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Magazine article from 'The Autocar' reporting on the Tourist Trophy motor race with photographs of the event.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\1\ Scan038 | |
| Date | 7th September 1934 | |
| 426 The Autocar September 7th, 1934. Baird and his mechanic (right) retired, watch T. S. Fothringham's Aston Martin cornering in Dundonald. following faithfully, was equal fourth with George Eyston. Dodson lay sixth. Meanwhile Powys-Lybbe's exhaust pipe had come adrift, and he was busy replacing it with the aid of parts from the équipe's spare car. His cornering with his high-built car had been noted as remarkably steady. The Singers were all in trouble of various kinds, J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Barnes having a bad oil leak and then retiring with a blown gasket, Langley calling at his pit, and Baker overshooting Dundonald hairpin and experiencing a skid at Newtownards. Then the luckless Baker retired at Comber with transmission trouble! Berry, too, skidded at Newtownards and again at Comber, much to the fiendish delight of the crowd, but proceeded at great speed. Clifford called at his pit and changed all the plugs of his Riley. Baird had even worse luck, for his Riley caught on fire at Dundonald, and though the flames were put out he had to retire. Rose-Richards' Talbot was running steadily, lapping at 75.19 m.p.h., but Earl Howe had to change all the plugs on the sister car. With the effect of credit laps and time allowances beginning to settle down, it was becoming possible for the industrious to work out the actual race order on the road. Up to this point Hodge's Singer had been ahead, but after nine laps Dodson, who had got to the head of the Magnette team, wiped out his start and took the lead on distance. Everitt was third, with the Magnette Nuvolari had entered, and Eyston fourth. Handley had fallen back because of his pit stop. Compare with this the leaders on handicap at 12.30, Hall leading at 79.03 m.p.h., Fothringham second, Dodson third, Lewis fourth at 78.05 m.p.h., Everitt fifth, and Eyston sixth. This means that Hall, who was right down the list, of course, in the actual order on the road, was travelling at sufficient H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Aldington's six-cylinder Frazer Nash at speed in Comber. speed to catch the leaders in time, and that Fothringham was catching Dodson on the road, while Lewis, again well down on distance, was making a better average on handicap than either Everitt or Eyston, third and fourth on distance. Dodson, to meet the Aston Martin challenge, increased speed with a class record lap at 75.77 m.p.h., but Hall with another record (80.48 m.p.h.) countered the move, while shortly afterwards Driscoll regained the 1,500 c.c. record for Aston Martin's with 76.24 m.p.h. Everitt's challenge, however, ended at Dundonald, where he had to retire after a fine effort. This made the order on the road Dodson, Eyston, Fothringham. Eyston (No. 25), Dodson (No. 27), Handley (No. 26), and Black (No. 28), at Dundonald. G 14 | ||