Spoils to the winner spills to the loser ... McCormac his second NZ Grand k wins Pri Teddy Pilelte (left) of Belgium, doesn't even glance sideways as John MeCormack (Aust- By PETER GREENSLADE ralia) receives a congralulatory kiss from John McCormack, the quiet Australian, completed a New Zealand iliss Canterbury, RIGHT: One of the veteran in most competent fashion when, having won at Pukekohe last year, he cars which came to grief during the race was this MG which crashed into the barrels on three-year-old Ansett Elfin MR5 Repco V8, to victory in the first G the loop. yesterday. His time for the 100-mile| FACTOR race was 52min 29.8sec - 3sec! ARCHIBALD - AND ycar of Graham McRae - and less than the winning time last his average speed was 114.419 elected to use tyres with a rela- determining As experled, tyre wear actor. MrCormark Wils трото miles an hour. lively hard tread compound and went through with n trouble-fret McCormack finished 41.4sec run. But Pilette and rethin 10s1 NOSTALGIA - SCORE lette (Chevron B24), who wasthey used softer and supposedly clear of Belgium's Teddy Pi-their chances, probably because followed home 15.5sec later byllaster compounds. his English team-mate Peter Christchurch veleran Ray Archibald outclassed the field in the Gethin (Chevron B24). fortunate because Autoparts historic cars event at Wigram yesterday to secure a com- Pilette and Gethin were de. himsels this! second occasion fortable victory in his C type Jaguar. layed by pit stops to replace long run at Wigram that he hnd Archibald's victory came in! The field of more than 20! Cook. really flew through a depleled in the later stages in Gethin, who won the Alr New spite or a first leb soin which cars → everv one a colloctor Sito cratch second enot frant Paton. field to get back to front run- Zealand temporarily relegated him to item - included several early but the Escort held him off with ning as the race progressed. kohe, now leads fourth place. He soon gathered MGs, Bentleys and Rileys. It|0.5sec to spare, Gethin, in the forty-fourth of at Pukekohe, now has 15 points, in the opposition and was back was enough to bring a wave of! Christchurch Mind driver Austin forty seven laps, set a only one less than Gethin. Levin in front for the last three laps. nostalgia over any enthusiast. 120.566mph record for the 2.13- Winner The only other car to come: mile aerodrome circuit which nine each and then come Stewarl start lo finish In the open saloon and Oxion with seven and six anywhere near the C type was not come easily to was ringed by about 20,000 respectively. a Cooper-Bristol - also a 1953 Reg Cook's Mini stormed from GT) who Timaru's Wayne Murdoch (falcon spectators. who has won the Inst by Queens- pole posillon on the grid to lend ahead of Christchurch's Ron Ruth- three Australasian series, motor museum proprie- he pack Into the first corner, but erford In the g-lap Castrol GTX Fourth home was the New to score and the longer-legged Escorts of Nell-class 1 event Zealand champion, Davio lag It four in a row are diminishlor Brian Middlemass. was having gearbox Oxton (Begg FMS), 6.3sec ing. although he is so incredibly The Stanton Corvette driven look over a couple of laps. problems fast he cannot be discounted. by w. d. Mauger, & lead when the big Ford locked it The six remaining finishers of Christ-qualifying event for the ACE-OSCA low gear. After to what started In The Anal New Zealand Stuy-, church, a formidable machine sewn up afler|sort he was back neid were J.c. vesant round will be run at Tere. in its day, was some distance four laps, and there was to the fourth-placed the race half run Garry Pederson (McLaren) ran longa Park, Ron McPhall in Another Escort. back In 40 laps for day. The first of the four Austra. Rutherford, also driving a Falcon: Lawrence (Lola 1332) was sixth lan races Will be at Oran Park,, Sydney, a week later. 7100 kaove McCully (Berg FM5),i From the crowd's viewpolnt, the (Lola most thrilling race of the clay was stronger lead n t Tin Kepco do, and Kenn Robertson the final event, an invitation race for saloon cars. 111 the smailest car in the feid, poor start in 'a March 732, on 34 laps. third more than 20gec back, lap open race, immaculate Brut Ford Mustang, Alt the was the highest-placed RETIRED driver. Don Scott from Palmers- Graham Baker (PDL Mustang) for The winner at Wigram for the with SPLIT-SECOND Mckac narrowly held off Auckland's Jim seldom more Richards (Sidchrome Mustang) inthan a car's length bealnd Gethin to the back straight In the over the lead in lap. lap 15, but as has been the case The Australlan's car doch (Begk). Christchurch's Norm the iwo opening rounds in thisilly lost power and Richards surged Smith brought his Hustler SJ3 In elghi-race to the front. But In lead over McCormack, a tbe finish line, Molat took Richbroken engine valve ards on the outalde of Club bend between the evenly From then on, McCormack diccarly leader in his Bowin PG, Was had automalically inherited second only DAsec back third. most of the race, but appeared to by then Gethin in the lose of his pace With a closing Biages. couple of laps to go, letting Mur- wasa poor day for the doch and Smith throush. drivers Australlan of British- The Aucklander Brett bullt RIley, young tar from the Lolas, all uf them were never front among the spectators before the in Formula Ford racing, emerged rAce had run halt its leneth. fourth in front of a trio compris.! Levin Winner Johnale Walker Ing (irnham Walker, Dave MeMIl- (Lola T330 Repco). Max Stewart Ian and Peter Lissick. Only 1.4sec (Lola T330) and Warwick Brown separated these four cars. 1332), the previous record lap-holder at Wigram, were side- Ined with mechaneal troubles at: stages the early part of the гасе when they Were holding good places. d Grand Prix "double" drove the same car, a tand Prix at Wigram Afterwards, the crowd-pleasing Moffat salo, "It was ellher. the fence or the flag, so 1 had a got" Two other competitors were not so lucky. Wilhin seconds of Moffat and Richards crossing the ine they collided and went through the safoty barrier of barrels. The cars were damaged but the drivers un- RECORD Rod Coppins (Pontlac Firebird) and Paul Fahey (Superford Capri) inished third and fourth. Baker dictated ail the terms in the open event and led from start to finish. Moffat did not recover from bls poor start and was led home by Richards, Coppins and lthey, but the Australlan clinched things the end of the day and set i new outright saloon car lap record of 100.620 mph. It was a thrilling concluston to a good day lof motor racing.