RACING AT MURIWAI
MOTOR-CYCLES GO FAST Motor-cyclea provided some of the highest speeds and greatest thrills at the beach race meeting, staged by the Muriwai Motor Racing Club, Ltd., on Saturday. The Stutz averaged 80.6 miles an hour during the scratch race, but In no other event did the average pass beyond the 70's. In the first motor-cycle race over 71 miles, the New Hudson ridden by j. Griffiths, which exceeded 90 miles an hour iu the Flying Half-Mile at Orewa Beach in December, put up an average of more than 73 miles an hour. Had all entrants faced the starter in tile two motor-cycle races, the finishes should have been much more interesting, and the spectators would have gained a better impression of the thrilling sport of beach motorcycle racing. Contests such as witnessed at the meetings staged by either the Sports Club on the same beach, or by the North Shore Club at Orewa, would have earned a large measure of support from lovers of speed contests. Griffiths certainly has the fastest machine for this work in Auckland, but the liandicappers had rather overestimated its powers. The beach is softer at Muriwai than at Orewa.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 882, 28 January 1930, Page 5
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