A £7,000 BET

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 420, 31 July 1928, Page 6

A £7,000 BET

MOTOR-RACING IN AMERICA Great Britain, the United Suites, Italy and France are all concerned in an exciting motor-car race for £ 7,000 which has just been run on the Indian- ] apolis track of America. The contest was the result of a statement made by Mr. Moscovics, a United States motor manufacturer, that an American c 1 could beat any European car which M. Weymann, of Paris, liked to bring across. M. 'Weymann, therefore, selected an Italian car, equipped it with British tyres, and left France for the United States, where a thrilling 24-hour race was run. As it happened, the tyres were the decisive factor. The American car started off at a great pace, but its chances were soon hopeless, for, during the 293 laps it completed, 20 tyres were used, while the Italian car, which completed 543 laps, only had to change its Dunlops once. Indeed, so much time was wasted by the American in taking off worn tyres and putting on new that at the finish it was actually 600 miles behind its European rival. DECARBONISING HINT Removing carbon from the cylinder head of side-valve engine not fitted with a detachable head is apt to be a tiring task. It may be greatly simplified, however, by using a strong steel bristle brush, which can be obtained from most accessory houses and ironmongers. If the handle is modified to fit the chuck of a breast drill, a few turns with the brush against the cylinder head will remove effectively all trace of carbon. Besides being, much quicker, this method has the advantage of leaving a smooth, polished surface.