CAUTIOUS RECORDBREAKER
“WIZARD” SMITH DRIVES SLOWLY
Motorists will learn, much to their amazement, from Mr. Fred. Stevens, automotive engineer of the Vacuum Oil Company, that Norman “Wizard” Smith, who recently attempted new world’s records on the Ninety Mile Beach, is actually in every day life one of the most cautious motorists one could hope to find. Mr. Stevens tells us that no more punctilious driver ever sat at the wheel of a car. In ordinary motoring the “Wizard” is anything but a daredevil racing motorist. He drives slowly, is scrupulously careful about traffic rules and while driving seldom converses with others. Don Harkness says that as a conversationalist Norman Smith is a wonderful listener. The “Wizard,” while driving in city streets or on the highway, grips the wheel firmly with both hands and sits up straight. The uninitiated would even suspect him to be a timid new chum after a driver’s licence. However, when he puts his racing helmet on, this almost timid city driver is quite free from fear, more especially when a record-breaking job is on. Those who have ridden behind “Wizard” Smith through traffic assert that they have more confidence as his passenger than with any other driver they have ever met.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 906, 25 February 1930, Page 6
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