Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-03
ITALIAN WINS
AUTOMOBILE
CONTEST
WORLDS SPEED RECORD
SMASHED IN FRANCE
Americans Make Poor Showing
in Race Accident Forces
Retirement of French Car
With Victory in Sight.
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Dieppe. July with a wonderful
display Of GOODNESS, nerve and endur-
ance. Nazzaro, the Italian champion,
today captured the automobile Grand
prix al an average speed OF llS kllo-
metres. coo metres per hour, break
ing the worlds record. Thu pace WIS
killing from the start leaving a score
81 cars h0pelessly beaten before the
second round was ended The race
was fun OF surprises. Navarro was
not prominent early In the contest.
Iancia took the first three laps. but
when he broke down az the third ana
surrendered the lead TO Duryea, the
latter. as ne reeled lap after lap I'M
der forty minutes. looked an easy
winner. but ON entering the fourth
round a broken bearing put his ear
out Of action aud ne was forced To
retire, amid the plaudits Of the
crowds. In the meantime, Navarro.
riding like "a demon, but cool and
steady. %overhauled Iancia. and when
Duryea dropped out he continued on
until the finish. Suisse came up uppn
the rear and made "A gallant effort
during the last two laps TO overtake
ihe flying leader.
Lancia's fuel gave out IN the final
round, permitting Baras 70 finish
third.
Nazzaro's brilliant victory was ac-
~knowledged by an. but the heart had
been taken out Of tho crowd by Dur
yeas accident, and the French thou
sands received the news coldly.
The time Of the first. second aud
third men were as follows
Nazzaro. 6 hours as minutes and
80 seconds.
Suisse, 6 hours 90 minutes and 10
seconds
earas. hours 3 minutes and g 81
rrouds.
Buryca made the fastest Ian. o.
minutes and 90 seconds.
Nazzaro's marvellous driving was
eNinced ny the fact hat his speed
steadily increased as the race pro-
crossed His tenth lap WAS the fast
est, as minutes and 30 seconds Shep-
ard finished ninth.
The cours" measured approximate
Is ga miles. Glorious slnshine Ia
Nored iho race. fifty thousand per-
SONS saw the start, while 100. Oeo
Others we're concentrated in villages
along the route
Felice Nazghro. the winner. is an
Italian. aud he drove q Pat car
Francois Szlse. who took second
place. is q Freedman lie drove a
Rcnauit car
Tho race was run over O heavy
track with thiriy-cight participants.
chiefly French
Christie. tho oniy American driving
an American machine. had trouble
early in the rsce and dtd not figure
among the leaders
The rae vas marked by NO seri-
accidents, although q minor col
lslon occurred between two Of the
cars
Dicppc WINS crowded with Visi. ~
and fuliN 10000 people saW the star
Tho route Mas lined boy spectators al
an of the points 81 vantage but oW
ing 10 the excellent precautions taken
the course being putruilrd hN "a total
of 5000 soldiers there was No fatal
accident and one minor collision WAS
recorded
The race was one OF the hardest
fought and fastest automobile on
tests ever run The roadway undulat-
ms with a. few dangerous turnings and
mann rapid curves. was "a excellent
condition The full course was ten
times around tho triangle.
The victory % an Italian was a dis
appointment Co the French crowd. hui
Navarro was rpundly cheercd as De-
dashed Boo u winner, covering d. 4tt
miles af the cuurse in . hours f6 min.
MINH NlN ai SECONDS OF an average Nl
"a mile iu "a fraction % On seconds The
fastest average time Tor a lap ~ the
rour-, was made by nuryea, a French
iH,,f who covered the az miles al
thr astounding rate OF a mae sN-
rry. e. 1910 srcnud The average rate
oI susad maintained hN the winner ~ 2
fhu disfant, established "a new world's
IrUutI
Tho pIucky night made by the other
contestants appealed Geo TIE spectators
who rhrrrpd their faNortfts heartily
Tho race was Witnessed hy SCORES of
persons prominent ln Eurnutsu sos
,Irt1 aHi H great many wen known
HufnmnhIfI-fr from both slides of tht
Atlantic Tho contestants ~rtruHttutr|
Italian French. Belgian German. I'm
EIIsh. Swiss aud American maHuftg-
fu.tis af automobile Tho WHINE
drove au Italian UHI NaEEIru Duu-
uriUd 100 THE Vanderbilt cap races rf
October ft 1905 and October 81 1900.
Ir fhs United States hut failed iH nu.
ian uu either occasion.