DIRT TRACK RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 83, 9 April 1929, Page 15

DIRT TRACK RACING.

SECOND MEETING ARRANGED,

ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME FOR MANGERE.

SPEKDWAY IX BKTTKIS COXDITIOX

AVitli the speeiTway in much better condition t hut it was the lir.-i time that motor rat i s were held on Mr. (Ico. llenning's new dirt track at Mangere, and easier and better facilities lor the control of traftie, the meeting to he held bv the Muriwai Motor Jtacing Club, Ltd., next Saturday should be a big success. A most attractive programme lias been .arranged, including races for stripped cars, closed and touring cars, light cars ami motor cycles. The committee has decided that pressure feed will bo allowed on all cars, and the machines will bo treated as standard, so that faster racing should be seen. Several new cars will make their first appearance oil the new dirt track besides those who provided the thrills .at the last meeting, and the fields should he. even bigger and better than before. (Jill Howard will drive an KnglNh lientley, and Jsol> Wil-on, Auckland's champion driver, will lie seen in his famous yellow Stutz. A :;<)-!><> Prim-e Henry Va'uxhail will make it-- fir- t appearance, besides A. l{oye:oi:"> !' :iL ti. which i: • recently brought over from Au-tralia. All driver- who p/opo-e to enter -1; jiu I - aid cars are ad\i-ed to lit pn.:re fee.ls to their 1 ><■ n;.i::«• -y-ie':.-. for tile ordinary vacuum t;• nk system will n<7t tuiictioiL when the car-- are lull out. Since the la-!, meeting- 'lie track has been harrowed and graded, and the heavy rain- have i-on-oiidated the Mirl'ace, makii'g 't much i'a-tcr than was the ca.-e a couple of weeks ago. Arrangements for Parking. Profiting by the c\periclice of the first nireiin- elaborate arrangements have been inrde for the parking of cars at next V .-ports. Because ot traiiie c,.;-gt 4i• 11. thou-aiuK could -'>• t get admis-iou ia-t tin -. Next Saturday cars will be allowed to be driven into file ground- straight from fhe main Otr.huhu IJoaif. aiid better inlets and outlet- will lie made. the first race will be at I p.m. and there will be • n event every half hour, l'e-idcs tin eight :ace- arranged by the club, there will lie a. three lap cycle lace, and arrangements are being mad" with tlm Aue.'dand Aero < lub to have an exhibition of -unit flying by .Majors (ow per lid (.1 itl \\ ell, tho-e two brilliant p 11« i; --. It the Hireling is as .-uice-.-fn] n«xt Saturday as wa- the fir-t carnival of the sea.-on. the club will have every reason to congratulate itself. It wil'l probably be the la-t time races are seen on the new dirt track until next summer. Nom .il.; t ion- elo-ed \c-terdav ami tie- h il'd.i-e|is will 1.,. declared 'to-mor-row.