27-1-79 Praaniay MASCAINIM Winfield 25 Italian Ieo Fabi, the favourite to take out top prize in the international motor racing series which ends with the Lady Wig- No fuss parking ram Trophy race on Sunday, spent today at Ruapuna sorting out plans at Wigram his works March. Earlier , this week a new engine was installed Lady Wigram traffic has Ranghin car and the three choices of car park church. Belfast and ora to use Wigram's main the team is hoping Sun- for tomorrow. entrance. Traffic from the north-west day will not see a repe- Up to 20 traffic officers of the city should cross the tition of last weekend's will be on duty in the area Sockburn Overbridge and problems which endea of the airbase to handle the use the Vickerys Rd en- Rabi's winning streak. traffic from the annual trance. motor race meeting. Senior Cars from New Brighton. Traffic Sergeant R. S. Lenz Cashmere. Sumner and said. Halswell should approach the "If peopie obey the direc- base along Annex Rd, and tions of the traffic officers use a back entrance. or join they'll get everyone into the the queue for Vickerys Ra. rounds, and away again as ; Another smaller car park ast as possible he said. oil Awatea Si, can be used The ministry expects trai for those who want to get Sc from south of Christ- close to the Hangar Bend. Fabi kee to clil nch SeI cies with 2 wi ns Italian Teo Fabi plans an emphatic victor racing series by winning both heats of the Lady The vagaries of the local points scoring system for the championship mean that in spite of winning six of the eight heats so far, Fabi is far from certain of the title. His misfortunes in the Teretonga races leave Larry Perkins (Australia) and English-based Aucklander Brett Riley right up with him on points. With any of the three in a position to win, it guarantees local motorsport fans some thrilling action at Wigram tomorrow in the last round But as far as Fabi's March works team is concerned the outeome is cut and dried. "We need to win both races." said team manager Murray Taylor today. "And we are going to win both 'Teo's quite confident. He's in a buoyant mood. "After testing the car at Ruapuna on Wednesday and yesterday we are quite confident we've solved the problems we had at Tere tonga. And we've added a few tweaks since then which should give us a bit more power and speed." However, Perkins — who won the Lady Wigram Tro phy last year - and Riley. second on points in spite of the fact that the other two have had a distinet edge on him, have given their own cars careful attention for the crucial heats on the fast Wigram circuit. FASTEST Perkins may have a slight advantage in that he is familiar with the course, whereas Fabi has not raced on it before and Riley has not raced Formula Pacific there. Howerer, the fact the circuit is fast should suit y in the international Formula Pacific motor y Wigram Trophy tomorrow. Fabi's exciting driving style. The very long Wigram straight is probably the fastest in New Zealand racing and Fabi and Perkins. if not others, should reach speeds of 250 kmh on it. Wigram will also suit Fabi's March. Aerodynamically very clean. it needs to run very little wing. Perkins is also using a March - the car in which Keke Rosberg topped last year's series. The top three have been in a class of their own in the stone gre beind toes, they could be out front even further tomorrow - after the lessons learned and modifications made as the series has unwound. Auckland's Dave McMillan in his Ralt is one who could spring a surprise tomorrow. He has got steadily better resuits during the series, and made drastic changes to the car this week. John Smith 'Australia) is also going well in a Ralt, while Eje Elgh (Sweden: in a March and Jeff Food USA› in a March will be keen to wrap up the series with good results. The thirtieth Wigram meeting, this one features an interesting programme including saloon and motor• cycle races. RARE And some of the sport's great names - Denis Hulme, Chris Amon, Jim Murdoch, and Mike Hailwood - will parade their rare Formula One and Formula A flyers in a demon- Stration run. Hailwood, winner of many morid motor-cycling championships, will also be racing bike for the first and probably last time in Carsichurch when he takes out an AJSTR in a race for the champions of yesteryear. Points in the motor racing series are: International Series - Teo Fabi (Italy) 128 Brett Riley (UK) 124, Larry Lory periens (Aust) • 116, Eje Eigh (Sweden) 90, Jeff Woods (USA) 82, John Smith (Aust) 82. Sheilsport Saloon Car Series Reg Cook 109, Bryce Plait 3. Rex Findiay 30. Men sage. 25. Grant Aitken 25, Roy Hairington 21. Motorcraft Formula Ford (Provisionai) → Mike Finch 10!, Jeft Pascoe 87, Kim Crocker Mike King 58, Mike Austin 35, Bruce Airey 20. Ford Escort 1600 Sports - Graeme Bo1- Rent Ken cremara keit 87, Kevin Jobn Armstrong Elvie Williams 35, Steve Emson 26.