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TASMAN ROUND TWOMC RAE'S LEVINby David Lang, Auto Action Tasman roundsmanWELLINGTON, (NZ) Saturday, Jan. 15 -Graham McJbe won the 75-mile second round of the Tasman Championship at Levin today, in a dramatic race of changing fortunes that saw Frank Gardner walk away unhurt from a 100-mph crash and Mike Hailwood grab a one point lead in the series.McRae, in devastating form on his home circuit in his Leda GMI, lapped everyone in the 16-car field except his arch rival Frank Matich, who was runner-up in his Repco-Matich 39.6 seconds behind at the finish.Hailwood took third place in his Surtees TSSA after being gathered in on the final lap by the flying McRae. Gardner's crash on the ninth lap of the 63-lap race was a serious setback to his championship chances after his great start to the eight race series at Pukekohe last Saturday, when he won the nineteenth New Zealand International Grand Prix after McRae, the fastest qualifier, was temporarily sidelined with a broken gearchange linkage.The damage to his Lola T300is so extensive that the luckless Gardner. now seems likely to miss the two remaining races in New Zealand, at Christchurch next Saturday and Invercargill the following Saturday.At last report, Gardner was sending his badly battered car to Sydney for a rebuild in readiness for the Australian half of the series next month.With McRae in such good form and Matich's car becoming more and more competitive through further development work, the veteran Australian driver's prospects of corning back to win the championship seem fairly remote.But after today's race of reversals, anything is likely to happen in the championship in which there are still six races to be run.Gardner's misfortune though, has enhanced McRae's chances of retaining his Tasman title, for the 31-year-old New Zealander has certainly emerged as the fastest contender in this year's series. Given reliability, as well as luck, he could be hard to toss from here on.As at Pukekohe, McRae started from pole position at Levin after putting in the fastest practice lap of 43.9 seconds - 96.35 mph - for the tight, twisting 1.175-mile track.This was only a ten.th of a second inside his previous lap record of 44 seconds set in last year's race, which he led from start to finish.Matich, whose car had been considerably modified after Pukekohe - with a revised rear subframe carrying smaller 13 in. wheels and new front suspension uprights - was second fastest at 44.2 seconds, followed. by Gardner, who recorded 44.3 seconds.PRACTICEUNOFFICIAL PRACTICE at Levin opened under leaden skies on Thursday afternoon, with all the top contenders turning up to get in some familiarisation laps.McRae soon got into the groove, despite the fact that his car was still on its Pukekohe suspension settings and emerged fastest on 43.8 seconds.Gardner was only a whisker slower at 43.9 after desc rib in g the circuit as "rough as guts."Hobbs managed a creditable 44.6 at his first look at Levin, although his car was overgeared and required different roll bar settings.Matich turned in 44. 7 and came in complaining of grabbing brakes. He took his car away to replace the front discs, which had been ground at Auckland earlier in the week but still had high spots.Like everyone else, he had been caught by surprise by the competitiveness of McRae's car at Pukekohe and decided to fit the new 13 inch rear wheels which he had made up on the eve of the championship. These result in less unsprung weight and also cut down on wind resistance.Fitting them involved changing the whole rear suspension geometry, a job which took nearly three days to carry out.Hailwood came down to 44. 7 after upping the gearing on the royal blue Surtees, which featured a couple of minor changes, including magneto instead of coil and distributor ignition, from Pukekohe.Bartlett, running in new engine bearings, a new differential crownwheel and pinion, was quite content with 45.5.Pilette and Stewart were next fastest on 46 and 46.5 respectively, Stewart doing only a few laps before running out of fuel and finding that the BP racing service had not turned up at the circuit as expected.Yesterday's official practice was divided into four sessions, the first of which was virtually eliminated because of rain.Few drivers risked the damp track, especially after noticing how uncomfortably close the new 4200ft. long wire safety fence was to the road.McRae was fastest in the second session, at a neat 44, followed by Gardner, whose 44.3 was to stand as his quickest official lap of the day.Gardner had a nasty moment when he nudged Baron Robertson s Brabham in the main straight.A tiny alloy spoiler under the Lola's tapering nose was torn off, otherwise there was no damage.Hobbs did a neat 45, while Hailwood repeated his Thursday time of 44.7 Matich clocked 45.1 and complained of tailiness.Bartlett spun off twice in quick succession and then found that the left front ball joint on the top suspension pick up point had pulled off.McRae failed to improve on his earlier time in the third session, which produced a record number of spins because of oil at the sharp right hand corner leading into pit straight.Noyes spun in practically every lap at various points around the circuit due to overdriving and lack of concentration, while Cooper, McCormack Gardner and Oxton were also off the road without damaging their cars.The fourth and final session saw McRae claim pole with 43.9. Matich, who had failed to appear in the third session, came right back into contention in the closing stages.The timekeepers had him third fastest at 44.6, but a protest from his pit subsequently saw him awarded the remaining front row place alongside McRae at 44.2.Gardner had picked up a lot of oil on his Goodyear G26s and could not improve on his earlier time.Hailwood stayed on 44.7 while Pilette was credited with 44.8, a time that he personally doubted but was quite happy to accept.Hobbs and Bartlett both clocked 45, while McCormack, benefiting from the competition in NZ, got down to a highly respectable 45.2.HAILWOOD HITS POINTS LEADGARDNER CRASHES ■ OUT NZ ROUNDS
