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| Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Heat 1 James Logie John Jackson Bill Dickie Harry Duncan (F) 1min 49.8 Heat 2 Sam Reid Walter Elliot Thomas Baird Donald McDonald (F) 1min 46 Heat 3 Walter Harris Charles Armstrong Allan Campbell Peter Coia 1min 40.8 Heat 4 George McKenzie Steve Pullen Jimmie Pinkerton Marshall WrigHeat 1min 43.4 Heat 5 Drew McQueen Steve Pullen Bill Goldie Steve Bogie 1min 38.6 Heat 6 Eric Burnet Bill Barclay Alex White Alex Dick 1min 40.8 Second Round: Heat 1 James Logie Sam Reid John Jackson Walter Elliot 1min 50.4 Heat 2 George McKenzie Walter Harris Charles Armstrong Chris Hughes 1min 41.2 Heat 3 Eric Burnet Drew McQueen Steve Pullen Bill Barclay 1min 37 Final: Drew McQueen George McKenzie James Logie Eric Burnet (EF) 1min 34 Flying 12 ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Heat 1 George McKenzie John Jackson Jimmie Pinkerton 1min 41.2 Heat 2 Eric Burnet Bill Dickie Chris Hughes 1min 36.2 Heat 3 Sam Reid Bill Barclay Walter Harris 1min 37 Heat 4 Drew McQueen Harry Duncan Allan Campbell 1min 37.4 Semi Final Eric Burnet Bill Dickie George McKenzie 1min 35.8 Semi Final Drew McQueen Sam Reid Harry Duncan 1min 35 Final Eric Burnet Drew McQueen Sam Reid (F) 1min 32 Hard Luck Race Peter Coia Thomas Baird James McDonald James Logie 1min 57.4 MATCH RACES Scotland v England Drew McQueen Bt Walter Harris 1min 34.6 George McKenzie Bt Steve Pullen (F) 1min 37 McKenzie and Pullen Had To Re-Run After a Dead Heat in a time of 1min 37.8 9, Steve Pullen Fell In The Re-Run ONE LAP RECORD ATTEMPT Drew McQueen 22.4 Eric Burnet 22.4 Walter Harris 22.6 |
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| A crowd of around 15,000 was present at Marine Gardens Speedway on 29 September when a fine programme of dirt track racing was witnessed. The main feature was Drew McQueen’s fine riding in the heat of the Scottish Gold Helmet, where he equalled Sprouts Elder’s record of 1 minute 29 and four fifth seconds for the four laps. He, however, failed to reproduce this form in the final where Ivor Creek defeated him and George McKenzie after a fine race. Creek thus retained the helmet which he won a fortnigHeat before. Following their fine tussle in an early heat of this event, in which George McKenzie had defeated Ivor Creek, the pair were matched and in a fine race McKenzie again triumphed. The Glasgow rider J. Valente was also a competitor but he did not ride with his old time skill, though in his match against Sig Schlam he triumphed over the Australian. Schlam had previously come down while competing in the Edinburgh Handicap and had sligHeatly injured his leg. For this reason he did not appear in any other race. |
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Marine Gardens 22/09/1928
