Cameron last in series

Press, 9 December 1983, Page 26

Cameron last in series

NZPA staff correspondent Macau It was a case of the right place, the right time, but no horse to take him anywhere, for the New Zealand driver, Robert Cameron, who finished a disappointing last in the standings after the first night of the world drivers championships in Macau on Wednesday evening.

Instead, the local hero, Du Wayne Guest, originally from Canada, soared away to an impressive 23-point lead from his nearest rival, Steen Juul, of Denmark, after the first four heats of the 14-race, three-day championships. “He’ll be hard to beat after that,” said Cameron.

Although Guest, who knocked up 47 points with three wins and a seventh in the four races in the eight-driver contest, was well ahead, the rest of the field had only seven points separating them. All the drivers indicated the horses at Macau, which was hosting the championship for the first time, were of a quality diplomatically described by some as “average” and others as “mediocre.”

However, as a test of driving skills, Cameron said the horses and the excellent Macau Trotting Club complex at Taipa Raceway could not be faulted.