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news · The Christchurch Star

Skyline Garages sponsors Lady Wigram Trophy

After the Apple and Pear Board ended its Just Juice sponsorship of the international series, Skyline Garages stepped in as sponsor of the 1984 Lady Wigram Trophy race meeting. The sponsorship was described by the company's managing director as an exciting development in its history. (The OCR of this clipping is very garbled.)

Facts

  • Skyline Garages sponsored the Lady Wigram Trophy race in December 1984, after the Apple and Pear Board's Just Juice sponsorship of the series ended.

Photos

  • The Commodore V8 of Avon Hyde and the Starlet V8 of Trevor Crowe are sure to be to the fore in the Arbuckles OSCA races at Wigram on Sunday.
preview · The Christchurch Star

Nine saloon-car support races

Preview of the supporting races at the December 1984 Lady Wigram meeting, with nine saloon-car races among the programme. It covers the Shellsport two-litre saloons (Mark Rutherford, Warren Burt), South Island production saloons (Jim Little's Charger, Mike Small, Graham Jenkins, Barry Dryden), Laser Sports (Ed Lamont and others), and Motorcraft Formula Ford with John Crawford, Kevin Ingram and Steve Richards.

Facts

  • The winner of the 1984-85 NZ Motorcraft Formula Ford series was to receive an expenses-paid trip to Britain to contest the Formula Ford Race of Champions supporting the 1985 British Grand Prix.
  • Nine saloon-car support races were scheduled for the Lady Wigram meeting on 2 December 1984.
  • John Crawford was disqualified at Teretonga the weekend before the December 1984 Wigram meeting, costing him points in the Formula Ford series.
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