<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side one <&>7:05 although as we look further south because we're south of lancaster park er it looks like er things could lighten up a little bit but it's wet weather tyres for the cars that are lining up the eleven cars that are on the grid for the lady wigram trophy race a historic trophy a trophy with names on it that's like a who's who of world motor racing jack brabham jacky stewart jimmy clark bruce mclaren stirling moss jochen rin kecky rothburg roberta marino it's a fantastic trophy and it really is sought after and and recognised world wide so all the cars have the flicks on oh rather the er wet weather tyres on with flicks they'd be in trouble wet weather tyres on the thirty second warning board has gone up and the other sensation is that kenny smith had the fastest <.>qualifi or fastest lap time and was actually quicker than craig baird was in practice kenny in the race the earlier race today it means he <&>8:00 goes on to pole position and ken smith will start in pole position the cars are heading away now in their final warm up lap all on the wet weather tyres with a little red light showing so the drivers following in those big fishtails those curve the water to make them look like hydroplaning speed boats around the circuit as they disappear it's going to look like a er sort of a more like a power boat race than it will a er a motor race and it's similar to a race i called a few years ago at pukekohe a new zealand grand prix event and that was in torrential rain we've also had thunder and lightning here as well so the spray is everywhere around the track so kenny smith's on pole position his fast time one ten twenty eight compared to craig baird's one ten eighty five in practice so that's quite sensational stuff it's also a quite an endurance race as well because it's TWENTY SIX laps they disappear down the back the end of the runway at the wigram airport base they hook a left into the corner the hairpin that's created a lot of havoc today swallows there's been a lot of cars particularly in the <.>form <&>9:00 formula ford class off on that corner and it's down another long straight away and round a couple of kinks past the airport hangars and down to a loop a lefthand loop and under blackening skies the cars will come past there when they er did their warm up laps a few minutes ago craig baird's car came up and they actually jacked it up took off the engine cover and also took off the front cover as well and they were tinkering away in there i don't know whether he's got a problem or not but it's not normal for er the teams to do that unless there is some kind of problem so <.>i it could be er something for craig baird we see that paul radisich is back there they seem to have solved the problem he coasted across the line in the first heat the first er race earlier today won by craig baird with kenny smith second and julian westwood of great britain finishing in third place so the cars are through the loop under VERY black skies out towards the er the west and the southern alps <,> but out they come now kenny smith in his swift the ford powered swift on pole position and that's the first time we haven't seen craig baird on pole <&>10:00 position in this series and what a wonderful trophy what a wonderful race if kenny smith at the age of fifty one could win it and show the young guns craig baird's looking at his team and signalling there he doesn't seem to be a very happy chappie creeping up just a little bit he's in his right place now paul radisich is up to third fastest he got a very quick time and back on row four will be julian westwood at a wet lady wigram trophy race this historic trophy is about to be decided over twenty six laps of the wigram airforce base kenny smith moves forward slowly the light is red we just about have a start and they race kenny smith away craig baird gets a very very good start but has to slot in behind <,> kenny smith through the spray oh what terrible <.>ho terrific horrific driving conditions and it looks like craig baird has actually gone on the inside of kenny smith and craig baird what a great and <.>dro brave passing manoeuvre kenny smith down the back straight starts to get alongside him he's right there underneath him they are racing <&>11:00 wheel for wheel as they go down the runway down the back straight of wigram but craig baird will lead them into the first corner it's a very very tight corner where they hook back basically into first gear well that was a brave manoeuvre by craig baird with spray absolutely everywhere he got a good start he tucked in behind kenny smith and kenny smith moved over a bit to get a good line through the lefthand corner and craig baird just took him is craig baird going to make it six out of six it's reasonably steady rain here now at wigram as the cars come down towards the airforce building past the hangars craig baird leads kenny smith and the rest of the field after only one lap is starting to just spread out around this big airfield circuit disappearing past the control tower building now we'll catch them as they come round for the first time the lady wigram trophy race and we have a race ken smith is right behind craig baird what terrible conditions to be in <.>t to put up with all that spray craig baird's a happy man he's out in front he doesn't have to put up with spray from <&>12:00 cars behind the cars whip through there craig baird in first place kenny smith is next paul radisich is next then julian westwood back in fourth place we look for the next one and that is greg murphy with howie nuttall back behind greg murphy the spray metres in the air down the back straight as they go left swallows and on to this long long airforce runway and craig baird look at the power of the renard it just starts to pull away over kenny smith and craig er paul radisich is starting to make a move on kenny smith now but it's a long race it's twenty six laps and when they get to the er dying stages of that race then the tyres will start to wear because they are on the wet tyres so they wear a heck of a lot quicker than those flicks on a wet track looks like paul radisich might even be up to er <,> kenny smith and making that passing manoeuvre but craig baird is now going away from the rest of them and it looks like paul radisich might actually be up to second place paul radisich is up to second place kenny smith has dropped back to <&>13:00 third place with julian westwood actually now past kenny smith as well so westwood is up to er third place kenny smith could have a problem we don't know what what the problem is but he's certainly dropped right off the pace on that first lap they come around <&>13:05 <&>section by studio announcer not transcribed <&>13:25 well kenny smith has drifted back to fourth place after having pole position and getting away first but a very brave passing manoeuvre by craig baird at the first corner in heaps and heaps of spray and rain saw him take the lead and at one stage he was four seconds ahead of julian westwood