Tuesday's Motor Sports.
Amongst the racing motors to be seen at the Levin racecourse on Anniversary Day will be P. Coleman's wonderful 8-valve Indian, which has enabled him liter- ; ally to annihilate space, for with its aid he has covered a mile on -'j the grass in 51 2.5 seconds and has cut out fifteen miles in a little J over thirteen minutes. When. >|| this motor arrived from America a, .y|| letter came with it from the mak-f '• j| ers warning tlie rider against lettu'. J ing tlie engine out to its fullest}) . capacity unless the track W&fl Jf banked up at the turns. Coler ffl man's confidence in his own pow- Jg ers and his daring are -illustrated by the fact that he promptly S tuned the engine up to a point ■ higher than even the factory in- j9 tended and he never fails to get flj the maximum power the big eightvalver is capable of. That is why || the world's grass track champion. ship came his wg,y. _ t Light refreshments will be pro- ,fg vided at the sports by Mr A. L. 'a Williams, the well-known local ■■■a caterer- -
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 17 January 1918, Page 2
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191Tuesday's Motor Sports. Levin Daily Chronicle, 17 January 1918, Page 2
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