22-1-68 Woman Times Races Although she is an avid motor-racing far, Mrs Sandra Young has no desire to drive at 100 miles an hourshe says she prefers to be driven at : 100 miles an hou faster. Mra Young, the former sec. retary of the racing driver J. Surtees, was in Christchurch this week-end with ber bus band, Mr E. Koungra freelance motoring correspondent who is doing public relations work for the Ford Company. When B. McLaren offered to drive her around the Goodwood circuit, in England, Mrs Young had no qualms about joining him. fling about 140 m.p.h. It was Motor-racing in New Zeaabsolutely thrilling." she said. Land had quite a diferent atmosphere from racing in Her husband is reporting England. The main reason the Tasman series for some of his motoring was the weather, said sirs columns, and Young. Mrs Young assists by keeping "The weather bere is 8o lap charts for him She also good that there is quite a retakes the lap times for the laxed holiday atmosphere. The Scottish driver, J. Clark. drivers can go water-ski-ing When secretary to Surtees, when they are not on the! Mrs Young said, she did "vir- track. It is not that the tually everything." She ar- weather is really so bad in ranged all his accommodation, England, but that whenever it! dealt with the press, and at-trains it seems to rain on race! tended to his business com- day. mitments "outside the track." Before she "latched on" to Wherever he raced in Eng motor racing, Mrs Young land, she was there to watch. loved yachting on the south She met her husband through coast of England. motor racing, when he was "My friend and i used to secretary to McLaren. They race a 14ft dinghy every weekwere married about a year end but after I Joined motor ago and were in New Zealand racing I did not have the for the Tasman series last week-ends free.' year. Mrs Young "loves" New bere. She sees it as a "super i place to bring up children" and a country providing many opportunities for her to indulge her love of outdoors. The pictare shows MITS Young taking times at the Lady Wigram Motor Races on Saturday. A GROUP OF SPECTATORS AT THE LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE ON SATURDAY. THE CHRISTCHURCH motor-cyclist, S. Clarke, on his way to victory in the first 25-mile race at Wigram on Saturday. In the second race for the New Zealand 500c.c. airfield championship, he withdrew with motor trouble after leading the field for the first lap.