21-1-67 23-9-67 Stewart Prelimi Of Big Wins nary Race JACKIE STEWART, BOM team leader, staked a good claim for this afternoon's internațional Lady Wigram Trophy when he A1 won his 25-mile preiminary by U.osec from the world champion Jack Brabham to-day. Third place went to the V8 The BR.M. team have Lotus Climax driver Jim been racing on American Clark, who was 1.2sec behind. Goodyear tyres so far this Brabham in his Repco V8. season. But after Clark, who Clark led out narrowly from is Tunning on Firestones, the start and held it through made the fastest lap yesterinto the eighth lap. Then day, the BRM. team man- Stewart took him and a lap ager (Tim Parnell telephoned later Brabham moved through England last night. to be second ahead of Clark. He sought permission A tremendous duel from Sir Alfred • Owen; developed for the fourth head of the mighty Owen industrial group and and fft places between B.R.M., to change to the No. 2 B.R.M. man, Firestones. Richard Atwood, and the Sir Alfred has always in- No. 2 Repco-Brabham ¡sisted that his cars should beall-Britishbut be made thedriver, Denis Enne. concession because the tyre: Attwood led for the first lap company is about to build a but Hume took him in the British factory. second and held on to fourth The other preliminary beat place into the eighth lap when was for the 1.5 lite cars the Englishman surged ahead which contested the trophy again to finish fourth, only race this afternoot. It turned 0.4sec ahead of Hume. into somewhat of the fiasco as Sixth was the current there were a number of pi national champion Jim stops which left the field Palmer, who beaded off the widely spaced. Alec Mildren racing team drivers, Kevin Bartlett and Levis Wins Frank Gardner. All three drove 2.5 litre The winner was the current Repco-Brabham Climaxes. national champion Roly Levis. He was followed home by bis - Slowed team-mate Bil Stone. Both drove 1.5-litre Brabham Fards.. Althougn Clark put in a lap! Ibird was Dene Homer i a at 101.2 miles an nour-a time Lotus Ford and next in line of 1min 21.8sec-in training was the Brabham Ford driver yesterday afternoon, a strong Jonn Weston. north-easterly wind this morn- A surprise starter was the ing slowed the cars and Australian faul Bolton, who Stewart made the fastest lap appeared in the 1.5 litre Brabwith 1min 23.8secabout 99 ham-Climax that Hulme drove miles an hour-this morning. in the New Zealand Grand Stewart's success might Prix. He worked his way to have been due to a dramatic the front in the sixth lap but tyre switch overnight. dropped out in the tenth; leaving Levis back in front again for the final lap. Saloon Race A slightly larger motor mada all the difference between the Christchurch drivers, Clyde Collins and Jim Mullins in the first of the two. neats of the Wills all-comers salcon car race. Collins took the lead at the drop of the flag and quickly set up a 50 yard advantage over Multins. Although Collins did not increase his lead Mullins at no stage appeared to. frouble him. A great wheel to wheel tussle between Robbie France wic (Ford), , Paul Fabey (Ford Mustang) and John Nazer (Lotus Anglia) kept the crowd' on its toes in the second heat. Francevic's 7 litre special held a slender lead for: the first six circuits of the nine lap race. But a smal error at the loop let Fahey slip by. But Francevic was still not out of trouble. He made another small Nazer swoop through second. Neil Doyle (Ashburton). managed a good fourth, 100 yards back. Hamilton's Brian Scobie took a long lead in the 1967 250 c.c. series when he convincugty won the national airfield motorcycle championship. Scobie led from start to finish. Clark Winn Breaks Record in ing Wigram Event CLIPPING 10sec off the race record time set last year by the B.R.M. team-leader, Jackie Stewart, fellow Scot Jim Clark won the international Lady Wigram Trophy on Saturday at an average speed of about 96 miles an hour in his Lotus-Climax V8. Clark led from start to fin-team-mate, Kevin Bartlett. The fastest lap of the racejout when he made a pit stop being only challenged Both drove 2.5-litre Repco was made by the world cham- at the end of twenty-four laps, seriously in the opening laps Brabham-Climaxes. pion Jack Brabham (Repco Brabham resumed to comby Stewart, who ietired in Brabham V8). plete thirty-four laps for tir lap five, and won quite com arren to stin, was Rong teenth place and, in the late fortably by 16.9sec from the Dropped Back stages of the race, put in one Levis, who completed tory tour of the circuit in Imin 25 No. 2 B.R.M. driver Richard laps in his I«-itre repeo sec-97.41 miles an hour-to Attwood. These were the only drivers Brabham-Ford. • Up in second place from equal the record set by stewcomplete the fourty-four In spite of the early pro Stewart's retirement, Brablaps. Third. was New Zea- mise of practice day, the 100 ham dropped back to third • championship lander Denis Huime (Repco- miles an hour race Brabham V8), a lap wood (England) 10, d. Stewart Fourth, and a lap prize of £400, donated then, two laps later, to fourth (Scotland) 9. E. Gardner (Aus place when he_was passed tralia) 6, Hulme (N.Z.) 4; Man Frank, carine and ra man era are he chest. by team-mate Hubme. in his east 2(25 He G. Lawrence (N.Z.) and K. Bart Levis (N.Z.) 1 another lap back was church Motor Racing Club's rallied to be thira twenty-second lap but dropped each. account until next year. 23-9-67 TOUGH JOB TO CLEAN AIRFIELD Faced with the seemingly insurmountable task of having the airfield of the RNZA.P: Station, wigram, ready for operations by six o'clock on Sunday morning, following Saturday's Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, the Motor Racing Club and its helpers broke all records. •Before a crowd of more than 20,000 people had begun to stave the aerodrome, the work Boy Scouts from Rangiora and members of the Kalapoi Junior Chamber of Commerce gathered up the litter. Motor Racing Club members and helpers dismantled grandstands, tents and other facilities and cleared away the straw bales around the circuit. The job was completed by 8.30 pm. on Saturday, nos four hours aiter the last race on the programme. ..:: attendance expected twit be figures will be avaliable unti later in the week, but gate takings were considerably up on last year, according to an early report. 23-1-67 Correspondence Wigram Broadcast Sir,-What. a lousy broadcast from the Wigram circuit on Saturday-three sessions of about two laps each. The announcer even apologised for having to leave Schubert concert. What a vivid contrast to Pukekohe and Levin. As a person unable to attend the circuit, it was most disappointmg, to say the least.-DISGUSTED.