TOURIST TROPHY RACE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22004, 30 January 1937, Page 14

TOURIST TROPHY RACE

A MATTSON’S SECOND WIN

CONTEST IN BAD WEATHER

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)

AUCKLAND, January 29

Postponed from New Year’s Day because of the dangerous condition of the track, the seventh New Zealand tourist trophy race was held under the auspices of the Auckland Motor-cycle Club at Waiheke in the worst weather yet experienced for the event. Rain was falling heavily when the first competitor, L. Sowerby, left the mark promptly at 1 o’clock, and it continued throughout the afternoon until the winner, A. Mattson, was flagged in two hours 22 minutes 35 seconds later. This was the second occasion on which Mattson has won the event.

Of the 16 competitors who faced the starter, only six completed the course. Considering the state of the weather, Mattson’s time, representing an average of approximately 50 miles an hour, compared very favourably with last year’s record for a 168-mile course of three hours four minutes 38 seconds, established by C. Goldberg. Mattson’s mount was a 500 c.c. Velocette.

The second rider to complete the 25 laps was A, Carlinson, on a 500 c.c. Norton, while the American “stunt” motor-cyclist. Putt Mossman, on a 500 c.c. J.A.P., was a popular third.