Riley honoured
! NZPA staff correspondent | London! The New Zealand racing; driver, Brett Riley, has won! | one of the top awards in; I British motor-racing for his I performances during the last British Formula Three sea-1 Ison. I The 25-year-old Auckland ■driver was given the Grove-! ■wood award — with a $925: cheque — for his results in an uncompetitive, privatelyentered car early in the season, and for the way in which he boosted the British Leyland Unipart team after joining the team late in the season. Another New Zealand; driver, 17-year-old Mike; Thackwell, received a special I $lB5 commendation for his II
performance in British For mula Ford races. Riley said he was “quite confident” about his pros pects in the coming New Zealand International For mula Pacific Series. “Generally we should be ; lot better organised than las, time. The car is alreadt there and hopefully I shouk be able to start testing ii more or less as soon as 1 arrive, whereas last year ii was still on the boat at this stage,” he. said yesterday. Boxing.—The American. Mik< Rossman, making, his first de fence of the World Boxing Asso ciation light heavy-weight title methodically pounded the Italian Aldo Traversaro’s, face into ; mass of cuts and bruises unti the referee stopped their matcl in the sixth round at Philade
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