SPEEDWAY RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 17, 21 January 1939, Page 21

SPEEDWAY RACING.

j JiECORDS MAY CRASH TO-XIGHT. j | With competition increasing with each : lt ,K expected that records wUI Snecdww eV f Ulng at the We «tern Springs .w y !' e " onco ;l ?ain the Englieh Anieiican, Australia and New Zealand 1 nidget-car drivers will clash in a series of match races. Spurred on by their eailier defeats at the hands of the Aniet'i- 1 tans and Australians, the New Zealand di i\ era have made considerable improve- 1 nents to their cars and their driving now ' . Tl l o e is°l l Hl P; V W, , th that of the victors. I witl P !| ?, L ' lloose among them and on with I""'® f POed W be,u ? cracked on. ith daring driving all the wav. I ha» been intense amone the • spectators as the cars hurled in a bunch i 1 j corners, tyres screaming in the I skids and the cinders rising. The arri- : ,j° f t' l6 English champion, Bill Rev- ! aivf 8 ' ° 18 world 's records, has 8 \f n i , ded ' m P etu s to the competition "I uru' 1 ? 8 been P resse d to the limit to establish his superiority. Again this evening he will be meeting the Americans. Lmdskog and Richter, as well as the Wylie brothers and Arch Tuckett, and exciting races sh6uld develop \vitli the international rivalry at itw height. The niotor cycle broadsiders will also be cracking on the pace and their races, as usual, will be among the major attractions at I the speedway. i_-_ »