MOTOR-CYCLING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19241, 1 December 1930, Page 15

MOTOR-CYCLING.

TOURIST TROPHY RACE HELD BY PIONEER CLUB. A novel and thrilling event was staged on Saturday by the Pioneer Club, a miniature of the famous European Tourist Trophy races. The course was a serpentine route over a grass paddock near Rolleston. It embraced hillocks, right-angle bends, zig-zags, and short straights. The total distance was seventenths of a mile, and the riders were asked to go three times round in the heats and twice round in the semi-finals and finals. Results:— 500 c.c. Class. First heat: S. W. Cunningham (3£ h.p. Ariel) 1, D. S. Anderson (35 h.p. Scott) 2. Time—smin 0 4-ssec. Second heat: Painter (35 h.p. Ariel) 1, P. Webb (3J h.p. Scott)'2. Time—smin llsec. Third heat: A. E. Hawkings (3i h.p. Ariel) 1, W. G. Bradshaw (3J h.p. 8.5. A.) 2. Time—4min 51sec. Fourth heat: S. L. Ogden (3 5 h.p. Ariel) 1, H. R. Fowler (35 h.p. Triumph) 2. Time—4min 60sec. Fifth heat: W. K. Mulholland (4 h.p. Ariel) 1, G. Brown (35 h.p. A.J.S.) 2. Sixth heat: T. R. M’Cleaxy (35 h.p. Ariel) 1, A. D. Kane (35 h.p. Norton) 2. Time—4min 50sec. First semi-final: A. E. Hawkings 1, S. W. Cunningham 2. Time—3min 7 3-ssec. Second semi-final: Painter 1, Mulholland 2. Time—3min 9 4-ssec. Third semi-final: M’Cleary 1, Ogden 2. Time—3min 2sec. Final. T. M’Cleary -« 1 A. E. Hawkings 2 Painter 3 Time—2min 58 2-ssec. The first real thrill took place in the fourth heat, when Fowler, in a desperate effort to overtake Ogden, spilled. He was flung clear but was badly winded. M’Cleary and Kane raced neck and neck for the first two laps; then M’Cleary drew ahead. The best semi-final was between Ogden and M’Cleary. Ogden lead for the greater part of the journey but was eventually overhauled at the final zig-zag. In the final M’Cleary caught Painter about halfway round the first lap. Hawkings was going well but M’Cleary caught him on the hill and passed him in the nexf bend. 350 c.c. Class. First heat: C. L. MofCatt (22 h.p Velocette) 3, M. Brooks (22 h.p. A.J.S.) 2. Second heat: E. J. Bradshaw <22 h.p. 8.5. A.) 1, E. A. Smith (22 h.p. O.K. Supreme) 2. Time—4mfn 55 2-sseo Third heat: R. A. Carpenter (22 h.p A.J.S.) 1, M. Hockley (22 h.p. Velocettel 2. Time—4min 42sec. Final. E. J. Bradshaw 1 R. A. Carpenter 2 C. L. Moffatt 3 Time—3min 6sec. In the final Carpenter lead most of the way but missed the last leg of the zig-zag and had to retrace, allowing Bradshaw to pass him. TO BEAT WORLD RECORD. RUGBY, November 2S. Captain Irving, designer of the Golden Arrow, on which the late Sir Henry Segrave broke the world’s land speed record, is to be asked by the Rudge Motor Cycle Company, Coventry, to collaborate in producing a motor-cycle which will boat the world record of 150 miles an hour, set up recently in Ireland on a British machine by J. S. Wright.