BROADSIDING

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1929, Page 6

BROADSIDING

DIRT TRACK RACES KILMISTER'S. GOLDEN HELMET LOCAL .-.SUCCESSES Dirt track racing .is evidently going a long way towards satisfying the demands 'of those who. appreciate spectacle and thrill. in sport. It is now being, conducted extensively in England and other, parts of the world, and here in. New Zealand it. has "caught on." Now in-its second season in Wellington, where' 'it was given its start-in .the'; Dominion, the new sport appears .to bo firmly established. Again on-"Saturday night; .there was. a great crowd at the Kilbirnie Stadium Speedway to seethe. niotqr-cyciists '' shifting .the. cinders/.''thp.attondance being es-timated-.-at : over .ten • thousand: The conditions -were good, and much exhilarating sport - was provided. The performances throughout p the meeting, : showed that the local competitors are : making :splendid headway in mastering-the: art of ibroadsiding There -■were-.;,: Australians-": and -• - Aucklanders among the..riders on: Saturday night but the principal. honours:, were' carried off by local--competitors. W. Kilmister was. again, in splendid form, and succeeded; in winning.: the Golden Helmet though :nofe- without-strong opposition trom C. E.M'Kenzie,:Whoso darincr riding added greatly to the-thrills of the evening's sport. Kilmister and M' Kenzie had_ a - very -stirring tussle until M Kenzie. was ..forced to withdraw through-a chain .breaking.. , Spills and mishaps, we.re : frequent before the issue was finally .settled, and these, of course made the. event even more .spectacular! M'trhee filled second-place to Kilmis--ter. . The. A'ucklanaers, W. Allen (who was. seen on the track last season) and A.. Mattson,-, did, not qualify for the final,of the Golden Helmet, one crashing and;, the . other- haying machine trouble. The Australians:were not-en-tered for the Golden Helmet, a condition being made-'that it would be for ■New. Zealand-riders only. A long series of, ..elimination contests was necessary in .the* Lyall- Bay Open Handicap, which was won by J. Law- (, U!f), with J. M'Kay (lOsec) second. ■ These two competitors showed remarkable -consistency throughout the event. They were first and second in the sixth heat, and were similarly placed in the third semi-final and in the second demi-semi-final, as. well as in the final. Kilmister and Tui Morgan went right through" to the "final, in which the tormer was handicapped through losing a boot, while Morgan struck trouble with his machine. Morgan,' however,' showed much improved form' in his races, and W. Harvie was another competitor who rodo impressively* TIMES IMPROVING. / Not a great deal was seen of the Australians Jimmy Datson started once only and then did not complete a lap Owing to machine trouble, he did not make an attempt on the record. Syd Perkins, another Australian, ■ making his first appearance in Wellington made an excellent^ impression in his heat of the Open Handicap: and was going "great guns" when a sprocket on his machine broke. Billy Stiepewieh, also from Australia, qualified for the semi-final of the Open Handicap, but got no farther. He had a couple of spills during the evening, but- was able to make an attempt on the record 'of lmin 30sec for four laps, put up by Jack Arnott last season. in this he was seen to excellent advantage, thpugh his time was five seconds outp- .oo record- His times wore: I'irst 22sqc, second 25sec, third 24sec and fourth 24sec. ' ' ' The best time of the evening was that registered by W. Kilmister in the first heat of the Golden Helmet-lain 34sc This stands as the fastest for the track to date .this season. The second best .time for the evning was that made by istiepewieh. Kilmister had six races Jo m^Z one was his time °™r lmin •S9sec. M'Kenzie put up excellent time n the second heat of the Golden Helnet, covering -the distance in lmin 36 -■ssec. Several of the competitors registered 22sec for a single lap The inies generally showed that the stanlard of performance on the dirt track ;s becoming higher.. It is expected :hat even better times will be made next Saturday, .with such "stars" as Harry Manghani and Arthur Mann also on the scene. RESULTS 1(4 DETAIL. Tho following arc the detailed .results:— LYALL BAY OPEN HANDICAP. (Four -laps.) iset, 1, A. Pratt, 12sec, a. Also started ■II LuccUcsl, lOsec. Morgan, riding welll Sent clear of Kilmister until tho thfrd °"p was nearly completed, Kilmister then taking the cad. A,keen contest between these1 two was yon by about twenty yards. Lucchesi fell in the. last lap. 'Times, Kilmlstec lmin 38sec Morgan lniln 422-ssec, Pratt 2min-lOsec Second Heat:.A: C. Watt, lOsec, 1; W.'Allen (Auckland), 2sec, 2. Also started: V Grove 3sec; H., D, Boss, Bsec. Watt led air the ;vay Allen malnng a eood race of it over the last lap. Grove fell in the first lap, and Ross droppedv.out In the second. Timeswatt, lmin 54sec; Allen, lmin 46sec Third Heat: W. Harvie, 4sec, 1;, Tim Wilkinson, 9sec, 2. Also started: Jimmy Datsou (Australia), scr; J, \v. Kichards, 15sec Uefore a lap had been covered Datson dropped out and as a result the race lost .much of its interest. Harvie, however, gave a fine performance and won by about a quarter of a lap. Richards failed to get properly under way. Times: Harvie, lmin 41 4-ssec; Wilkinson, lmin 53sec. :

