19-1-76 WIGRAM 76 Tulloch too good Ken Smith wins the 'bad luck' Lady Wigram for Mckee Ian Tulloch drove his the favourite for the race. very potent Camaro to Bruce Jenner (Camaro) had the pits! the bearings pulled out on the first lar An elated Hen Smith and limped back to disintegrated. victory in the Union bottom bai rolled into the pits at where Crew. led by thei But he kept the motor going with a broken reigning lasman champion, Travel Super Saloon joint. Wigram yesterday after- | Warwick Brown, changed the | Allison's mechanics spent all race, for G.T.X.-type: Haig had some trouble noon after an end-to-end tyre in about 45 seconds night rebuilding the motor, cars. But Art MeRee braking. for the hairpin, and win the Lady Wig- Another young Australian, and Warwick Brown on one lap overshot and spun. ram Trophy race with Paul Bernasconi (Lola 1400): out at Ruapuna at 6 a.m. chased him all the way but he was so far ahead of do 60 miles LO run in a similar car and was Rod McElrea (Mustang) that the knowledge that helhad passed Allison by the ground at thejhe kept his second place. got back on the Their eftorts paid off. as Al- making has an excellent chance track, and the order of Smith, lison is the only driver left finish. The six-lap event for hisof winning the four-race Murdoch, Allison! i who can take the champion- toric cars provided some of Bernasconi, ship from Smith. Dave Baker (Christchurch). the closest racing of the day. Peter Stuyvesant series. remained until the finish. John Edmonds (Australia, Graham Baker's luck also aiso Camaro. held A former New Zealand cham- Smith fastest time Elfin MR5) fifth turned after second place for two laps pion driver, Angus Hyslop. in practice on Saturday and driving steady with fifth at Manfeild. The crown had a great battie in a 1953 race wheel and pinion but Mckee outbraked him at Cooper Bristol with b. A. was confident he could beat/an ailing WOLOT and Baron Begg stripped yesterday but hairpin slipped Middlemass in a 1950 Jaguar Max Stewart (Australia) who replaced it in time through. Rod Coppins (Auck- XK120. appeared to be the biggest the race. However after SLR 5000) was Two local drivers. L. J. G. threat after Graeme Stories: Russell Jones. about four laps fourth and Doug Allan, in Witte. in a 1953 Aston Mardrastic happened: he sus- yet another Camaro. fifth. (tin DB3S and Gavin Bain, rence (New Zealand) blew up Pictures: Des Woods. pects a piston collapsed. Kevin Haig, from Dunedin, a 1953 Ferrari 375MM, fought motor or nis Lola Ross Bain, Peter Gary Love's performance was TODDed OI a win in inerror third and fourth. with during warm-up session to take seventh place eight-lap event for O.S.C.A. Witte just edging out the was yesterday morning. Ritchie. amusing. He did have and Shellsport cars when the Ferrari. flul But Stewart's threat lasted the Lal ready P.D.L. Mustang turned out. No motor-cycle races were only two laps. He was forced. : until the last session on Sat- although it was not listed as held this year, ano as a to withdraw when the oil Robertson (Hastings, Elfin urday, and the best time he an entry in the programme 'spectacle the go-karts. which pump drive belt broke. Leonard started from well gave hive-lap exhibition. Strangely. exactly the same MR5) was sixth after starting less could manage was 1:22.3. than a second faster very poor second thing happened to the motor!!! laps behind Smith. than the fastest Formula Haig Within two laps after best. of Kevin Bartlett's T400, and! He was credited with more Ford. During the race, his on the same lap. ¡laps than Gary Love (Christ- ¡crew was running around The withdrawal of the two church, bega FM4) who ¡frantically and waving 'Ease fastest Australians left Bruce/stopped during the race (off" boards at him, but if he Allison (Australia. Lola right SULTC mechanical had slowed down any more T332) in second place fol-trouble but started again to!he might have stopped. lowed closely by the brilliant claim seventh and $900. Englishman, Brian Redman! Practice on Saturday (chevron B29), and the large brought taste of the POINTS bad crowd began anticipating which was to turn exciting battle between Red- yesterday's race into Stuyresant series parts: man's two-litre machine thing of a fiasco. Neil Doyle, and the five-litre cars. who farms in Mid-Canter- lt Baker Then disaster struck Red- bury, had spent time Allison in the pits for his wheel change. man as well. His motor hiew building up a new motor for up and he said later that helhis Surtees TS9B after prosuspected one of the titanium curing special parts from connecting rods the overseas. B.V.W. had broken — a-rod He did iwo laps of pracworth about $500. • &2 before the motor blew place at this stage • But the driver third itself to pieces. Firetoni Murdoch from Southland, was ill gasket in practice and. as he Lawrence blew head 75 who has had bad had received some new ones luck in the Southland-built from overseas the Begg 018 this season. And day, decided to spend time shell at everything seemed to be go- taking the heads off alit ing well for Murdoch. making sure the motor was Smith was reeling off laps perfect instead of trying for PETER STUYVESANT of around 1min 9sec, and by a better practice time. the tenth lap had a of Lawrence did not deserve about 15 seconds on Allison. such cruel luck On that jap Murdoch passed crankshaft break during Allison into second place and warm-up session. Now. with by fifteenth had no chance seconds. Then Allison had his share two races him of about seven the Stuyvesant series, place and in series 10 he showed that ne i of the bad which had the fastest car. seemed io be prevalent. Allison also had trouble in Hurtling into Bombay Bend practice. An oil plug blew at about 130 m.p.h. the right out out after