17-1-67 Wigram Event Now One off Message from the President • By MR J. A. BREWER, President of the Motor Racing Club. Once again, as president of the Motor Racing Club, it is my privilege to weleome drivers and motoring enthusiasts to Christchurch for the thirteenth international Lady Wigram Trophy Considerable Consequence race meeting. The importance of our meet- which are such an important|routine is disrupted as little would be as tidy as possible. ing on the international motor. part of the programme. as possible. Your co-operation in these Never before has interest in For this reason I would ask matters will be of the greatest sporting calendar can best be THE eyes of the world of international motor racing will be focussed on Wigram on motor racing been so great as all who attend the meeting assistance to the club. judged by the line up of over- it is to-day and the club is Saturday because the Lady Wigram Trophy is to-day a race of considerable con- on Saturday to note in the Finally, may I on behalf of sequece. seas drivers who are contest- deeply conscious of the debt programme the parts of the the club, wish patrons and ing the trophy race this year. it owes to the many drivers station which are out of bounds spectators a good day's racing It will be the second round Europe and North America, The engines are limited in cap- Last year saw a new star The club counts itself parti- who will be racing at Wigram to the public and to follow the and thank you all for your in the Tasman Championship, each year. acity to 2.5-Litre and super- in the ascendant. He, a Scots- Saturday purely for the instructions of officials regardthe six-round series of races Until the introduction of the chargers are not permitted cularly fortunate in that the continued support which has man like Clark, was the B.R.M. world champion racing driver sport and to make our meeting ing car parking and vantage made the Lady Wigram Trophy for specially constructed cars championship series, New Zea- There is also a restriction on attractive to the patrons. driver Jackie Stewart. He fin- and racing car constructor, points about the circuit. race meeting one of the South conducted in New Zealand and land's international motor the type of fuel that can be and races, such as the Lady Wig-used It must not have an ished the series with 45| Jack Brabham, has accepted Also the club would be ex- Island's major sporting fix- Australia each January Keen Racing February. ram Trophy, were open to cars octane rating greater than 130 points, 15 more than his team-its invitation to compete in tremely grateful if patrons tures each year. The Tasman Championship, of any size, type and engine by the research method. It is, mate and former World Cham- this year's race, along with the Once again we have also! introduced in 1964, is now capacity and entrants could in fact, commercial aviation pion Graham Hill, and won former world champion Jim been well supported by the also use any fuel they pre gasoline. the Lady Wigram Trophy race Clark, Richard Attwood, the motor-cycling fraternity and. regarded as second in importance to the World Racing ferred. Appropriately enough, the setting new race and lap New Zealand international dri- judging by, the entry list, the Drivers' and Constructors' However, in 1963, the bodies first Tasman Champion was records into the bargain. ver Denis Huime and the Aus- "two-wheeler" fans will be tralians Frank Gardner and treated to some very keen championships conducted in controlling New Zealand and the leading New Zealand inter- This year only two Tasman Kevin Bartlett. Australian motor sport and the national driver, Bruce Me- rounds are being held in New racing. promoters of international Laren who, driving a Cooper- Zealand and already Stewart This year there are more The Motor Racing Club was events decided that the time Climax, scored 39 points tolis in the lead following his overseas drivers contesting founded for the sole purpose had arrived when drivers in head off his former team-matel win in the New Zealand Grand our event than ever before and of staging annually an inter- I both countries should be Jack Brabham by six points. Prix on January 7. the calibre of the New Zealand national motor racing meeting matched more evenly as In 1965 the champion was Thus the points position in entry, headed by the national in Christchurch. This is not an ¡against each other as well as Jim the series at present is: champion, Jim Palmer, is easy task and all the work is Clark driving a Lotus such that I am sure we will be! those from the Northern Hemi- who won with 35 points to the J. Stewart (Scotland), B.R.M. undertaken by club members, sphere. 24 of McLaren and went on to 9 pts. treated to the most thrilling an extremely willing band of The Tasman Formula was have a brilliant vear in inter- J. Clark (Scotland), Lotus- motor racing yet seen on our volunteer helpers, including circuit. the Commanding Officer and devised with this objective in national racing, winning the Climax, 6. ¡mind. Broadly speaking, the World Racing Drivers' Cham- R. Attwood (England), However, it would be quite In this regard I would like formula sets out that the cars pionship and also the Indiana- B.R.M., 4. impractical for the club tolto make a particular appeal themselves must be single-polis 500-mile race the rich- J. Palmer (N.Z.), Repco-stage this international race to patrons. Wigram, as you all seater, open-wheeled racers. est in the world. Brabham-Climax, 3. without supporting events and know, is an operational aero-! G. Lawrence (N.Z.), Brab-it is extremely gratifying to has. to be operational by ham-Ford, 2. the club that once again record with the promotion of our race D. Hollier (N.Z.), Lotus-Ford, entries have been received for meeting go to particular pains They're Off the sports and saloon car races to ensure that the station' A good grid position and the good start are assets in motor racing. In his preliminary heat at Wigram last year, Jim Palmer (Lotus-