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| Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing Start ) Heat1 Drew McQueen Walter Elliot Ralph Brown Donald McDonald 1min 36.6 Heat2 Bill Dickie Bill Goldie James Logie Sig Schlam (NS) (Re-Run) 1min 53.8 Heat3 George McKenzie Ivor Creek Peter Coia John Duncan 1min 39.4 Heat4 Allan Campbell Jimmy Valente Charles Armstrong Thomas Baird 1min 53.8 Heat5 Eric Burnet Bill Barclay John Jackson Harry Duncan 1min 36.8 Heat6 Sam Reid Johnnie Walker Steve Bogie Arthur Moser 1min 51 Second Round: Heat1 Drew McQueen Walter Elliot Bill Dickie Bill Goldie 1min 37 Heat2 George McKenzie Ivor Creek Jimmy Valente (F) Allan Campbell (F) 1min 39.4 Heat3 Eric Burnet Bill Barclay Sam Reid Johnnie Walker 1min 36 Final: George McKenzie Ivor Creek Eric Burnet Drew McQueen 1min 37.6 MATCH RACES ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Jimmy Valente Bt Sig Schlam (ET) 1min 34.2 George McKenzie Bt Ivor Creek (F REM) 1min 32.6 Hard Luck Race Bill Dickie Alex White John Yates Marshall WrigHeat 1min 54.8 Gold Helmet (Three Rides Per Heat ) Heat1 Harry Duncan John Jackson Eric Burnet 1min 39.4 Heat2 Sam Reid Bill Dickie James Logie 1min 36.8 Heat3 Ivor Creek Allan Campbell Jimmy Valente (EF) 1min 35.4 Heat4 Drew McQueen George McKenzie John Duncan (Equals Track Record ) 1min 29.8 Semi Final Sam Reid Harry Duncan Bill Dickie 1min 34.8 Semi Final Drew McQueen Ivor Creek George McKenzie 1min 32.2 Final: Ivor Creek Drew McQueen Sam Reid 1min 33.2 LAP RECORD ATTEMPT George McKenzie 22.4sec |
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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 fortnight 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 slightly injured his leg. For this reason he did not appear in any other race. |
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Marine Gardens 29/09/1928
