20-1-84 Lady tigram Iropny Hace DICE January 21-22 Critical for yo races ung America Having won the New Zealand Grand : Pris at Paterone and bota races at the Manfeild i circuit in Feilding on Saturday, motor racing followets are now wondering bether Davy Jones, the 18 year-old from Syracuse, New Yort, US.A, can go on to win this year's Fest Juice Formula Pacific international motor racing championship at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting in Christchurch on Sunday. Jones has contested four of the six races held so far, wirming three and crashing out of the other, and has amassed 52 points to be third on the, Just Juice ladder. two Wigram races will To complete the 1984 series, so they are critical n driver ones for the young American Leating the series is the oidest competitor it feld, Ken Smith, of Auch land. A racetorse ouber, he consuming interests thoroughbred racing and molet racing lie bas been: acing driver for 25 year Smith comes to. Wigram with 45 points gained from a win, & second, to thirds = fourth and a fifth. One of New Zealands younger and most promising racing drivers, the Auckiar der, Paul Radisich is 1 recipient of the revived Driver to Europe award and is on the second rang of the ladder with 42 points. His Wigrarn mission will De to wiD the prestigiotes Lady wigram Trophy an the eight-round Just Juic championship. With those titles to his, credit, te chances of attracting the backing be needs to undertake a Formula $ racing campaign in Britate stoold be enhanced Radisich has won twi ! races and scored a second two thirds and an eighth th this series, the thirds being scored at Manfeild where be finished behind the accom plisted David Oxton: Like Jones, Oxton did not contest the opening races st Mount Mauganui and ba the others, Bas player second fiddle to the young American He is fourth ob the dust duce ladder with so points, so his chaace of winning the series tus gem is extremely remote, taking into accouns the farm &i ready soown by those abett of him on the ta him. been. tbeless. Oxton will tront runger at Wigram along with smita, Radisic, and Jones. The unknown quantity bo this international field ts the Christchurch born I races, Dave MoMilen, who soo calls Auctland his bonde clty but spens moss of ha ure racing protessonall in North America. ! An experienced sed sai cessful racing idriver, McMillan is also the North American agent the North Entry to this area Out of bounds i in Vickerys Ad ¡AcLoren Motors Loos is in Awatea Rd y Entry to this area Japenese Cer Comet Haytons Rd Infisid Spectators Race Control: Entrance for officiats Infield spectators competitors and (limited number): official guest onty Pits Out of bounds Duntop Entry to this area Entry for infield is in Wigram Ad spectators only Wigram Rd © No spectators will be allowed so enter throagh the Wigram Air Base main gate. • Access to the infield closes at 10 a.m. on Saturday, 1030 am. on Sanday. • Spectators will only be admitted at the Wigram Road gate on Saturday. British-bullt Dart EsM Formain Pacific racing car. He bas been driving • Dart it Chis series but it tas proved to be bo match fot the Ralt RT4s that are being run by most of the Just Juice com- •' petitors. Necilan did not start at Manfeild becamse of chassis problems which carsed the car to dendle extremely badiy. he has oaly 14 potnis to his credit and that is tso less than his protege, orber American, Justin Revene, Has amissed Molier's otber dar, & Ratt RTL Revese has returzed to the United States and so Mcvilan wül drive the RT4 at Wigram and E his pest record ts suty indieation, be too sould be ap among the front ranDers. Although- MeMilien has the North American Dart agency, the driver who has and most saccess wita the marque is Bretti Riley, a New Zestander wrão races in ize Britius Farmala seriea He las écored Is Just Julce points so far Bod although it woald be Botting sort oi a miracie M: te proved to be a frant rommes, te secue count auger ma- The Ralt Australian agent, Graham Watsod, of Sydney, has been ruming two RTes in this series, obe of wtich is being driver by Radisich The other car was driven by Watson in the taro opering races ai mount Maungani anu, since toen, the driver bas been the Aestralian, Andrew Miedecke, whose Just Juice score is now eight points. Miedecte has been com muting between Australia and New Zealand between races and is expected to be the second Rait Astralia driver at Wigram.. Although. they have all the will and the enthusiast in the moria, the drivers who make up the balance of the wigram Jast Juice Seld will seed'& great deal of luck in the ruming to firish among the first su place getters. Tripe the most likel any em a the Draisi mas, Jae Fizz who will be driving sa Abdes Racing Rall RTE Flu raced st Wigrate some years ago and his Balt is a car with, se the races stresdy beld dave • shown, rather more poles wai than the other Formula Qualifying times Altboag'a the tap times surprising if a driver other drivers - set - dzing the than the young American qualifying sessions for start- 'turned out to be sastest ing grid positions may give qualifier this time, owce an indication of the outeome again. of a car race, they cannot Last year, the fastest be regarded es absolute ie- qualifier was the bard dicatori. carging American, Norman The reason is that soue Hunter, who made fastest drivers improve 'tbeir lap lap in 70.40s, 00 the 3,429km times considerably when circuit. That translated to they are racing wheel-to average sperd ' oi whee! ratber than against 175.346km/h. the cloct. Second fastest was the The 18 year-old Ameri- Aucklander, David Orton cam Davy Jones, ils a case who managed 70.508 : in point. He bas wón the last race day, Hunter crashed in three races in the Just Juice the first of the two raceg Formula Pacifit inter- and loos Bo furtber part ta national motor raciag series the series. but has Dever emberged as The young Canadian, fastest qualifier, i i although Allen Berg, was the wimmer, his fastest race lap times in but Orton equalled the the first of the two races at 172.938km/b lap record for each meeting have elevated Formols Pacific cars before his sterting grid positios for he abandoned the race bethe second races because cause of carburetioa bey bare been an improve troubles BeTE'E average ment ou his qualiying speed for the 24-lap. times. 82.2964m TacE 171208k/L Now, the final roands i The secund race was s the series will bel contestad turo up for the booke Ostes bese at the Lady Wigram won it st du areale of Tropay meeding cs sanday. 172968km/l, byt Ken, Smith, Iwo analiying 52881008, 80 anther Aucklander who fisyuich spectators will be shed second, set a lap re admitted through only khe cord of 176848 m/h That Wigram Road gate, wil de. equated to a time of Theis. contacter by the, prouster Stuith cEnTeRt. al the 300ua erent tse Sester of the Just 'Joutce Motor Rectag Crab, Joc, 0u serieg sod k Wigram track Saturday. record sam bold -Ae4 Athosg, Jones is already gros, sud B Suy, even Being billed as the wonder I be dong oet start toe fret Buy of Chis Just Juke neurhe, ef the toe racen ii pa te woeld wot be at sill portion as foitest quatter.