SPEEDWAY THRILLS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 305, 26 December 1944, Page 6

SPEEDWAY THRILLS

BIG CROWD AT STADIUM Midget car and motor cycle racing provided many thrills for several thousand spectators .at Western Springs Stadium on Saturday night. The results Were:— : . ■ ... CARS Time Trials.—R. Crowther 22 3-ss, S. Armstrong 265. Stadium Handicao (4 laps).—First heat: S. Armstrong (limit) 1, M. Butler (10yds bhd) 2. L. Powell (20yds bhd) 3. Time, 1.24. Second heat: H. McKenzie (20yds bhd.) 1, J. Carter (40yds bhd) 2, J. Malcolm (60yds bhd) 3. Time, 1.37 4'5/ Final: J. Carter 1, Armstrong 2, McKenzie "3. Time, 1.36. Invitation Stakes (6 laps).—R. Crowther 1, J. Carter 2, T. Sutherland 3. Time. 2.20 1-5. Consolation Handicap (4 laps, for N. H. Dixon Cup).—First heat: J. Malcolm (40yds bhd) 1, M. Hughes (50yds bhd) 2, J. Morris (10yds bhd) 3. Time, 1.36 4-5. Second heat: L. Powell (20yds bhd) 1. R. Sutherland (30yds bhd) 2, R. Anderson (30yds bhd) 3. Time, 1.35 1-5. Final: J. Morris 1, R. Sutherland 2, M. Hughes 3. Time, 1.39. Feature Race (12 laps, for W. Mattson Cup).— M. Hughes (40yds bhd) 1, R. Crowther (80yds bhd) 2, J. Morris (limit) 3. Time, 4.55. MOTOR CYCLES . Christmas Handicap (4 laps).—First heat: R. Seed (55yds bhd) 1. G. Stewart (10yds bhd) 2, G. Mudgway (45yds) 3. Time, 1.30 3-5. Second heat: H Falls (55yds bhd) 1, D. Molr (syds bhd) 2, N. Morgan (40yds bhd) 3. Time. 1.37 2-5. Final: Seed 1, H. Falls 2, Stewart 3. Time, 1.29 1-5. Summer Handicap (4 laps).—First heat: G. Mudgway (40yds bhd) 1, H. Falls (60yds bhd) 2 G. Stewart (20yds bhd) 3. Time, 1.34 1-5. Second heat: R. Seed (70yds bhd) 1, D. Moir (limit) 2, P. Clarkson (limit) 3. Time, 1.29 4-5. Final: Seed 1, Falls 2, Mudgway 3. Time, 1.35.