George Lazor, on his Jawa speedway motorcycle, leans into a corner at The Big Apple ice skating rink yesterday.
Lazor is one of six United States riders in New Zealand for a sixtest series. He has been riding speedway motorcycles for 11 years and
riding on ice for six years. Lazor was given the opportunity for unexpected ice racing practice at The Big Apple by the rink's manager, Mr John Mitchell, who is planning an international speedway event on the ice in August Spikes about 7mm long are placed on the bike's tyres
for grip in the indoor circuit. For outdoor racing, 4.3 cm spikes are used. More than 830 spikes are fastened to the rear wheel, and about 300 to the front wheel. Lazor and four others in the U.S. team are challenging New Zealand in the fifth speedway test at Rua-
puna Park this evening. The series is being organised by Ivan Mauger, a former world champion.
The final test in the series will be raced at Teretonga Raceway in Invercargill. New Zealand is ahead of the United States, three tests to one.
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