SPEEDWAY FOR SINGAPORE.
Dirt-track Racing to Start Shortly.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
now little more remains to be done, will also serve to keep the cinders before building operations are in place. The bends aro 60 feet started.
in width, and the straights, 33 foot jwide.
Mr. F. Heron Pitcher, the pro- moter of the scheme, le enthuiastic
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SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1929,
Chick, while Fay Taylor, the KNOCK THEORIES. this all other considerations are of CONVERSION OF world's woman champion of the dirt-track, has expresed her will- ingness to come.
secondary importance. But what exactly is a "knock" or "pink"7 Probably not one in a hundred
Power Efficiency of motorists could, give a correct
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is the scheme of an·Aŭstralian want more. Besides having some fin couples all round the track. Atis insurance facilities for rider that makes the wheels go round. cepted. In more or less his own/ Swedish princes concentrate on ski-
more
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As far as can be determined at the present time it is expected that races will be held on two evenings a week, on Wednesday and Satur- day.
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With regard to machines, at first riders will have to use their about, the prospects of dirt-track racing here. He describes the One of the main features of the own motor-eycles and those which
The truth is that there is little sport as the most thrilling invent track will be the illumination. are not adapted to track racing
sxact knowledge even now of the In a few months time, possibly in jed, and says he has had ample This part of the scheme is in the will have to be dismantled and a firm of
behaviour of the exploded petrol Soptember, Singapore will have evidence that it will have a great hands of a company which has made suitable. However it is con-
mixtures in the Internal combustion fallen in line with most of the appeal to all classes in Singapore, already put installations on the fidently expected that
"Some people are rather sceptical foremost tracks in England and Importers will get out the specially
Few people, as they gaze at thoir engine. Every explanation of a Prince Carl. Jnr., of Sweden, is elties of Europe, the United States about it coming to stay, he added, the continent. The track will be designed dirt track machines.
Another important matter which ideal car, have a thought for that "knock" is in the nature of one of the latest converts to the and Australia and have a motor- "but I have no doubt that once iluminated to the extent of 210,000
complement-the fuel theory, Mr. H. R. Ricardo's theory
is, perhapa, the one generally ac sport of motor-cycling. When other cycle dirt-track of its own. Such the people see the races, they will candle power, by lampa suspended is at present under consideration already! business man who is now. in of the greatest experts of the dirt- the corners, of course, the lights and the promoters are
be
numerous, negotiating with companies in Yet it is just as important to have words, when the mixture of petrol ing and skating, Prince Carl pre track in the world performing on will Singapore Onishing the
masked England who undertake similar a perfectly produced fuel us it is vapour and air la compressed to a fers moter-cycling, and states that pre- the Singapore track, opportunities The lampa liminary details before beginning will be given for locul amateurs with
triangular reflectors, so business in connexion with the to have a perfectly manufactured high pressure and to a temperature he will never tire of it.
He also taken an interest in the the construction of the track. A and professionals to race, for which as to concentrate the light on Home tracks, and are confident of car. Fortunately, with the ad approaching that of its self-igni- Vance in automobile engineering on temperature, and is then ignit
ed by the spark, the fame at first mechanical side, for, to quote, a site has been obtained, plans trophies and cash prizes will be the track. They will be set at an getting facilities extended
an even more marked spreads by the normal process of translation from a Swedish paper; drawn up and riders' engaged, and given. I have had many promises, angle facing the direction of the Singapore. Riders, in England,
from motor-cyclists of all nation- race, so as not to blind the riders. pay 78. per night, and are fully in- has gone alities, including many Europeans, They will also be masked from the sured for all mishaps. Straits advance in the selence of oil-refin combustion, compressing before it "It was among oil, cotton-wastes ing and the blending of motor the unburnt portion of the charge and clamorous machines" that the fuels. and I have no fear that there will spectators as much as possible.
Much valuable research When the consequent rise in tem- be a dearth of riders."
work has been carried out at the perature of this unburnt portion is journalist, found him. Although more rapid than the rate at which several Swedish machines are made, instance of the large off companies its heat can be given off, the apont Prince Carl rides a British Ariel, || Coaching for Local Riders.
