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Champion watches starter

Photos from the 1966 Wigram meeting preview: world champion motor-cyclist Hugh Anderson on his 80cc Suzuki with Miss Diane Foote on the starting grid beside him, both contesting the Airfield Championships, and Frank Gardner who would return with a new version of his Repco-Brabham-Climax after finishing fourth in 1965.

Facts

  • Frank Gardner finished fourth in both the 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy and the Tasman Championship series in a 2.5 litre Repco-Brabham-Climax.

Photos

  • Eyes intent on the starter, the world champion New Zealand motor-cyclist Hugh Anderson, stands by his Japanese Suzuki. Anderson will be contesting the Airfield Championships on Saturday as will Miss Diane Foote, seen here on the starting grid next to Anderson.
  • Fourth in the trophy race and in the Tasman Championship series with this 2.5-litre Repco-Brabham-Climax last year, Australian Frank Gardner will be back at Wigram with a new version of the same car on Saturday.
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18-9-66 CHAMPION WATCHES STARTER 80° SUZUKI Eyes intent on the starter, the world champion New Zealand motor-cyclist. Hugh Anderson, stands by his Japanese Suzuki (left). Anderson will he contesting the Airfield Championships on Saturday as will Miss Diane Foote, seen here on the starting grid next to Anderson. Fourth in the trophy race and in the Tasman Championship series with this 2.5litre Repco-Brabham- Climax last year, Australian Frank Gardner will be back at Wigram • with a new version of the same car on Saturday. Rapidly gaining an international reputation, Gardner seems almost certainly assured of a high race placing.

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