The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-05
STOCK CAR DERBY
ATTRACTS CHUFFERs
Monroe County, New York, Road
System Tempts the Speed
Merchants to Trials.
Journal Special Service.


Rochester, N. Y, Aug. 4!-Ths Amer
place over the West Brighton, SCOTS
vile and West Henrietta twenty-five
mile course at Rochester, Labor day,
Sept. 8, promises to eclipse any pre-
vious national road racing event. The
promoters, who are the Associated Au-
tomobile Clubs of New York State,
believe that the American Touring Car
now famous Vanderbilt cup road race,
which takes place annually on Long
Island.
The fact that the American Automo-a
bile derby will be for regular stock
touring cars, and the Vanderbilt cup
race for racing cars only, will give the
Rochester race a different standing in
biles and the buyers thereof. 1t will
be a severe and complete test Of a
touring car over q course which will
be fair sample of road as found in the
state Of New York at the present time.
Part of the course will provide fast
and other parts slower going.
The Rochester Automobile club will
Touring Car Derby Association will
have charge of the races, as it is pro-
posed, in addition to the 100-mile classi-
cal event for the 81 900 Rochester cup,
to also give four races at one mile.
These are to take place at the grand
stand, which will be constructed where
all the races will finish.
Oliver A. Quayle of Albany, the New
York Automobile association; Secretary
F. H. Elliott Of Syracuse, of the above
body, together with Emerson Brooks OF
the Automobile club of America, and
President Meldrum and A. Knowles Of
the Automobile club of Buffalo, and W.
J. Morgan, went over the twenty-fve-
mile course at Rochester recently and
made complete investigation OF its
day, and at a subsequent meeting OF
the New York Automobile association
reported that the course, while not as
fast as that on Long Island. ill be
a very fair one.
| President Harry A. Woodwork of
everything possible to make the race
| an eventful one and is now in COM
munication with the authorities Of the
various villages thru which the course
runs, looking towards having the road
thoroly repaired and protected for the
the day of the races.
It is proposed to spend upwards OK
$4,000 in repairing and olling the
twenty-fve-mile course, and the full con-
sent Of the authorities has been OBJ
tanned to close the road to traffic on
Sept. 3 from 10 a. m. to p. m The
railroads have also agreed to stop run.
ming freight trains during the time OF
the race, as the course crosses railroad
tracks at five places. The railroads
have also agreed to stop passenger
trains for at least three minutes in
order to give the flying contestants
safety while crossing the tracks.
The selection of Labor day was made
in order to give the people from distant
points an opportunity of seeing the
race, and the Rochester Automobile
club, who will keep open house before
and after the race, has received word
that fully 1000 automobilists will drive
to Rochester that day from points In
the eastern states and Canada,
The residents along the proposed race
route are much interested in the races
and a committee recently waited OF
President Woodworth ready to profess
because they had heard that 1t wai
proposed to cut out their villages ant
90 in another direction with the race
The entries to the races will be lin
tied to twenty-five and only one max
, of car will be allowed to enter unles
! the entries should fail to come up t
/ twenty-five In number, and then thre
, cars Of any make will be allowed t
compete. A limit Of sixty horse powe
) has been placed on cars
Entry blanks can be had from w. )
i | Morgan, S5th street and Broadway
!, New York city, whose services til
5 American Touring Car Derby Commi.
/ sion has secured to assist in the prt
lmotion and carrying out the Arst Toul
ing Qax dexhys - -