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Experience bows to youth

Photo feature: 19-year-old Hamilton driver Craig Baird won both Peter Jackson Formula Pacific races including the Lady Wigram Trophy at Ruapuna, with Ken Smith second in both but retaining his overall series lead. Baird is believed to be the youngest Lady Wigram Trophy winner.

Facts

  • Craig Baird, 19, won both Formula Pacific races at Ruapuna on 28 January 1990 including the Lady Wigram Trophy; the series concluded at the Levels circuit the following weekend.

Photos

  • Youth versus experience: Craig Baird (top left) and Ken Smith (top right); Baird in action in his Swift DB4 (bottom). Baird is believed to be the youngest driver to have won the Lady Wigram Trophy. Photo: Derrick Tonkin
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29-1-90 Experience bows to youth Pictures: Derrick Tonkin It was youth versus experience - and youth prevailed when 19-year-old Hamilton driver Craig Baird (top left) won both races in the Peter jackson international Formula Pacific series and the Lady Wigram Trophy ot Ruapuna yesterday. Veteran Auckland driver Ken Smith (top right) had to take second place in both races, but still maintained his overall points lead in the series which concludes at the levels circuit next weekend. Baird, in action in the bottom photograph in his Swift DB4, is believed to be the youngest driver to have won the Lady Wigram Trophy.

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