SALOONS DETFIL STUVVESANT Wigran should once challenge from the fast and STOCHAN again provide some top- skilled Jim Richards clasg arioon racing this Mustang, and drivers such As Rod Coppins (Firebird), vear, & MaJOr altrac- Graham Baker (P. tion being the prospect Mustang), 'Red" Dawson of seeing Paul Fahey's (Camaro), John Riley (Camaro), Kevin Haig new Cologne Capri V6 (Mustang) and Rod in action against other McElrea (Mustang) Will Incalmen, and the Mug- also be well up the front, fang of the Australian trying all they know. Falonn: expert, Alan The open saloon classes will include others of note Hoffatt:. 1oo: men like Trevor Crowe The saloons are always a ‹ Corolla (hevrolet), lor example. major draw, and invariably Production saloons will ume 7ooLe provide highly exciting rac- he OUL17 force for the GIX production car races, and the field has the: 1op being never been better than this rotp one race on Sunday. Then Richards (raleon), 15 Hell Noffatt. Coppins (Chargery and will face a strong franceric (Falcon) will nicet such experts as The country's top saloon-racing exponents will be at Wigram in full force, and there is evers chance of a repelition of this Wayne Murdoch (Falcon) wheel-to-wheel battle between the Mustang of Jim Richards (left) and the new, Cologne-built racing Capri N6 of the veteran and Bryan Innes (Pacer). New Zealand saloon driver, Paul Fahey. Historic tests should result. Some outstanding h con• cars W. Brown Classic Bentleys and Vauxhalls Are Among the Warwick Brown has cars entered for the five- made one of the da lap historic car race which most re- Includink markable come-backs In swimming progranine, will start the day's racing motor racing in entering back the LISA New Zealand Grand Rel the Stuyvesant series. egs. He was back Prix meeting at Wigram on cockpit even though Sunday. Brown was badly injured when his Lola 1:300 dis- cond not walk without The entries Include 140 m.p.h. aid of sticks. Ackellar with integrated in spec- crash at Surfers Paradise realised thal facular 4 CLT Maserati, during the 1973 McLaren lon Witte with an Aston Mar- Both and DB3 5, R. championship. his competitive tin Archibald order for a n with the C-lype Jaguar, W. legs were shaltered and he placed an the was near death for several Lola 1332 in readiness Nauger with Stanton the Stuyvesant seri Special, R. Beardsley with * 1935 Alta, N. Wogan His promising career, along with the former N seemed, had come to an Zealand champion Grae with Brookiands Riley, only lawrence, who had made end. couple 1.D. Marshall with Citroen wecks after New Zealand's similarly remarka Special, R. N. Oakley with 1934 Alvis. Pidgeon tmple champion. Graham come-back Trom an B. crash 1972 with the 1937 Ransley Mckae, had named Brown "find of the year". MeRar Pukekohe. Riles, Gi. 1. Owen with 1926 Bentles, Newall had just narrowly beaten blown had 1925 Vauxhall, Ci. the 22 year old Brown in n rise to the top for a vot 110 A Fain with a 1924 Bentley, thrilling finish to the Lady driver. He started off Goddard (Australia) Wigram Trophy Race. 1969 in a formula 2 Mc with a 1924 Vaushall, and But Brown declared that Ten M4A and has Broin with 1927 he avould be back in a lew only open-wheelers. Bentley. months for the Australian In 1972, driving the I The event shouid he Gold Star Series, even mula 5000 McLaren, memorable one, and victory thougli he was confined 1,0 ivas the only driver would seem to be likely. to The Australian driver, Warwick Brown, in action in his Lola T332. High air- wheelchair for many points in all RO tO either the Maserati boxes for the fuel injection systems are in vogue this year. the aim being to weeks. l'aces counting for the A or the Archibald Jaguar. draw cool air from the relatively undisturbed airstrean well above the top of The photographs for He almost made it, doing Ilalian driver The also includes. the driver's helmet. a rigorous work-out in his championship. Then, several dd MG.s and: two this feature were taken older Mclaren-Chevrolet that year, he secured sp XK120 Jaguars y Lovin by the chief for the second round sorship for the 1973 photographer of "The Adelaide,. but being forced man Series. He did not Press, Mr N. Marriner. Programme to quit the race because of appoint his new sponso overheating. having a couple of brilli Brown had undertaken a periormances in the N Practice will start at Zealand Then ca Wigram at 8 a.m. on Satur- the disastrous crash. day, and the motor-cycle races will also be held then, as racing on Sunday cannot start before noon. The motor-cycle race will therefore start at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday. and the race for the smaller Castrol GTX series production cars will be al 2.15 p.m. Racing on Sunday Will start at noon' with an event for historic racing cars. The open. saloon cal lace will be at 12,40 p.m., and the New Zealand Grand Prix will start at: 1.20 p.m. The fast group one GTX saloons will start racing at 3.10 p.m.. Formula Ford One of the "up and'coming" New Zealand drivers who could finish well at cary will race at 3.55 p.m., Wigram is Ken Smith, here scant inches alead of NeCully's FMS. Smith drives and the final event a March 732 2 litre car. invitation race for saloons will start at 4.40 p.m. 17-9-74 A "mirror's-eye" view of MeRue.