RACING SEASON OPENS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 830, 26 November 1929, Page 7

RACING SEASON OPENS

BIG MEETING AT MANGERE CARS AND MOTOR-CYCLES The first race meeting for the season to be held on Mr. Geo. Henning's speedway. Mangere, will be conducted under the joint auspices of the Auckland Automobile Racing Club and the Auckland Motor Racing Club, on Saturday, December 7. Under these circumstances there will be no motor-cycle race meeting |at Takapuna in December, as the j motor cycles will be seen in action on the Mangere speedway. This will be the first occasion on ■ which the really fast machines have i appeared on this track and the prosI pect of Coleman cornering on a mile and a-quarter circuit at speeds approaching 100 miles an hour will he sufficient, inducement to draw thousands of extra spectators. A comprehensive programme of 11 events, seven car and four motor-cycle, has been arranged, the prize money totalling over £240. The experience that the committee lias gained in the past in handling ■ traffic and the experiments carried out so successfully at the aerial pageant will enable a huge volume pt motor traffic to be handled promptly and without tiresome delay. Four gates are being provided for motor-cars with a separate entrance near the main road for pedestrians. ! The first event is timed to start promptly at 1 p.m. and there will then be a succession of races until about 5 p.m. Although nominally the ' afternoon’s sport is to consist of 11 ; events, several of these will probably lie run in heats which will add to the day's entertainment. As an additional thrill, the combined air pilots of the Auckland Aero Club are to give a thrilling display of aerial stunts. And to complete a full day of motor racing, there will be motor-cycle racing at. the Western Springs Stadium that evening.

NEW DESIGNS In England for months past development work on 1920 designs has been going ahead, and during July several new types of motor-cycle, camouflaged in appearance, were undergoing secret tests on the road. Two interesting points emerge. First, that many manufacturers are fully alive to the fact that, there are additional markets awaiting development, and, secondly, that the genera] demand for ease of maintenance is having its effect upon design. The probability is that sporting machines will b# modified only in detail, the general aim being to provide greater refinement in performance without loss of efficiency.