21-1-66 99-4-27 B.R.M. Aces Both Win Heats for Wigram Trophy THE B.R.M. drivers, Jackie Stewart and Dickie Attwood, won the premier positions on the starting grid for the 100-mile Lady Wigram Trophy race to be held this afternoon, by running away with their respective preliminary heats this morning. In light drizzle, and before gone half a a lap. he had hit All the highlights, in fact. good crowd for so the front. and from then on came from Frank Hamlin early in the day, Attwood set he steadily extended his lead. ville driver Brian Innes. both 'Lower Hutt) and the Morrinsthe ball rolling away from world - champion At the end of six laps, in Morris-Coopers. he was 13 seconds ahead This pair had a tremendous Jim Clark 12.5 Lotus-Cimax). Attwood came home a win- of Gardner, with another duel for fourtn place, Hamlin seven seconds back just getting there by half an ner in 16min 45,6sec over the Palmer. 25 mile heat. In the second heat, Stewart The 1.5 litre national cham-! The early morning patrons won in 16min 43.Isec, to take pion, Roily Levis (Brabham- • got full value for their money the pole position this aiter-ford) had quite a tussle with in the Motor Racing Club noon. He had no trouble in Denis Marwood 12.5 Cooper- championship when a terrifi holding off the Australian, Climax/ but Marwood with fight developed between the Frank Gardner 12.5 Brabham- the additional power, was able current champior Climax›. to get the better of him. and sports car driver, Jim Boye There were the race settled into a proces. Lycoming Special and Geof patches of water on the Stewart, Gardner, Mardon, a former world speed track when the first heat Palmer, Marwood and Levis, way champion. who drove th. cars-nine in allcame running up the final laps in Stanton Corvet. under starter's orders. that order, and fairly well But the water and the light spaced The leader at the end Starting positions for of the first lap was Barry drizzle did not deter Aftwand, trophy race were determined Porter (Lotus-Climax) but and after two laps he was on the actual race times of in the second lap, Martin 10sec clear of Clark, who was contestants in the two heats. hit the front. and in the fairly closely attended by the so Stewart, Attwood, Gardner. Australian, Spencer third lap Boyd moved up to Martin (25 Brabham-Climax? on to the front row with Mar. and Clark, automatically went! be second, while Porter drifted back a little. Martin, Palmer, and Buchanan, don held a tenuous lead 20sec Lead sharing the second. through to the end of the The Hamilton seventh lap, and then Boyd At the end of six laps Att- Segedin, left no hit the front and remained wood had extended his lead doubt that he has his there to the finish. over Clark to 20 seconds. capricious Ford Mustang After the race. Boyd said i The latter's car appeared to right when he was the best he had ever had be rather twitchy on some of romped away to a con- His time for the twenty-five faster bends, the vincing will, in the half- miles was 18min 12.4sec, : world champion. although he hour Production Saloon speed of about 82.5 m.p.h. could make no impression on Car Race. Making a rare appearance a the leader, did not diminish Wigram as a saloon car driver his pace. as he had Martin Segedin, who has ›lagued by misfortune in pre- the young • Wellington driver hard on his beels. Kerry Grant, in his Austin Masterton vious races on the New Zea- The young and circuit. urged his power- Farina. took the first heat of farmer, Andrew Buchanan ul Ford into a narrow lead at the Gold Leaf Race in a cake (2.5 Brabham), at this into he first lap and was never stage moved up leaded. Grant. who last appeared at fourth place ahead of Tan the finish seventeen Wigram Grand Dawson (2.5 Brabham). aps later, Segedin was well driver, shot into the lead from That was the way the fieldilear of the second place-get- the start. and won as he liker stayed through to the finish at er, Christchurch's Jim Mul from the Christchurch driver. the end of 1l laps. ins, in a Morris-Cooper Spe- Jim Mullins In the second heat, Stewart ial Cooper Special. was a little slow away, with Third was the "flying doc- Another Christchurch driver. Gardner and the New Zea-or" from Napier, R. B . Lang-: Warner Collins. drove a specland champion, Jim Palmer ey. in his Austin Cooper tacular race in his Morris 12.5 Lotus Climax) making the ipecial. Ford to take third place. best of the start The Wigram crowd have However. wasted come to expect sensations no ime in getting down to in the saloon car races, business and before they had but the race for the first three placings te-day. be- In the second heat of the all comer's race, it was the Australian, Martin, all the way in the Ferrari. But he had to work pretty hard because the Lotus Anglia driver Paul Fahey pushed him very hard as also did Brent Hawes in his Jaguar. The Lady Wigram Trophy. Heat one - R. Attwood (Eng land) B.R.I.. 16min 45.6sec. 1: Ciark (Scotland) 2.5 Lotus Climax. 