Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-11-25
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Savannah, Ga, Nov. 25.-The inter
national grand prize race to be run
here tomorrow has attracted to Sa-
vannah thousands of automobile en-
thusiasts from every part of America.
The number of visitors is far in eA-
cess of the early expectations. The
small car race today is a sort OF an
appetizer for the great contest to be
decided tomorrow. There are seven
teen contestants in the small car
event, representing the leading manu-
facturers of America and Europe.
But it is the grand prize race to-
morrow upon which public interest is
conferred 1t is expected to be
struggle that for speed and daring
has never been equaled in this or any
other country The circuit of 26.73
miles on the outskirts of this city in
cludes in part the excellent course
gsed last spring in the first Savannah
race which was won by Strang with
an Isotta. The old circuit has been
heightened and improved, and it is
believed to be the fastest course ever
offered for a race There are no rail
road crossings and the sharp turns
haveSbeen banked sufficiently so that
cars can take them at top speed.
There will be fifteen laps of the course
for the race. and at the start and fin
ish a grand stand seating sixteen
thousand persons has been erected.
The local authorities have made pro-
vision for guarding the course and
protecting the crowds of spectators.
The first car in the big race will be
sent off at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing and the other machines will fol-
low at one minute intervals.
Of the drivers who will pilot Amer
lean machines Willie Haupt, who will
handle the Chadwick car, is perhaps
the best known He has taken part
= - esrdr<- piloted one-ss
the cars in the recent Vanderbilt Cup
contest Michenor, the Lozier pilot,
drove in the previous Savannah race
and in the Briarcliff trophy contest,
and he has been prominent in twenty
four hour contests in the vicinity of
New York. Zengle and Harding are
less widely known than the others, al
though they are counted as worthy
rivals of the foreigners.
The foreigners present formidable
array of expert race drivers and in
each team are to be found winners of
important contests. Perhaps the most
conspicuous team is that from Italy
for it contains Nazzaro winner of last
years Grand Prix, German Emperor's
Cup, and Florio races, and holder of
the record for the fastest average
time ever made in a road race. Wag-
ner, also of the Fiat team, won the
1906 Vanderbilt Cup race with a
Darracy, and De Palma. the third Fiat
driver, has won notable victories in
races ON this side of the water Gag
no of the. Italy team was third in the
last Florio cup race, averaging 66.4
miles an hour and Fourier his team
mate, also competed in the Florio cup
race, but was ditched in the fourth |
lap.
The French team inclues Lewis
Strang, who this year has won the
title of leading American driver, by
capturing the Savannah, Briarcliff
and Lowell races. Szisz, who will al
so pilot Renault in tomorrow's race,
won the Grand Prix race in France i'll
1906. Duray, the DeDietrich driver.
was third in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup
contest and also drove in the same
race the year previous. The Clement
team, consisting of Regal and Haut
vast. is not as well known here as
some of the other drivers.
On account of the excellent show
ing made by the German drivers in
the last Grand Prix race. the Benz and |
AIlMhN HAMS