ULSTER GRAND PRIX
WOODS’ THIRD SUCCESSIVE WIN. GRUELLING RACE IN MUD. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.; LONDON, Sept. 3. Dare-devil motor-cyclists, soaked to the skin and covered with mud, engaged in a terrific contest for the Ulster Grand Prix. Stanley Woods was the \j4nnor of the SIX) c.c. class, in which Simcock was third. Woods declared the race was more like aquatic pports. The machines bucked and kicked up volumes, of mud when they traversed bumps, leaping in the; air and rebounding with horrible uncertainty. Wood* has won three times in succession.. He averaged 85.15 miles an hour. The winner of the 350/250 c.c. class was G. Smith (77 89 miles an hour), with IC. Mellors (73.3-1 miles an hour 1 ) second.
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 5 September 1932, Page 5
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124ULSTER GRAND PRIX Hawera Star, Volume LII, 5 September 1932, Page 5
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