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ALLAN MOFFAT● AT LAST l'M BACK in Melbourne, it seems for the first time since early November. But it won't be for long since we're off to Manila in a few days to race our Escort in the Manila Grand Prix there on January 29 and 30.I passed through Manila on my way to New Zealand before Christmas to look at the track and meet some of the press there with the help of Ford Philippines.The Filipinos are tremendous motor sport fans.The Manila GP is the final event in a kind of twoweek motor sport festival.They're lining up a few Australians with a South African and an American against their good local drivers and the weekend will be exciting 1f nothing else.With John Leffler from Sydney having won the event last year. they think a lot of the Australian drivers.● AFTER NEW ZEALAND'S Bay Park meeting on December 28, my wife and I took off for a brief holiday around the fantastic North Island, while Wally Wilmott took the car on to Auckland for the Pukekohe meeting. We stopped off at Rotorua and a place that sounded like Lake Waikickamoocow before heading back to Auckland. Ford New Zealand kindly lent us a Cortina two-litre GT which is not available in Australia.● THE PUKEKOHE meeting was as enjoyable as Bay Park. We had practice on Thursday and were able to take a lap record and pole within five laps.The fine weather. hundreds of really enthusiastic spectators and the atmosphere of a big time meeting were all conducive to good driving.On Friday while the Tasman boys were practising I took the opportunity to catch up on a bit of pit gossip to prepare myself for helping out with a TV commentary on the main race the following day.Pukekohe is similar to our Sandown track.It's a fast curcuit with long straights and a couple of fairly tight ends.We had two eight-lap events. The first was uneventful for me. With the help of pole and the absence of a white Mustang breathing down my neck we got the start and made the finish in front.But the second event was not so easy.A punctured tyre Just before the race meant c1 delay. We were last out and managed the back of the grid just before the one minute board went up: thanks to Frank Mat1ch aod the Goodyear crew. Off the grid there's about 200 yards of track before a sweeping right hander and fairly hard left hander very similar to the top corner at Calder.But luckily there is plenty of paddock'Halfway through the right hander a Mustang 1n front spun 1n m1d-f1eld .. Fortunately no-one hit but closing fast I was forced to go cross country with Brian Foley behind the crash barrier and flag marshals and all!By the time I had rejoined the track some 300 or 400 yards further around. the first six or eight cars. which had been 1n front of the mix, were half a lap 1n front.I'm not giving any secrets away to say from then I was at it! I drove as hard as I have for some time and the Mustang did her bit by never missing a beat. In front were three Camaros. Paul Fahey·s Mustang, another one belonging to Dexter Dunlop and some smaller cars.You have to pick your passing spots fairly carefully at Pukekohe. I managed to pick up most of the field within four laps with Dennis Marwood in the Camara and Paul Fahey still in front.With three laps to go I thought we could do it so it proved under brakes on successive laps at the end of the long back straight.● IMMEDIATELY AFTER my _race I was carted off to a small TV van where in company with an NZBC sports caster I watched the main event. Graham McRae was unlucky.He scorched through practice and as Frank Gardner said on the day, McRae's achievement in building a car so well, to go so fast. so quickly, is tremendous.But it was Frank's race from the early laps and he never really looked in danger of losing.But watch Max Stewart during the remaining Tasman races. He is the dark horse. I've always admired his style.And as far as the fatal accident is concerned I think it is premature to comment when so little fact about the actual circumstances of the crash 1s available.There was considerable comment 1n New Zealand and Australia at the time about the safety of the track.I wish I could remember who 1t was who told me once in Europe:"With man the way he 1s and racing machines the way they are. the safest track in the world will always be capable of producing a fatal accident".