17min 13.Sser. 2: Martin (Australia) 2.5 Brabham Climax 17min 15.5sec. Buchanan (lew Zealand; 2.5 Brabham Climax, 17min 38.2ser. 4: I. Dawson (Neir Zeatand› 2.5 Brabham Climax. I7min 48.ts=c. 5: G. Lawrence (lew Zealand› 1.5 Brabham Ford. 1Smin 2.2ser. Heat 2-I. Stewart (Scotland› B.R.M., 16min 33.1 ser 1: Gardner (Australia) 2.5 Brabham-Climax 17 min Isec. 2: Palmer (New Zealand) 25 Lotus-Climax limin 25.4:e0. D. Marwood (lew Zealand) 2.3 Cooper Climax. I7min 35.9sec. Levis "Zealand) 15 Brabham-Ford. 17min, 5fsec. засес. із Sager (lew Zealand) Brabham-Ford 130 laps rompleted: 6. Produrtion Saloon Car Rare- I. Segerin. Hamilton (Forri Mustang) 17 laps. 1: J. Mullin. Christchurch 4iorris Cooperi 17 laps 2: R. R. Langler. Napier (Austin Cooper: 16 laps. X: Hamlin. Lower Hutt (Morris Cooper› 16 laps. +: B. Inne. Morrinstille • Morris Coopers Ir laps. 5. Fastest lap. Segedin. Imin 49.2ser. Motor Racing Cluh Championship-J. Born. Payatnetne «.:roming), 1: B. Hawes. Timart (Tojiero laguar) 2: R. F.. Porter. Timaru I Lotus-(limax) D. Bruton. Invercargill {Berg Special: 4: T. shaw. Christchuren (Lotus ) Time- 18min 12 ₽ sec. Fastest lap: Rowd. 1min 36.1ser (S4.1 m.p.h.). How In J. Stewart A.R.M. 1.9 S. Martia Brabham 2. I. Dawsor Brabham 2.5 K. Sager Brabham 1. D. Hollier Latus 1.5 G. Malloy Victorious in Main Motorcycle Event Ginger Malloy, New Zea- Bultaco for his 500 Norton and Landrebe wrested the lead land international, claim-'rode brililantly to win the from Anderson in only the secevent. ond lap and led from Malloy, ed a great motor-cyching, Landrebe continued his trevictory with a last-lap mendous form by claiming a Damanio, Scobie, I. McCleary, drive that won the Gold third consecutive win over At Bubbard, Clarke and K. Mc- Leaf open event at Wig-derson in the first motor-cycle Cleary. event. ram to-day. Malloy, also edged out An- By lap eight Malloy w'as Neville Landrebe, of Otago, derson in a tremendous three- astern of Anderson and in a the race leader, hung on man duel. - mighty top-speed drive took grimly but had to bow to the!. second place over the midget resolute Malloy and was beat- i Suzuki. en by a length. Malloy tried desperately to World champion, Hugh An- ¡pass Landrebe and came derson, well down on power. labreast of him at the Goid was half a mile bhind in third Leaf hairpin but Landrebe place, with the rest of the field, jusing nis superior power, acbeaten off by the astonishing (celerated away to win. • pace, at least a mile behind Anderson. - Malloy, recentiy bome after two successiul seasons overseas, exchanged bis works 22-9-66 22-9-66 They Started Trophy Race R. Ettread F. Gardner J. Clark BRM. 19 Brabham 25 Lotus Zea J. Palmer A. Buchanan Lstus 2.5 Brabham 2.5 D. Marweod R. Levis G. Lawresce Cooper 25. Brabham 1.5 Brabham 15 d. Riles P. Gilan .5 Lotus 25 Cooper 15 R Thackwell ₩. Caldwel) A. Rbedes Brabhamn 1.5 Brabham 1.5 Lotus Le Saloon Event To Australian The final event on thela Christchurch driver, Warnes programme at Wigram to Collins (Morris-Ford). There was only one inci day was the seven-lap All dent Comers' Saloon ear race, In the second lap the Christand as was the case in his church Austin A30 driver, C. preliminary this merming, E. Berrymar, lost a wheel and the Australian. Ferrari! ploughed to a halt through the straw bales at the bend leaddriver, S. Martin, won as ing into the pit straight. he lixed. He was unhurt. Second all the way was the Paul Fahey. the current young Aucklander, David national saloon champion, was Simpson, in his Lotus Anglia, a non-starter, and Kerry Grant, land third was Brent Hawes, one of the favourites with his was Brent Hawes, in a Tojeiro Jaguar. Austin A40, retired in the first He held his position all the lap. way, as did Rob Coppins Zephyr-Corvett), who fin ished fourth, just in front of