RACING MOTORS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 18, 23 January 1933, Page 12

RACING MOTORS.

I HENNING'S SPEEDWAY. | . SEASON'S FIRST MEETING. Those ivho watched the motor car raccs at Jlanfeere on Saturday afternoon -were, in their way, more fortunate than the drivers, for a steady wind blew the dust across the track instead of up the hill. Along the straight, the cars had a beam wind, and the drivers were able to sec their way, but on the bends they were driving blindly through dense clouds of dust. This gave the limit men a great advantage, as they had a clear track ahead, and hid themselves in a cloud. Despite the unsafe conditions, both motorists and motor cyclists recorded very good times, the two wheelers lapping generally at 70 m.p.h. and over. In the Brooklands Handicap. Geo. Smith, driving his lioosevelt, nearly came to grief trying to maintain his speed through a cloud of dust on the corner leading out of the straight. He was seen to shoot up the bank and stall, but he got his engiue going again and completed the distance, though the delay cost him a place. The racing throughout the afternoon was exciting. There were several close finishes for second and third places. A special challenge race between the Riley (Dexter), the Bugatti (Edwarda) and the Austin (Grierson) provided the best racing of the afternoon. After the race was over, Dexter decided to do another lap,, but got into a bad slide coming into the straight and crashed in front of the judge s box. • His car missed three men by inches. Dexter was not hurt. Results were :— Novice Handicap, 5 Laps.—T. ButlSi(Morris Minor), 30s, 1; W. 11. Hillson (binger), 20s, 2; L. C. Driver (Triumph), 20s, 3. Time 7.20 1-5. Motor Cycle Handicap, 5 Laps.—J. Jordan, 40s, 1; C. Kirkby, 30s, 2; L. V. Perry, 255, 3. Time 0.20. Eyston Handicap, 5 Laps.—R. M. Grierson (Austin), scr, 1; W. H. Hillson (Singer), 40s, 2; T. Butler (Morris Minor), 00s, 3. Time G. 27 1-0. Brooklands Handicap, 5 Laps.—W. H. Hillson (Singer), 50s, 1; R. M. Grierson (Austin), 15s, 2; It. E. Hemus (Austin), 00s, 3. Time 0.40 4-0. Sportsmanjs Handicap, 5 Laps.—R. E. Hemus (Alto Austin), ,15s, 1; G. Log.ln, (Wolselcy Hornet), 20s, 2; T. Butler (Morris Minor), 30s, 3. Time C.3S 3-5. Consolation Handicap, five laps.—A. Dexter (Riley) 1. A. Jamieson (Singer) 2, T. Cooper (Bugatti) 3. Time, 6.25. Motor Cycle Handicap (live laps).—L. Vinall (Velocctte), 20s, 1; W. Marett (8.5.A.),' 20s, 2; M. Aicken (Douglas), 15s, 3. Time, 5.58 4.5. . Earl Howe Handicap (three laps).—C. Edwards (Bugatti), 3s, 1; R. M. Grierson (Roycroft's Austin), 9s, 2; A. Dexter (Riley), scr,. 3. Time, 3.42 2-5. Special Challenge Race.—A. Dexter (Riley) 1, "R. M. Grierson (Austin) 2, C. i Edwards (Bugatti)'3.

- CYCLING.

AUCKLAND AMATEURS. First-class conditions prevailed for the club's two races.lield on Saturday at Lynndalo sports ground. The track was fast, but very dusty, and some good racing resulted. In the mile and a lialf there were 10 starters, several of whom fell. The field bunched in the fourth lap, but a new rider, C. Torter, led out fast at the bell and won by about 20 yards. Itesult:— C. Porter, 200 yds 1 8.. Crocker, 160 yds 2 L. Philips, 220 yds 3 Time, 3.37. There were nine starters in the two miles and'a half. It. Craig, the virtual scratch man, off 75yds, caught, the' leaders with four laps to go, and in a close finish Porter got in by a length, with a tyre between Carr and Craig for second. A medal donated by Mr. B. Mudford was the trophy for first place in this race. Result: C. Porter, 220 yds .. l D. Carr, 160 yds 2 H. Craig, 75yds 3 Time, 6.15. In a series of one-lap match races, W. Crocker bent K. Moshlem, R. Craig beat C. Porter, and L. Philips beat L. Coombes. The three winners met, and W. Crocker, getting, away to a better, start than the others, led R. Craig and L. Philips in in that order.

MANUKAU AMATEURS.

Twenty-nine cyclists contested the onemile cycle handicap decided by the Manukau Amateur Cycling Club at the Pupatoetoe Stadium on Saturday. one-miler resulted as : follows: First heat: W. J. Sharp (85yds), 1 ; E. I, G. Hughes (65yds), 8; R. G. Foubister h'v Cr i,;,if , C ? el ,li, nI < 3 °F dß )> 4 - Won by half a wheel. Time, 2.14 4-5 Second Y' SP'tf (HOyds), 1; C. Civil (110 yds), 2: W.Borland (130 yds), 3; E. S| Jlo " is (90yd.s) 4. Won by a length. ?' 13 Third heat: G. P. Clark (20yds), l; O. White (00yds), 2; A. J. Dickey (3uyds), 3; K. N. Clark (SOvds), 0.. hj' half a length. Time! r. y, 1' inai: E. E. G. Hughes (Mamikau), 7A p. Morris (Papatoetoe), 2; O. White (Papatoetoe), 3; H. W. Smith (Manukau), 4. Won by one length. Time, 2.12. An interesting series of sprint races over two laps resulted as follows :—First race: ?' Hr \I W " 9 lark -J- G. Morris ™ r « '-J 55 , 3 " Ss - Second race: ,T. W. Tmp ri d'r 1, 2 ' s - G - Webster 3. Time, ol 4-5s third race: R. r,. Francis 1, I. C. Bellini 2, S. E. Pinfold 3. Time, ? ( f ourtll race: H. W. Smith 1, H. J. Collins J, Keith 3. Time, 55 2-ss. u ? the-one-lap sprint races J. W. Clark beat S. G. \\ebster in 23 3-ss, and E. F. Raper beat E. It. Hansen in 24 l-ss. A one-mile pursuit race between S. G. Webster and J. H. McLachlan and H. ,T. Collins and I/. M. Nicholson resulted in a win for the'first-named pair, who covered b^jfss 0 " * ' )ea " n ® their opponents Miss V. Baird made an attempt on her rpcord for the flying start, one mile, paced effort, and succeeded in clocking 2.34 2-5 thus bettering her previous record by 9 l-ss!

WHAKATANE CLUB.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHAKATANE, Saturday. The Whakatane Cycling Club held its weekly meeting last evening. Results:— One Mile Cycle Handicap.—J. Whitten (scr.) 1, O. Doncaster (85yds) 2, R. Har--3' here were 14 riders and all finished in a bunch. Time, 2.27 2-5 Two Mile Cycle Handicap.—E. Wilson (160 yds) 1, S. Doncaster (150 yds) 2, R. Harland (160 yds) 3. Time, 5.8 2-5. The miss-and-out scratch . race for B grade riders was won by R. Harland, -with b ',i? oncastcr secon< J and R. Benton third. Women's Race.—P. Fleming (05y'ds) 1 G. Doncaster (05yds) 2, A. Wilson (17yds) RUNNING EVENTS. 100 yds Handicap.—G. Oswald (11yds) 1 D Bridgcr (llyds) 2, S. Pyne (Byds) 3 There were 14 starters. 440 yds Handicap.—b. Grose (30yds) and (32yds) *3. r (4 ° yds) cqua1 ' 1 J Payne