Pit Stops

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29383, 9 December 1960, Page 15

Pit Stops

.7IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIII The former New Zealand ■ Mil-climb champion and a 1 frequent competitor in racing,' ; rallies, and trials, R. C. Camp- ’ bell, left Christchurch with his family this week for Scoti land. Campbell, who was a ; stalwart of club motoring • events in Canterbury for sevi era! years, raced a Cooper, ; Maserati, and Volkswagen, ’ and was widely known for ’ his forceful driving, even i though few major honours ; came his way. Campbell will ■ live in Edinburgh, and he has 1 already contracted to ride on ; the speedway for the Edin- ; burgh Monarchs, who com- ■ pete on the world’s oldest ; speedway track. Campbell ; said this week his future ■ plans were uncertain—“last ! time I left New Zealand for ; England I meant to be away ; for nine months, but it turned ; out to be ten years.” -S’ ; Tomorrow great interest ! will centre in the “Little i Ardmore” motor race meeting ;to be held in Auckland. ; Organised as a work-out for ! local drivers before the New ; Zealand Grand Prix, this ; meeting consists of short ' races, with the main event for ! the fastest 15 racing and ; sports cars in practice, and ; covering only 20 miles. J. ! Palmer, D. Hulme, M. Gill, L. 1 Gilbert and others will pro- ; vide the meeting with sbme ; fast driving. •S’ •!• -s- ! The death of Mr D. L. ; Bowden will be greatly ; mourned by members of the ! Ashburton Car Club. For i many years, Mr Bowden had ; been a member of the club ’ and had competed enthusi iastically in numerous rallies. ;In 1957 he won the club’s ). first West Coast trial, and was a well-known adminisi trator. He was a public ac- ; countant in Ashburton.

llllllillllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllliuir. Driving showers of rain and ; bitterly cold conditions were ! braved by Ohly a small entry I of drivers in the Ashburton | Car Club’s standing quarter- ; mile speed event, held last • Saturday on the Longbeach road. Times were not par- ] ticularly good, since the cars ; were only timed one way-and ; had to contend with a strong 1 south-easterly wind. The ! best performance of the day ! was by B. T. Whyte (T.R.3), ; who recorded 18.955ec, 18.9 sec ; and 18.85 sec on three consecu- ' tive runs. The fastest of the ' saloon cars was G. Dolan’s ! Sunbeam Rapier with a time ' of 23.1 sec. B. Lloyd (Zephyr) made two runs of 23.255ec ■ and 23.155ec. 4Heavy rain which ’ fell last Saturday made the eight-hour rally held by the Forces Motoring Club ; more of a mud ! bath than a i . motoring com»petition. Only ; two cars fin- \ ished the i course, and ; the winner was M. A. White-Johnson driving a I Citroen I.D. 19 WhiteJohnson has been the most successful Canterbury rallyist in recent months, having also had a good win in the gold star rally held by the Canterbury Car Club in October. Second place in the rally on Saturday was taken by N. J. Mahoney (Volkswagen). <■ 4- 4As a result of their achievements over several years and, particularly their win in this year’s Liege-Rome-Liege rally, the two British women drivers, :; Pat Moss and Ann Wisdom ’; have been awarded the Guild : i of Motoring Writers Driver of I; the Year trophy. This is the ;; first time the trophy has been ; ’ won by rally drivers, women ■ i drivers, and won jointly. 4- 4“ 4" ; > * n The Formula Junior Lotus i: which has been delivered to ! ;; Jimmy Palmer, aged 18, by the 1 ; Lotus factory, has - already 1 ; shown its paces. At Levin ; i recently it surprised the spec- ; u tators by its speed and cor- ; ;; nering ability. Powered by ! !; only a 998 C.c. Ford Anglia 1 with twin choke Weber ; ; ! carburettors, the car delivers ; l! an amazing 89 brake horse- ; i; power and gives over 130 ■ I; miles an hour. This car is a ! ;■ works machine, and Colin I Chapman, the head of the : u Lotus organisation, has given ; ;; Palmer the opportunity to ■ ;; drive It in order to prepare ! ;i him for the bigger single- 1 <! seater racers.