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Week-End Edition, March 17-1P, 1917. 19
NEW III HI SEASON TO
BE GREATEST ii MTi HISTORY
Plans Are Outlined By Officials of A. A. A. Contest
Board; Elgin Koad Race May Be Resumed While
There Is Possibility of Daytona Again
Putting TJp Straightaways.
Jointly roafle high speed
SUCCESS of the 1916 automobile
raring peason Tras established be-j-ond
all question of doubt when
ihc contest board of the American
Aut .c-oblle association held its dinner
at the Chicago Automobile club, and
officially awarded the 1916 champlon
sh p to Darlo Resta. together trlth a
be juful diamond studded platinum
'ob. a pift from the contest board, the
Bos" trophy. J 5608 of the B. F. Good
irh rompanys cash prize and SMCKI of
vc Bo3Ch cash award. Aitken and
tkifenbacher, who finished the season
K. ca and third, received $3000 and
"2"' J of the Goodrich cash prize and
1 9o and $500 of the Bosch cash prize,
espe-tlvely.
Tl is marked the official ending of
"be most successful season that auto--noblle
racing has ever had and re
jected great credit upon the contest
hoard of the A. A. A. Contributing to
this success were speed records that
totally eclipsed the imagination of the
'.rlveis tlumselves. These have been
EaJe po"ible not entirely through the
struction of the biff fast speedways,
t also to the advancements in the
ne-Lan.cal construction of the racing
ars and the development of cord tires.
with the VanderWH cup race in 1904
but it was not until 190S. that an Amer
ican driver and an American car.
I Robertson in a Locomobile, won this
blR motor classic
Tie American Grand Prize race took
place on the motor calemlar (n 1908.
but only in 1914. when Eddie Pullen '
finished first with a Mercer, has any
American car ever won It.
At the beirtnninB of the
famous European road race
forsaken, for 1911 witnesd tie last
run of the French Grand l'ri The old
Gordon Bennett cup classic had been
abandoned, honever. In 1906
Glgrln Rare Given I p.
w 1 . !.. .! L'livin .... -1.1
race, which had Its first run in 1910.
was discontinued with the event of ,
1915. The Chicago Automobile club ,
cup race, which had been tun in con-
nection with the Elgin races during
1913. 1914 and 1915. was likewise dis-
continued at the same time the Elgin ,
event was given up. ;
Probably the drivers are somen hat I
responsible for the fact that road rac
ing has practically been abandoned, for J
! the speed ays have opened greater
1 ..MmM n tim It must be
At the dinner given to Dario Resta I sen however, that the very salvation
and Johnny Aitken at Chicago, one of ' 0f the sport itself lies within tne
the speakers stated that in two years' efforts of those ho can bring back the
racing. Dario Resta finished first in road race as a diversion from the
every race his car finished with excep- j ,peedway events which will soon be-US-,
. .""If1 race assist Ralph . come too commonplace.
DePalma at Indianapolis. May 31. 1915. . I. A. Wind Hoad Race.
This record has never been equaled In I it Is to be hopu that Lie srntiment
the history of racing. f the contest board of the A A. .V as
Interest In speedway racing reached expressed by David Beecroft at the re
enormous proportions, as Indeed hv the cent Chicago dinner, will be realized
attendance at each of th vAnta nnrt ! hpfnre manv weeks have passed, for
the drivers maintained a consistent
regularity In appearing In the large
majority.
What Road Raclnir Ha nn..
It Is Interesting to note the popular-
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TRUCK SALES t
which have
possible.
1'ijm Total 3(10,000.
According to the records of the A
X. A.. 41 drivers participated In its
regularly sanctioned speedway events
auring isib. in which no I ss than ten
speedways enabled these 41 drivers to
accumulate close to S300.000 in prize
iuune.
Commercial car deliveries this weeS
A-c reported as follows:
Southern Motor company Hemman-
ton Icenublic. re-
rcantlle conmanv.
Republic dl"patc)', repeat order. Vecus
f Southern Motor com
tar. the Hudson company, one :
3 were feat order. Juarez Mer
Mining company, two ton Republic:
' A. Spence &. Sons Carruoxo. Iwo
ion Republic . D U Meloy Motor com
pany. Globe. Ariz., two ton Republic.
John Hutchings. Alamogordo. Repub-
t lie dispatch.
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TCIIC IVIUI .7...CB .t. .OtIC
two ton and Velle three and a half ton
trucks to Jack rnoId. Silver City, X.
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Downtown Store Room. For Rent, With
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this board is not alone in its desire to
have the Elgin meet resumed this year.
Mr. Beecroft, In his review of the sport
since the contest board has been the
regulating factor, spoke at length upon
. imnArt.inft nf road racinz In cen-
ity of the speedways as compared with ( eral and the Elgin event in particular
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road raclnir during the nast few vears.
and It must not be forgotten that road
racing was the father of the speed
way. The motor car .made Us racing debut
on the road not any further back than
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katnir n ne.jiuirv feature in not on V
maintaining the present interest, but
in the frrowth as well of motor racing.
Some of the original promoters of the
Elpin road race were present when Mr.
