RACING MOTORISTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 225, 24 August 1931, Page 7

RACING MOTORISTS.

IRISH CLASSIC EVENT. LONDON, Aug. 22. The result of the Irish Tourist Trophy was as follows: — N. Black (5 hours 13 minutes 51 seconds —67.9 miles an hour), 1. B. Borzacchini (5 hours 17 minutes 3 seconds —79.05 miles per hour), 2. S. A. Crabtree (5 hours 17 minutes 8 seconds —67.G2 miles per hour), 3. There was a thrilling contest over the famous Ards circuit of 410 miles. In the presence of nearly 500,000 spectators, including the Spanish ex-Royal-ties, English peers and peeresses, and the Governor of Northern Ireland, the world’s fastest motor-cars strove for victory. One caught fire and, blazing furiously, skidded and crashed through the hedges bordering the track. A stand containing 60 spectators collapsed, many being injured. The contest ended in a triumph for “baby cars,” the Englishman winning after a headlong contest with the Italian, while'last year’s winner, the Italian ace, Nuvolari, retired with a seized piston. Sir Henry Birkin broke all lap records, firstly with 79.79 and then with 80 and 81 miles an hour.