Invercargill Motor Race.

Progress, Volume III, Issue 9, 1 July 1908, Page 307

Invercargill Motor Race.

On page 30G we give illustrations of this event. The first picture shows the winner of the first prize (silver cup) — Mr. E. B. McKay (16 hp. Russell Touring Car) This car has already covered B,o^o miles, first set of tyres lasted between five and six thousand miles. The petrol consumption equalled 27 miles per gallon. Mr. McKay was the first motorist to go to Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri and back without accident. The other illustration gives a group of Russell Car Winners, with their respective passengers Prom right to left — First Prize, Mr. E- B. McKay (16 h.p. Russell) ; Second Prize, Miss A. Johnstone (16 h p. Russell); Third Prize and Fastest Time, Mr. W- A. Pnntz (25 h.p. Russell), Mrs. W. A. Pnntz at the wheel — this lady drives her car on the Orepuki roads, which are about the worst in New Zealand.