Beecroft made this talk and doubtless
efforts are already under way to have
Elsin return to the 1917 racing cal
endar. Driier t. Speedrrayn.
The past vear has developed the fact
that the drivers need concern them
selves about little .icept their motors
jnd the SDeedways. nnncipallv the
latter. This has been brought out
more prominently by Darlo Resta's ei- t
perience during tho 1916 season, which
demonstrated that tires have reached
the stase where they afford the drivers
I but little. It any. trcuoie in a recent
I inter. iew he said: 'A few years aso ,
j it was a question of how many tires I ,
I would need for a race, but during the i
I past year it seems to be rather how
manv races one set of Silvertown tires
I will 'stand."
I But the drivers have to contend seri
ously with the speedways. On some or
the newer speedways last year, the
I rumber of serious accidents have been
I the cause of suggested regulations fo
1917 that will practically eliminate th
I old dangers The most impo tant mik
1 gestion is that a committee represent
I mg the contest board of the A. A. A.
' and the drivers make a personal In
' spectlon of each course before a sanc
' tion Is granted, and turther. to make
tie use of the anction dependent en
tirely upon the correction of ai.
dangers that this committee may hae
found, before the Mart of the rac-.
There would be a epSce of S6 days be- ;
tween the inspection and the race. .
Doubtless this would insure the safety
nf the drivers as well as the specta- j
tors. I
The stringent regulations of the con- j
test board coupled with the advances
made by the manufacturers in motor
rar construction, have already re
duced the possibllitr of accidents, o
far as the cars are concerned, to the
very minimum. Vht improvements
the manufacture's will show on their
cars for 1917. will add still more to this
great factor of safety.
There is no speedway where ac
cidents did occur in 1916 that has not
taken step to remove the old dangers.
"What the neediTOTH Are Dolnc.
The epee-lays of America have care
fully nourished motor racing during
the past six years. They have been
the means of developing and holding
the universal interest that had been
previously acquired by road racing. '
The frankness of James Allison, one ,
nf the owners of the Indianapolis
'Tieedway. and the Presto-Late com
, pany, in discussing the speedway ques
' tion at the A. A. A. dinner in Chicago.
s to be much admired. In touchin t
! npon the accidents during 1916. be felt
i 'lat like everything else of any mag-
nitude, the speedways had to have their
"ginning ana again like everyimnc
' le, these beginnings were inter- '
nsngled with, in most cases, serious
.iivirtent" These accidents may be
"ttrihuted to many causes, but it is
tertain that the speedways are cor- j
rectlng their defects as quickly as they
are discovered. At Indianapolis, the
management Is taking time by th
forelock and those who attend the '
-aces there this year will find a imm- I
Oer of Improvements that further in- i
sure the safety of the drivers as well J
as the public. J
One of the most commendable por-
tlons nf Mr Allison's talk was when h '
referred to the hotel conditions of
previous years at Indianapolis. Those
who have attended the race, there re- i
member that hotel tariffs were In- I
creased to unreasonable proportions
during the racing season. But Mr.
Allison has been the cause of remedv-
mg this, for he theatened. and need- i
less to say. would have made good, to ,
take the 1917 events iway from In-
-Uanapolis and run them on other
speedways unless the hotel manage
ments would be sat sfied with their
regular cha-ges during the time wh"n
so many people flock to the Indian
apolis races. When the hotel mer
acceded to bis request, the most series
obstacle that has confronted the Speed
way management was removed
Ilrtnrn to 500 Mile Rare.
Mr. Allison also stated that thus ws-
Indlanipolis would return to its origi
nal policy and stage a 500 mile raw
Decoration da May 30 The total
cash prizes will be J50.000. in accord
ance with the regulations of the A. A
A., which require an average of Jlty
per mile for such events.
That tho cash receipts of the Indian
apolis speed wa has not been all profit.
developed when It was learned that
out of every dollar of net profit, fullr
eighty cents has been expended In
safeguards and Improvements
What About Daytona?
Should the A. A. A. be successful In
. reviving road racing, as it is seriouslv
hoped It will be. probably Daytona and
Jacksonville will contribute their sup
. port In the straightaway events. It
must he remembered that the Inst
straightaway records were made b
Louis Hisbrow and the late Bob Bur
man on these courses in 1911. Since
that time these records have neve-
been equalled because no other course
I has the distinct advantages for high
speed straightaway work. If these
! Florida cities do return to the raring
I calendar, we can look for a complete
shattering of every record that has
ever been made
The speedwav eients already an
nounced for 1917 have been divided
into two classes, as follows, one class
being set aside for the awarding of the
1917 Championship points in addition
to the usual cash prizes and the other
lor casn prizes atone f
LHamiiiunHiup iince Inr Jul..
May 30 Indianapolis
June 9 Chicago
July Omaha
July 14 res Moines
July IS Tacoma
September T Cincinnati
September 16 Providence
September 29 New Vnrk
Other Speedway Events for 1017.
May 19 New York
June 23 Cinelnmtl
August 4 Kansas fitv
October 6 Kansas i" tv
October 7 New ' ,
October 13 rh .
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Vise from running board size to big ones
Warner Lenz comply whh "dimmer law."
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