who moved up through the field past paul radisich and started to climb on craig baird and now the gap is just over two seconds between craig baird and julian westwood the british formula three thousand driver in second place with paul radisich putting pushing westwood quite hard and ken smith back in <&>14:00 fourth place so at the halfway stage still a long way to go there's still light rain falling here the track is quite er wet and if you look over towards the west where the front's going to it's raining very very heavily there so different parts of the circuit this very big airfield circuit it's er wetter than others but still reasonably steady rain falling and craig baird a gap of two seconds just over two seconds ahead of julian westwood as they come around to complete another lap and i'll just put the stopwatch on them this time to see what the gap is and whether julian westwood has closed up and by the looks of it he has as they go through hook into the lefthand loop area craig baird comes through at the moment he's out to make it six wins from six starts and that's quite phenomenal westwood across now he's closed the lot is one point seven five seconds so julian westwood is closing on craig baird at the halfway stage of the lady wigram trophy race <&>14:47 <&>section by studio announcer not transcribed <&>15:03 still looking good but only by point six of a second we have a real motor race on our hands it's the closest that craig baird's had er pressure put on him all round so far this is the third round of the peter jackson series as they er streak down the short straight away towards the hangars and past the hangars craig baird is holding on to first place by point six of a second and sitting in second place is the british formula three thousand driver julian westwood who's driven a magnificent race to fight his way up past a couple of drivers and then get to within passing distance and a couple of times he almost did it but didn't quite have the legs and now he's this time round he'll have just two laps to try and get past craig baird and there's slower traffic too for craig baird as they er catch up with greg murphy and westwood is RIGHT there RIGHT on the tail of craig baird and craig baird knows that the gap is just point two of a second they're <&>16:00 racing on a dry circuit now the rain has stopped and julian westwood is pushing craig baird very very hard there's also a battle for third place because kenny smith is right behind paul radisich paul radisich holding on to third and kenny smith is pushing him REAL hard now paul radisich having the best drive so far as we look at the race leader craig baird going around down the long runway down the back straight of wigram more slow traffic westwood and baird both get past and julian westwood is RIGHT there two cars probably half a car length the distance between the two cars and there's really this time round only one more lap once they come past us this time there'll be the final lap of the lady wigram trophy and at this stage craig baird is on course to make it six wins from six starts and that's phenomenal it's quite a record and it really means he heads off to the new zealand grand prix next weekend at manfield in a strong points position for the <.>pois the peter jackson championship overall <&>17:00 for formula atlantic it looks like kenny smith may just have got past paul radisich too we'll confirm that as they sweep past the hangars here they come craig baird up to the loop at the very tight lefthander they slow right down baird gets er rather westwood gets RIGHT behind him kenny smith has passed paul radisich there goes craig baird he's on the home run this is where julian westwood has got to make the move it's back to point six of a second it's a real motor race for the lady wigram trophy this year kenny smith back up to third paul radisich is in fourth place they're the leaders although the third and fourth place getters are about five seconds behind the leaders as we watch our race leader craig baird in the renard the british designed race car out to make it six wins from six starts a phenomenal start to this lady wigram trophy race in awful conditions and he well took the bit <.>t between his mouth and just went for it and got a magnificent start and passed kenny smith in apPALLing conditions with spray being shot up by all the wheels of the cars and he figured that he had to get in <&>18:00 front there and then otherwise he'd be fighting to get past they come down half the circuit left to go for craig baird as the slower back marker it looks like julian westwood dropped off just a little bit now there's a lefthand sweeper that they go through and then it's down in front of the control tower at the airforce base around in front of the hangars we'll just wait for the white car of craig baird to come in front of the hangars comes around the control tower now and julian westwood is RIGHT there with him he's right behind him the spray's being shot up a little bit he's looking for an inside line if he's going to make a move he's PUSHING him almost he's right there but craig baird's going to do it there's absolutely nothing in it just probably one two car lengths craig baird wins the lady wigram trophy by point six of a second from julian westwood what a motor race kenny smith finishes in third place and across in fourth place paul radisich well a MARVELLOUS race and a very brave drive by craig baird a great start a brave move at the <.>far at the start of the race <&>19:00 he went in front and at one stage he was way up by three or four seconds and then westwood started to pull back lap after lap after lap and er came back at him in the last ten laps or so and just stayed within point six of a second and those last few laps he was just a car length or so behind but he couldn't quite do it but a very brave drive from the british driver julian westwood and craig baird maybe we'll have to watch him he gets better and better as the series moves north i think he'll have to keep his eye out for him the new zealand grand prix meeting at manfield next weekend kenny smith home in fourth place and paul radisich finishing behind kenny smith for fourth place kenny smith in third place paul radisich fourth <,,><&>5 rest of the markers coming back around the track now the great race during er that one too swallows between er greg murphy and er chris maxwell and they swapped places many many times and i think greg murphy probably came home next <&>20:00 in fifth place we'll have to wait for a confirmation of that i guess all eyes are really are on the er on the battle for first place but er the name of craig baird now joins the rest of those FAMOUS names on the lady wigram trophy names like jack brabham jacky stewart jimmy clark bruce mclaren stirling moss jochen rin and now the name of craig baird gets put on that trophy as well so craig baird winning the er lady wigram trophy race today raced at wigram with julian westwood JUST behind him in second place ken smith home in third and paul radisich finishing fourth <&>20:33