Pit Stops
Provisional results of the R.A.T.E.C. Autumn Lupp Cup rally place the R.A.T.E.C. team first in the team results, with a University Motor Club team second and a Canterbury Car Club team third. The overall winner was P. Watson (Mini) and R. A. McKenzie (Cortina) was second. # ♦ #
When Jackie Stewart won the Australian G.P. at Sydney he was using a new type of Dunlop racing tyre which has an all-weather synthetic rubber tread. The tyres were developed especially with BR.M. in mind. * * *
The new rear-engined Alfa Romeo sports-racing prototype was wrecked at Monza recently when it crashed during testing. « « *
A modified Ferguson four-wheel drive system has been designed for 8.R.M., which plans to build an H-16 four-wheel drive formula one car. # # #
A new twin-cam racing head for Hillman Imps has been announced in London by the Nathan company. With fuel injection the twin-cam engine is said to produce about 130 b.h.p. An Imp with a twin-cam engine may be entered for Le Mans.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31315, 10 March 1967, Page 11
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