19-10-85 Racing for women @ The Motor Racing Club has announced plans to run races for women only dering this summer's international series. They will be sponsored by Quinas Fashions. 6-12-85 Wigram to revert to January date By Lindsay Kerr Christchurch's great annual motor racing event, the Lady Wigram Trophy race, will revert to its original January date after being held last December of 1984. The decision to run on the December date came in the belief that more international drivers would come for the fourmeeting Mondial series. But the resuit was по more drivers than usual and many support fields. particularly at Wigram. that were feeling the effects of two months' intensive racing. Now that things have reverted back to some kind of normality the support fields will be keen and big. while the Mondial races will be the last, deciding the series. Pressure With Formula Mondal having been given the thumbs down by the Motorsport Association of New Zealand insofar as a nationally recognised class is concerned, the pressure will be on the organisers to get a field bigger than that of the past couple of years together to ensure Mondial's long-term surviva). Early indications are encouraging, with 20 cars being the figure suggested by the series co-ordinators. Such numbers have been mentioned previously, but have slipped to 12 or 13 when the event gets under way. But the situation is different now. primarily because it will be the last chance but also because there is a race for the Mondial cars at the Nissan Mobil Group A meeting at Wellington on the weekend after Wigram. Because of the massive publicity this event will create, there is plenty of incentive for a good field. Drivers who have all but thair the series and for Wellington include Americans Ross Cheever and Jeff McPherson, together with Australian Steve Harrington. Cheever, winner of both the Lady Wigram Trophy and the New Zealand series last time he was here, and McPherson will under the wing of Sydney-based Rait importer Graham Watson. Dominant At the recent Australian Cheever Pnd McPherson. meeting, showed the 30-car field up when they dominated the 20-lap race for Mondial cars. The race was to also prove that the top-line New Zealand drivers of the past seasons, Kenny Smith, Dave MeMillan and David Oxton, are better than many of their critics give them credit for. Any overseas competitor who has come to these shores in Mondial cars has had to fight at every turn of the wheel to get the better of this trio, with only a few succeeding. Exploits Harrington, a 25-yearold Tasmanian, was until last season known for his exploits at the wheel of a Holden Commodore in the Australian touring car and endurance series. With the advent of Group A racing be literally turned his back on saloon cars and went to Britain to run a full season of Formula 3. What he did not know at the start he quickly learned. The Mondial series should also see a Christchurch driver taking part this season. with John Crawford, the current New Zealand Formula Ford champion, expected to run