PICTORIAL
PICTORIAL REVIEW
THE N.W. LONDON M.C. GLOUCESTER TRIAL AND THE R.A.C. CHAMPIONSHIP TRIAL
Left : CHRISTMAS SCENE.—.Snow made the approaches to the first four hills in the R.A.C. Championship Trial exceedingly difficult. The severe conditions are well portrayed in this ” Christmas scene ” secured by the MOTOR SPORT photographer. Right : REACHING THE LIMIT of adhesion on “John’s Delight ” in the R.A.C. Trial is J. D. Sleernan’s neat Sleernan Sports. Wharton and Imhof stopped in roughly the some place.
Bottom CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER SECOND TIME RUNNING.—Ken Wharton, in his new Austin A40-engined Wharton Austin won the 1950 R.A.C. Championship Trial just os, last year, he won it with his Ford-engined Wharton. Note the Ford front axle and suspension, and Morris Minor rack-and-pinion steering of the new car.
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The blown Ford Tett engine is in the inure of the chassis. Note the drilled front zuheels and neat circular radiator cowl. NS LOW 11.-1 1,10″I’S wonderful new reel r-engined speeied mast hare been inky/mkt!, cookd during the 1.C. Trial, for its engine is Un airroofed .1.. II’. After doing well no most
sect ions the en, retired. .1. F. It’.11,S0.S 1,200-c.e. it:ST1A’ SPECL-1/, is here going well in the
snow y it..I . C . Championship Triat but it 7111-ti unphwed in. the final results. ” GASPERS 11 ELI’ 11. F. 11. Cotton and his passciayr to cowbell the odd ii, the ILA ‘Iheir k’Ord Ten-ctigined Comm Special is tackling the ‘ hump” 7chich
stopped Ni) uy at the bottom of ” Draper’s Two.” 1.’1′ SHP GOES.The lona wheels of .1. ( Fool len add;incrl ( ‘,fgt.’. whirl/ finished tenth iii. the It,. I.( Trial. clear the •• hump at ” 1 ha per’s
‘I’ll! RD u..E N THE li_ir.r. cHAmpioN-sHij fell to R. It. HU/M.’ ‘,Ural)/ -0/gitted k’airfry, her
seen on the steep gradient of” Draper’s ‘Iwo.” Phillip also kali ma, a First-Class .1ward in the ” Gloucester.” G11,11EliT 111,,W1′ eon alwn ys he relied on to Storm trials hills with the best of them in his blown ” Pit ” M.G. 11min is in the ” Glottecsler.•’ in whirl, he won it Second-1 ‘fitss
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