CHRISTCHURCH SPEEDWAY

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25740, 28 February 1949, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH SPEEDWAY

M. HOLLAND RIDES WELL Superb riding .by M. Holland was the highlight of the dirt-track meeting held at Aranui on Saturday night. In addition to winning all five events, for which he entered, Holland made a successful attempt on the mile record for the track. His time was 82sec, which is 4-ssec better than that set by T. Redmond a week ago. Almost all of the evening was taken up by preliminary heats for the Canterbury championship, in which three groups of four riders, all riding from scratch, each ran in four heats ort a points basis. The* four top riders, Holland, Cunningham, Redmond (12 points) and Lamport (9), will take part in the final next week. During the fourth championship heat, an accident occurred in which both Hawkins and Rhodes came down. Hawkins fractured a collar-bone, and Rhodes, regarded as a leading contender for the championship, was also prevented from racing in later heats by a damaged machine. The visiting New South Wales tennis players were among the spectators. Results:— Four-lap record attempt (flying start) by M. Holland.—First lap, 20 2-ssec; second lamp, 20sec; third lap, 21sec; fourth lap. 20 3-ssec. Total, 82sec. Brighton Handicap.—First heat: Swarbrick 1, Ayres 2. Tolhurst 3; times—99 4-5 sec, 100 2-ssec. Second heat: Philp 1, Fabian 2, Thomas 3; times—97 2-ssec, 99 sec. Final: Philp 1, Swarbrick 2, Fabian 3; times—96 4-ssec. 97 4-ssec. Junior Scratch Race.—Philp 1, Ayres 2, Fabian 3: times—9l 4-ssec, 97 2-ssec. Canterbury Championship (points: first 3, second 2, third I).—First heat: Redmond 1, Rhodes 2, R. Moore 3; times—--91 3-ssec, 92 2-ssec. Second heat: Cunningham 1, Lamport 2, Randell 3; times—--94 4-ssec, 96sec. Third heat: Holland 1, McFarlane 2, L. Moore 3; times—Bs 4-5 sec, 90 4-ssec. Fourth heat: Redmond 1, R. Moore 2; times—92 4-ssec, 93 2-ssec. Fifth heat: Cunningham 1, Lamport 2. Brown 3; times—9l 4-ssec, 92sec. Sixth heat: Holland 1, McFarlane 2. L. Moore 3; times—9osec. 90 3-ssec. Seventh heat: A. Redmond 1, R. Moore 2; times—9l 2-5 sec, 91 4-ssec. Eighth heat: Cunningham 1. Lamport 2, Brown 3; times, 93sec, 93 3-5 sec. Ninth heat: Holland 1, De Joux 2, L. Moore 3; times. 89 l-ssec, 92 2-ssec. Tenth heat: Redmond 1, R. Moore 2; times—92 3-ssec, 93 2-ssec. Eleventh heat: Cunningham 1, Lamport 2, Brown 3; times —B6sec, 91 l-ssec. Twelfth heat: Holland 1. McFarlane 2, L. Moore 3; times—B9sec, 90sec. At the end of the evening a special event was held by the four men who will participate in the championship finals next week. This four-lap scratch race, which has no bearing on the championship, resulted as follows:—Holland 1. Redmond 2, Lamport 3; times—Bs 3-ssec,

88 4-ssec. Cunningham's motor-cycle broke down at the start of the race, and he took no part.