NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS.—It is not so very long ago that the first of these aero-wheels was invented. Germany took a violent fancy to the new sport, which attained great popularity among the athletic youth of that country. The cult of the aero-wheel has spread. Los Angeles witnessed the first speed race to be held with the wheels in America. A large number of entrants started in the “roll away” at Carthay Circle, where the race was held. The winner was Betty Ellis who covered 250 yards in 44 1-ssec.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 762, 7 September 1929, Page 19
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92NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS.—It is not so very long ago that the first of these aero-wheels was invented. Germany took a violent fancy to the new sport, which attained great popularity among the athletic youth of that country. The cult of the aero-wheel has spread. Los Angeles witnessed the first speed race to be held with the wheels in America. A large number of entrants started in the “roll away” at Carthay Circle, where the race was held. The winner was Betty Ellis who covered 250 yards in 44 1-5sec. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 762, 7 September 1929, Page 19
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