| 21 May 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edinburgh Handicap (4 Laps Standing Start) Heat 1 George McKenzie Bob Dawson William Forsyth Allan Campbell Bill Barclay 1min 41,2 Heat 2 Roger Frogley Bob McGregor Andy Milne Bill Dickie George Methven 1min 41.4 Heat 3 Drew McQueen Roger May Jack Barber Archie Chisholm John Duncan 1min 37.4 Heat 4 Freddie Hore Oliver Goodfellow Sam Reid James Edward George Crawshaw 1min 38,4 Semi Final Roger Frogley Bob McGregor Andy Milne George McKenzie Bob Dawson 1min 35.4 Semi Final Jack Barber Oliver Goodfellow Roger May Freddie Hore Drew McQueen (EF) 1min 41.2 Final Jack Barber Andy Milne Bob McGregor Roger Frogley Oliver Goodfellow 1min 38.8 Scottish Gold Gauntlet ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Heat 1 George McKenzie Roger May Oliver Goodfellow Bob McGregor 1min 34.6 Heat 2 Freddie Hore James Edward Bill Dickie (3 riders only ) 1min 33.2 Heat 3 Roger Frogley Allan Campbell Sam Reid Archie Chisholm 1min 32.8 Heat 4 Drew McQueen Andy Milne Bill Barclay (3 riders only) 1min 35.2 Semi Final Freddie Hore George McKenzie Roger May James Edward 1min 32.2 Semi Final Drew McQueen Roger Frogley Andy Milne Allan Campbell 1min 30.4 Final George McKenzie Roger Frogley Drew McQueen (FRM) Freddie Hore (F) 1min 31.8 Match Race (4 Laps Flying Start) Roger Frogley Bt Drew McQueen 1min 29.2 |
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| Notwithstanding the other attractions in town, there was a crowd of 12,000 present at the Marine Gardens on 21 May to witness an excellent programme of dirt track racing under favourable weather conditions. The sport all through was thrilling and greatly to the liking of the crowd was the fact that two local riders led the field home in the final of the Gold Helmet scratch race. This was undoubtedly the race of the afternoon. The two visitors, Ivor Creek, England and Syd parsons, Australia, had qualified for the final stage where they met local talent Eric Burnet and George McKenzie. McKenzie had the inside berth at the start and made good use of his advantage, keeping to the grass despite Creek’s effort to get to the white line. Then Eric Burnett, with a spectacular dash to the inside further foiled the Englishman’s efforts. In this manner the four laps were reeled off, McKenzie with faultless riding maintaining his advantage in spite of another thrilling swerve by Burnett round the top corner at the end. Creek, however, had already shown that he still retained his riding ability when he defeated Eric Burnett in a four laps match. he was successful in getting to the inside position on the first bend and drew away from Burnett to a comfortable but not invincible lead. He was riding in such a manner, however, that even had Burnett caught him up he would probably not have been able to get through without going wide and probably losing ground. In the end Burnett swerved on to the grass at the top bend, his machine which had been causing him trouble from the start turning right across the track as he endeavoured to take the corner. While Drew McQueen rode well to win the handicap from the scratch mark, his task was made more easy when J. Edward, who was leading by a good margin, had to stop with engine trouble and Andy Milne, also in front, fell on a bend at the third lap. Thereafter McQueen had only to carry on to win as he pleased. |
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Marine Gardens 21/05/1929
