1904 Irish Automobile Club Speed Trials
1904 September.
1904 Irish Automobile Club Speed Trials[1]
The speed trials under tho auspices of the Irish Automobile Club were brought to a successful conclusion today over the measured mile at Portmarnock. Tho weather was fine and the course in excellent order. The attendance was again very large. The following are the details of to-day's racing:—
Class C (Amateurs).— For motor-bicycles up to and including 150lb.
First heat.— C. B. Franklin (Dublin), 2.75 h.p. F.N. 1: J. G. Drury (Dublin), 2.5 h.p. Triumph, 2. Won by 50 yards. Time, lmin. 30 3-5wc.
Second heat.— E. T. Jones (Wales), 2.5 h.p. Humber, 1; F. A. Wallen (Dublin), 3 h.p. Triumph, 2. Won easily. Time, lmin. 45 l-5sec.
Final heat,— C. B. Franklin, 1; E. T. Jones, 2. Won by 50 yards. Time, lm'.n. 32 l-5sec.
Class E.— For two-seated touring cars costing £200 or under.
Final heat.— H. Sturmey, 10 h.p. Duryea, 1; J. J. Edwards, 6 h.p. De Dion, 2. Wen by half-a-iuilo. Timo, lmin. 53 -1-5800.
Class D.— For amateurs. Motor-cycle unrestricted as to weight.
First heat,— C. B. Franklin (Dublin), 2.75 h.p. F.N., 1; E. T. Jones (Wales), 2.5 h.p. Humber, 2. Won easily. Time, lmin. 32 l-5aeo.
Second heat.— W. B. Ireton (Belfast), 3 h.p. Riley, 1; J. G. Drury (Dublin), 2.5 h.p. Triumph, 2. Won easily. Timo, lmin. 33 4-5scc.
Final heat.— C. B. Franklin, 1; E. T. Jones, 2. Won by 50 yards. Timo, lmin. 20 l-5soo.
Class F.— Touring cars costing over £200, but not more than £100 ; to carry four passengers.
Final heat.— F. Churchill, ’ 14 h.p. ilalltunahlro, 1; H. Sturmey, 12 h.p; Duryea, 2 ; H. Kennedy, 12 h.p. Darracq, 3. Won by ton yards'. Time, lmin. 57 3-5soc.
Class G.— Touring care coating over £400, but not more than £500; to carry four passengers.
Final heat.— A. Huntley Walker, 15 h.p. Darracq, 1; J. A. Rawlinson, 15 h.n. Darracq, 2. Won by 20 yards. Winner's time, lmin. 58 l-5soo.
Goff challenge cup, value 20 guineas, to be won twice in succession or three times in all, confined to members of the Irish Automobile CJub.
First heat.— T. L. Plunkett, 28-b.p. Daimler, scratch, 1; Major C. J. Thornhill, (j-.h.p. Wolscloy, 550 yardi, 2 ; A. J. Hardy, 5-h.p. Peugeot, COO yards, 3. Timo, lmln. 30 4-5roc.
Second heat.— D. Money, 10-h.p. Argyll, 375 yards, 1; W. D. Sainsbury, 0-h.p. Argyll, 450 yards, 2 ; Sir H. Plunkett, 10-h.p. Panhard, 260 yards, 8. Won by 200 yards. Timo, 2min. 7 3-5soo .
Final heat.— T. L. Plunkett, 1; Major Thornhill. 2; W. 1). W. D. Sainsbury, 3. Won by 15 yards. Tiiuo, hnlu. 32 E*3MM.
Class L.— Racing cars weighing not more than 1,000 kilos. For tho Irish Automobile Club 200-guine3 Challenge Cup, now hold by Mr. J. E. Hutton.
Semi-final round.— The first heat.— C. S. Rolls, 100-b.p. Mom, 1 ; A. Lee Guiness, Gordon-Bomiott Brititih Darracq, 2. Won by 20 yards. Timo, 57 2-5sco.
Second heat.— S. F. Edge, 0-cylinder Napier 1 ; A. Rawlinson, 40-h.p. Dnrracq, 2. Won easily. Timo, I 50 2-SNOC.
Final heat.— S. F. Edge, G-cyllr.dcr Napier (driver A. E. M'Donald), 1 ; C. S. Rolls, 100-h.p. Mors, 2 ; A. Lee Guinness. Gordon-Bonnett British Darraon, 3. Won by 80 yards ; ton yards between second and third. Timo, 57 2-5%0C.
Class H.— Touring cars costing £030 but not more than £l,o00f to carry four nansengera.
Second round.— First heat.— P. Martin, Z8-h.p. Daimler, I : S. F. Edge, 20-h.p. Napier, 2. Won by 100 yards. Timo, Imin. 24 -i-Raeo.
Second heat.— T. L. Plunkett, 28-h.p. Daimler, 1: A. Huntley Walker, 30-h.p. Darracq, 2. Won after an exciting flniuh Iiy less than a yard. Timo, lmln. 519 l-5soo.
Final heat.— P. Martin, 1; T. L. Plunkett, 2. Won by 25 yards. Timo, lmln. 31 I-5soo.
Class I.— Touring cars Inreapoativa of pr5c*> to carry ftvo passengers.
Final heat.— A. Lee Guinness, GO-h.p. Morcodai, 1 ; A. Rawlinson, 40-h.p. Darracq, 2. Won by 50 yards. Timo, lmln. 19 2-Rsoo.
Class K.— For racing cam weighing luna than G50 kilos. For tho Irish Automobile Club 100-guinea Cbnllonge Cup, now hold by Mr. A. Rawlinson, and gold modal.
Final heat.— A. Rawlinson, Gordon-Bennett British Darrncq, 1 ; George Wilton. 30-b.p. Darmcq, 2. Won by 15 yards. No tlmo rotumou.
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- ↑ The Times (London, England), Thursday, September 8, 1904