Lady Wir Ruapuna Racew Trophy ay, January Frontrunners turn on the pressure Seldom in the history of bounded Larsen every but the class struggles the Motorcraft New Zea- inch of the way at Man- down the field will be land Formula Ford cham- feild last week-end. intense. pionship has the title been Meanwhile in the Agip dominated by one man. Other classes on the This •season, however, programme include_ the Oils Mini 7 championship Christchurch's Paul Lar- Castrol Group N New Zea- where the likes of John sen heads home to Rua- land Saloon Car cham- Hamilton and Avon Hyde puna with an unbeaten pionship for virtually will face additional presrecord in the series. But standard production cars. sure from Dean Milligan the signs are that the Here the Ford Laser tur- and Wayne Timms who opposition is starting to bos of David Slater, Ray are bound to be in top close the gap, especially Wilson and Lou Vander- form after their recent the young Aucklander, meer are likely to domi- foray to the North Island Mark Pedersen, who nate the over-all positions championship rounds. Pau: Radisich in the Reynard leads Ken Smith in the Swift at Manfeild last week-end. Ken Smith is widely regarded as the man to beat at Ruapuna this Sunday. REIGH ій : 1 -SAN Scott's Nissan ZX turb ds Rodger Freeth's Starlet VS in the Thundersaloons class Meeting 27-28 RESS" ADVERTISING FEATURE Thunder saloons at their best "Come on feel the noise" is the catch phrase of the advertising campaign adopted by the organisers of the Peter Jackson series. Global Sports and Promotions. This phrase can be parricularly well-applied the Hansells Sun Valley Thundersaloon class, in which the best field of ground-shaking saioons assembled in New Zealand this season is expected to contest the Ruapuna rounds or the New Zealand championship this Sunday. In the past seasons the South Island rounds have sometimes experienced a drop-off in competiiors due to mechanical attrition during the early rounds. This season the reverse is true. The regular Sun Valley series competitors, Rodger Freeth with, his screaming CRC Starlet V8 and Kayne Scott, whose flame-spitting Shell NIS san ZX turbo is moSt spectacular, are likely to be joined by Pukekohe front runner, Keiran Wills (Mazda RX7 Chev), the national chamрюг. Wayne Huxford (Capri Chev). as well as the South island front runners, John Osborne and Don Grindley. Freeth proved the fastest of the Thandersaloon competitors during last year's opening round of the national series at Ruapuna, but as ine races on Sunday will be run without the tight infield section the bigger machinery may well shine. Other competitors in with a chance include Brett Willis (Mazda MX6 Chev), Robbie Francevic (Ford Sierra Cosworth), and the Englishman Rod Birley (Starion Cosworth).