Fourth Heat: V. Rlnaldi, llsec/ 1: Bilb Sticpewich (Australia), 2sec, 2. -Also started: P. M'Ghee, Tsec; A. Phillips, 15sec. In the first place Rlnaldl:' won and M'Ghee was seeoud, the- latter-having led until he crashed when on:.the point of entering the straight for the list.- time. Phillips had 'also come down there,-;and,,to add to the thrilling incidents of the" race; the Australian also crashed after! having had'one spill previously. The race was called off. On being re-run, M'Ghee came down In the first lap. Rinaldlwas soon In front and rode well to heat Sticpewich by ten lengths. Phillips dropped out in the third lap. Times: Itlnaldl, lmin 53sec; Sticpewich lmin 54 2-Dsec (?). . ■

Fifth Heat: C. It. M'Kcnzie, 3sec, 1; J Young, 9scc, 2; A. G. Rait, 12see, 3. Also started: Syd. Perkins (Australia),' a'cr. The competitors were fairly well bunched on entering the third lap, Perkins riding particularly well. M'Kenzie, going strongly all. the way led into the last lap, with Perkins making a great but unsuccessful effort to overtake him The Australian was "flying" into second place when a chain sprocket broke. M'Kenzie won easily. Times: M'Kenzie, lmln 44sec; Young lmin 55sec; Rait, lmln 59 3-osec' Sixth Heat: J. Lawton, llsec, 1; J. M'Kay lOsec, 2J.-T. J. Firth, 12see, 3. Also-started Tom Wilkinson, Msec. Lawton and Wilkinson were on terms at half way; after which iv Kay made good progress and was within twenty yards of Lawton at the finish. The winner waß cautlonod for crossing un opponeut. Times: Lawton, lmin 45 l-ssec; M'Kay lmln 55 l-ssec; Firth, 2min Bsec • Seventh Heat: A. Blair, lOsec, 1 • p n Spencer, lOsec, 2. Also started: J. Garmsoii (Auckland), Osec. Blair led all the: way and won easily. The Aucklander did not finish owing to his machine stopping. Times:, Blair, lmln 51 4-osec; Spencer, 2min ssce Eighth Heat: J. W. Burt, llsec, 1; A. Mattson (Auckland), ssec, 2; E. Kaylor. 9 sec 3 Also started: E. Bcrwich, lOsec. Burt wns two-thirds of a lap on the journey before Mattson moved off. He maintained a good advantage throughout, winning by nearly half a lapfrom the Aucklander. Berwick fell in the third lap. Times: Burt, lmln 50 2-ssec-Mattsan, lmln 49 3-ssec. ' ' First Semi-final: T. Morgan, 4sec 1- w Kll mister, scr, 2; W. Allen (Auckland) ' 2sec 3 Also started: A. C. Watt, lOsec. All 'cot away well and at half-way Watt was still the leader. Morgan was flrst Into the ■ last lan from Watt, who fell shortly nfterwards Morgan won well from the fast-finishing Kilmister Times: Morgan, lmln 43 l-ssec; Kltais er! lmin 40 1-osec. Second Semi-flnal: V. Einaldl, llsec 1- w Harris. 45ec,,2; Tim. Wilkinson, 9sec 3 Also started:. Billy., Sticpewich (Australia) ' 'see Beforo the Australian moved off lilnaldi had covered half a lap. Tho latter was never headed and won by twenty tencths. Hnrricrodo well Into second place, but the Australian could not overtake any of his opponent.

