Pit Stops

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 9

Pit Stops

■ An attempt on the New J J Zealand land speed record ai i may soon be made by the J • North Island driver. L. J J Bulcraig, in his single- • i seater Aston Martin. The J • present record of 173 ■ J m.p.h. was set by the «. ■ Christchurch driver. M. Ji J Stanton, in the aero-engin- ii aed Stanton Special, and J • Bulcraig hopes to better J J 180 m.p.h. in his 3-litre • ' ■ car. » * » * a A British-entered MG B J • won the 5600-mile 84-hour a J Marathon de la Route at • • the Nurburgring. and a Lo- J J tus Cortina was second. Al- a! i though officially a rally, Ji • the event has for the last J J two years been held on the • ■ twisting German racing J • circuit, and is more in the ■; J nature of a long-distance «i • race. Three Tatras took J J fourth, fifth and sixth plac- ■ ' es and the team prize. A • •BM W. 1800 was third. J| J * St Sc J The first inter-club rally ■ • of the 1966-67 season, or- J • ganised by the Ellesmere J J Motor Club, will be held • •on September 17. The J J event will start at 7.15 p.m. ■ J from Market street, Lees- • • ton, and will cover between J J 100 and 120 miles. Timing • ■ will be by sealed watch J ■ and map S 93, 2nd edition. ( J 1963, will be required. The • • club says the event will J • be reasonably simple and ■ J over first-class roads. * a # * # ■ The first race has now J J been held on the big new i i racing circuit at Hocken- J • heim, near Mannheim, ( J West Germany. The sports i a car event was won easily J • by Porsche entries, which ■ J recorded an average speed • ■ of about 118 m.p.h. J »jc # ■ I [ The American driver, K. ■ a Miles, who with Denis J ■ Hulme, was second at Le a J Mans this year, was killed • a when testing a 7-litre Ford J J GT prototype in California a a recently. He was thrown J ■ from the car on a sharp J J bend. Miles, who was born • a in Britain, was co-driver J • of the Fords which won at J J Daytona and Sebring. •