Post by haflinger121 on Dec 29, 2012 17:37:42 GMT 1
Date: 23/6/28
Track: Greenford Driving Park
Organisers/Promoters: Junior Car Club
Entry: Not known in full, but included:
J Dingle (Austin 7 (GE Cup model))
A Marshall (GN/Akela)
W E Humphreys (Amilcar)
Vernon Balls (Amilcar)
?? Spero (Brooklands A7) (Austin 7?)
Archie Fraser Nash (Fraser Nash "Rikki-Tikki" with Plus engine)
H J Aldington (Fraser Nash Sports)
W J Pearson (Fraser Nash)
R L Bowes (Fraser Nash 'saloon')
W Scott (Fraser Nash)
J Taylor (Wolseley Moth)
Junior (up to 1100cc) Scratch Races
Heat one: J Dingle versus A Marshall. Marshall ret. after one lap, W E Humphreys substituted and race re-run. Humphreys won by 150 yds at a speed of 36.73 mph.
Heat two: Balls and Spero among entrants (there were others), Balls won at 37.5 mph.
Final: 1 Humphreys 2 Balls 3 Marshall. Winner's average speed, 40.72 mph.
'Senior' Heat 1: 1 Fraser Nash 2 Aldington 3 Pearson. Winner's average speed, 43.26 mph.
Sidecar ("Flow" Taylor) versus Car (W E Humphreys) race, won by Taylor at 40.63 mph.
'Senior' Heat 2: 1 Bowes 2 Balls 3 Scott. Winner's average speed, 41.66 mph.
'Senior' Final: 1 Fraser Nash 2 Aldington 3 Bowes. Winner's average speed, 43.69 mph.
Sidecar ("Flow" Taylor) versus Car (Archie Fraser Nash) race, won by Nash after Taylor retired. A later re-run finished exactly the same way.
Race Only For Fraser Nash cars: 1 Fraser Nash 2 Aldington. Winner's average speed, 43.90 mph.
Archie Fraser Nash lap record attempt: 46.15 mph.
Comments:
Probably the first ever UK short oval car meeting. There was another event on this exact same day at Brighton & Hove Stadium, but this involved Morgan three wheelers rather than proper four wheeled cars. There was at least one other event in '28 at Leicester Super Speedway. The Greenford meeting (which may have featured other races for which I do not have any data) was obviously not for "midgets" which would not really exist for approximately another six years. But the cars of the JCC, which would normally have raced at Brooklands, were undoubtedly the ancestors of those which would be populating the ovals less than a decade later.
All statistical information taken from Motor Sport magazine, December 1992.
Track: Greenford Driving Park
Organisers/Promoters: Junior Car Club
Entry: Not known in full, but included:
J Dingle (Austin 7 (GE Cup model))
A Marshall (GN/Akela)
W E Humphreys (Amilcar)
Vernon Balls (Amilcar)
?? Spero (Brooklands A7) (Austin 7?)
Archie Fraser Nash (Fraser Nash "Rikki-Tikki" with Plus engine)
H J Aldington (Fraser Nash Sports)
W J Pearson (Fraser Nash)
R L Bowes (Fraser Nash 'saloon')
W Scott (Fraser Nash)
J Taylor (Wolseley Moth)
Junior (up to 1100cc) Scratch Races
Heat one: J Dingle versus A Marshall. Marshall ret. after one lap, W E Humphreys substituted and race re-run. Humphreys won by 150 yds at a speed of 36.73 mph.
Heat two: Balls and Spero among entrants (there were others), Balls won at 37.5 mph.
Final: 1 Humphreys 2 Balls 3 Marshall. Winner's average speed, 40.72 mph.
'Senior' Heat 1: 1 Fraser Nash 2 Aldington 3 Pearson. Winner's average speed, 43.26 mph.
Sidecar ("Flow" Taylor) versus Car (W E Humphreys) race, won by Taylor at 40.63 mph.
'Senior' Heat 2: 1 Bowes 2 Balls 3 Scott. Winner's average speed, 41.66 mph.
'Senior' Final: 1 Fraser Nash 2 Aldington 3 Bowes. Winner's average speed, 43.69 mph.
Sidecar ("Flow" Taylor) versus Car (Archie Fraser Nash) race, won by Nash after Taylor retired. A later re-run finished exactly the same way.
Race Only For Fraser Nash cars: 1 Fraser Nash 2 Aldington. Winner's average speed, 43.90 mph.
Archie Fraser Nash lap record attempt: 46.15 mph.
Comments:
Probably the first ever UK short oval car meeting. There was another event on this exact same day at Brighton & Hove Stadium, but this involved Morgan three wheelers rather than proper four wheeled cars. There was at least one other event in '28 at Leicester Super Speedway. The Greenford meeting (which may have featured other races for which I do not have any data) was obviously not for "midgets" which would not really exist for approximately another six years. But the cars of the JCC, which would normally have raced at Brooklands, were undoubtedly the ancestors of those which would be populating the ovals less than a decade later.
All statistical information taken from Motor Sport magazine, December 1992.