MOTOR-CYCLING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22388, 29 April 1938, Page 18

MOTOR-CYCLING

CORSAIR CLUB

MINIATURE T.T. AT HALKETT DURING WEEK-END

Through' the generosity of Mr W. Guiney, the club is holding a miniature T.T. on his property at Haikett during the week-end. The course, which is seven-tenths of a mile long is fairly smooth, and some good speeds have been recorded in the past. Scratch races and handicap events for visitors and club members will be held. The route to the course will be marked with blue and gold streamers from the Yaldhurst road onwards. A party of riders will leave the depot at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, and proceed under control to Haikett. >

CANTERBURY AUTO-CYCLE CLUB

Members are reminded that post entries will be received tor the novelty afternoon to be held to-mor-row. Classes for both solo and pillion riders have been arranged, and competitors are asked to meet at Victoria square at 2.15 p.m. The Experts’ and Invitation Sporting Trial, to be held on Sunday week, is

arousing considerable interest among trials enthusiasts. The course will be approximately 100 miles through the North Canterbury district. Many special tests will be held, including water splashes, observed sections, road hill climb, stop and restart, and brake tests. Entries close at the motor shops at 9 p.m. on -Friday, May 6. ' Arrangements for social evenings, dances, and lectures during the winter months are being made, in addition to excursions to Lake Rubicon, Lewis Pass, and Mount Harper for winter sports. . Gymnasium* classes for members will commence at the Toe _ H gym* nasium next month, and intending participants are asked to get in touch with members of the sports committee.

PIONEER MOTOR CLUB

Voted unanimously one of the most successful Social and sporting fixtures held by thft Pioneer Motor Club during the year, the camp at Le Bons Bay last week-end was the occasion of several novel sporting and social features. The dance on Saturday evening -was attended by a large number from many parts of Banks Peninsula, and the broadcast social evening held m Duvauchelle on Sunday also proved a novel and very successful part of the programme. Sporting events held on Sunday included a gymkhana and a road hill-climb over an exceptionally good course. Results of the sporting events were as follows: — - ' ' . . Hill Climb—3so c.c.: F. Pierson, Imm 28 l-ssec, 1; J. Lang and W. Alexander, Imin 29 3-ssec (equal), 2. 500 c.c.: B. Wisely, Imin 24sec, 1; M., McClurg, Imin 26 l-ssec, 2; N. Harris, Imin 30 sec; 3. „ . , Local Riders’ Class—B. Corngal, Imifi 39 4-ssec, 1; B. O'Connell, Imin 41 3-ssec, 2; R. Kingston, Imin 43 3-5 sec, 3. Hurly-burly—F. Pierson 1, N. Harris 2. W. Alexander 3. Clock Serpentine—B, Wisely 1, N. Harris 2, F. Pierson 3. Blindfold Test —D. MacMillan 1. Straight Serpentine—N. Harris 1, B. Wisely 2.

POLICE ESCORT RECORD BREAKER

Recently, an American test driver drove a new model car from Los Angeles to New York in the record time of two days and four hours. It is stated that the driver obeyed all the traffic laws, and was escorted through many of the cities along the route by motor-cycle police. The run was nonstop except for fuel replenishments, and one 55 minutes’ halt in Oklahoma for mechanical adjustments. The greatest difficulty the driver experienced was to adjust himself to the sudden climatic change, when, within ,an hour, he drove from the floor of Death Valley, 117 feet below sealevel, to 5800 feet above, at Prescott, Arizona. Fuel consumption ranged between 18 and 22 miles a - gallon over the whole run.