GRAND PRIX TO RUSSIAN
IRISH INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE BRITISH CARS DO WELL British Official Wireless RUGBY, Monday. The Irish International Grand Prix motor race for large ears was won at Dublin yesterday by a Russian driver, Ivanovsky, in an Alfa-Romeo (Italy). He secured the victory over Kidson in a Bentley (Britain) by the narrow margin of 14 seconds. Cars of five nations —Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Austria—were driven in the race. As was expected it resolved itself into a stern contest between the Alfa-Romeo and Bentley cars. The course of 300 miles, in 70 laps, was exceptionally difficult, with awkward corners. After 50 laps Kidson, who was travelling at times at a speed of more than 100 miles an hour, was gaining slightly on his opponent. With 50 miles to go he was still five miles behind. Then Kidson pulled up at a rate of 20 seconds a lap. There was tremendous excitement in the closing stages of the race, which was run under handicap conditions. The Bentley cars, the average speed of which exceeded that of the winner, were also placed third and fourth. There "were many bad skids in the course of the race.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 716, 16 July 1929, Page 11
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197GRAND PRIX TO RUSSIAN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 716, 16 July 1929, Page 11
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