Bruce Turner wins side-car title

Press, 25 November 1980, Page 26

Bruce Turner wins side-car title

Bruce and Norma Turner flew around Ruapuna Park in great style to take the New Zealand side-car Grand Prix title on Saturday evening. . i Turner won five of the 20 heats, including the first, which! featured a spectacular crash involving Dave Hub'oer and Turn-;

recorded the fastest time of the night In the twelfth; heat. 81. S secs, and the pair fin-j ished up with maximum points for the event. Brian Reed and Chris Mulligan from Invercargill took second place and Dan Cosford of Wanganui finished third.

Results. — New Zealand side-car grand prix.—Heat one: B. Turner 1, B. Reed 2, J. Warwood 3. Heat two: F. Gillespie 1, W. Turner 2, R. Cunningham 3. Heat three: D. Cosford 1. M. Lock 2, R. Varcoe [3..Heat four: B. Chapman 1, A. I Mitchell 2, S. McAllister 3. Heat i five: B. Turner 1, Chapman 2 Cunningham 3. Heat six: Reed 1, Lock 2. W. Turner 3. Heat seven: Cosford 1, Gillespie 2. Heat eight: H. Jones 1, D. Hunner 2, McAllister 3. Heat nine: B. Turner 1,

■ Cosford 2, W. Turner 3. Heit : ten: Reed 1, Varcoe 2, Cunning* i ham 3. Heat eleven: Jones 1, Mitchel! 2. Heat twelve: Gillespie 1. i Chapman 2, Rubber 3. Heat thirteen: B. Turner 1, Gillespie 2, ! Varcoe 3. Heat fourteen: Reea 1, I Cosford 2, Jones 3. Heat fifteen: •Cunningham 1, Lock 2, McAlllsiter 3. Heat sixteen: W. Turner 1. .Heat seventeen: B. Turner 1, •Jones 2, Lock 3. Heit elghten:; ißeed 1, Gillespie 2. Heat nine'teen: Chapman 1, W. Turner 2,1 Varcoe 3. Heat twenty: Cosford 1, Hubber 2, Cunningham 3. i Solos.—Heat 1 one: M. Brown 1,, A. Crcsble 2. Heat two: Q. Rodes 1, Brown 2, M. Pavitt 3. | TQs. —Heat one: R. Sladen 1, R. t Galt 2, A. Duthle 3. Heat two: Sladen 1, Duthle 2, D. Smith 3. | Midget cars.—Heat one: J.I McKitterick 1, G. Roxburgh 2. A. : Palmer 3. Heat two: N. Chandiet : 1, A. Palmer 2, R. Jordan 3. il Sprint ■ cars.—Heat one: S.l Everett I. T. DemOcks 2, A. Sal--: ter 3. Heat two: Democks l,ii Everett 2. i