Austin Harris

The Southport Hundred

Goodacre's Austin Proves Once Again That Reliability Plus Speed is Better Than Much More Speed and Less Reliability in Long-distance Sand Racing

Once again a 750cc Austin collected the Southport 100-mile Trophy, and thoroughly deserved its win.

C. S. Staniland Breaks the Lap Record: Depleted Fields and no Accidents

Holiday spirits were the order of the day at Donington last Saturday. It was one of those pleasantly informal meetings that send spectators away with no definite memory of thrills and excitement, but with a general sense of an afternoon well spent. When one says that there were no outstanding thrills possibly one does not do justice to that brilliant driver, Christopher Staniland, who at his first appearance at Donington broke the lap record and also the ten-lap race record. Yet so unobtrusive was his method, so well judged his cornering, that one could but applaud skills that brought no sensation. In addition to these two records one other was broken. There were no accidents.

Taken from the "The Autocar" dated August 29th, 1930.

The cars and their drivers

BENTLEY - Birkin, Moir, Benjafield, Hall

ALFA ROMEO - Varzi, Campari, Nuvolari, Callingham, Don, Outlaw

O.M. - Fronteras, Ramponi, Minoia

TALBOT - Lewis, Hindmarsh, Eaton

AUSTIN - Frazer Nash, Poppe, Waite, Crabtree

TRIUMPH - Barnes, Horsman

ALVIS - Harvey, Cushman, Paul, Purdy

LEA-FRANCIS - Davis, Whitcroft, Sutton, Peacock, Higgin, Sullivan

MERCEDES - Earl Howe, Campbell

RILEY - Ashby, Horton

T.T. Equipment

The following components were used on the cars that finished the course.

Sparking Plugs

CHAMPION on Alfa Romeos, Alvis,Talbots, O.M. and Mercedes

KLG on Austin, Riley, Bentleys and Lea Francis

Carburetters

MEMINI on Alfa Romeos and No 18 O.M.

SU on Alvis and Bentley

ZENITH on Talbot

SOLEX on Riley

COZETTE on Austin and Lea Francis

MERCEDES on Mercedes

R.A.G. on No. 17 O.M.

The supercharged single-seater Austin, driven by L. Cushman, breaks four class records - the flying mile and kilometre at more than 100 m.p.h.

**Please note that photos will be updated shortly**

The supercharged Austin entering the railway straight on its record run

Tomorrow's T.T. Race (full car driver lineup at end of article)

British, Italian, and German makes entered for the big Ulster event. Official Bugatti team withdra. Guide to the cars and drivers, and information concerning traffic arrangements for the race.

TOMORROW morning, at 11 o'clock there starts on the Ards Circuit, just outside Belfast, the Ulster Tourist Trophy race, which promises to be the finest event of the year from the interest point of view, and which, for the drivers, is one of the most difficult of all by reason of the nature of the circuit. One of the chief hopes is that it will be fine this year, in any case, has been somewhat gloomy in so far as races affected by rain are concerned, and each of the three previous races over this circuit has suffered from heavy rain at some time or other.

This article appeared in The Autocar dated May 15th, 1931.

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Torrential rain does its worst, an excellent and well organised event. Austin success at over eighty miles an hour

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To organise a race of the calibre of the Relay Grand Prix, a race of a type never attempted previously, and involvmg a larger entry than had ever been seen before in a single race, is a feat of which the Light Car Club may well be proud. It required courage, and it required hard work - exactly how much only those who have tackled a like problem can appreciate.

To an extent almost unparalleled by cars of anywhere near the the price, the Austin Seven has gained a wonderful name for dependability. This dependability it has carried remarkably successfully into the field of racing - a point of particular interest in regard to the production unsupercharged sports model, since it is directly from this type that the racing machine has been developed.

It is indeed a remarkable thing that so good a miniature sports car is obtainable for the money. The owner of one of these little cars has a machine with a very fine performance, the sporting style of bodywork beloved of the enthusiast; and, most important in a way, there is behind the car a background, as it were, of extraordianry reliability and durability.

The Battle of Phoenix Park

In spite of rain, the second Irish Grand Prix provides two days of spectacular racing with triumphs for the Riley and the Mercedes. Caracciola wins the Irish Gran Prix

This is a list of the entrants that there are photos of for this event;

1 - Austin Chummy - OL 3418 - Gunnar Poppe
2 - Trojan - PD 7258 - D Bowden
3 - Trojan - BY 9418 - Lt Col B Woodhouse
4 - Clyno - DA 7917 - J Cocker
5 - Derby - MO 3177 - S A Wenmouth
6 - Rhode - OK 1527 - B A Hill
7 - Surrey - X0 8306 - S E A Watson

10 - Gwynne - XR 4562 - J F Deverill
11 - Marseal - Capt D M K Marendaz
12 - Rhode - OL 2891 - Capt C Gray

16 - Galloway - SM 4437 - Maj D Johnstone
17 - Lea Francis - HP 8532 - H E Tatlow
18 - Seabrook - XR 3362 - C A H Mason
19 - Wolseley - OL 4878 - J S Wood
20 - Gwynne - XT 2262 - D Chinery
21 - AC - PD 9058 - Hon Victor Bruce

23 - Galloway - SM 4436 - V E Leverett

26 - Argyll - GB 4502 - Chas Brimlow
27 - Argyll - SN 2679 - J McD Parker
28 - Lagonda - XR 3015 - Major W H Oates
29 - Palladium - XR 7851 - H F Smallwood