30-9-89 13-2-89 Motor Racing Peter Jackson Interpationa Formula Pacise Championship eat 1, fifteen lape. P. Radsici (NZ), Sai, i; t Metrasaia dag Swit, 2, K. Smith (N2) Ret, g 1 Momota (Jap), Swift, f; & Gibeon, (US.), sinit, s; C. Baird (N2, BAi 819, 6. Race time, 17.45.3. Faster Matsushita, Smiti 3; R. Smith (NZ), Rait RT4, 4 C. Baird (N2), Ratt RTi, 5; S Gibea (US) Swift, 8. Race time, 35.25.0 Pastest lap, Radisich, 70.09 seca Hansells Sua Valley sports ser championship - Fleat 1, eigit Li Vills, Mazda, 2, S. Dymand, C Corvette S; D. Grindley, blazda $ L Munt, Capri Cuev, 5. Heates eight japa, Huxford, 1; R. Freddy Stariet, 3, Dymand, ku Mazda, 4; Willis, 5; P. Mead Cher Corvette, 8. Motocraft Formals Ford cha potship - Heat i, eigut lapt Pederzon, Swit, I; B. Tom Van DierRa, Reyynard, 3; G. Campbell, Swili, 4 C. Van Dreman, $ G Milligan, Abbo van Deman, 6 Paci time, 10.50.59. Beat 2, eight laps Davison, 1; Pederson, 2, Tomitsson, s; C. Hyde, GLH, 4; Milligan, 5; B. Jobssoa, Jobuston, 6. Race tate, 10.55.88. New Zealand touring car champicasing - Heat oi firteen laps, 1 Francevic: Sierra, 2i. G. Crat Sierra, 2, 8. Riley, BMW M3, $ I. Scott, BMW MES, 4; J. Sorenson, BMW MS, 5: A Prince, Jaguar, A Race time: 20.15.17. Shell New Zealand saloon car D. Siater, Laser, 2, I. Vandermeer, Laser, S,: C. Huggett Civic, 4; J. ScAndrew,: Corolla, 5: W. Murdoch, Corolla, 6. Race time 12.29.43. 8. Race time 19.31.33. Agip Ols South Island Mini 1 championship - Heat 1, five lage, A Hyde, 1; J. Hamilton, & R Wilkinson, 3. P. Black 4. J. Brook 5. R. Watson 6. Race time 8.37.89. Heat 2, five laps, Hyde, 1; Wilkinson, 2; D. Milligan, J; Watson, 4; G. Brewer, 5; D. Sims, 8. Race time, 8.39.21. On the trail of the Trophy This year will bring the fortieth anniversary of the Lady Wigram Trophy Race, held annually at the R.N.Z.A.F. base on the outskirts of Christchurch. My earliest recollection of what for me has become an annual pilgrimage to this prestigious event dates back to 1959, when as a youngster, I stood gazing in awe as Ron Flockhart, of Scotland, swept all before him glorious-sounding B.R.M. I can well recall seeing various Trophy race cars on display in Christchurch department stores. The evenings leading up to the event were spent cycling between city garages in the hope of catching a glimpse of the pre-race preparation of the cars of leading contenders. In those days the Wigram event appeared to me to draw the entire population of the South Island. Unless one set out early in the morning, one sat for what seemed an eternity in the long queues of traffic that lined the dust-choked roads leading to the airfield circuit. MOTOR SPORT George Tanner Once inside the gate, an army of eager officials clad in white dust-coats directed you to the spectator enclosure, where you set up camp on a parched patch of grass behind the boundary ropes and eagerly awaited your first glimpse of a racing car on the circuit. There was much activity to keep your mind occupied before the racing started. steady stream of sheep trucks and other high-decked vehicles arrived and were quickly transformed into grandstands. As i grew older, I became convinced that most of the patrons of these makeshift vantage points were more intent on competing with each other in drinking brown liquid than on watching the racing. Writing of this element reminds me that a visit to one of the many toilets, which were basically a deep hole in the ground surrounded by corrugated iron and scrimmage, was best made before the heat of the mid-afternoon sun made it gut-wrenchingly unbearable. As well as food, drink, a sunnat and suncream, vital item was a binocular. This was due in part to the vast expanses of the airfield circuit, but I found in later years that the binocular had a tendency to stray from the activity on the track to focus upon sunbathing spectators of the opposite gender. For many years an added excitement was trying to gain access to the international pit area: witnout a pass. It became increasingly difficult to bluff your way past the officials at the gate, but if you were patient enough to wait for them to be distracted, you could slip through to view at close range the cars and drivers that made this event so unique. When the day's racing concluded, it was a mad rush to pack up your belongings and make a hasty exit from the circuit before the majority of the crowd, some quite the worse for wear, jammed the gates, causing intolerable delays to the normal traffić flow. Once away from the venue it was good to reflect on the day's activity. As the scarlet skin on your face went a shade brighter, you knew that in spite of the cream you had applied, the sun and wind had taken their toll, and for the next few days most people would guess that you had attended the Lady Wigram Trophy Race.