PETER JENSEN CHEWHUN sel STUYVESANI ies 77 International Motor Race Meeting WIGRAM 30th January BRUCE ALLISON, at 23, is one of the youngest and fastest drivers in the series. Kacing his Lola T332 F5000 car in Australia last season he claimed pole position nine times, led ll races, and did not tinish once. He has TOW sold that car 1o Kevin Bartlett and is heading for Lurope after this series for the Formula Two championship. ANDREW MIEDECKE, of Tasmania, was flith in the Australian Grand Prix this year and is one of Australia's best young drivers. He has raced in Formula Ford and Formula Two in Australia in the last two years and is driving a Lola T3GOB in New Zealand. pout STand, Meras, Serie land, began series well with a memorable win at Bay Park, but since then has been dogged with problems. Iilen has had experience in South-East Asia as well as in rallies and stock cars in this country, and at 26 is regarded as one of New Zealand's most versatile a 1 d accomplished drivers. He is using this series to prepare Chevron B35 for the Asian series. MIKKO KOZAROWITZKY only turned to motorracing when his international tennis currer was cut short, but he had already represented Finland in the Davis Cup and was rated as a likely contender for Winbledon honours. He still loves t0 play lennis, but motor-racing is his cureer now. He has won Formula Vee and Super Vee chanpionships in Europe and last season competed in the Formula Two chanpionship, The manager of his team in New Zealandi, fred Operl, rates him very highly and although bad luck has plagued him during this series he scored an inpressive second at Teretonga. Mikko is married, lives in the Netherlands, and thoroughly enjoys driving his BMW 2002 Tii to races all over Europe. WOLFGANG PREJAWA, of Australia, is another German-born driver and has raced Formula Vee and Formula Two cars in Australia. He is driving a Birrana. ROSS STONE, of Auck» Tand was a leading Formula ford driver last season. In the Cuda that he and his brother, Jim, built for the Stuyvesant series. Stone has performed consistently. KEKE ROSBERG has already won the Stuyvesant series and headed for a career in Formula One. Last season he was rated among the top 10 European Formula Two drivers and is expected In do well in that formula this year. He began career in go-karls and comes from a motoring family: his father competed in international rallies, and his mother won the ladies prize in the 1000 Lakes rally. Rosberg is i Finn who lives in Germany and is aged 27. RICHARD MELVILLE from Jamaica, aged 37, • married to a New Zenlander and has three children, He is settling in this country and intends to contest the rea maining Gold Star races. Most of Melville's competition experience has been in American and Canadian Formula Vee, Super Vee and Atlantic races and he has impressed New Zealanders with his speed and abiiity. the Asian circuit and has raced hls Chevron cults of Brand pre cr Singapore, Malaysia and Macau competitively, He is an arel-rival of one of New Zealand's top drivers, Graeme Lawrence. TOM GLOY, of the United States, drives a car designed and built by a New Zealander, Allan McCall. Although the is almost eight vears old it nas been kept fully competitive with detail changes and Gloy is capable of getling the best out of it. His experience includes five vears in American single-seater racing with successes in Formula Ford, Vee and Atlantic. He is 28 and has a degree in finance from Indiana University, DAVID OXTON, of Auck» land, is driving the Chevron raced by the Englishman Brian Redman in last year's Peter Stuyvesant Series. Oxton has been the New Zealand Gok Star champion on three occasions and is also a former Formula Ford champion. KEN SMITH was Stuyver sant champion in 1976 and was one of the , favourites for this series. But his motor was down on power in the first two races, he did not get on the pace al Manfeild and crashed in practice at Teretonga. He hopes to have his March rebuilt in time for the Wigram race but there is some doubt he will start. DAVE MCMILLAN has won two New Zealand Formula Ford titles and has proved himself lo be the most competitive local driver in the series this year. McMillan began his career motor sport its mechanic 1o Graeme Lawrence, and gives the same fastidious attention to the preparation of his Ralt as Lawrence does to his cars. McVillan races under the Team McMillan Ford and Citizen Watch banner, and is known as a driver with a professional approach to every sid of the sport. He is still improving as d driver but makes tew mistakes and is capable of running with drivers who have had much more overseas experience, such as K05berg and Kozarowitzky. Bad luck at Bay Park robbed him of what many people thought would be a win, and engine trouble at Teretonga dropped him from an impressive second place to filth. JOHN NICHOLSON is an expatriate New Zealander best known As the man. who builds race-winning Formula One motors and many of the BDA Ford units used in this series have been prepared by Nicholson VicLaren Engines. But Nicholson is'also a very experienced driver, having won two Formula Atlantic championships in Britain. He scored points in the tirst three Stuyvesant races but, ironically, engine problems forced him out al Teretonga. He will be out to win at • Wigram. Drivers in the series Photographs: Nigel Tod