Third successive win for Higham

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33676, 28 October 1974, Page 14

Third successive win for Higham

A Christchurch driver,! B. Higham. has won “The Press’ ’-R.A.T.E.C. Alpine Trial for the third successive year. Higham lost only 638 points when he drove his Cortina from Belfast to Blenheim in the contest during the week-end. More than half his points came from missing two check points. Second was a crew of two,l L. H. Kerr and J. Achilles.! both of Christchurch, who! drove a Vauxhall. They lost 674 points. Only one of the 24 com-) petitors in the rally failed to I finish the course. He had great difficulty in navigating the course yesterday. This was the main fault of all the; • crews. Three-quarters of the distance was over tar-sealed roads. The cars travelled via the Leader Road to Kai- 1 koura where they stopped for lunch. They then navigated) the Redwood Pass into Blenheim where they took part in further competitions on Sunday. Only three of the competi-j tors were not from Christchurch. Two came from Wel-| lington and one from Grey-! mouth. The top 10 placings in the final results are as follows: — B. Higham (Cortina) 638 points lost, L. H. Kerr and J.| Achilles (Vauxhall) 674, G

Harrow (Cortina) 697, I. Cardwell (Mazda) 778, G. Balani (Vauxhall) 978, N. Cardwell (Triumph) 1115, R. Blair (Ford Anglia) 1142. G. G. Norquav (Mini Cooper) 1157, R. C. Hills (Toyota Corolla) 1372, F. R. Scott (Mazda) 1553.