25-979 Hulme, A mO to dr Dennis Huline, Chris Amon and Jim Murdoch will return to wigram on Sunday along with Mike Hailwood to take a very fast irip down memory lane, which should provide some of the most exciting sights and sounds of the week-end. Hulme will drive his Formula One McLaren M23, Hailwood George Begg's Formula One Surtees TS9B, Murdoch his old Formula 5000 Begg 018 and Amon will pilot George Begg's Formula Iwo McLaren M4A in a special display. ine wo formula. One cars nave mieresting backgrounds. The McLaren was first driven in anger by Hulme in the 1973 South African Grand Prix at Kylami and although he qualified on pole position, engine problems forced him pull out during ihe race. Later in the year Huime won the Swedish G.P. in the Lal. Hulme drove his last Formula One race In the car in • the 1974 Argentinian G.P. and ine VicLaren then passed into the hands Mike Hailwood. lis competitive life ended when Hailwood crashed during the West German G.P. at Nurburgring that wear. In recognition Hulme's faithtu! service to -icLaren, the team rebulit the car and gave it to the 1967 world chamcion to take into retiremeni. Hulme proved in April lasi year that he stil! has some of his old verve when he demonstrated the McLaren at Ruapuna. In an impressive display he recorded a besi lap of 43.55, very commendable considering the car's ageing tyres. The Surtees is a 1972 model and first raced in the 1972 Argentinian G.P., piloted by an. Australian, Tim Schenken. It finished fifth in that race after qualifying eleventh, and tnat was to be its besi world-championship result. Schenken drove the Sur= tees for most of the 1972 season, crashing ai Mo- пасо and and ending with a seventh in the Canadian G.P. It was in non-championship races that the IS9B did best. It finished fifth in the 1972 Race of Champions driven by Schenken, third the "Daily Express" Trophr race driven oy John surtees himself, third in *the Oulton Park Gold Cup, again in Schenken's hands, and finished the 1972 season with second the Brands Hatch Victory Race driven by Carlos Pace. The Surtees had only оле тасе in 1973, in the hands fierv young newcomer called James Hunt. In his first Formula One race Hunt qualified ihirteenth fastest and then stormed through the field finish second. Hunt went on to win the world championship in 1976, in a NicLaren. In 1973 Neil Doyle, of Ashburton, bought ine car motor and had it shipped out to New Zealand, where fitted Formula 5000 Cher motor. Doyle raced the car for ewo or three seasons in New Zealand, with some success. He won the first race, ai Ruapuna, of the 1974/75 Gold Star series and finished second equal in ine series with Jim Murdoch. Murdoch will appear at Wigram on Sunday in the Begg 018 in which he firished second the 1975 New Zealand Grand Pnx The car had a memorable debut, winning tirst time out. in the 1974 Levin Gold Star race. Murdoch's best placing Wigram in the Begg was second in 1976. when finisned in the Peier Stuyvesant series. The Begg spends most of time in the Queensiown Motor seurd. The 'McLaren Furmula Two car that will see accion again under Amon's control was brought new to New Zealand in 1968 tor Graham Lawrence and has been driven here by various drivers. It is powered bi a 1600 cu om Coswurth FVA motor. Racing cars a winner A display of racing cars attracted crowds to Square at lunchtime todar. The displas: to publicise the Lady Wigram meeting on Sunday which concludes the international Formula included the Chevron B÷2 Pacife series ariven by inp New Zealand Grand Prix crite Steve Millen. 26-9-79 LADY WIGRAM TROPHY RACE SUNDAY, 28th JANUARY, 1979 _ RACE COMPLIM ENTARY Admit GATE ONLY Motor Racing is dangerous - persons attending the Meeting do entirely at their risk. MOUNT COOK LANDUNES 27-9-79 @ Leyland targ ELL TEAM SH nel SPORI CHAMPIONSHIP AT TERETONGA LEADERS AFTER RACEWAY. BONES-BENE ROUND 7 ARY -21 Reg Cook Datsun -... Bryce Platt Escort Rex Findlay Datsun See them at t an dunder o - 109pts 73pls 30pts he Wigram International nuary 20