MOTOR RACING. - SPEED TESTS AT COWES. SPECTACULAR EXHIBITIONS. 5,000 Visitors. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) - 27 Mar 1928 (original) (raw)

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Tue 27 Mar 1928 - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)
Page 15 - MOTOR RACING.

(BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

COW FS (Phillip Island!, Monday -The

intention of the A Victorian Light Car Club

to make Phillip I am not the Mistrihnn Isle

of Man has emptied! the public imagina-

tion Although it had been announced that

the 100 mile tour in had been postponed

until nail behind!, more than 2000

watched the speed tests and CNlnbitionsics

to-day The tom steantiMS kind to make

several special trips and there were queue

of lilting for meals at the hotels and boarding

houses The light lil dubs cloud of

tubes for its races has gratified the residents

of Phillip Island, who contributed

money and labor towards placing the track

in order The train is twanging and

approximately 0 3. 4 miles so that 10 laps

will be necessary to cover 100 miles The

start is only one mile from Cowes

The wisdom of the decision to postpone

the 100 miles race owing to the law was

opened yesterday There were deep pools

in several places including the turn called

Hear me I tJcutt is, due in a Seiioaeh it

in an exhibition lace, overran the back,

side-skidddl and missed the spectators by

inches Cool, clever calling straightened

out the (in, and the" crowd when it had recovered

from the flight cheered The spectators

were very difficult to control M

though there were frequent warnings to

keep away from the time the crowd

around them, and although scattered me

mentally by the ¡«eiicscluis skid, they in

mediately flocked around the danger spot

again Ollu lads with megaphones shouted

themselves horse trying to keep the track

it lion killed in the flying bah mile

test complained that the crowd had frightened

them and. Henry, in his seneschal,

"cut out" twice. He did not attend the

last man. The spectators could not be

made to understand that a racing car is as

clinic at high speed is sory difficult to keep

on the track. and that the slightest mishap

would have mown a ghastly step in Mien

bank- In view of the experience of yesterday.

extra precautions to control the speed

trials will be taken on Saturday.

K H. Hooper, who au is ed recently is our

Sabiel, di lose his Furzer Nash once around

the ear cut in good time with a young

woman aiionipnniing him as mechanic

before the tests he (hove to a garage in

the village for a spanner. He was waiting

for it to be brought when he heard the

engine "knock." and in a second Home

were leaping Miiuugli the (looting boards.

He and the young woman escaped The

line. and, despite chemical! fire extinguishers

the car was destroyed. It was a great

disappointment to Cooper, who had spent

three weeks preparing the car for the

lace. He valued the car at £500, and

it was insured for only a part of that

Nineteen of the 20 cars entered for the

100 mile race remained for the tests. 1\\q

I speed test was over half a mile, with half

a mile start, and, in view of the behaviour

of the crowd. some good tunes were

I I Oiv (bugatti) 21 I was

(lil l I Sl nil) s an hour ), at

Los (educated Light) 22 sw

(Lil Lil to sail a mi liner )

V I Truth I (IiiikhiUI 21 3 of.

(land t ""6 4 and 5" bulls I

Ollni Illidge v fresh italic (Austin) -11 S

I LA Williamson (Kit v) -ii e e I entry

(in a sense!) . i "o cc I followers (Itorrucn.)

I i Day who won the event had a

narrow escape just after passing the finish

it nearly) 60 miles an hour., when coming

into! pulled down the track. He dodged

it by a shell in a gin Such incidents is

this will not happen during the race, be

true the Phillip Island and Woolamai

Shire Council will close the roads Mill

comprise the circuit The exhibition of

white lies- give the crowd hurry for

Mr ills a foretaste of what the 100 mile race

will be like The Hack will be further nu

pi o ed by Saturday and there should be