history This Wig ram - 68 27- Motor Race (By Peter Greenslade) History was made in more ways than one in the 14th International Lady Wigram Trophy race last Saturday. @In their nose - to - tail ion he could put in the sland- ing lap at better than 100 miles 101.5-mile struggle for an hour with full tanks in the supremacy, winner Jim Lotus-Ford V8. Clark and second man If Amon had shaded him off Chris Amon put the 2.3- the grid, frankly, I think would have done so. mile Wigram circuit vir- But, as things turned out, he qually on a par with made the best of the start and; Pukekohe as a power-with Amon sitting in behind driving course, Clark's him there was not so much average being only frac- urgency- The Lotus-Ford V8 covered tionally less than 103 that standing lap in imin 25.2 miles an hour. sec.2.4sec. outside the 100; miles an hour mark. •For the first time since Then Clark floored his accelthe Tasman Champion-erator foot and returned his in second lap. at 101.22 miles an ship series began hour to earn the $1000 before 1964, no resident New the race was three minutes Zealand driver reached old. the first six places. Australian Frank Gardner was the only detection among Clark grasped the lead with the overseas drivers. He was the Lotus-Ford V8 Crom flag- lying fourth in the 2.5 Brabfall and although Ferrari V6 ham-Alfa Romeo V8 when a driver Amon held him closely head gasket blew out to finish until aboul the half-way mark, his chances. it was the day of the Flying The B.R.M.s could not hold; Scotsman. Huime the Formula 2 cars of Denny; and Piers Courage With a $1000 side prize at both of whom drove excellent! slake to go lo the first man to races. put in the 100-miles-an-hour Hulme might just have been race lap, it was obvious that a bit unlucky lo be lapped by no one was going to hang back Clark and Amon in the late in the opening rounds. stages of the race, as his Brab- In we padlock before the hain vA wag running on three went round that cylinders most of the time for Clark had expressed the opin-the last forty or fifty miles. still second Courage, the shoe-string-bud-least_paid a meagre dividend get driver in this series, stay. for B.R.M. and these cars ed with Hulme most of the should get better as the series way and finjshed the race still progresses. second on the Tasman ladder At this stage, however, either with 13 points to the 24 of Clark or Amon must take the Amon. title. At the last moment B.R.M.) A Teretonga International team manager put Pedro Rod-win to-day would mean that riguez in the old 2 litre V8 in Clark's New Zealand total is which Jackie Stewart won the 18 points. 1966 Wigram race. To improve his total Amon But the fact remains that also needed to win co-day. Bruce McLaren brought the As drivers can count their VI2 home in fifth place and three best performances in the the Mexican finished next in four races in each couniry, Line. Teretonga win would The performances of the Amon to substitute the six B.R.M.s were nol devastating,|points he earned for his Wigbut at least the equipe had ram second with rine for Teretwo cars in at the finish tonga. and muscled resident drivers Amon inevitably leaves New out of the first six. Zealand at the top of the lad- There is not the slightest der, but the manner in which doubt Wigram provided the Clark wrapped up wigram was best race of the series. such that ne should hit the • It shows that development front in Australia and relain work belween the races had at the title for another year.