Motor-Cycle Racing Top-Class Entry For Halswell Moto-Cross

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 21

Motor-Cycle Racing Top-Class Entry For Halswell Moto-Cross

Entries from practically every top-claas motor-cycle scramble riaer in the Dominion uavc been received tor New Zeala nd’a scramble classic—(he third Halswell 190 Giand National Moto-Cross—to be held al the Findlay’s Farm circuit on Sunday The meeting will embrace three ciasses. 230 c.c.. 350 c.c and 500 c.c machines. A 30<ap race will be neld tor each class F .Hawing these, a fivetap consolation race and a "15 lastest'' invitation event, also oi fiv< laps, will be held Included in the course, which is seven-tenths oi a mile long is a climb with a grade of one in three descents over almost vertical clay banks, a reasonab.y last front straight, and a tricay mud trap It is expected that each ol the 30-lap events will last tor about 45nun Fav ante tor both the 500 c.c ano 250 cc races is the Palmerston Ncrth rider. K Cleghorn, who last season beat T Gibbs the Australian champion, on two occasions Cleghorn will be riding a 500 c.c. A.J S-BSA machine in the main event, which he won last yeat and a DO 7 in the 250 c.c. event

Anothei strong contendei will be B Wetzel I Wellington > who has been selected by the New Zealand Auto-cycle Union to represent the Dominion In the Isle of Man races this year Wetzel won the 350 c.c event when the moto-cross was first held in 1961 C Shultz (Eketahuna) will be one of Cleghorn's chief rivals in the main race

He won Uns event in Ml. but tailed io start last year because oi engine trouble. Heading the South bland eniaes is J Miller ’ who represented the South Island last seaaun tn the jw c.c. ciass N Miller ißlenheim) a former South Island repiesenutiv- in the 35u c.c class O Boyce (Otemataia. 330 cc DOT) and C Shaw iDunedm. 500 c.c. J.API are also riders of cunsideiable talent. L Reynolds (Christchurch) a South Island representative, will be ndmg a 330 ex twin Jawa scrambler. the only machine of its Kind in the South Island Other Chiistcnurch entries include K McCleary 1500 c.c Matchless!. D Burns <250 ex. Cotton!. M But ei (500 c.c B.SAI. and N Currie ' square 250 c.c. Greevet). The winner oi the 250 c.c event last year. G „ T, !T- V .Palmerston North I and the winner of the 350 c.c class D Dorrell ‘Auckland), are both doubtful starters this year Fourteen entiles have been received for the 250 c.c class and 19 for the 350 c.c class