18-9-67 Wigr am is Vital Event In 1967 Tasman Series THE international Lady Wigram Tropby race meeting on Saturday will be a vital one in the year's motor racing series, because it could very easily point the way to the outcome of the Tasman Championship series and also the various New Zealand championships. Second and final round in single-seater and sports car the New Zealand section of the titles. Tasman series wil . be the . In all categories, the 100-mile trophy race. Cur- series are very open at rently the No. 1 B.R.M. teami present. Provisional placdriver Jackie Stewart leads ings are only possible at this series with 9 points from this stage, but the Ecurie his New Zealand Grand Prix Rothmans win. Next in line is former Cooper driver, Dennis Marwood, leads world champion Jim Clark both the Gold Star and with 6 points. Then come Richard N.Z.R.D.C. single - seater Jim Attwood (4h Lawr- series with 20 points. Palmer (3), Graeme ence (2), and Dene Hollier Next in line is the 1.5-litre (1). Brabham-Ford driver, Graeme: But from the New Zealand Lawrence (17). He is followed competitors' point of view, by the 1.5-litre Lotus-Ford most interest centres on the man Dene Hollier (15). Motor Sport Association of c Three times national cham- New Zealand's Gold Star and pion, Jim Palmer this season championships, and has scored only 10 points. Club's Allcomer Saloons Group 2 saloon titles and the In the Allcomer saloon serlies, Jack Nazer (Lotus Anglia) and Robbie Franicevic litre Ford Special) have scored 29 points each. Next in line is Paul Fahey (Ford Mustang) with 25 points. The Masterton farmer Andrew Buchanan (250 LM Ferrari) leads the sports car series with 37 points, while the Christehurch driver Geoff Mardon (Stanton-Corvette) has 25 and the current national sports car champion Jim Boyd (Lycoming Special) 25. As drivers are contesting the Group 2 saloon title race in two categories-up to 1300c.c. and over 1300c.c.-the position is not so clear at present. However, it appears that Angus Hyslop (Mini-Cooper S) ¡leads the smaller category with 27 points and Carl Jepson (Lotus-Cortina) also has 27 points to lead the big car category. Winner of this series will the highest points scorer irrespective of engine capacity class. . By the same token, the sit-l uation is not clear M.A.N.Z. 1.5-itre championship, but it would appear that! Lawrence now holds a substan-? tial lead. with Ken Sager, Dene Holier and the current: champion Roly Levis all still very much in the running. DT 488 Adrienne Cansdale admiring a Ferrari G.I.O. sports car owned by Pat Hoare which is on display at Canterbury Court. The car is one of the exhibits in the show sponsored by the Canterbury Car Club and organised by the Christchurch Boys' High School Car Club. The show was opened this afternoon by Jim Clark, the Scottish racing driver who will compete in the Lady Wigram Trophy race on Saturday. 19-1-67 13th INTERNATIONAL LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE R.N.Z.A.F. STATION, WIGRAM - SATURDAY 21st JAN ENTRANTS INCLUDE JACK BRABHAM REPCO BRABHAM GRANDSTAND SEATS 20/- can DENIS HULME REPCO BRABHAM JIM CLARK LOTUS CLIMAX INCLUDING ADMISSION. JACKIE STEWART 8.R.M. Now on sale at D.I.C. Booking Office. RICHARD ATTWOOD B.R.M. FRANK GARDNER REPCO BRABHAM KEVIN BARTLET .. REPCO BRABHAM TWO STANDS, one opposite start/finish and one at the "loop". Full day's racing. Saloon Cars, Sports Cars and Motor-cycles. BE THERE!