DIRT-TRACK RACING

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 56, 9 March 1929, Page 11

DIRT-TRACK RACING

, TO-NIGHT'S OPENING.

Competitors have'been assiduously practising the broadsiding art on the cinder track at the Kilbirnie Stadium, including the Australian riders, and have pronounced the track as first-class and in excellent condition for tho opening to-night.

The lighting;arrangements •-■were tried out last night, and they" Will be a revelation" to those ■who. attend the ■ stadium, which is brilliantly lit up . with 120,000 candle-power flood lights. To cope with the large crowd, a one-minute car service will run from Courtenay; place, and will stop right alongside; the. stadium. , The wide interest shown in' the sport is demonstrated by the requests for reserved seats which have been received from all parts of the North 'Island, and the box plan is just about full.. There is,plenty of room, however, as thestadium has seating accommodation for 12,000 spectators. The ground will be officially opened by Councillor M. P. Luckie, in the absence of his Worship the Major, and those arriving eitrly will be entertained by the Miramar Brass Band.