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Rosberg, Kozarowitzky and Nicholson make final checks before practice for the Lady Wigram Trophy, and Tom Gloy shares his triumph with Allan McCall after the race.

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  • Final check out for three Lady Wigram Trophy race entrants before going on to the track this afternoon for practice. From left: Keke Rosberg (Finland), Chevron B34; team mate Mikko Kozarowitzky, Chevron B34, and United Kingdom driver John Nicholson in a Modus M4.
  • Tom Gloy shares his triumph with Allan McCall after the race.
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Museum piece wins its last race

Wigram was the last serious race for Tom Gloy's eight-year-old Tui, designed and built by Allan McCall, which will go to a motoring museum. Gloy finished second at Pukekohe and Manfeild and third at Teretonga, and the car finished in the top three at four of the five meetings.

Facts

  • Tom Gloy's Tui, built by Allan McCall, won the 1977 Lady Wigram Trophy and then went to a motoring museum.
  • The eight-year-old Tui finished in the top three at four of the five 1977 Stuyvesant meetings.
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29-1-77 39-1-77 JEN 4 Final check out for three Lady Wigram Trophy race entrants before going on to the track this afternoon for practice. From left: Keke Rosberg (Finland), in his Chevron B34; his team mate Mikko Kozaroritzky, also in a Chevron B34, and United Kingd driver John Nicholson in a Modus M4. Tom Croy Peter Stuyvesant Z Gloy shares his triumph with Allan MeCall after the race. Museum piece' wins its last race Wigram was the last Serious race for Tom Gloys car, an eight-vearold Tui designed and built by a New Zealander, Allan McCall. In racing terms the Tui is a museum piece, and it will become one officially soon when McCall hands it over to a motoring museum. Gloy, from Walnut Creek in California, has impressed ivew Zealanders with his ability as a driver, and many people — ever some of his rivals — were pleased to see him win at Wigram. Twice he finished second Rosberg, at Pukekohe and Manfeild, and last Sunday at Teretonga he finished a good third behind Rosberg and Kozarowitzky. Rosberg considered him the man to beat at Wigram both because of the speed of the Tui and Gloy's ability to drive fast. And although Rosherg showed he was faster on the airfield circuit Gloy was the one there at the finish. McCall and his Team Tui have worked or a very tight budget and spent a lot of time replacing age- ing bits and pieces on the car. But at four meetings out of five it has finished in the top inree - a record яду • {00m would envy. Gloy hes thoroughly enjoyed tis racing mn New Zealand and is determined to return next year, hopefully with some European Formula Two or Three experience under his belt. Esperience and the abila ity to win are about all he has to offer. He does not have the personal resources to mount a Euro pean campaign and hopes that his success in this country might help win him the sponsorship he needs to break into the big time.

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