MOTORCYCLING
L. EVANS ESTABLISHES DOMINION RECORD. TRIALS IN CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Streaking along the paved West Coast road at 115.38 miles an hour at dawn this morning, L. Evans established a new Dominion motor-cycle speed record. At a hundred yards from the end of Die limed half-mile, the trend of one of Evans's tyres stripped off. The run was completed without mishap however. Evans, riding an O.K. Supreme, touched 120 Tniies an hour during his record run, the accepted) time of 115.38 miles per hour being the average oi his two runs. All the trials were made from Hying starts. The results of trials were: 250 c.c., O. Williams (Rudge), 76.92 m.p.h., 1. 350 c.c., M. Wear (Velocette), 98.9 m.p.h., 1. 500 c.c., L. Evans (O.K. Supremo), 111.8 m.p.h.. 1; A. Trustrum (A.J.S.), 10G.51 m.p.h., 2; T. Stanley (Norton), 105.88 rn.p.h,, 3; A. Lamport (J.A.P.), 103.45 m.p.h., 4; R. Rodgers (A.J.S.), 100.56 m.p.h.. 5. Open class: 1... Evans (O.K. Supreme!. 114.65 m.p.h.. 1. In a later attempt. Evans established his record of 115.38 m.p.h.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1939, Page 8
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178MOTORCYCLING Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1939, Page 8
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