SPEEDWAY RECORDS.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 19. Riding at Western Springs speedway, the Australian motor-cyclist, Dick Case, established a New Zealand mile record for a quarter-mile cinder track by covering the distance in lmin. 13 4-ssec. He was attempting to break the world record of lmin. 12sec. established at Wentworth, Sydney, by \ r an Praag in 1932. In a handicap race later in the evening Case established another record by completing four laps in lmin. 18 l-ssec. from a standing start.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 43, 20 January 1936, Page 3
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82SPEEDWAY RECORDS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 43, 20 January 1936, Page 3
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