GÁS COST VARIES.
on the behaviour of petrol mixtures ancous ignition taken place, and an of which he has just taken delivery. In the internal combustion engine explosive wave is set up which He rides both adlo and sidecar, but Continuing, Mr. Pitcher said that he had made arrangements for
Gasoline prices in European The Empire Motor Fuels Com strikes the walls of the cylinder twelve of the foremost riders in
One of the main objections that countries vary from 21 cents a val-mittee has had similar researches
familiar "pinking" or "knocking." since there is more, excitement Australia to come to Singapore, ing the preliminary matters about ability of a speedway in Singapore, In Austria gas is 28 cents, in Bel colol and alcohol-ether mixtures, which the scientiais call deton- "when having two wheels under the but owing to the delay in complet. has been raised against the suit-on in England to 53 cents in Italy. carried out on the behaviour or with a hammeriike blow causing the prefers the "further category"
is the opportunity it will give for glum 27 to 32 cents, in France 32 Some review of the results of these ntion." It la quite different from machine than three.
Prince Carl would much like to the site, these nien bad had to pro- ceesi Lo England on contracts there. gambling.The religious sects, etc cents, in Germany 26 to 28 cente, in fascinating experiments muy help pre-ignition proper that is, from Howeyer when their European con- we understand, have put forward Switzerland 35 cents and in Spain petrol consumers to appreciate the self-ignition of the mixture
problems of the petrol producers. petrol vapour and air before the compete in ice or dirt track races, tracts were completed he is certain this objection, but they can rest from 32 ta 50 cents.
However little motorists may passage of the spark. But "knock-but states that there are certain will they will come to Singapore. He assured that the prevelance of a not Increase
know about the petrol they use, they ing," if persisted in, will so raise obstacles in the way of it which will ad been fortunate in retaining dirt-track
will judge it quite rightly, by the the temperature of the points of be very hard to surmount. degree of its tendency, to "knock." the sparking plug as to cause pre- nct so Interested in reliability trials the services of Sig Schlam, who facilities for belting, for one of of the conditions the management is described as the "dol
The joy goes out of motoring when ignition. How, then, is "knock watch, in his opinion, "cannot sportively be equal to speed races.” one hears that hateful "pink" ing" to be avoided?
Mr. Ricardo has proved that! It is said that efficient use is "Knocking" menna loss of power supervise the laying down of the be strictly prohibited. There is track, and will be available for little doubt, however, that people coaching local aspirants to fame will matte wagers among them-made of only 9 per cent of the and economy. The spark has to be knocking" is less the lower the
selves, but 110 one can argue gasoline consumed by an automo retarded and the mixture enriched, rate of burning of the fuel. The Mr. Rieurdo, next showed that the means that the engine reason for this, according to his rate of burning was affected by the effectively against that. The main bile. Engineers any that 38 per which
more petrol is theory, is that if the rate of spread chemical composition of the petrol The situation of the track is palat, however, is that betting will cent is lost through the exhaut, gets holler and
28 per cent. is absorbed by cooling consumed. Freedom from "knock, of the flame is sufficiently slow the-this is, by the relative proportions Upper Serangoon, at the top of not be allowed officially,
water and 15 lost in heat radining," on the other hand, im- unbarnt portion which is being com- of arematies, naphthenes, and Alkatr Avenue. The latter is
plies that the car will stand an pressed can get rid of its heat paralling it contains; that the new rond which starts at
advance spark, even up hills, so quick enough to avold self-ignition. smaller the proportion of parafilas Junction of Upper Serangoon Road
In the matter of visits of "crack"
that the engine keeps relatively cool in all cases it seems that a low the better from almost every point and MaePherson Road. The site
and less petrol is consumed. In rat. of burning is advantageous, of view; and that a certain propor fis 11% aeres in extent, the major- riders from Australia the
other words, more power is obtain No motor fuel has yet been found tion of aromatics, estimated at lity of which, of course, will be moters do not expect to experience
ed at less coat. Clearly, the ten- of which the rate of burning was about 20 per cent. for the majority commercial motor engines, taken up by the rating track. The any dieulty. In Sig Schlam, who
At least Bfty per cent. of the dency to "knock" is the outstanding too low to permit of maximum of other part has been set aside for will be permanently engaged here, a pavilion and grandstands, raised they have one of the foremost ex-
value of a petrol. Compared with highest-speed engine yet tested. to "kuzek." banking, workshops, refreshment ponents of the sport in the world, ears on the road in Great Britain factor determining the practical ofliciency being obtained in the practically eliminated the tendency roonis, ete. The track will be one His fame la well-known in England have motors of less than 12 h.p.
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