The Archive · 1940

World Speedway Record 2! At Sydney

Sydney, July 11.

Cordy Milne, the "American speedway driver, established world's record' for three~ quarters of a mile from a clutch start when he won the ALF. cup at Sydney sports ground. His time was 52.8 secs. which was 1.8 secs. better than the previous world's best, established in' England by the Australian A. G. Wilkinson, in 1937, V. Duggan' was second Milne and Lionel Van Praag third Reuter. favour of Gus Sonnenders, exception of Baze's circu pening frame there were no ton Rhodes was touched for four isolated bingles and Fugate, the relief twirler, yielded four singles. Grow, the Enappy shortstop of the First Battalion, committed half a dozen apart from rendering six assists The box score:

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