NATIONAL RACE SCHEME

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 192, 15 August 1931, Page 10

NATIONAL RACE SCHEME

£25,00 FOB CARS AND MEN. As the result of an informal chat among famous British motor sportsmen in an hotel at Monaco recently, it is expected that before September an import suggestion will be placed before the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, says the “ NewsChronicle.’ 1 This suggestion is for the formation of a guarantee fund of £25,000 to build four British national cars to compete ; as a national team in world grand prix races. The proposal, a revival of an idea of three years ago, is for the entire British trade—car makers, tyre makers and accessoryfirms— to contribute to a fund organised by the society, and for the society, if they approve the scheme, to appoint a famous engineer, unattached to any car firm, to design the engine, and another noted engineer to design the chassis. I The society would select six of the foremost racing men to form the driving team. Views favouring a new form of grand prix will come before a meeting of the international body controlling racing. It is reported that the British Ministry of Transport is considering issuing cards to all automobile drivers warning against drinking, similar to those issued by the police of Berlin and Vienna warning against consumption of alcoholic beverages before or during periods of driving. In Norway it is a violation of alcoholic beverages before or during periods of driving. In Norway it is a violation of the law not only to drink but to smoke while driving a car.