AT ISLE OF MAN RACES
MAGNIFICENT RIDING
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) ■ .-."■■ LONDON,. 18th June. Terrific speeds characterised the Isl« of Man tourist trophy races, demon* strating the remarkable advance made in the motor-cycle engine. A, hundred thousand people t a thrilled by, the magnificent riding of tho Irishman Alec Bennett, who smashod all records and averaged 75 miles per hour. for 264 miles. His cornering was so accurate that his machine never fal-. tered. ' ': : .
Stanley Woods, last year's ' winner, beat the record for the course circuit in the second lap and beat it again at thoi seventy-first. Competitors could notcope with Woods's terrific riding. He : passed a score of riders in three lapsas he dashed jlown the mountain, bnty at the hundredth lap he stopped owingi to clutch trouble. , ~
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 9
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