New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-06
CARS IN GOOD HANDS.
SkiIfI and Daring DTUers to Pilot
the Machines.

The most daring ana at the same time tho most
skilful drivers in the world will pilot the In
the Vanderbilt Cup race to-day. Among the best
known about which chief interest centres
Lancia, Tracy. Nszzaro, Le Blon. Heath. Elliott F.
Shepard. Duray. Clement and Jenatzy. A brief
sketch OF their careers drivers follows:
Ianca, who will drive Fiat car. the hero
Of the last Vanderbilt Cup race. and has world
wide reputation He is generally conceded to be
the most daring and brilliant driver in the world
and holds ell worlds records for long distance
speed and endurance tests. His first great victory
was the Brescia road race IN 1903 where he COW
cred 200 miles at average rate of more than sew
enty miles an hour. In the Gordon Bennett Cup
race Of 1905 he had lead Of than twenty min
utes over the winner and was certain or victory
when a stone thrown into his radiator ruined his
chances. He made the fastest two circuits Of the
day. In the Vanderbilt Cup race last year, after
he had secured a lead of an entire lap (twenty-
eight miles, all competitors, and having
broken his previous record for road racing.
averaging nearly seventy-two miles an hour, his
Fiat car was disabled In the recent Grand Prx, in
France he finished fifth, but his most remarkable
victory was in winning the great Coppa dOro en-
DURANGO run Of 500 miles through the italian Alps.
where his 49, horsepower Fiat ran for nine days
through all kinds Of weather. Out Of forty-eight
starters he was the only one to finish with per-
feet score.
Nazzaro. another Fiat driver, is whom the
Italians rely upon to make good showing without
much spectacular work. He is steady, consistent
driver and IS counted for good position at the
finish Nazzaro's record is second only to Lancia's.
He has won the Mount Cents hill climb, one OF the
hardest races In Europe. for several years in sue
cession, and second in the last Gordon Bennett
Cup race in 1906. and again second in the Grand
Prix this year. In the S,oo0-mile Coppa dOro en-
durance test he finished fourth.
Joe" Tracy. the winner Of the elimination trials
for American cars two weeks ago. has had years Of
experience both on track and road. He drove
LocomobiIe in the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup
race abroad, but an accident put him out OF til
running He finished second in the elimination
trials for American last year. and also finished
third IN the itself In the 10O-nlile road race
IN Cuba in February, 1906 he was a close second.
and would undoubtedly have won had 1t not been
for the loosening of the battery box on his car.
OF the French team, Heath is the best known in
race and E;as a close second in the contest last
an but a2 spent several a9 Years abroad
where he has taken part in many man road races In
ond, only few seconds behind the winner;
car, is an American. He has been with the Hotch-
kiss firm for two years, and made his debut as a
road racing DRYER 6 in the Grand PrH this year. IN
Antoinne Dgray has been identified with the De
Dietrich cars for several years He won the Circuit
Ardennes race this year, driving at an average
r6b5Ie Was second to George Heath in the first
for the Vanderbilt Cup, in 1904 He was third in
the Grand Prx. and sixth in the Circuit Ardennes
Jenatzy, who will drive Mercedes car to-day, IS
one of the most renowned race drivers in the world
He won the international cup in Ireland in
1903. and was second 20 Thery in the Gordon Ben
in 1854
Few men look less like a professional driver than
Hubert lie Blon, who will pilot the Thomas car.
he resembles nothing so much as Cossack Of the
Guards. Le Blon has been competing in big races
since the sport began, some eight years ago.
IN 1901 he entered the Paris-Berlin race the first
Of the big internationally, won by Fournier, and
finished seventh. 1893 he sixth in the Paris
Madrid international race, when IT was stopped on
account OF fatalities. In the same year he
fourth in the Circuit des Ardennes. In 1904 he won
fourth place in the elimination trials for the Cor
don Bennett Cup. and finished third In the Circuit
des Ardennes in ls04. driving a Hotchktss car. In
1906 he drove Of the three HOtchkss cars IN
the Grand Prx, and one Of the first five when
The wire wheel OF his broke.