FOR once in a while the weather gods were kind to this year’s carnival at Perkolilli, and the track has never been in better condition. From early morning streams of cars, trucks, buses, and ...
Article : 143 wordsTHE whole Perkolilli carnival was singularly free from accidents. What might have been a serious smash occurred in the Unlimited State Motor Cycle Championship when Dunn, on a Rudge Whitworth, was doing 90 miles an hour. ...
Article : 145 wordsONLY two really heavy stock model jobs were started at Perkolilli this year, and only one, the Chrysler 65, in the hands of Claude McKinley, was able to get the woo on the lighter, specially prepared machines. The performance of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 243 wordsWHEN the Ford car, yclept “Cactus,” doing 93 miles per hour, shot first across the finishing line in the Ten Mile Championship at Lake Perkolilli last Sunday, some bucolic cynic standing near the judge’s position remarked, “I’ll bet 100 to 1 that ...
Article : 451 wordsThe pride of the Armstrong Cycle and Motor Agency at the moment is the speedy little 5.5 horsepower Triumph, which behaved so excellently under the experienced hands of Eric Armstrong at Perkolilli, and won for him the light car ...
Article : 887 wordsONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT must be overcome in inter-city travel by air is that of delay between airport and city centre. ...
Article : 123 wordsVacuum Oil Company products enjoyed considerable success at the annual speed carnival for motor cycle and cars, held on Sunday at ...
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Advertising : 128 wordsERIC ARMSTRONG and his 5.5 Triumph, passed the post in a blur of speed and dust, winning easily in the Light Car Championship. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 184 wordsL . B. METCALFE was approaching something near the limit of reasonable speed—except on hard tracks—for motor cycles ...
Article : 82 wordsAlf Chick, well-known as a Subiaco motor-medico, but better known as one of the best motor cycle speedway ...
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