THE CINDER SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20740, 6 December 1930, Page 14 (Supplement)

THE CINDER SPORT.

PROGRAMME FOR TO-NIGHT. A programme of exciting events has been arranged for the broadsiding at the Western Springs Speedway this evening. During the week the cinders on the track have been screened, and all the "coarse matter removed, so that the surface should bo ideal for this evening's racing. Special match races have been arranged between L. Hale and A. Mattson, - and H. Buchanan and B. Bray, while the winners of each event will bo matched later in the evening. Therja will also bo match races between three solccted A grade riders, and a special short handicap for nine selected riders. The programme will include the open-handicap and match races for B grade men. . Competitors were in good form at tho practico on Thursday, and the racing this evening should bo of a high order.

SPORTS CLUB RUN. Members of the Sports Motor-Cycle Club will tako part in a\ruii to Helensvillo to-morrow. Tho party will leave from Western Springs at 9.30 a.m. MOTOR-OYCLE EXPORT TRADE, In common willi all overseas trade, British motor-cyclo export figures show a declino for tho month of September. Tho valuo of exported motor-cycles and " partft " for that month amounted to £104,926, hut this figure, compared with tho corresponding month of 1929, is £53,250 lower. In this connection it should bo remembered that in many cases manufacturers were later than usual in introducing their new models. Tho figures for tho first nine months of 1930 aro £2,512,156, quito a formidable amount. 1 DISTRIBUTION OP BRITISH CYCLES. It is interesting to study tho world distribution of new British motor-cycles. The official returns for September, 1930, give Sweden as having taken assembled motorcycles to tho value of £4109, Germany £10,633, British South Africa £6625, Australia £12,073, New Zealand £5610, and other countries £65,871. Tho export of " parts and accessories " amounted to £48,576. A . BRITISH FOUR. An old-established British motor-cycle, the Matchless, is being produced in .1 fourcylinder model The new mount has an overhead camshaft engine, four-speed gear box, spring frame, coil ignition and many other refinements. It is designed to range from 6 miles to 80 miles an hour in top gear.

THE GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE. The three most important races in the Grand Prix of Europe, which was run near Spa, Belgium, were won by British riders on British machines. As a matter of fact, tho entire programme, with tho exception of tho 175 c.c. race, was an overwhelming victory for British manufacturers. The results were:— 800 c.c. RACE, 259 MILES. H. Tyrell-Smith (Rudge), 74.28 m.p.h. Graham Walker (Rudge), 78.47 m.p.h. J. Duncan (Raleigh), 73.46 m.p.h. Record lap: H. Tyrell-Smith (Rudge), and J. Duncan (Raleigh), 76.02 m.p.h. 350 c.c. RACE, 241 MILES. G. Nott (Rudge), 70.66 m.p.h. Fj. Simcock (A.J.S.), 67.94 m.p.h, G. Himing (A.J.S.), 65.93 m.p.h. Record lap: G. Njftt (Rudge), 72.41 m.p.h. 250 c.c. RACE. 204 MILES. R. Crabtree (Excelsior J.A.P.), 67.79 m.p.h. E. Mellows (New Imperial), 65.57 m.p.h. G. Gleavo (S.G.S.-J.A.P.), 65.33 m.p.h.

NOTES. The new 350 c.c. Douglas, with dynamolighting, will weigh less than 2241b. At the end of August no fewer than 104,017 motor-cycles were licenced in Italy. A French firm has produced a 495 c.c. vertical twin engined motor-cycle with unit construction, shaft drive, multi gears and a pressed steel frame. / It has been reported that a North of England engineer has discovered " new impulses " in a single-cylinder petrol engine, which gives three explosions per revolution. Tho first machine officially to attain 100 m.p.h. in England was an Indian, 1921, while four years later, a 998 c.c. 0.E.C.-Temple did 100 miles within tho hour at Montlhery. Almost the first British motor-cycle was a " four " —tho Ilolden—whilo in 1904, tho Binks four-cylinder was introduced; it had mechanically operated valves and a chain drive. A surprise has been sprung by the announcement that now model Ariols will embody sloping engines, four-speed gears, duplex frames, oil bath-chain cases, twovalvo o.h.v. engines, triple silencers. A four-cylinder model is also listed. It is reported that Audio Bruzac, a French engineer, has perfected a motorspirit refining process which reduces costs by at least 50 por cent., and which retains in the fuel valuable constituents which might otherwise bo lost. When the T.T. course was officially measured in 1923, it was found that the distanco was 226 miles 760 yards for the six laps, whereas the spoeds in all previous six-lap l'accs had beon calculated on si distance of 226 miles GBO yards.