1966 CHRISTCHURCH LADY WIG It was B.R.M. one and two, with r for Jackie Stewart and second spot 1 in the Lady Wigram Trophy at Christo lap shunt involving Jim Clark and taken all the sting out of the race. moment the drivers of the 1930c.c. V things ail their own way in a contes great promise in the meteoric opening ace and lap records for Dickie Attwood, church after a fourth Frank Gardner had From that dramatic 8s from Boume had st which had shown stages. The biggest rivals of B.R.N were eliminated when Gardner's brakeless rear portion of the cockpit as Clark was pın at tne end of the was hurt but both 2.5 Brabham-Clima 2.5 Lotus-Climax s in the process of e fast back straight cars were damaged x struck' the left just behind the turning the hairl. Neither driver i and there was nothing left for the to the paddock as S behind, peeled off precision to set a sees. - an improveme set by Clark. drivers but to trudge unhappily back stewart, with Attwood some distance the remaining laps with clockwork new race record of 63 mins. 44.1 ent of 35.2 sees. on the 1965 record The new lap record when Stewart had Clark was 1 min. 25 secs.-c set jointly by Clark Climax) in 1965. Third spot went to next in line was Spen 2.5 Brablam Climax. pectively, were Andres and Denis Marwood (2.3 Clark's run of Nev with the opening of the the first out, he was se coated in oil. The dal came early in the piece —the third snapping at his rear wheels. This an improvement of 0.9 sec. on that and Bruce MeLaren (2.5 Cooper- Jime Palmer (2.5 Lotus-Climax) and cer Martin in the Scuderia Vetoer Une and two laps u arrears, resw Buchanan (2.: Brabham-(limax) 5 Cooper ('limax). • Zealand misfortunes continued Friday training session. One of on back in the pit with the engine nage was made good and he went RAM TROPHY The entrance to Wigram's Loop proved just as bumpy as ever. Here is third man home, Jim Palmer, almost airborne in the Lotus. out again only to re effort. in which some Struggle. Most of change and late in few desultory laps also in trouble and : turn once more before making a final engine bearings gave up the unequal the day was spent making an engine the afternoon he returned to put in a around 1 min. 27 secs. Martın was made only a brief appearance. Stewart and Attwood, however, were soon rolling round the 2.3 mile circuit running fairly close to the lap record. But all was not weil in the B.R.M. pits and there was much experimentation with roll bars, tyre pressures and so on, the drivers swopping cars. In any event, things were sorted out by the time qualifying time trials were held and Stewart recorded a sizzling best of 1 min. 23.9 secs. (98.8 miles an hour). Gardner, who had nothing siguificant to his credit in the early training runs, turned out second fastest with 1 min. 25 secs. Then came Attwood (1 min. 25.1 secs.), Palmer (1 min. 26 secs.), lan Dawson (2.5 Brabham-Climax, 1 min. 27.9 secs.), Marwood (1 min. 28.7 secs.), and Buchanan (1 min. 29.5 secs.). The 1.5-litre drivers were all in the - US Grid positions liminary heats, n on the basis There were some night rain and sor under way on race In this head it Martin a long way Dawson in the fifi Its mins. 15.6 se i at Wigram are del m over 25 miles, pl " the individual pools of water on me light showers wl • day- termined in two prelaces being allocated ace times recorded. the track after overhen the first heat got vas Attwood all the way with Clark and back and Buchanan next, having taken th of the 11 tours. Altwood's time was es. and Clark finished 28.2 sees. in