the Lady Wigram Trophy for some months yet, there is already one overseas driver who can be regarded as a virtual certain starter. He is New Zealand's! leading international racing motorist, Aucklander Bruce licLaren. Recently the secretary of the Pioneer Amateur Sports Club (Mr G. R. Towart) invited McLaren to present the trophies which will be won this year by members of the club's miniature car racing section. Accepted Writing from Sydney, McLaren has accepted the invitation stating that he will be happy to do so after the 1964 Lady Wigrami Trophy race. A date has yet to be fixed, but Mr Towart believes! that because of McLaren's tight schedule the most satlisfactory for the prize-giv- ling would probably be on the Sunday evening following the trophy race. • Mclaren's sporting Interests are not comfined solely to Grand Prix motor racing. He is a keen water skier and has built and raced his own go-kart. Also he is a most enthusiastic miniature racing car fan and is looking forward to the opportunity of matching his skill against that of local enthusiasts On the Pioneer club's cireuit. ARCHIBALD PLANS TO RACE ON The former national saloon car racing champion Ray Archibald told mem-i bers of the Christchurch Motor Racing Club last night, that he does not plan to re tire from racing although, in future, be will prob ably devote more attention to longer races sucn as the Wills Six-hour event. Archibald and the Wellington driver Tony Shelly were outright winners off the 1963 Wills Six-hour race in a 3.8 litre Jaguar last year, and last night the Christchurch driver the were Motor Racing Club hosts to the many! people who assisted in running this year's nema tional Lady wigram iropay meeting- "Just because I'm rather thin on top," said Archibald, "there are some people who think that maybe I'm too old to be racing • and that it is time retired. When do it will be be. cause I am too old," he concluded, amid applause. Same Team Archibald plans to team up with Shelly again for this year's six-hour race, and he expressed the hope that the time would not be far distant wen the sponsors would stage the event! in the South Island. Welcoming the guests; without the enthusiastic sup port and active assistance of so many voluntary workers, who had no connection with motor racing, it would be impossible to stage the Wigram meeting. The Motor Racing Club was a small one which bad the sole objective of staging one imternational car racing meeting a year and was extremely grateful for the as sistance it received. 18-4-64 TASMAN CUP Plans For 1965 Motor racing events at Auckland, Levin, Christchurch and Invercargill will! count for the 1965 Tasman Cup, for wiich cars complying with the existing Tasman formula (engine limit of 2500c.c. run • on petrol fuel) will be eligible. This was decided. by meeting of representatives of the Association of New Lea land Car Clubs and the Confederation Australian Motor Sport-the governing bodies for motor sport. in New Zealand and Australiaduring a conference held in Christchurch. The secretary of the AN Z.C.C. (Mr P. L. Lupp) said that subject to the approval of the F.I.A. the conditions for the Tasman championship in the 1965 season were: Cars eligible will be those complying with the existing Tasman formula. Points will be awarded in accordance with the existing world championship scale. Events to count towards the award of the Tasman Cup will be the New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe on January 9, 1965; Vic Hudson Memorial at Levin on January 16; Lady Wigram Trophy at Wigram, January 23; and Teretonga International at Invercargill on January 30. Events in Australia will be at Warwick Farm (New South Wales) on February: 14, 1965. Sandown Park (Victoria), February 21; and the Prix at! Australian Grand • Longford (Tasmania) March 1. Points won at the New Zea ‚land Grand Prix and any other two events in New sealand, and in all three ¡events in Australia will be used to determine the award., In 1964 the _Tasman Cup, was won by New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren with the Australian and former, world champion, Jack Brab ham, in second place.