SPEEDWAY RACING
SERIES OF SPECIAL EVENTS.
Mne ot' the beet available riders, indueling two Australians, have been selected to challenge for the Golden Helmet, and they will bo matched in a series of races at the Kilbirnie Stadium Speedway on (Saturday night, the most successful ruler to meet the present holder. W Kilimstor. ihe whole contest, elimination heats and final, should account for stirring competition, in which, it is expected, the times will be very fast. Another event of note-will be the Silver Gauntlet. beine decided for the first time this season and m this, too, there ifi bound to be very keen competition for the right to meet the holaer R. W O r. These events will be decided under championship conditions, the. competitors being sent away to a rolling start A First Division Handicap event is also to be decided, and in this the back-markers will be tested to the full Among the new riders taking part next Saturday is Ranby, the mlddle-wekht champion ot the grass track. In this weeks training operations on the track the riders have shown marked improvement, and their times have been particularly good. Other information regarding the meeting is published elsewhere in this
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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201SPEEDWAY RACING Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 11
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