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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

Often Seen-but Seldom Passed

NEW SERIES

PONTIAC SIX

Many times on many highways you will You will see the Pontiac Six reeling off glimpse the red Indian kend that the miles, topping the hills with ease, Idealilies a Poutine. Six, from the rear. sprinting past car after car. And if Sometime you will find'a màn ni the wheel who shows that he's headed for distant points. Follow him hour after hour all day long. Follow him, that is, if your.car will stand the pace.

When you do, you will witness a marve lous exhibition of high-speed endurance.

you could have it checked, from radiator to tail-light, at its destination, you would find it hone the worse for hard driving, no matter how strenuus the trip. -

The Pontine Six is built for just such a test as that: That's why it's often seen on the road—but very seldom passed ?"

May we have the pleasure of demonstrati. g these fine cars to you?

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MOTOR RACING -

REVIVAL.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1928.

INDUSTRIAL

PULPIT.

Boom in Sports Cars at Minister and Motor

Executive.

Home.

A Presbyterian minister-Dr. C. At the commencement of this year A. Lippincott is one of the most it looked as if motor racing was de-interesting of the executives at the finitely doomed. Firm aftor Studebaker Comporation's Ameri- firm, famous for their ex can headquarters. To use his ownj ploits on the track for years, words, he has transferred his declared their intention of retiring sphere of activities "from the from the sport, and not spending House of God to the house of man." His job is to handle the Co-1 any more money. on what Was operative Department, which pre-1 thought to be a costly form of ad-sents some intricate and intimate vertising.

problems.

One hour he may be holding a To everyone's aurprise, however, this year, up to the present, has court of domestic relations" in probably been the most successful which a wife has charged her hus in the history of automobile racing, and, a Studebaker employee. It and the public everywhere has is Dr. Lippincott's job to find out taken more interest in the game for her why tho pay envelope has than ever before. To such an ex- not been reaching her intact; to tent has this been the case, that admonish, if necessary, and, at all many car manufacturing firms have events, to straighten out the post- realised the error of their ways,tion. Ten minutes later he is and are to resume building racing pointing out to a furniture firm cara so that next year there should that they must not take away n De an unprecedented number of sick employee's furniture. because competing vehicles in the field. - · an instalment is overdue, and ho funds drawn from the Corporation. backs it up with the necessary

In short, he brings the spirit of Christianity Into the complex situations of industrial life.

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being continuously employed for 20 years with Studebaker, get a pension of 25 per cent, on reaching 65 years of age. Stock may be par- chased by employees, while the Co operative Department assists in

I think, for this, we have to thank the race for the standard sports car, which started from such humble beginning, and which has spread so rapidly. It is curious that the home of the racing car, pure und

Since 1919, under his guidance, simple, namely, France, promoted the Co-operative Department has at Le Mans six years ago the firat grown to such strength that wages of these events for standard sports are generally higher than care. Then came the Essex, six- similar Institutions; employees re- hours' event, and finally, the or-ceiving under £600 a year, and

anisation of the Ulster T.T, which will take place in August.

These races differed from the old type event in that they interest ed people not as aportamen only; but as private car owners, and touched them on their most sensi-the promotion of all recreational Live point, their pride. Motorists Programmes, and has formed glee clubs, orchestras, and such organi- everywhere deny that they

sations of employees. As the de- ever buy 11 Car for speed, and yet wherever motorists partment also assists employees arey gathered together there will to buy their own homes. labour be talk of speed. These races

troubles are comparatively · un-| known. for standard sports cars appeal to an entirely new circle of people. All the cars competing can be hought and used by any one, and the owners, therefore, have an almost personal interest in the events. The result has been that many people who previously would not have gone a mile out of their way to see a car race, now turn up in force, and, having got the habit It is more than probable that they will ultimately become regular race- goors.

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The evolution of motor-car rhe- ing makes an interesting study. In the beginning the contests were held from point to point. In the early days of the present century such races were run in straight lines over the ordinary roads of Europe. There was the famous Paris-Bordeaux and the Paris- Berlin race to mention only two.

Gradually, however, the circuit system was adopted, these circuits varying from as much as 5 miles round to only a few kilometres, Cars in their turn became more specialised until, in 1927 the high water mark was reached, and the cars actually competing were costly specialised vehicles built only. for racing purposes. It was at the close of last year that the firms con- cerned decided that the great quant- ity of money expended in building these cars was not worth while, and they retired from the field, leaving racing to the enthusiastic amateurs.

One Make Only.

Lately another very interesting tendéney has emerged. Recently at Lo Mans a race was held called the the Grand Prix Bugatti, and con- fined to Bugatti cars. Now It might well be asked where the in- terest lay in a race for the same make of ear, but as a matter of fact this type of race tapped the same type of public as is interested in the standard sports car events. It was open to all owners of Bugátt! cara, a professional could be ap pointed to drive or the owner could take the wheel, and the event se hieved a very large entry list and aroused great Interest. One famous English driver was re- presented; he was Dr. Benjafield, who has so often competed ane- eessfully on Bentleys on that purti- cular course, and he secured fifth place out of a very large field. ··

The cars were not allowed to be tuned at the Bugatti works, and the owners had to do their own pre- paration. The idea originated with Mr. Ettore Bugatti himself, who produces, of course, several types of care, and those competing were divided into various classes. The result is that in France a group of amateur enthusiasts has arisen who keep a "stable" or rather "garage" of several types of racing car, which they either race themselves or employ professional drivers to race, and by this means are bring ing about a state of affairs very similar to that in horse racing,

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It may well be that this will spread to England, as, in spite of a certain amount of official obstruc tion, motor manufacturers realising that these events do create great enthusiasm among owners and reflect grent credit on the suo- cessful firms. It is therefore to be hoped that not only in this country but all over the world we shall sco a healthy revival in the sport.

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