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PHOTO THE REMAINS OF THE PYLON TETHERED RACING TRACK. MOTE PARK MAIDSTONE. 155 MPH CIRCUIT RECORD. THE HOBBY OF RACING PYLON OR TETHERED CARS WAS POPULAR IN AMERICA DURING THE 1930'S BUT SPREAD TO ENGLAND DURING THE WAR. BY THE END OF THE WAR TETHERED CAR RACING IN THE UK HAD BECOME ENORMOUSLY POPULAR. GROUPS OF ENTHUSIASTS FORMED CLUBS AND RACING TOOK PLACE IN HANGARS WORKS CANTEENS GARAGES AND ON PURPOSE BUILT TRACKS. A BRITISH PATHE NEWS VIDEO CLIP SHOWS ALBERT WILLIAM (BILL) BENNETT WEARING THE BOBBLE HAT PREPARING A MODEL RACING CAR FOR A RUN. THE WHEELS ARE WARMED UP ON A GRINDSTONE THEN BILL CARRIES THE CAR TO A SPECIAL TRACK SURROUNDED BY A WIRE FENCE. COMMENTATOR SAYS "THIS IS AN AMERICAN IDEA CALLED CABLE RACING.... BECAUSE THE CARS GO SO FAST THEY HAVE TO BE TETHERED". BILL FIXES THE CAR TO A CABLE COMING FROM THE CENTRE OF THE TRACK THEN RUNS OFF PUSHING THE CAR WITH A POLE TO START THE IGNITION. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) J THORNEPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
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