Pit Stops

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32879, 30 March 1972, Page 14

Pit Stops

> Ferrari is to supply [Dino V 6 engines to LanI cia for a new mid-engined car, the Stratos, which the flrm will enter in rallies. The engine will be ! mounted transversely. * ♦ * : The Daytona 500 was won by A. J. Foyt in a Mercury, the winning average speed of 161.55 m.p.h. being a new record for the 2.5-mlle banked track. Foyt led for 167 of the 200 laps. First nonAmerican finisher was V. Elford, of Britain, who : was tenth in a Plymouth [ after two punctures and running out of petrol. • • ♦ > The first gold star trial of the 1972 series, the ; Tisco Trial, will be started in Auckland on April 1 by the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon). The event, which will start with a braking and acceleration test, will cover 400 miles. There will be eight 1 [further gold star events ; during the season. * * * The 2.2-mile “long” cir;cuit at Pukekohe will be .used for the final rounds [of several championships [ at the Auckland Car Club’s [meeting on April 9. The > meeting will mark the [final rounds of the Bank [of New South Wales [saloon title, the Castrol > GTX production car title, • and the Formula Ford championship, which has [already been won by D. ;Oxton. * * *

University Motor Club membership is up by 30 per cent on the same time last year, and the club may soon have 300 mem- [ bers. There were 52 [entries for the club’s orientation trial and gymkhana recently, and the [ event was won by M. [.Milner (Humber 90) with a loss of only 6.2 points. The gymkhana was won by J. Raine (Escort 1600). • # # - A young British driver, D. Morgan, aged 27, upset predictions at the first event of the British For-, mula II championship by winning easily from "name” drivers, and that in an “old” Brabham 8T35. N. Lauda (March) was second, and C Reutemann (Brabham) third. • • -♦ M. Lyford (Mini Cooper S) won the University Motor Club’s autocross at West Melton recently, and M. Wood (Wolseley 1300) was second. There were 33 entries. * • ♦ Three Toyota Corollas have been entered in this year’s Heatway Rally by Consolidated Motor Industries. The crews will be C. Taylor and K. Foulkes, G. Carter and G. Brownlie, and I. Pemberton and S. Lachman. Last year a Corolla finished first in its class and seventh over-all.