20-1-75 22e Graham Mcfae on his way. to winning the Lady Wigram Trophy Double success for Boote By JOHN VERDON Wigram is a popular cireuit for young Christchurch motoricycle racer John Boote. Last year he won the open airfield _championship at thei Lady Wigram meeting and he repeated the performance yesterday. Riding the Levi Yamaha 1 17:00, Boote's only serious competition in the first motorcycle race yesterday came from Stuart Avant. But Avant's hopes of a placing were dashed when hIS! | Yamaha broke a conrod half way through the first race. He managed to get a rei placement 350cc machine ready in time for tne| McCleary Yamaha motorcycle classic later in the day.. John Boote won both races: and his younger brother Gary i came second in the classie. In the McCleary class racei Trèvor Discombe (Yamaha) was second. Five of the first six placings were riding Yamahas. race in his GM2 yesterday. McCormack, Fahey best saloon drivers By LYN RILEY Australian John McCormack and Aucklander Paul Fahey cut the opposition down to size in their respective saloon car events at Wigram yesterday. McCormack. in the Ansett. start with Halliday in hot pur- Charger, made mincemeat of suit and these two cleared the over 420C0 saloon car away from the rest of the 40 field. i car field. He shot away to a perfect! On lap five, Fahey ran wide start while teilow Australan at Control Tower Bend and Allan Moffatt « invincible at'Halliday slipped through, bur wigram last vear - sat on the Fahey grabbed the lead back line with his rear wheels spit. again on the back straight and ning. did not let it slip again. At the end of the first lap,! Fahey was probably seen at offat was only 4sec back. his brilliant best, however. in however, and Mustang drivers the I1-lap Radio Avon Saloon Leo Leonard "Timaru and Car Classie - undoubtedly the Jim Richards 'Auckland! thriller of the day. were challenging hard His Capri trailed the leaders With vicCormack &see clear. into the first bend. with Richards and Leonard moved: McCormack and his Charger in on Moffatt at the hairpin. in command. and Moffatt came out behind. i But McCormack overdid it With the race half run. right there, and his spin gave McCormack was 9sec clear of the lead to Leonard, followed Richards. who had drawn by Richards, Dawson, Fahey away from Leonard. and Mof-and Moffatt. fatt had wilted to fifth behind: Then the pressure was Camaro driver Red Dawson. really on. Richards, making This was the way they fin- some useful gains in the brakished. with McCormack win-; ing areas, was in the lead ning as he liked. ¡after four laps, with Leonard There was no real com- Fahey and Moffatt hard on his petition for Faney and fellow heels. Ford Capri man Don Halliday ‹ also Auckland) in the event SMOKING for saloons up to 4200cc. • This was the order for the Fahey got the jump at the inext couple of lape, in spite of Fahey's loss of a front mudguara, and moffatt's Mustang beginning to smoke ominously. Then, with three laps to run. Fahey • burst to the front to lead Leonard across the line by 2.4sec. NICormack almost crackedt the magical 100mph barrier with a 99.124mph lap in his bid to make amends, but could do no better than third. Motfatt retired. Making oniy his third outing in a salcon car. Christchurch's Doug Allan won the seven lap "supercar" event. Fellow Christchurch driver Art Mckee was second and Harry Holt -also of Christchurch. as third Aucklander Grant Walker was not extended to win the Formula Ford event. which he led trom start to finish. But his victory was not quite enough to topple fellow Aucklander Brett Riley from the top rung of the 1974-75 championship ladder.