Tireless Matsushita: tyre holds for Hiro to win
Front-page report that Japanese driver Hiro Matsushita did not realise until after the chequered flag how close he had been to a flat tyre, his Swift's right front wheel rim badly bent after a collision with something solid during the 1989 Lady Wigram Trophy race. He passed a fierce Dean Hall-Paul Radisich battle after Radisich's engine blew; Mark Smith finished ahead of Hall for second.
Facts
- Hiro Matsushita won the 1989 Lady Wigram Trophy race with a badly bent right front wheel rim that nearly cost him a flat tyre.
- Paul Radisich led the 1989 Lady Wigram Trophy race for about the first half before his engine blew.
Photos
- A Japanese driver, Hiro Matsushita, displays his trophy and the badly bent wheel rim which could easily have put him out of the race after his win in the 1989 Lady Wigram Trophy race at Wigram airbase yesterday. Photo: Annette Dew
