Auckland Retains Motor Speed Cup

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 271, 6 February 1928, Page 10

Auckland Retains Motor Speed Cup

RACING AT MURIWAI VISITOR WINS LIGHT EVENT Saturday's motor races at Muriwai barely recompensed the few thousand people who went there for their ride over an extremely rough and dusty road. There were no thrilling finishes, and very little that would be recollected with pleasure, except by the few hundred people who camped at the beach over the week-end, and had a thoroughly enjoyable holiday. As for the running of the meeting, a few improvements might well be effected for next year. The events were lamentably late in starting, and the appreciated small things were lacking. No indication whatever was given to the public as to the scratchings or rehandicaps, and the times for the races were difficult to obtain. A big blackboard with these details would have been appreciated. Moreover, the question of the distance of laps might well be reconsidered. Time is barely an essential in these races, which cannot continue without public support, but the sums paid for admission were barely compensated for by seeing some five turns in front of the main stand, and waiting thereafter for several minutes before the cars returned from a haze in which they disappeared less than a mile from the gathering of spectators. The feature of the day’s racing was the third win in succession of the Stutz owned by R. B. Wilson, Auckland, of the 50-mile New Zealand Cup, at an average speed of 83.5 miles an hour, which was faster than in races with fewer turns. The car had things its own way after H. K. Cutten’s Miller had to stop while Cutten connected up his earth wire. The Miller gave every promise of making a great race of it, and his misfortune was also a misfortune to the public, leaving the only legitimate challenger in C. W. Hamilton’s Sunbeam, which got left on the first lap, but afterwards actually gained on the Stutz. both eventually finishing miles ahead of the Mercer owned by H. Carter. Wilson, with his third win, keeps the cup, valued at £lO5. The light car cup feature was a runaway for the eight-cylindered Bugatti, which simply left its two competitors standing, and won by nearly pine miles Results: OPEN SPRINT HANDICAP li miles straight.. First, £8 8s; second, £5 ss; third, £2 2s. First Heat H. C. CURLETT (Chrysler), ssec .... 1 C. W F. HAMILTON (Sunbeam), 3sec 2 H. K. CUTTEN (Miller), 3sec .... 3 Won by 30 yards. Second Heat H. BLYTHE (Bugatti), 15sec .. .. 1 G. HENNING (Sunbeam), 3sec .... 2 N. H. NEWCOMB (Austin), 20sec .. 3 Won by 200 yards. Final H. K. CUTTEN (Miller) 1 H. BLYTHE (Bugatti) 2 C. W. F. HAMILTON (Sunbeam) .. o Won by 50 yards. TOURING CAR HANDICAP Of 2 miles straight; standard equipment and gearing. First, two tyres valued £7 7s; second, trophy valued £5 ss; third, trophy valued £4 10s. R. M. HOYES (Buick), scr .■ .. 1 J. O. BROOK (Ansaldo), 25s 2 H. HAYES (Rugby), 20s 2 Time, 3min 26sec. NEW ZEALAND MOTOR CUP Of 50 miles, with eleven turns, speed championship, open event. First, £llO cash, cup, miniature, and gold medal; second, £3O; third, £lO. R. B. WILSON, Auckland (Stutz) .. 1 C. W. F. HAMILTON, Canterbury (Sunbeam) 2 H. CARTER, Australia (Mercer) .... 3 Also started: D. F. Bauchop (Thomas Special). A. E. C. East (Bugatti), 11. K. Cutten (Miller), G. Henning (Sunbeam). Times: Stutz, 35m in 54 2-ssec; Sunbeam, 36min 28sec; Mercer, 40min 47sec. LADIES' HANDICAP Of 2 miles. Standard equipment and gearing; no men passengers. First, Cup and trophy; second, trophy. MISS WOODS (Essex) 1 MRS. J. BROOK (Ansaldo) 2 MRS. V. MONK (Oakland) 3 N.Z. LIGHT CAR CUP Of 50 miles; 11 turns. Capacity not to exceed 1,500 cubic centimeters; Ist £55, the cup and miniature and gold medal: 2nd, £l2 10s. A. E. C. EAST, Australia (Bugatti 8) 1 D. F. BAUCHOP, Wellington (Parry - Thomas Special) 2 Time, 40min 56sec. OPEN HANDICAP Of 12 Miles: with five turns; Ist £ls 15s, 2nd £9 9s, 3rd £5 ss. H. K. CUTTEN (Miller), scr 1 C. W. HAMILTON (Sunbeam), scr . . 2 H. CURLETT (Chrysler), 90s 3 Cutten, having lost the cup, came out determined to make a showing, and never looked like being troubled. Time, 9m 545. ALLCOMERS’ HANDICAP Of 12 Miles, with five turns; Ist £ls 15s, 2nd £9 9s, 3rd £5 ss. H. CURLETT (Chrysler). 2m 1 S. W. HAMILTON (Sunbeam), scr . . 2 Time, 10m 4 3-ss. SPEED TRIALS Owing to the public digging up the beach for toheroas yesterday a fivemile course could not be secured, and the attempt to lower the Australian and New Zealand record for the distance had to be abandoned. The Stutz covered a mile at the rate of 108.4 and Hamilton's Sunbeam at the rate of 95.1.