17-1-67 LaDY WiGRaM TROPIY RaCE 1967 Comprehensive Programme Thirteenth Lady Wigram Trophy Event A comprehensive programme of ten events for single-seater, Meet on 3 Claday. Club's thirteenth international Lady Wigram Trophy meeting on event will be the 25-mile Open Motor-cycle Race and not the Wills There has been an amendment to the programme in that the final Fast Racing Likely on All-comers' Saloon final. Thus the programme will be: Unique 10.00 a.m.—First Lady Wigram Trophy preliminary (25 miles). 10.30 a.m.—Second Lady Wigram Trophy preliminary (25 miles). 11.00 a.m.—Production Saloon Car Race (30min duration) 11.45 a.m.—Motor Racing Club Championship (25 miles). 12.30 p.m.- first Wills All-comers Saloon preliminary (20 miles) Airfield 1.00 p.m.—Second Wills All-comers' Saloon preliminary (20 miles). 1,30 p.m—Motor-cycle Race (25 miles) Circuit 2.30 D.M.—Lady Wigram Trophy (100 miles). 4.00 D.M.—Wills All-comers' Saloon final (16 miles). 4.30 p.m.—Gold Leaf Open Motor-cycle Rate (25 miles). This Christchurch wea magnet drawing motor racing enthusiasts from all over Smile of a triple champion overseas New Zealand as deep into well as its Last year's Lady Wigram Trophy winner, Jackie Stewart field for the thirteenth Lotus-Climax driver Clark is the "loner" in the Fulme, he has one of the most of his young fellow-country- Look at it from the drivers' ham Hill vacated the position, international Lady Wig-clark in the New Zealand viewpoints. to join Team Lotus, won the field. Stewart has the services able team drivers in the busi- man Kevin Bartlett. Gardner ram Trophy race meet- Grand Prix avelage. Australian Jack Brabham, Tasman title last ness — a man who helped him and Bartlett drive for the Syding on Saturday. year. of his team-mate Richard Attspeed of nearly 101 miles an holder of the world drivers' A crash in the Belgian Grand a great deal to his fantasticiney racing patron, Mr Alee In garages throughout the hour, Wigram was New Zea-and racing car constructors' Prix put him out of racing wood to help him along the run of successes in Formula 1 Mildren. city mechanics are working on land's fastest racing circuit. championships, has set his and cost him all chance of a way and, it necessary, step and 2 racing in 1965. Gardner, like Brabham, has the cars, making good the rav- In the Grand Prix, Clark set heart on winning the cham-high place on the world title into the breach to maintain Like Brabham and Stewart a lightweight Repco-Brabham lages of the international race the fastest lap at a fantastic pionship. In 1964 he was run. ladder. the run of B.R.M. successes if the lanky Australian driver but it is fitted with a fourat Levin last Saturday and try: 104.1 miles an hour in a Lotus ner-up to New Zealander He started to come right the need should arise. Frank Gardner, who has been cylinder Coventry Climax ening to extract the last ounce from which the body had been Bruce Mcwaren. If he could again with a brilliant win in Brabham, with Hulme to a regular campaigner in New gine and not the more powerof power that could make the ripped in a tangle & win it this time his cup would the Mount Fuji for back him up, similarly Zealand for some years now, ful Repco V8 engine that Brabdifference between success slower car. just about be full and such a Indianapolis-type Cals in placed.. What Is more, in will have & helper in the shape, ham and Hulme will be using. and failure next Saturday Whether anyone can reach victory would mean a great Japan late in 1966, but badly afternoon. this speed Saturday deal to him in this part of the needs successes to regain his gather, Where at the drivers' recep-lis certain, the enthusiasts remains to be seen. One thing world, not only from the pres-position near everyone will be tige viewpoint, but also in tree in international racing. the top of the Main Local Opposition tions given by the Motor Rac-doing his utmost to return a cold cash from sales of his Winner at Wigram last year, Main local opposition for the Rothmańs Cooper-Climax and of Boly Levis, who drives & ing Club and the Jaguar Dri- 100 miles an hour lap in the racing cars. Stewart collected nine points overseas men will come from has made immense strides as Brabham-Ford, for a number vers' Club as well as the Inter-race for the very good reason • If he is to have a chance of towards the Tasman Champ three times national champion a driver since last season. Lof seasons now, but there are national Motor Show at Can-that to him will go a side prize winning the Tasman title, ionship with his New Zealand new stars: on the borizon, terbury Court, the talk is of £400 donated by Manchester Brabham must do well at Wig- Grand Prix. win. Jim Palmer and Dennis Mar- Other New Zealanders in among them Graeme Law- If he can Wigram prospects. Car Sales, Limited. rạm In the New Zealand chalk up another victory on wood who currently tops the Tasman Formula cars likely to rence, who drove a tremend Wigram has been the scene But whether or not anyone Grand Prix, driving the car of Saturday at Wigram he will belladder in the Motor Sport Asso-be prominent include the ous race to finish fith overall of some torrid battles in the races off with this prize, the his New Zealand team-mate well on the way to a Tasman ciation of New Zealand's Gold current sports car champion in his Brabham-Ford in past, but with eight first-class Lady Wigram Trophy has all Denis Hulme, he crashed in "double." Star series. Jim Boyd and Ian Dawson, the New Zealand Grand Prix. international drivers, as well the makings of a tremendously preliminary and retired All in all, this year's Lady Lady Wigram Trophy and Palmer, driving & Repeo-both of whor will be racing wigram Trophy should turn very competitive exciting motor race. with a broken half-shaft after Tasman Championship winner Brabham - Climax, is New Repco-Brabham-Climaxes. local men in the field, Sat- The coveted Tasman Cham-Eve laps. in 1965, Jim Clark was dogged out to be the race of the seaurday's race promises to be pionship is at stake and Wig- by misfortune in the Northern Zealand's top resident driver There is always a race with- son. There is a lot at stake ine most open held on this ram constitutes the Won Title Hemisphere last season fol-land more often than not leads in the race in the Lady Wig- for every contestant for the unique airfield circuit. round in series which is He desperately needs points lowing an equally disappoint- home all the local men as well ram Trophy. It is for the 1.5- result could easily determine "Three times world champion and now world champion racing car constructor as well, second only in importance tojat Wigram and is right outling run in the Tasman series. Ford-engined cars and the Tasman Championship. Was Fastest as some of the overseas stars. race 40-year-old Jack Brabham will be attempting to win his third Lady Wigram Irophy the World Racing Drivers' after them with his specially-Fe, like Stewart, has much He could finish well up in the points towards the 1.5-litre One thing is certain, and aiso pick up vital points in the Tasman Championship series. Until Saturday, January 7, Championship. built lightweight car which to gain from a Wigram win national championship are and lap records will certainly the New Zealand Grand Prix and is flying his special lightweight car to Christchurch when B.R.M. team-leader Success at Wigram could has been flown over from Aus-land has a specially-built light- field on Saturday. awarded on their order of fin-be set. The cars are all much lut the toons race. The world's largest racing car maker, Brabham is married with Marwood, who graduated ishing in the trophy race. ¡faster than they were last year Jackie Stewart came out on spell the difference between tralia for the race. weight Lotus fitted with a V8 three children, quiet, shrewd and unassuming-and still one of the hardest men to beat This particular category of and, eval more important, top in a nose-to-tail race with success or failure in the six- Jackie Stewart, now leader Coventry Climax engine for from saloons to single-seaters in a big-time motor race. former champion round Tasman series. of the B.R.M. team since Gra-i the iob. last season, drives the Ecurie racing has been the domain much more evenly matched.