| Scottish Championships | 25 August 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scottish Championship 350cc (4 Laps Standing Start) Heat 1 Bill Dickie, Harry Duncan, Thomas Baird,William Forsyth 1min 55.2 Heat 2 George Cumming, Charles Sanderson, Bill Barclay, George McKenzie 1min 50.4 Heat 3 Jimmy Valente, Oliver Goodfellow, Al Johnson,Arthur Sherlock 2min 27 Heat 4 Drew McQueen, Andy Marr, Peter Coia, James Logie 1min 55.4 Heat 5 Johnnie Walker George McKenzie Norrie Isbister Chris Hughes 2min 0.4 Semi Final George Cumming Bill Dickie (f) Jimmy Valente (ef) 1min 53.4 Semi Final Drew McQueen Johnnie Walker (f) 1min 51.2 Final: Drew McQueen George Cumming (frem) 1min 57.2 ( Only Two Starters In The Final ) Scottish Championship 500cc (4 Laps Standing Start ) Heat 1 Jimmy Valente John Yates Johnnie Walker 1min 49 Heat 2 Oliver Goodfellow James Logie Charlie McEvoy 2min 00 Heat 3 John Jackson Andy Milne Al Johnson 2min 6.2 Heat 4 Harry Duncan Bill Dickie George Cumming 1min 48 Heat 5 George McKenzie Andy Marr Ralph Brown 1min 57.4 Heat 6 Drew McQueen (frem) Norrie Isbister (f) Charles Sanderson (f) 1min 55.4 Heat 7 Bill Barclay James McDonald Irvine Jones (f) 2min 45 Heat 8 Ivor Creek William Forsyth Arthur Sherlock 1min 58.4 Heat 9 Peter Coia Chris Hughes (nf) Eric Burnet (nf) 3min 12 Semi Final Jimmy Valente (et) John Jackson Oliver Goodfellow 1min 55 Semi Final Drew McQueen Harry Duncan George McKenzie 1min 44.4 Semi Final Ivor Creek Bill Barclay Peter Coia 2min 1.6 Final: Jimmy Valente Drew McQueen Ivor Creek 1min 41.4 MATCH RACE Jimmy Valente Beatt Ivor Creek 1min 48.2 |
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| The heavy rain which had fallen on 25 August, although having a detrimental effect on the riders’ performances, did not mar the Scottish Dirt Track Championships held at the Marine Gardens Speedway. The uncertain nature of the track made the sport highly exciting, though frequent spills were responsible for some unexpected results. It was not uncommon to see all the competitors on the track together tinkering with their mounts and naturally the first to get going again won the race. The Glasgow rider P. Coia could afford to come down twice and yet win his race, but the time, 3 mins 12 secs fully demonstrated the manner of the riding. All the Scottish cracks, except Eric Burnet, competed while the Australians, Al Johnson and Irvine Jones also took part, but were early out of the competitions owing to mechanical troubles. James Valente was rather lucky to enter the second stage of the 350cc event for after he had stopped his opponents also came down. He was less fortunate in the semi-final where his machine refused in the first lap and his chance was lost. Drew McQueen, however, managed to keep clear of trouble and entered the final with ease. Equally easily did he win the event for his opponent came down during the second lap and McQueen rode away alone for a hollow victory. The visiting cracks did not do too well in the 500cc event. Both the Australians went down early while of the Englishmen only Ivor Creek advanced. He also got to the final where, pitted against McQueen and Valente, he was always in the rear. As usual, Valente flashed ahead at the start and , taking the corners with greater vim than the other two, he was soon away on a comfortable enough lead. To head him never looked possible and riding carefully enough to avoid accident, yet doing a sufficiently good speed, the Glasgow rider added the championship to his imposing list of achievements. At the conclusion he met Ivor Creek in a match and had the Englishman beaten both for skill on the bends and speed down the straights. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Championship 25/08/1928
