Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-24
Out American Enthusiasts Sathef
Some Hope From Yesterdays
Preliminary Pe|fNmMces.
sfvl!IY.oA; NILES HoUa SCORED
Ths Was Average for rs Mile Course
Maximum Speed by American
Event More Than Ninety Miles
Large Crowd Sees Practice.
(By Associated Prcss).

(By Associated Prcss).
SAVANNAH. GA. Nov. -. Al
: though the fourteen fore ign cars IN
/ lr grand prize race 20 be- run here
IN Thanksgiving Lay ar" still the
:avoriirS over their six American IT.
walls the honCrs OF the tina! practice
spins over tn" - mile course went
TO enc OF the American Cntlant.S ana
III. auium bile enthusiasts who are
anxiouS for an American victory over
he flower CT III" foreign makes have
grown decidedly NOR" hopeful.
Willie Haupl. young American
n.i,"r who began his racing career
rot more than two years ago. and who
naS amazed sine of tn" older men ut
HE wheel by his Sc, mingly reckless
speeding abound the turns, made one
round OF ,hc course today al an aver
az" speed approximately II miles
an hour.
/ Tnc unofficial timers caught the
lap at 2l:06.
More Than 80 Miles.
r gain this average over course
which has eighteen banked turns and
twenty.six Nat curves. 1t was neces-
Sary IOi tHe suunS u.,--. VT tho Chad
wick car TO attain a speed OF more
than ninety miles in the straight
| stretches.
Haupt's car seems to be more senst-
five TO the uneven places in the ROAD
than any of the others. ani today
when h. vas setting this new record
for the course. the big six cylinder
racing machine appeared constantly
10 leave the ground Haupt reported
later that because Of excessive oil OF
the course at one turn. his car sped
along on two wheels for forty feet or
more.
On his second tour of the course
Haupt threw a tire from one o. the
rear wheels. His speed was ~ great
that when the car was brought TO
a s,andsti!l and the mechanician sent
back. no trace of tine tire, which evi.
IDENTITY had been hurled OF into the
dense underground along the FerGu-
son avenue stretch. could be found.
Two Foreigners Fast.
Louis Strang. member Of the
Renault French team, made three
laps of the course in remarkably fast
and consistent time. The first lap
was accomplished in 22:04 and the
third in e2:O5. This meant an aver
age speed OF about 6S miles an hour.
Earl. Of the Benz team, the German
entrant. made one lap in 22:03 or ~
shade better than Strang.
Strans stepped in front OF the
grand stand after his third lap. and
when he went to crank up again the !
engine refused TO start. The driver
ami the mcchanician worked for an
hour or more, but the sullen racerl
could not BE- coaxei TO anything more
exciting than an occasional loud ex-
p,osicn in ;he mufiier pipe. In the
las; Vanderbilt, oQp race. Strang vas
was put out of ;hA running right a:
the start because Of the failure OF!
his engine to respond TO the initial
crank:ng. The speed attained by
n" IDTelSU anu
TN. preliminary trials have lent re-
nCwcd assurance of a new American
record for road racing on Thursday
next. In the Vanderbilt cup this
ar. Rohcrtson's winning time was
So; miles an hour
Vanderbilt Race Records.
In 1876 the Vanderbilt record vas
;l.I3 miles an hoJr: in 1905 il was
81 - and in 1904 the best average
vas So miles In the grand pr:H
ace o. the Automobile Club Of
France. the average speei OF the win
lcr in 1906 was s2s miles an houT;
= 1870. 1t was 700 for the IS miles
md this car fhc winners mark was
% miles - ~ -.
Scizz. VINO wen the grand prix IN
90: Nazzaro. who wen the same
.Iassic in 1897 and H"mcTy. who ran .
.ccond among the 50 starters this |
ear are all entered In the race TO
70 run here en- Thursday. The
baby racers" entered In the in'erna-
ionaI light car race TO be run on
as = preliminary 10 the
al Ont