1966 arrears, with Martin only 1.7 secs. behind him. The second he cutting out the Gardner, Palmer race at fairly Gardner finished 18.4 secs. to Pal at was another B.R.M. walkover, Stewart distance in 16 mins: 43.1 secs. with and Marwood running out most of the widely spaced intervals behind him. 23.9 secs. back and there was another mer. By the time the Trophy the track had humid. The front Gardner and Clark, were in the second ro Ford drivers Roly I next. There were 18 field lined up for the Lady Wigram • dried out and the day was warm and row comprised S while Martin, Palm w, and Dawson with Levis and Graeme starters in all. Stewart, Attwood, er and Buchanan the 1.5 Brabham- Lawrence in the Stewart was just a little slow away but soon asserted himself to narrowly lead Clark, Attwood, Gardner, Martin, Palmer, Buchanan, Dawson, Levis and Marwood through Bomb-Bay Bend into the back straight. Stewart cut out the first lap in 1 min. 30 secs., but had Clark glued to his tall with a moderate gap to Attwood and Gardner and a longer one to Martin and the rest. Lawrence trickled into the pits for the first of a series of stops that finally ended with a broken clutch. While in Christchurch Jackie Stewart, Jim Palmer and Dickie Attwood found time to call on youngsters at Christchurch Public Hospital and just to make it a day for the kids Palmer took his Lotus along with him. In the second round Clark really applied the pressure and this brought Stewart and himself out about 100 yards clear of Attwood who had Gardner in his slipstream. The race had all the makings and although Clark looked very spectacular he was obviously right in the groove for the first time in the Tasman series. The third round was the second all over again and so they shot into the fourth. As they braked for the hairpin at the end of the straight, Clark appeared to beright with Stewart. Gardner, in Attwood's slipstream, braked at the 200 yard marker only to find no one at home. Instantaneously he moved out from behind Attwood, ranged alongside with just a little deceleration from the rear wheels which were locking up and looked as if he might make the escape road. However, Clark was still in his tur and the Brabham clouted the Lotus on the left side. Buth cars spun to the grass and Attwood somehow missed them tü automatically move to second spot but quite some distance behind Stewart because of the mix-up. From that moment the ing. Once Stewart had be he settled down to lap ste mark and gradually draw was very comfortably e clear of Martin who had quite a gap to Buchana with Dawson, and ther who had Levis in the f • race was all over bar the stouteen apprised of the developments eadily around the 1 min. 27 secs. • farther away from Attwood, whe ensconced in second spot, well • Palmer on his tail. There was an who was having a ding-dong • there was another to Marwood rst of the 1.5 cars for company. With eight tours gone, tail enders, while Ken Sa with a suspected blown h two more calls in the nes out of the running. Stewart began to "double" the ger pitted his 1.5 Brabham-Ford pad gasket, but resumed to make it four laps and then drift right With 15 laps completed secs., and there was 17. another 5 secs. to Palmer. was relieved of the embarr latter pitted to take on wi retire after 30 laps. Stewart led Attwoul ly 8.5 secs. back to Martin and Seven laps later Buchanan assment of Dawson when the ater. He resumed finally to So at the half-way mark the Attwood well spaced but clear anan, Marwood and Riley, who not have much sting. The re contention. Palmer now made who in his 27th lap, in an effor lander, over-cooked things and end up some 10 secs. in wrear e picture was Stewart and • of Martin, Palmer, Buchuse 2.5 Lotus-Climax did mainder were well out of his move and took Marti t to go with the New Zealost even more ground to Wigram provided Jackie Stewart with his first New Zealand victory and B.R.M. with a hat-trick. Stewart led from start to finish and set new race and lap records. Apart from the fact that Buchanan's engine somet very much off-beat there was nothing to enliven the dying stages of the race and once again it was a B.R.M. vie tory and Stewart's first win in the series.