B.R.M. leam Romps Home, Sets Record HE B.R.M. team continued its winning streak in this season's Tasman Championship series when Jackie Stewart and Dickie Attwood romped home first and second, both going inside last year's : record time, in the twelfth Infernational Lady Wigram Trophy on Saturday afternoon. For the crowd, unofficially the Australian Scuderia Veloce the eight-race Tasman Chamestimated at about 20,000, the 2.5 Repco-Brabham-Climax. ¡pionship series with 15 points Fifth was Andrew each. 100-mile race on the fast Wig- Buchanan Brabham-Cli- Palmer holds second piace: ram circuit was robbed of max), who fairly early in the with 10. Then come Hill most of its interest when the race had quite a tussle with Martin (7), and Clark (6). highly favoured Jim Clark and Ian Dawson, who was simi- Results: larly mounted, until Dawson Lady Wigram hairpin bend at the end of the retired Frank Gardner collided at the dropped back and then finallyistewart (Scotland) 1.9 overheating Troog Smin back straight in the fourth troubles. 1hr 4min lap. Buchanan's car sounded (New Zealand) The accident, in which very sick in the late max), 1hr 4min 50sec, neither driver was hurt, stages of the race and he Martin (Australia) (2.5 Brab ham-Climax), 2.7sec, occurred when Clark in his was called off after com- 4; A Buchanan 2.5 Lotus - Climax was pleting forty-three of the (2.5 Brabham-Climax), 43 laps forty-four laps. completed, 5: D. Marwood (New pressing the leader, Stew- Zealand) (2.5 Cooper-Climax),/ art. very closely. In sixth place and a lap fur- 142 laps, 6; Levis (New Zeather back was Denis Marwood land) (1.5 "Brabham-Ford), Zea- Gardner was laps, T; D. Hollier (New Attwood, who was lying third. slipstreaming: (2.5 Cooper-Climax). land) 40 laps First 1.5-litre driver to fin- Fastest lap: Stewart, 1min 23 some 200 yards from ish Levis started, and seven retired. (record). Nineteen cars hairpin, brakes of his 2.5 Brabham- the (Brabham Ford being fagged Gra Gold Leaf All-comers Saloon. i seventh place, First heat: Climax had failed. loff on the same lap as Mar- Grant. Race Wellington (Austin Farina), 1; 3. Mullins Path Obstructed wood but nearly half a minute church (Morris 2; in arrears. The remaining cars ford); 3; F. Hamlin, Lower Hutt Christchurch still running, four in all, were Realising that he would cer- miles behind, the Christchurch Napier (Gustin Coita). tainly hit the B.R.M. and prob- driver Alan Rhodes being off- 16min 1.1sec. Second ably go right over the top of icially posted last with thirty- Martin, Australia (Ferrari), it as Attwood braked, Gard- B. Hawes. Christchurch (Tojerio! our laps to his credit. jaguar), ner pulled out and shot past Cop him, but his path to the escape New Record Manure obstructed (Cortina) 5. Time. 15min 0.5sec. started to make the hairpin him, With no one to. challenge Final: S. Martin, Australia (Fer- Stewart to rari). Simpson.B. Auckland 2; The current world cham- take things comparatively eas Timaru Tojeir Jaguar ZephyT Nevertheless, he cut out Coppins, Manurewa pion, who has been dogged the distance in 63min 44.1sec- Corvette), Collins, i by misfortune so far this Christchurch an average speed of about 94 Time-11min 19. Isec. season, was probably ex- miles an hour-to set a new N.Z. 250 Motorcyce Alaidd ceedingly lucky to escape race record, a respectable 35.2- Champions I. Anderson, Ohine- Malloy, with his life, for the point sec inside that established by Huntly; of impact was just behind Clark last year. McCleary, the cockpit of the car. Stewart's new lap re K. Spooner, Napier, 350 Motor-cycle Airfeld As both cars rocketed on to cord of Imin 25sec repre the grass, Attwood somehow sented an improvement of AndersoChristchurch, Mallorinewai, managed to scrape through, •Isec on that set by Clark Hubbard, Springston, falling automatically into sec- and Brace Mclaren (2.5 ond place behind Stewart who, Cooper-Climax) in 1965. Championship: Landrebe, in the previous lap, had set a Each of the B.R.M. drivers sec N. 19min Auckland new circuit who have appeared in New. (Bultaco) miles an hour for Wigram. Zealand in this series has now 4 men 20, Ohinewai (Suzuki) won a race. Grabam Hill took Christchurch (500 Norton) 4; Had a Spin the New Zealand Grand Prix and then returned to Britain. R Damiano, Christchurch the two BRMs wallAttwood won from Clark in the Springston deaf Levin International Gold Leaf! maining interest in the race Wigram. out in front, most of the re Trophy and Stewart won at Huntly centred on the fortunes of the (Matchless) 2; H. Stewart was second in the Anderson Ohinewai (Suzuki) 3; the current national champion, Levin so, at the moment, he Landrebe Australian Spencer Martin and Grand Prix but retired at.3 Scobie, Hamilton (Matchless) um Palmer, now running third 13sес; Anderand fourth in very close com- and Attwood share the lead in son 19min 37sec. Palmer finally third spot in the twenty-seventh lap when Martin had a spin and lost something like Ilsec in the process. So it was that Palmer, the second year running, ished third in the trophy race. Gardner was fourth. Palmer drove the 2.5 Lotus- 24-1-66 ACES Smiling placegetters in the Lady Wigram Trophy Race on Saturday. From left: Jim Palmet, New Zealand (third), Jackie Stewart, Scotland (first), and Richard Attwood, United Kingdom, (second).