ULSTER TOURIST TROPHY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18659, 30 August 1930, Page 10

ULSTER TOURIST TROPHY.

The Ulster Tourist Trophy race, one of the greatest races for all types of sports cars, will be run on the Ards circuit at Ulster, near Belfast, Ireland, and as usual has attracted the world’s greatest drivers and some of the finest cars of the six leading motor manufacturing countries. This great motor contest, which is organised by the Royal Automobile Club, is conducted on a handicap basis, the handicaps being worked out so that the smallest car stands as good a chance of winning as its bigger rivals. Last year 65 cars competed, and, after a desperate struggle over the 410 miles course of a tricky 13 miles circuit, including 18 bends and three bad turns, victory went to R. Caracciola, this year’s winner of the Irish Grand Prix, at an average speed of 72.8 m.p.h. Certain alterations to the rules have been made for this year’s race, in which the entries are limited to 70 cars, this being considered the maximum number of cars that can safely be allowed on the course. Instead of all starting at the same time as in previous Tourist Trophy races in Ulster, the rules this year provide a time allowance as well as a distance handicap. Cars will be despatched in batches according to their sizes and handicap. Another new rule is that female attendants will be allowed to assist at the pits. It is estimated that at least 500,000 people witnessed the race last year.