24-9-72 Saloons thrill crowd The crowd rose to the new V& engined cars in the 0.5sec. Dawson raring of the saloons on field. jone lap to go, leaving Hail- Saturday. Victory in the royal These three had a battle day's. Escort fourth the: whole race, pressing hard ail the nationat championships swapping places all the, wag, and less than a second ahead erents = went the and imes in of Richards former saloon: Champion the course of Dickie's Richards* would pull bie ahead or fought out all the way, tie: bat incay moving anead of the inglots the Christ-the nimble Mint and other man after three laps. March PDE team. catch the CENTIVE: Fakey's his are the parmay mend that stil once* ram, ozen bottles of fouth; lesder of 33 points in thei South Wales! his ng and neat of the free for. to the 23 of the engined Prefect, event made some 0021 nigi nent tem likely Marwood an almost race long chat- on the fust few corsers, but lenge from the fast Mini off somehow everyone free forula saloon J. Little. through them en bout crash a the day, Fahey The fIst three were so ing. except for leit -thus close and McPhail and Neil-! whose *iraing a "dozen bottles of son changed places often drums at the sparkling wine by being firstlit was toss-up what the Fahey was a clear leader the fne after one lapifmal order would be, but for the first allowing -But then had his clutch fail, Dickie fnally made it by 3.7 then dropped from sight, Coppins seconds, and with McPhail clearly leading some in (Camaro) through to victory. second, Nelson's car crowd to the uncharitable Ise first event for saloons dropping back badly in the conclusion that he had come its for the Oner Saloon Car last half-lap the so, with out solely with dozen AsEDciation O.S.C.A.): caterestine. difficulties. botties in mind. They were We beare large iwrong: the Mustang's clutch ESCORTS CHALLENGE spread, be The Bank bad he stup and put the car South sideline. anse of a four-car crash in Wales event was not- This left Coppins able both for the no quarters with a he loop on the first lap: Nos one-second lead on Marwood, one was hurt. three-cat battle st the front in the opening laps while Dickie tried very bard TRIO PERSEVERE wrest third spot experi- and Do pace oy i he and Richards while keeping Hallidrivers-A|1598 cc. Escort Twin. Can off his rear bumper. cair de Anglia, started to wilt Corvette's on en the On the fist lap, i Copping Last lapd ahead of Hard to W. place third ahead of Halliday of tead of cust 2 can she the ERASA D: Marwood immercifaliva remarkable effort on such a WIGRAM RESULTS the end of the five lans l which he compieted Corrette. 12-086 (Auckland) faster than he had in the first, Farina (Christehurch), Nelson! Suzuki Turner pana Coppins got past Marwoods. First heat Bank of Sew South 4: on the second lap. and after wales that 1mc never troubled. A laps Pacey yes Zealand last-minute run br Marwond 6:59. failed to ratch Coopins br Chevrolet" LEFT: The early laps of the main race were closely fought. In this pastegraph, taiter on the second lap,: the eventual winmes (McRae): leads D. Hobbs (McLaren: MZ2) and M. Hallwood (Surtees TS8) into the kop aen K Bartlett's McLaren' M10, which fnished third, can be seen over the top of :Hobbs's car.! BELOW: Hailwood, the English driver and. former motor-cycle champion, taking a corper in his Surtees TS&. Before ... Saturday's race, in which he fished second, Hailwood was the leader of the Lasmman championship points table.