TOURIST CAR RACE.
AN EXCITING FINISH. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 16. The Isle of Man light-weight 'tourist motor car trophy race of 264 miles in seven laps, attracted 21 competitors. It was won by. Johnson, and supplied the most exciting finish ever witnessed. The time was 4h 23m 16s. Ghesi, of Italy, who made the first lap a course record for his class of machine, did it in 35m 495, representing 63 miles an hour. He finished second with 4h 23m 365. The winner's average was over 60 miles an hour. — (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 7
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