The luckiest man 31-9-77 One of the unluckiest was ilke driving on ice-the rana atter a suspension arm drivers in the Stuvvesanticar , would hardly respond |broke, and his team worked series, Graham Baker, con-And it was all happening at hard to have the car ready siders himself to be very an incredible speed." ¡for Teretonga. lucky indeed. The impact pushed the tyre When Baker climbed from Durug practice for the about eight metres, and the the Birrana on Saturday iti wigram race on Saturday cockpit of the car was solwas the fifth time he had! Baker was slipstreaming Tom crumpled that Baker is emerged from a wrecked rac- Gloy past the pits and intolamazed he climbed out with ing car with little more than the lert-hander which follows only a few bruises. Yesterday bruises. He somersaulted the when ne learnt a very sharpihe tried to put both legs P.D.L. Mustang at Manfeild; lesson about the air turbu-inside the cockpit, but only crashed his Begg FM5 into a and lence caused by a Formula one would fit. barrier Ruapuna; Pacific car. Only two weeks ago, atismashed" John Dymand's "Suddenly I lost the steer- Manfeild, the Christchurch Capri when the brakes falled ing completely," he said. The driver somersaulted the Bir-lon the Ruapuna straight. turbulence from Gloy's Tui nad made the nose of Baker's Birrana so light that the front tyres would not grip, Final points and be was sent sliding off on to the grass. Only a line of tractor tyres separated the sliding Birrana Bay Puke Sian Ter Wig Total irom spectators K. Rosberg 6 33 standing 1. Gloy 4 9 25 about 100 metres away. B. Allison 2 15 "I saw I was going to hit J. Nichoison 3 11 che tyre and I didn't want to M. Kozarowitsky 10 D. Mcmillan .. hit it head on because I S. Millen I managed to twist the car ai thought i might flip. I think bit to hit it side on, but it! Smith Miedecke Melville Oxton ONGONDO Sponsor The Peter Stuyvesant company has sponsored the international motorracing series in New Zealand for four years now, and for three of those years it was an uphil! battle to make the series a success. this vear everything seems to have come right. Last year particularly things looked grim, and it must have taken a lot of courage for the company to have another go. But change in formula helped immensely and Mr Peter Scott, who represents the company during the series, thinks this could be only the begin- happy ning of a great series. Mr Scott expects to see 30 cars on the grid for this year's Gold Star series, and as many as 50 cars entered for the international series in 1978. Because fields have to be limited to between 20 and 30 there would be fierce competition during practice, or a qualifying race might have to be held on the practice day. This is the sort of competition which attracts huge crowds in Europe. Bigger crowds in New Zealand would mean more sponsorship, better prize money, better fields, and better racing. ... Driver's wife would not change her life Constant travelling, living lic relations officer in a hotel! "I get very nervous of what out of suitcases and restric- in Madrid to follow her hus- might happen to him while ted job opportunities are just band on the world racing ¡he is racing but this is inevitsome of the things a racing track circuit. able in any competition," she driver's wife must cope with, Since then most of the cou. said. but Jeanne Kozarowitzky, ple's weeks have been taken But Mrs Kozarowitzky does wife of the European racing p with travelling to race not feel she is living in ner champion, Mikko Kozarowit- tracks around Europe. They husband's shadow. sky, would not change her laverage two days a week at "The disadvantages are ballife. home - a house in the south lanced by the advantages." "We are really very of the Netherlands-and for And she is using her exhappy," said Dutch-born Mrs Jeanne these days are taken iperience perience in public relations Kozarowitzky in Christchurch up with the laundry. to help her cover the New yesterday. "It is quite a lonely life Zealand trip for a Finnish "We are not really the sort even though we are con- magazine. "7 of people to have a house a house stantly meeting new people, said Jeanne. "I will try to show people and garden in one place." Mrs Kozarowitzky met her She has little time to be- what I think are my personal husband, a Finn, two years come friendly with wives of feelings as the wife of a racago and has been travelling other racing drivers on the! ling driver with all the illuwith him most of the time circuit. She is too busy en-! sions and disillusions," she since. couraging and helping her: She gave up her job as pub-husband. isaia. mooc