1-5-87 22-5-87 Wigram winner lucky at last The winner of the 198 Lady Wigram Trophy, Ross Cheever from the United States, bounced back into motor racing prominence recently when he won the second round of the Japanese formula 3 championship. Cheever, whose older brother Eddie is driving for the Arrows formula 1 team, appeared to be on the brink of breaking into the big time himself but luck and a lack of money counted against him. A series of accidents also plagued the young driver and when he failed to obtain a drive in European formula 3000 be sought refuge in the United States driving whatever be could. From time to time be made trips back to England to drive in formula 3. but any chance of getting a permanent paying drive appeared to have all but evaporater. The win in Japan might open some doors for Cheever that were thought to have been shut. Indy 500 start for NZGP men Two former winners of the New Zealand Grand Prix, Davy Jones and Jeff MacPherson, are in this year's line-ap famous Indianapolis 500. Jones (right) and Mac- Pherson. both of whom have driven in the Lady Wigram Trophy race on two occasions, were included in the • recent "rookie" orientation programme. Jones, who will drive for the AJ Foyt team in a March 86C passed the first four parts of the test, but MacPherson in a March Honda passed the first two tests before being sidelined by mechanical problems. The initial test involves lapping the speedway at consistent speeds, and the final test regures the rookies to lap at acceptable race speeds of more than 320kmh. Jones described the cornering speeds as "very quick, but not as quict as lapping the Phoenix track: a flat-bottomed ARS car." The 1987 Indy 500 will be run on Sunday.