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(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 30th November. Results of the dirt-track motor-cycle races last night wero: — ■ First Division Handicap.—E. Pyke (6sec), 1; .T. Cartor (6sec), 2. Time, lmin 32 l-ssec. ■ Second Division Handicap.—X. Russell (lsec), 1; G. Wicks (scr), 2. Time, lmln 37-2-ssec. Golden Helmet Match Race.—P. Lunn beat K. Marsh in two heats of three, the timo ol the fastest heat being lmih 21 4-ssec. Big Nine Scratch .Race, rolling start.—C. Blacklock. 1; J. Cartor, 2. Time, lmlu 2!) 1-a sec. ■~••••-. AUCKLAND, 30th November. Ttio Auckland dirt-track motor-cyclo tacliiß season opened at Western Springs Speedway ou Saturday evening, when about 9000 people were present; Two Australians, h. Hale and H. Buchanan, and the Auckland and Dominion champion, A. Mattsou, rode extremely well. Buchanan and Mattson both equalled F. Pearce's ono-lap record of 20 4-ssec. Itesults are as follow:— B; Grade Handicap.—C. Morgan (osec),' 1; R. Cairns (2sec), 2. Time, Irain SSsec Open Handicap, A Gr?.de.—A. Mattso.i (scr), 1; F Day (4V>sec), 2. Time, lmln 27 2-ssec. Big Nine Championsbli).—H Buchanau, 1; Casey, 2. Time, lmln 2? 4-ssec. DUNEDIN, 30th November. In flna weather and with a larga attendance tlie dirt-track motor-cycle racing season in Dunedln opened last night. Bcsuits are as follow:— ~ " ■■' A Grade Handicap.—Young, Otago (4aecK 1; Maugham; Otago (lsec), 2. Won by lttO yards. Time, 93 l-ssec. • , ■' B Grade Handicap.—Grieve, Otago (4sec), 1. The other riders withdrew with engine trouble, and Brown, Otago, who was leading, ■ crashed heavily, but ■ escaped with minor abrasions. ■ In a special match race of one mile Mangham defeated TJriwln, New South Wales, In 96 l-o Points Scratch Race, three-quarters of a m li e .—inner, Otago, 1; Hasler, Otago, 2. Time of fastest heat, Cssec.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 15
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