THE WHANGAREI CLUB.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20372, 28 September 1929, Page 14 (Supplement)

THE WHANGAREI CLUB.

LABOUR DAY RACES. The Whangarei Motor-Cycle Club will open the racing season in tho North with a grass track race meeting on tho Kensington race course, Whangarei, on Monday, October 28. All races, will bo of seven laps—approximately 6j- miles —tho prize money, £l2l, being distributed according to the classification of the race. Entries will close ori October 19 for tho following programme:—

Knmo Handicap.—For machines up to 500 c.c. l'rize money, £l2. Ala unit Handicap.—For machines up to 350 e.e. Prize money, £l7. Kensington Handicap.'—For machines up 500 c.c. Prize money. .I*l7. County Handicap.—For machines up to 500 c.c. Prize moncl, £l7. Whansurei Handicap.—For ■ machines lappine tho courso iu 53 seconds or heller. Prizo money, £l7. Hikurantri Handicap.—For machines up to 500 c.c. Prize money, £l2. Portland Handicap.—For machines up to 350 c.c. Prizo money, £l7. Consolation Handicap.—For machines up to 500 c.c. Prize money, £l2. BROOKLANDS 200-MILE RACES. Astounding speeds were recorded in the recent Brooklands 200-milo races. In tho 500 c.c. event G. E. Nott averaged over 100 rn.p.h. for tho 200 miles from a standing start.' Tho number of retirements wero enormous, machines establishing a very poor record for reliability. Tho 350 c.c. race was remarkable in that the winner secured tho verdict by twofifths of a second, while tho third man pushed his machine, which had broken down, for 2} miles to sccuro a place. The final results were:— 350 c.c. RACE. C. S. Staniland (Excelsior-J.A.P.). 79.26 m.p.h .. 1 W. .7. C. Hewitt (Excelsior-J.A.P.). 79.25 m.p.h. 2 12. C. Fernihoueh (Excelsior-J.A.P.), 70.64 m.p.h. . . 3 Won by 20 yards. 350 c.c. RACE. A. Denly (A.J.S.), 89.20 m.p.h. .. 1 C. R. Viewing (Zenith-Dlacklnirne), PC.O9 m.p.h. 2 P. J, Ashton (Chater-Lea). 60.51 m.p.h. 3 Won by 2-5 second. COO c.c. RACE. G. E. Nott (Rudco-Whitworth), 100;07 m.p.h. . . 1 U. W. Collier (Matchless). 83.02 m.p.h. 2 The only two finishers. Won by lOimin. RACING FIXTURES. Tho following fixtures for motor-cyclo grass-track races, have been allocated by tho New Zealand Auto-Cyclo Union for tho 1929-30 season

Tuesday, October 28, Whangarei; Tuesday, October 28, Foxton; Saturday, November 2, Christchurch; Saturday, November 9, Auckland; Saturday, November 16, Wellington; Thursday, December 26, Opotikij Wednesday, January 1, Napier; Thursday, January 2, Napier; Saturday, January 11, Bangitikei; Saturday, January 18, Wairarapa; Wednesday, January 22, Manawatu; Saturday, January 25, Muriwai; Saturday, February 1, Christchurch; Saturday, February 8. Nelson; Wednesday, February 12, Hiuvera; I Saturday, February 15, New Plymouth; | Saturday, February 22, Auckland; Thursday, March 6, Whangarei; Saturday, March 8, Hamilton; Saturday, March 15, Marlborough; Saturday, April 19, Napier; "Monday, April 21, Napier. Championsiiips havo been allocated: — New Zealand Light-weight, Opotiki; New Zealand Middle-wo;'ght, Napier; New Zealand Heavy-weight, Christchurch. In addition, cinder-track racing will be opened on speedways at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch amj-- Dunedin, in November and in Invercargill in December. Itaces will also be held at Mr. G. Herining's speedway at Mangere. Tho cinder-track light and middle-weight championships have been allocated to ■ t Auckland and Christchurch respectively. NOTES. Tho North Shore Sports Motor-Cycle | Club will hold an outing to Orere during * ( tho week-end. At tho recent Melbourno Show all the machines exhibited were of British m.inn- * facture except two, which wera American. Spencer Stratton, the ex-New Zealand grass track rider, is now appearing on tho Sheffield Dirt Speedway, England.

Tho monthly meeting of the Sports Motor-Cyclo Club will be held in tho Chamber of Commerce oil Tuesday evening.

At San Sebastain motor-cycles havo been used for the first timo in'connection with Spain'a national sport, bull fighting.

Tho foot gear-fhango vogue in tho recent Isle of Man races lends support to tho view that many 1930 motor-cycles will bo fitted with this refinement.'

Many effectivo tar removers aro available, but a little butter will generally do tho trick if nothing better is at hand when tho rnachiuo is boing cleaned.

There were' 135,241 motoring offences committed in England and Wales from July to December last, and of theso 30,191 were dealt with by police caution.

An unofficial examination carried ont by the Ministry of Transport into tho causes of road accidents showed that approximately 80 per cent, were duo to human error.

Tho rather startling suggestion has been mado that in future T.T. races should bo contested by single-geared machines. It is contended that tho flexibility of modern machines would bo developed considerably/

A schoolboy reader writes to say that he has to obtain a pneumatic saddlo cushion for his ,/nachino as a result of translating " Ibam forto Via Sacra," as " I was doing forty down tho Sacred Way."—"Tho Motor Cycle."