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Could be a racing driver of the future

Photo: Kelvin Howell, a young patient in Christchurch Hospital, sits in the cockpit of Jim Palmer's Lotus during a visit by racing drivers to the children's ward.

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  • Kelvin Howell, a youngster who is at present a patient in Christchurch Hospital, gets familiar with the cockpit of Jim Palmer's Lotus car at the hospital late yesterday. Palmer will be driving the car in the Lady Wigram event tomorrow. Several racing drivers visited the hospital's children's ward yesterday.
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Week-end activity headed by car racing

Weekend sports preview: the Lady Wigram International Trophy race is the star attraction on Saturday's sports programme, with a full day of racing from 10 am including saloon car and motor-cycle races on the Wigram aerodrome circuit.

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  • Dickie Attwood gets the chequered flag as he crosses the line to win the first preliminary for the Lady Wigram Trophy Race at Wigram.
  • Australia's S. Martin leads I. W. Dawson through the loop with another car close behind during the same race.
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21-1-66 22-1-66 COULD BE A RACING DRIVER OF THE FUTURE JIM PADMER 21-1-66 WEEK-END AC HEADED THE Lady W Zealand dr A full day's racing, at 10 a.m. will includ car and motor-cycle 1 the Wigram aerodroi igram Internationa ivers-will he the to star le saloo! races me cir BY CA 1 Trophy race-featuring star attraction on to-mor TIVITY IS R RACING leading overseas. Australian and New row's sports programme. Kelvin Howell, a roungster who is at present a patient Christchurch Hospital, gets familiar with the cockpit of Jim Palmer's Lotus car at the hospital late resterday. Palmer will be driving the car in the Lady Wigram event tomorrow. Several racing drivers visited the hospital's children's ward vesterdar. TOP: Dickie Attwood gets the chequered flag as he crosses the line to win the first preliminary for the Lady Wigram Trophy Race at Wigram to-day. ABOVE: Australia's S. Martin leads 1. W. Dawson through the loop with another car close behind during the same race.

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