Perkins aggressive

Press, 20 January 1979, Page 6

Perkins aggressive

From JOHN FRIDD Larry Perkins will continue his battle to beat the Italian ace, Teo Fabi, in the Teretonga round of the New Zealand international Formula Pacific series today. Perkins flung his Wynn's March 778 aggressively around the Teretonga track yesterday to almost equal Fabia pollwinning time of 56.0 secs Perkins will start on the front of the grid alongside Fabi after recording a 56.1 sec practice lap yesterday, and should hit the lead when the flag drops in the first race today just as he did at Manfield last week-end. Fabi is notoriously slow away from a standing start but all the same Perkins is not confident about staying in front of the

diminutive Italian In tomor row’s races as Fabi ha« consist entiy beaten the veteran Aus traiian at the last three meet mgs. Fabi’s team was last nig hi working on his “ground-defects' March 79 to correct fuel feet problems. __Brett Alley ißentoktll Marcl '7B), the New Zealander nov racing out of England, was tht third-fastest at practice yester day with, a 56.25ec lap and th. fiery Australian, John Smill (Kalt) will start beside him the grid after a 58.4 sec lap ;i ! practice. , Next comes Jeff Wood (Unite. States, March 7KBi., on 56.75 e I and Eje Elgh (Sweden Mai cl 78B).