20-1-86 LM104 Ross Heffernan (Auckland) leads the field into the final hairpin in the AGC Ford Laser Sport championship at Wigram yesterday. Coming out, he was caught by fellow Aucklander David Slater (second right). Heffernan finished second, with Palmerston North's Warren Hislop (left) third and Palmerston North's Murray Starnes (right) fourth. Picture: Bill McNicol S Avon Hyde leads his Christchurch rival Trevor Crowe through a corner during an OSCA supercar race at Wigram yesterday. Hyde won it, while Crowe withdrew. 21-1-86 Deadli The outcome of the New Zealand touring car championsaip for Group saloons, the final rounds of which were decided at the Lady Figram Tropby meeting on Sunday, is not likely fo be knows until Thursday evening. It is the deadline #hich has been set by motor sport assoriation officials for er trants or drivers of the newly homologated Holden Commodore saloons to gei their acts together. MANZ officials have evidestly been amare for some time that the measurements of the diameters of the inductionports in the Slitre Australian-made V8 engines do not agree mith those printed in the homolo gation papers. Evidently a Smm variation exists between the printed measurements and the actual engine measure iment. A motorsport association ne for at Wigram said that there! #as no question, of cheating involved in the dis •crepancy, but simply a typ ing error in the homologation documentation. He said that the association had to be satisfied that the car compiled with Group A regulations before the result of the touring car title could be given • A satisfactory explanation is a matter of urgency be cause, il the Commodores. which have been contesting Group A races in New Zealand since the beginning of the month, do not comply by Thursday evening it is likely that they will be excluded from the Nissan- Mobil 500 Group A: International series. which will opes with tbe welington Waterfront Street race ca Sunday. Thel 10 Commodores.some of them to be driven by top Australian salcon-car drivers-hate bees agtered drivers in the series and presumably the majority of them will be to the latest, homologation specificaticrs. If they are excluded it will take some interest eut of the race. The Christchurch Archibald Motor Sport driver. Trevor Crose. who on points finished runner-ap to the Auckland Commodore driver, Graeme Borkett. in toe championship on Sunday, made it plain that neither he, his team, nor the sponsors of the B.M.#. 634CSi-Burrougns Linc, Burroughs, Lid and C.C.L Computers. Ltd-had any desire to win the touring car title in any orber Fay than on the racing circuits. "It soila be a shame if Borkett most Forthy winner, was deprived of the title because of a printing etror, That's how we all feel about it." said Crowe