MOTOR-CYCLING
JUNIOR TOURIST TROPHY RACE. Rugby, June 13. The junior tourist trophy race for motorcycles of 2} horse-power over seven laps of a 37 miles course in the Isle of Man, was won to-day in 3 hours 55 minutes 54 seconds, by Fred Dixon, riding an H.R.D. machine. He won by 9 minutes from Willis on a “Velocette,” and by about 11 minutes from Simpson on an A.J.S. machine. In the first six laps Hendley led on a ‘‘Rex Acme” and accomplishing the second lap in 32 minutes 44 seconds he broke the record for this race with a speed of €9.18 miles per hour. In the first of these races after the war the highest speed was barely 40 miles per hour. Last year’s race was won on a “Velocette” with an average speed of 68.70 miles per hour, which was to-day slightly exceeded.—British Official Wireless.
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Southland Times, Issue 20204, 15 June 1927, Page 5
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