21-1-81 0330_ TAIT FLECTRONICS/LADY WIGRAM Sth Round 1981 AURORA A.F.X. F.I.A. PACIFIC MO DAVIDSON MOTORS TREVOR (HINE 539 BRUSKS This is the sort of close action - _ TOR RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Motor Racing Englis NZ- As well as fast drivers, New Zealand can also turn out some fast cars. Oddly, it has taken an English driver to get behind the wheel of the NZ-made Cuda. sponsored by Sleepyhead Adrian Revnard is a 29year-old designer of cars. who has dabbled in many aspects of motor sport Former racing driver Bill Stone. managing the team, says it is a serious attempt to win the NZ Grand Prix in a locallymade car. "We would have liked a New Zealand driver in the car, and although New Zealand drivers are certainly good enough, we needed the expertise of a top-line test driver like Adrían." says Stone. The all-new Cuda 5 is highly aerodynamic and is based on the Williams Formula One car which won the 1980 world championship. Mechanics for the team include Jimmy Stone (former racing mechanic for McLaren and Hulme) and Dewar Thomas, who prepared cars for Formula h driver - made car ADRIAN REYNARD: Car designer and racing driver. Has come here to drive a New Zealand-made car. Will be behind the wheel of the Ner Zealandmade Cuda. The team is making a serious attempt to win the NZ Grand Prix in a local car. Two for the late Jochen Rindt. This year's series is the first for Reynard. but he is no stranger to racing circuits. He won the European Super Ford championship in 1979. and builds about 25 racing cars a year. He says engineering is still more important to him than driving. plumping for simple designs that work. "You get a lot of blokes who can push a modern formula car around at the same speed." he points out. Reynard describes the racing car business as "almost a fashion business". His aim has been to buildi racing cars that customers an afford and maintain with ease, and he is aware of the precariousness of the business. Although from England, Reynard has some association with New Zealand. Hel began a small racing car construction business England with New Zealander Bill Stone, producing racing car frames and making components under contract for companies like March and Chevron. The Englishman started! racing in a go-kart, and while still a teenager notched up five world motorcycle class records. Reynard progressed to Formula Fords and Super Formula Ford 2000. the latter similar to the Formula Pacific cars run in this countrv.