Times: Rlnaldl, lmin 53 3-ssec; Harvie. lmln 42 3-sscc. ' ■ ■■ • Third Seml-flnal: i. Lawton, llsec, 1- J M'Kay, lOsec, 2; C. R. M'Kenzle. 3sec S* Also started: J. Young, 9sec. Lawton and M'Kay both made the most of their starts and Jl'Kenzle could not catch them. Young fell in the first. lap. Lawton, who made a fine recovery from a big skid, won ■by twenty-five yards. Times: Lawton, lmln 43 4-ssec-M'Kay, lmln 43 3-ssec; M'lienzie, lmln 52 2-Ssec. ■ . Fourth Semi-final: J. W. Burt, llsec, 1; A Blair, lOseo. 2. Also started: J. Garmson (Auckland), 9sec. After the Aucklander dropped out In the first • lap the other two competitors made a good race of it Time 3' Burt, lmln 48 l-ssec; Blair, lmin 49 2-ssec First Demi-seml-flnal: W. Kilmister scr 1 • T. Morgan. 4sec, 2. , Also started: W. Harvie 4sec; V. RLnaldi, llsec. In the flrst lap Rlnaldi fell, but remounted. Morgan, Harvie and Kilmister provided a thrilling race, the firstnamed leading for the greater part of the journey. A great finishing effort enabled Kilmister to win by thirty yards. TimesKilmister, lmin 37 l-ssec: Morgan, lmin 41 4-ssec. " - ' ' Second Demi-semi-ftnal: J. Lawton, llsec 1; 3. M'Kay. Msec, 2. Also started: J. W. Burt, llsec. Lawton kept a good lead and won comfortably. Burt fell in the flrst lap. Times: Lawton, lmin 45sec; M'Kay,. lmin 46 2-ssec. FINAL. J. ■ Lawton (New Hudson), llsec 1 J. M'Kay (Douglas), lOsec 2 W. Kilmister (Dracer Douglas), scr .... 3 Also started: T. Morgan (Harley), 4sec. Lawton had traversed half a lap before Kilmister pushed ■ oft. ■ Morgan struck: trouble earlyi'in the raco and.lost too much ground to have a chance. Lawton and M'Kay kept going as consistently, as ever "and set Kilmister a hard task.- The last-named gave another fine display, but was - handicapped through ■ having lost a boot during-the course of the race, and this slowed him' up somewhat over-the last lap. His second and third laps were each covered -in twenty-three seconds. Lawton, in the final run to .the. post, made a wonderful recovery from a big skid, and he capped-a fine performance In winning by fifty yards from M'Kay. -Times: Lawton,* lmta 4d 3-osec;-M'Kay,..lmln.'4Bsec; Kilmister, Imlti 39sec. . ' .. ■ . ■-... ■-. '; ■_ :.' i -„ KILBIRNIE SPEEDWAY GOLDEN HELMET (Four laps. Rolling start.) _ First Heat: W. kilmister 1, W., Harvie 2, E. Isaylor 3. From" a -great start the three competitors dashed to the first bend and with fine broadsiding they made the cinders fly. Kilmister was to. front with .Harvie second. fh« , B *h e f tter toTm L ,} haD eTer and 'mating the crowd to an. exhliarating ' exhibition. Kilmister looked a.winner all.tha way. Harvie however, was not to te Ughtly disposed .of and his performance added to the excltemen of tne race until ho, broke- : down: in , the last lap! ill mister won by half- a lap. - Harvie was f bla to get going again and engaged in a thrilling finish with Naylof for second place, there being a very narrow margin between them as they flashed past the. post. -■ Times: KilmUter, lmln 34sec; Harvie, lmln 55sec; Naylor, lmin oo l-ssec. : ■•■-;-. Second Heat: C. R. M'Kenzie 1; T. Morgan .I , ls° st"ted: A- Mattson (Auckland). At theii second attempt the competitors made a ai\ sfa"ory. start. M'Kenzie taking the lead, with Mattson second. -• M'Kenzie was in splendid 'orm and there was no catching him, although-thepther two. were; contributing well to he thrilling spectacle,-- At the northern bend in the last lap Mattson provided a further thrill, by crashing. M'Kenzle, who covered his flrst two laps in forty-seven-seconds, won by eighty yards. Times: M'Kenzie, lmln 36 ■2-usec; Morgan, lmln:41 4-sset • = Third Heat: P. M'Ghee i, V. Grove 2. Also started: W.. Allen (Auckland). M'Ghee was flrst out, closely followed by -Allen. These two were well clear of Grove at half-way and were practically on terms for the last lap when the breaking of a chain caused Allen to pull up. M'Ghee was thus able to win by over half a lap. Times: M'Ghee; lmln 40sec; Grove, 2mln lsec. . . ™°^> ■ " FINAL. , ■ ' W. Kilmister (Dracer Douglas) l P. M'Ghee (New Hudson) ....i 2 Also started: C. R. M'Kenzie (Southward Special A.J.S.). .At the first attempt the riders moved off to a great start, from which M'Kenzie gained a slight advantage. Kilmister nearly fell at ithe flrst bend, but- made a splendid recovery. This .was only one of a number of thrills. M'Ghee was out In the first lap and.-M'Kenzie came down subsequently, after which' Kilmister was compelled to stop owing to a chain breaking. The riders were started again, and this time.Kilmister and M'Kenzie had a thrilling tussle for the.lead. M'Ghee fell in the first lap, but the race was still of a stirring nature until M'Kenzie came down in the second lap. At this the race was again called off. Starting over again, M'Kenzie. beat Kilmister for the lead, and theso two drew away from "M'Ghee. The duel was sensational and thrilling, with M'Kenzie holding fast to his' lead for half the" journey. As each bend was negotiated showers of cinders were sent flying. Just as Kilmister had caught up with his opponent the duel between these two ended, M'Kenzie unfortunately being unable to carry on owing to "the chain of his machine breaking. „ Kilmister kept moving in good style and won easily. Times :•,kilmister, lmin 35- l-ssec; M'Ghee, lmin 45sec." ' '