18-1-93 Kiwi Cameron gains US acclaim for efforts in Form By John Hawkins former Aucklander Steve Cameron gained considerable ácclaim in the United States last season for his efforts in finishing second in the Toyota American Formula Atlantic Championship. In contrast, the expatriate who now resides in Sonoma, California, is virtually unknown in New Zealand. Cameron, back in New Zealand to contest the Peter Jackson International series including the Lady Wigram Trophy Race, has found himself hard pressed to raise the sponsorship necessary to complete the series. Iwo engine blow-ups in the opening round at Timaru hardly helped matters. ula Atlantic Champs Although short on finance, Cameron grabbed the opportunity to race in New Zealand in an attempt to prove his worth on home soil. Strongly patriotic, his nickname is Kiwi, Cameron would like to be recognised here in the same manner as the likes of Craig Baird. His first motor racing achievements were in 1979 when he won the New Zealand Formula Vee Championship and was awarded the Bruce McLaren Memorial Trophy. Atter working as a mechanic in the United States he made his break as a driver there in 1984 when he won his first Formula Atlantic race. Since then he has twice won his class in the Daytona 24 hour race and now has his sights set on Indy Car competition which he hopes to reach via the Indy Lights category. Now aged 32, he is married to a New Zealander and has two young daughters. When not racing, he works as a partner in Cameron - McGee Motorsports providing race car engineering, team management and driver development services to other aspiring drivers. 19 - 9-93 Britten rider Jason McEwan, riding the Britten Vil00, won the Airfield Trophy in the open metor-cycie event at the Lady wigram meeting on Sunday. McEwan won the two races in the trophy series by comfortable margins. The runner-up in both races was Scott Buckley, riding a Yamaha OWOL. Buckley won the New Zealand motorcycle Grand Prix last year. The trophy race had not been run at the Wigram meeting for several years, and the McEwan on the Britten may wins trophy be the last winner of the tropny. There is uncertainty about whether ine Wigram races will be held in the future with the decision by the De fence Department to close the air force base. McEwan's pefermance on the the Britten bike, designed and built by a Christchurch man, John Britten, was well received by the crowd of several thousand at Wigram. A week earlier McEwan won the New Zealand Fermula One Grand Prix at Ruapuna.