The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-11-15
|lUTO MEET TO
| Be IN MARCH
,,..s;asts to Gather at the
' s,siest Track in the World
FREAK" CARS BARRED
H.. Honor of First Entry. The
" ~ .,hiIt Cup Race to be Revived.
Other important Events.

v,,,b has been definitely decided
- a. the month for the Ormond
s.ona beach automobile tournament
y,h. world.famous stretch of sane
N s,ain witness the speed kings OF
\ world contesting for honors.
further than that the last week II
v,rh has been definitely selected fol
/. sixth annual Florida mid-wintel
kmarent.
rahonor of the first entry goes to
Nh and the Fiat car. Cedrlno,
I,,i,'s greatest rival, is again in
l,.t,a. with a new car known as the
h Cyclone. That car is entered fol
\ Ormond.Daytona tournament. and
~ with definite dates announced ano
nNdOns known, cnteries may be ex'
yted to come in rapidly.
renews. which is exceedingly well
NM to lovers of this matchless sport
Srtaned in the following special
kyatch from New York:
New York, Nov. o Something defin-
bis now known in regard to the sixth
rlal winter beach tournament. There
he been rumors that a tournament
hid not be given on the famous sand
Mt on the Florida East Coast this
inter, but that rumor was dispelled
4 week after meeting in New York
dhe representatives of the Florida
b, Coast Automobile Association and
EeE who have the tournament inter-
81 at heart
Previous to the meeting at the New
ka on Tuesday, preliminary meet
sWs held at 26 Broadway, New York,
r1J. R. Parrottt, the general mana
pot the Flagler interests in Florida,
Eated the wishes of so many people
No believed that the tournament
had be given at a later date than
hmTIy. SO the date of the last week
March has been selected, as that
l@s with the approval Of President
stT and the board of directors of
Florida East Coast Automobile
Isolation.
Aadical change is to be made in the
Ngsm for the coming meet over that
alS'mer affairs and the mile or two
ts'ecom spirits will be more or less
nominated to two big, long races,
sl0r the racing cars that were built
ahe abandoned Vanderbilt cup race
Long Island, and the other for
NN'y stock cars of 6O-horse power or
lAe exact distances for these two
Ts nave not been as yet decided up
'ut 1t is quite possible that the
10 'or the specially constructed ma
.4S Will be similar distance to that
VIC long race. The race for stock
s~'!l possibly be POO to $50 miles.
Aadlcal plan has been decided upon
r0'ect the regular racing car from
4. ~ealled freak" production, and
Aqulte possible that the freak will
70 go through a preliminary
"e u'al before being allowed to
pe'e IN anything under five miles.
w., 0'ner words the management
Nv a possibly ask all drivers of all
ss.. VI racing cars to engage in a
,~y mile fast sprint at the minimum
4, ~V u, say forty-five seconds to the
AUS is thought, will elimin-
Two miles. w 90 WY
| r. ' Will be races for the regula-
'~ck car, and the races will be
j. sed according to price. In the
nm. .',e the stock car will be of the
|lh rNu variety, and the driver will be
s,s,,s 20 take off a good deal of the
n sN'''aeture, such as the tonneau,
|nS N.Y., "a q discussion has been had in re-
t. " me course. 1t was suggested
|Ah;a a'l beach and half road course
\, 4 :, out J, but it is the firm convic-
|At n.y., %e Florida East Coast people
|,an SUN w. plan is impossible as it
|ip~," I' only be dangerous to use the
|.uN impossible road, but that it
kss.. not be safe to cross the two
lsr~,.a AZ either end of the course.
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