The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-03
NAZZARO wins GRAND PRTX
EXCITING RACE FOR BIG FRENCH
AUTO TROPHY.
Dursy Leads AZ the start. hut Gives way 10
Italian Lancia's Fuel Gives Out Near
the End-Heath and Christie Meet
with Mishaps -Shcpzrd Finishes Ninth.
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the End-Heath and Christie Meet
With Mishaps shepard Finishes Ninth.
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= pIEPPE. July 7.-Felice Nazzaro. entered
at the last minute ut double the regular
entry fee. to-day vol the 47s mile contest
for the Grand Prix 81 the Automobile Club
OF France in 0 hours 40 minutes and 33
seconds. driving an Italian Fla racer Of
practically the same type that he drove
last fall in the struggle for the Vanderbilt
cup in America. Nazzaro averaged more
than 20 miles an hour.
Francois Sisz. the hope Of France be-
cause he O the two day race for the
Grand Prix last year over the Sarthe cir
Quit, finished second with a Renault in
o hours SO minutes 10 3-5 econds. Baras.
with a Brasier, was third in 7 hours 5 min
utes S 3-5 seconds Gabriel, with a Lor-
raine-Dietrich. was fourth in 7 hours II
minutes 30 seconds Rigal. substituted
recently for another. was fifth with a OAR
race in 7 hours IL minutes 80 seconds.
Gustave Caillois. driver of a Thomas
In the American elimination trials for the
Vanderbilt cup team last fall, was sixth
with a Darracq in 2 hours is minutes SO 3-5
seconds Barilier was seventh with a
Brasier in 7 hours ~ minutes 81 seconds
Garrett, with a Bayard- Clement, was eighth
in 7 hour 81 minutes II seconds Elliott
r. Shepard. the young American. finished
ninth with a Bayard- Clement in 7 hours
80 minutes So seconds Hemery. winner
OF the second Vanderbilt CUP race on Long
Islam in 1905, was tenth with a German
Mercedes in s hours rs minutes IS seconds.
CNurfnAo una aloyapth with a MOfNhla~
In 8 hours AZ minut - 81 seconds. Ballot.
with a Brasier, was twelfth in 0 hours ~
minutes 50 seconds.
The race for the smaller cars for the cup
offered by the sporting commission Of the
Automobile Club Of france was won by
Delanghe Foucault in a Darracq in S hours IS
minutes rs 3-5 seconds. the distance being
1905 miles. For the Grand Prix the COM
peting cars we're limited to sc gallons of
fuel per e2.i miles and in the contest for
smaller cars the allowance was SO gallons
Of fuel per 81. l miles.
The result was a bitter disappointment
for the multitude of Frenchmen who had
~journeyed to the soashore district to watch
the race in the hope Of witnessing the tri-
umph Of one of their countrymen. as there
we're twenty-four French cars out Of a total
OF thirty-eieht entered for the contest.
To those interested in the French indus
try the only source of Joy lay in the fact that
of the first dozen to complete the distance
there were ten machines from French facto-
ries. and even then the Mercedes. which
finished in tenth place, was driven by that
sturdy native Of the great European repub-
lie. Hemery, who had won glory for France
by taking a Vanderbilt cup struggle from
the victor in to-day's struggle. To be
sure. o French leader, Darracq, won the
cup for smaller cars. but in that contest there
was neither the rivalry Of nations nor the
interest hat attended the greater struggle.
To those among the spectators who did
not allow their feelings as Frenchmen to
with their Judgment, and among
the visitors from other lands. Nazzaro and
his mates Of the Fiat team. Lanoia and
Wagner. had been the ~favorites in any
wagers that were made.
Though not so dashing as Lancia nor
90 much OF a daredevil as Wagner. Naz-
faro has been aptly described az a driver
who combined discretion with daring. He
has been a most consistent performer in
great road races and to-day won his third
great race for 1907. having been victorious
in the Targa Florio contest in the island Of
Sicily and in the race for the Kaiser's cup.
held recently over the Tanus course in
Germany.
Nazzaro's companions OF the Fiat team,
Lancia and Wagner, did not finish. Lancia
drove in his usual daring style but was not
careful enough in caring for his limited
allowance Of fuel and consequently was
unable to complete the distance. which was
q great disappointment to him az he had
been third at the end Of the ninth round Of
the course, being less then ten minutes be-
hind Sisz, who was second to Nazzaro, who
was leading the Frenchman by almost six
minutes.
Wagner. the French driver who left the
Darracq firm a few months g TO accept an
engagement with the Paris agents Of the
Fiat. while leading during the third round
OF the circuit drove of the course onto a
field and then abandoned the contest.
Jefferson De Mont Thompson. chairman
OF the racing board of the American Auto
mobile Association and Of the Vanderbilt
Cup Commission, was in his box with a
party Of friends when Lancia was sent
away first at 8 o'clock this morning. The
King Of England and the President of
France had been expected at the race,
but neither OF them materialized.
The other contestants were started at
Of one minute after Lancia had
departed. All Of them got away in good
style except Hubert lie Blon. winner of
second place in the American team for
years Vanderbilt race with a Thomas,
who to-day had some difficulty in getting
bis Panhard to start. but got away just in
advance Of Salzer with his Mercedes. who
was the next starter.
Mishaps began in the initial round. when
hichez failed to make a di ficult turn at
and was upset. Bablot, in a
Brasier. was following close behind and
into the ditch in an effort to avoid a
Richez had TO abandon his car,
Bablot continued after making some
slight repairs and finished.
Lancia. first TO start. was first 70 CON-
plete the first round Of the circuit. doing ID
In a minutes SO seconds. Duray. winner
the Circuit des Ardennes race last year
In verv fast time, to-day made the fastest
for the fret round Of the circuit. COM
IL in 20 minutes with his Lorraine
Dietrich. Szisz and his Renault made the
first round in 10 minutes 80 seconds. and
n anriot with his Darracq did IL "A minutes