7-11-74 14-12-74 WIGRAM RACES Top stake $14,500 The tentative programme for the Lady Wigram Trophy Race meeting on sunday. January 19, was announced last evening. but the list of overseas drivers who will compete is not expected be announced for several days. The organisation of the meeting had been altered to provide a "quick-fire" meeting with fewer delays between events, the president of the Motor Racing Club (Mr J. A. Brewer) said. The track for the 1975 race would include the nairpin bend which was deleted two years ago in favour of a fast corner, Mr Brewer said. This was because of the demand from spectators. The tentative race programme comprises nine races. including four saloon events. tWo motor-cycle races. an event for vintage racing cars. and a Formula Ford singleseater race. The main race. of 44 laps. will carry prize-money of $14.500, and next richest race will be the day's final saloon race. which will carry $2100 in prizes. Althougn no drivers can be named as coming for the Wigram event and other Stuyvesant series races until contracts are signed. is believed thai the field may include the expatriate New Zealanders, G. McRae--three times winner of the Tasman championship--and C. Amon. Drivers from the United States may include the former Indianapolis winner, A. Unser, and the noted American driver, S. Posey. Top ssIe drive IS to show skills By PETER GREENSLADE Australia's top professional Cormack and Allan Moffat, will best in two races at the Lady church on Sunday, January 19. saloon car racing drivers, John Mcbe matched against New Zealand's Wigram Trophy meeting in Christ- McCormack will run very successful and highly sophisticated mid-engined Valiant Charger and Moffat his Ford Mustang. McCormack, who won this year's New Zealand Grand Prix at Wigram in his threeyear-old Elfin MRS Repco, will again be contesting the Peter Stuyvesant international series, this time in Repco-Leyland powered Elfin. but his on in the Soutr Island appearance saloon, which is also nepcopowered will be at Wigram. Moffat is no stranger to Wigram and his Mustang goes well there, but on recent Australia performances he might find it hard to head off McCormacg whose car must be one of the best handling and fastest road racing saloons running anywhere in the word today. However. the Australians won't have things all their own way. They will encounter strong opposition from Timaru's Leo Leonard. who has already had very successful outings at Ruapuna Park and Levels Raceway in the PDL Mustang. Jim Richards. of Auckland. who is running the highly-developed Sidchrome istang. Red Dawson. also of Auckland, in the Marlboro Camaro and four times New Zealand saloon champion. Manurewa's Paul Fahey. in the Cologne Word Capri. ATTRACTION The line-up for the trophy race for Formula A-5000 single-seaters looks the best seen at Wigram in a number of years, the giamour attraction being American Al Unser who has twice won the Indianapolis 500-mile race and is now turning his attention to road racing. Even Noyes and Bill Simpson, both of whom have raced without much success in New Zealand previously, will complete the North American contingent and will also drive Lola T332s. Three former Tasman champions, ail New Zealanders, Graeme Lawrence (Lola T332', Graham McRae (McRae GM2) and Chris Amon •Talon MRI! WIll also be in the field. Amon's car • is a developed version of the McRae GN12. The Australian group. headed by the current champion, Max Stewart (Lola T332| comprises Kevin Bartlett. Johnnie Walker, Warwick Brown tall of whom wil be in T332s) and McCormack, in the Elin. Other New Zealanders in the race will be Christchurch's Graham Baker and North Islander Frank Bray in Begg FM5s and Southland-based Jim Murdoch in the promising new lightweight Begg 018. Although Unser is currently the glamour entry in the trophy race, which will be the third round in the New Zealand-Australia eightrace $116,000 series, be may be ousted by the very fast ORLD OF WHEELS *#6*615* SOR 0-003row77 80₴ Italian woman driver, Lella Lombardi. known international racing circles as the Tigress of Turin." The attractive Miss Lombardi, who would drive a Lola T332. is anxious to contest the stuyvesant seri her appearance depend upon whether race promoters can find a • SOOnsor for her, as their funds are already fully committed. Lella Lombardi, 31, the "Tigress of Turin