7-2-00 PHOTO: DAVID ALEXANDER Brazilian Abba Kogan, in a Bugatti, leads Peter Giddings, of England (Alfa Romeo Monza), in action at the PDL Classic Grand Prix, at Ruapuna. Classic cars draw 20,000 fans by Rod Dew 3000 single-seater in private owner- Giddings and the 1926 Bugatti 35 of ship in the world." He can hardly Monaco-based Brazilian business- Former Lady Wigram Iro- wait to try the car out on the oid man Abba Kogan. phy winner Bill Farmer Wigram circuit on Wednesday. The Alfa eventually got the upper turned back the clock with a blistering drive in his A private drivers' meeting, closed hand, but nobody cared. rare Japanese Dome Mugen Honda to the public, is being hela to Giddings was among those who farewell the high-speed airfield suffered in the high wind which Formula 3000 single-seater in the wind-swept international PDL circuit. blasted dust and sand across the Classic Grand Prix at Ruapuna Farmer admitted he had been circuit. A carburettor float jammed Raceway. under pressure when being tailed by open when it inhaled wind-blown Borrius-Broek in the 11 lap grand sand, and he missed one race. The experienced Auckland-based prix but never felt that he was "The car has been going mag- Farmer raced wheel-to-wheel nificently. It has been showing with Christchurch Reynard 93D most of the younger brigade the driver Robert Borrius Broek yes- way home, which always makes terday in a tense battle of nerves me feel good," Giddings said. which ended in a moment of high It (Ferrari 512F) has a Some overseas drivers were drama. reluctant to race at the height of wonderful combination of Just two laps from the finish, the nor'wester because of the race leader Borrius-Broek spur power and good looks. dust. American Tom Hollfelder off in a huge cloud of dust while kept his immaculate 1970 Ferrari Tom Hollfelder attempting to lap a slower car. 512F sports racer under cover for US driver Their duel, the climax to two & time, until Kiwi ingenuity days of motor-racing nostalgia for provided him with a makeshift air more than 20,000 fans, was re- beaten, ever when the niter. warded with a standing ovation. "I Christchurch-based Dutch airline The streamlined Ferrari, one of was real pleased to win that," said pilot swept past on the main straight only 25 in the world, ran at le Mans Farmer, who won the Lady Wigram with four laps to go. in 197L. Trophy race in 1994 with the same Borrius-Broek, however, looked a Although it finisned down the car fitted with a V6 Formula Holden likely winner until he put & wheel field yesterday, Hollfelder provided engine. onto the dirt while lapping another more than a whiff of its true 350kmh The original 450bhp V8 Mugan car and spun off. potential. Honda engine has now been In most other events, the racing "It has a wonderful combination returned to its rightful place and was a secondary consideration, of power and good looks, and yet it Farmer, who has owned the 1991 car although there was great delight at is definitely a race car. It has that for the last six years, is having a ball the midield tussle between the twitchy on-the-edge feeling," in classic racing. magnificent 1932 Alfa Romeo Monza Hollfelder said. "This is the only Dome Formula of America-based Englishman Peter Results, page 19