CINDER TRACK RACES
MEETING TOMORROW WESTERN SPRINGS STADIUM Cinder track racing enthusiasts are assured of a good evening’s sport at the Western Springs Stadium tomorrow evening, when another meeting will be staged by Auckland Speedways, Limited. Two Australian riders, who delighted spectators on Monday last, Lionel van Praag and Harry Mangham, will race against Auckland’s fastest cinder shifters. The feature of the evening will be the Flying Three race between two speedsters from across the Tasman, and Ben Bray, the Whangarei grasstrack rider, who has met with such success on the Western Springs track. Should the weather prove unsuitable tomorrow evening, the events wiil be run oft on Monday. Handicaps have been declared as follow: SUNSHINE HANDICAP First heat.—Sell Casey (Royal Enfield), Gstc; Alt Coppins (Indian), lOsec; Alt' Way (Rex Acme), llsec; Cyril (Jordon (A.J.S.), 14sec. Second heat. —Frank Day (Royal Enfield), Usee; Percy Fletcher (HarleyDavidson), 12sec; Henry Bingley (Royal Enfield), Alf Fribane (Indian), llsec. OPEN HANDICAP First heat.—Lionel van Praag (Ariel), scr; Bill Herbert (Royal Enfield), 3isee; AH' Coppins, 12sec; Cyril Gordon, 14sec. Second heat.—Harry Mangham ( HarleyDavidson), scr; Bill Allen (Norton), sec; Frank Day, 9see; Jack Stewart (Royal Enfield), 12sec. Third heat. —Alf Mattson (Norton), sec; Jack Garmson (Norton), ssec; Alf Way, llsec; Percy Fletcher, 12sec. Fourth heat.—Ben Bray (Douglas), 3i sec; Sell Casey, Usee; H. Bingley, Bob Keeling (A.J.S.), lOsec. BIG NINE HANDICAP First heat.—Van Praag, Ben Bray, Frank Day. Second heat.—Bill Herbert, Alf Mattson. Jack Garmson. Third heat.—Harry Mangham, Bill Allen, Sell Casey. FLYING THREE Van Praag, Hairy Mangham, Ben Bray.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 11
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254CINDER TRACK RACES Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 11
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