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Photos from the 21st International Lady Wigram Trophy race special: Denny Hulme advising Graeme Lawrence, and Christchurch's Graham Baker in his Begg FM5.

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  • Former world champion and leader of the McLaren Grand Prix team, Denny Hulme gives a few words of advice to the current New Zealand champion Graeme Lawrence.
  • Christchurch's hope in the Lady Wigram Trophy race is Graham Baker, seen here in his Begg FM5. Baker, one of New Zealand's top saloon drivers, switched to open wheeler Formula A-5000 racing a year ago.
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Tasman Cup comes on race trophy

Background on the Tasman Cup series: won by famous drivers including Bruce McLaren, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon. Graeme Lawrence was the first New Zealand resident winner in 1970, Graham McRae won 1971-73 and Peter Gethin in 1974. The series now has eight races on successive Sundays, four in each country, with points of 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1.

Facts

  • The Tasman Cup series (Peter Stuyvesant series) comprised eight races, four in New Zealand and four in Australia, on eight successive Sundays.
  • Graeme Lawrence was the first New Zealand resident driver to win the Tasman Cup, in 1970; Graham McRae won in 1971, 1972 and 1973 and Peter Gethin in 1974.
  • Stuyvesant series points were awarded 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for first to sixth place.
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