Motor Cycling
ATTEMPT TO BE MADE ON OKOPE RECORD On Sunday the Bay of Plenty Motor Cycle Club will be holding the annual “Certificate Day” on Ohope Beach. Contrary to popular opinion this does not consist of a series of motor cycle beach races; although it is possible that one or two of these events may be held if sufficient riders desire to participate.
“Certificate Day” is. the occasion when 'Club members make electrical- > ly timed runs over the half mile, and receive a certificate to . show their official mean speed. All types of motor cycles from the “hot” facers to the small two-strokes are: eligible to ' compete. Several Car owners have requested permission to try their speedometers against; electric-timing and this should., be very interesting. The main feature of the day '.will be Frank Cameron’s attempt on the r-;. Ohope Beach record. This was es-c . tablished by Dick Whittle on an Excelsiof-J.A.P. in 1939, when 'he>f averaged 101.4 m.p.h. Many have; :;- attempted to exceed this during the years, but without success.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19491007.2.32.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 48, 7 October 1949, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
172Motor Cycling Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 48, 7 October 1949, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in