22-1-94 Eye on checkered flag y Nick Tolerton hristchurch driver Andrew Neale has twin goals of victory in the Formula Ford series and a professional racing career beckoning as he prepares for tomorrow's Lady Wigram Trophy The 22-year-old, leading the series hehind tileholder A hiky Stillburs Teretonga, eight of Hastings, with another 20 points to veteran Kenny Smith. Neale has won tw this season and the top three ency that bodes ing 10 races, inc ro of the eight races never been out of the sort of consistwell for the remaincluding two tomor- owever, Neale has every reason to go all out for victory, for he feels he is picking up from where he was two years ago after an accident at Thruxton Park, Wiltshire, disrupted his career. e crushed two vertebrae and broke his foot, and needs a contoured support in his car for his back My aim this year is to win the championship and maybe later this year gu back to England to contest the world championships for Formula Fords," he said. My ultimate aim is to be a pro racing driver and obviously my goal is sometrung like Formula Une.' His injury meant Neale did only two Formula Ford races last year, but he is making up tor iost time. He believes the fast Wigram airfield track will make the races in his class particularly entertaining. "We have what we call the draft _ you can get a slipstream so the lead can change two or three times in a lap, and there is quite an art in being in the right place at the right time. Often you don't want to be leading in the last lap, because two or three can go past you." Neale showed his ability to recover a seemingly lost cause at Teretonga, when he spun ott the track at high speed on the third lap and dropped to I2th, but recovered to be third at the finish. An instructor at the Canterbury Motor Racing School, Neale has done all his racing in single-seaters. n Austrian driver, Christian Wolff, is his team-mate in the Caltex-ICI Autocolor team for the FF races. 41 Andrew Neale... ready to give Wigram his best shot. Phete: N GO OR WIGRAMB+ YEAR eter Peter BRIDGESTOnE CHAMPION DUNLOP TERES D Motorcraft HITACHI CE HOME ENTERTANSENT S Sh: march Peter Jackson INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACING SERIES The scream of the engines. The smeil of high octane. The red line thrill that is motor racing. Grab one magic day in the Peter Jackson International Series and you'li be a fan forever! TROPHY LADY WIGRAM RACE Saturday, January 22nd and Sunday, January 23rd (Racing Starts 9.15 g.m.) WEEKEND PASS NATEA ROAD (Pits) Adults $20.00 AYTONS ROAD Adults $15.00 HILDREN (8 yrs & over) Aduits DISCOUN GOOD YEAR empty Pepsi car Admission Free Free SATURDAY OHLY $10 Children Free IT TICKETS - TEAM HUTCHINSON FORD MOTOR hell