The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-12

Lewis Strang one of the most sue 1 cessful of the greatest automobile drivers arrived in Birmin gham yester- l day morning, and yesterday afternoon at o'clock returned to Savannah, ! where he will remain until Saturday afternoon in practice for the Grand Prize events which occur there Thanks giving.
 Sunday morning Strang will return to Birmingham, and on Monday evening will begin his 24-hour endurance race at the fair grounds. Strang, being in Savannah, having great ambition to l smash the record for miles covered in 24 hours. and remembering that the track here is the fastest in the world, l took advantage of the opportunity that was hammering at his door.
 The present record for miles covered i in 24 hours is 1177. it's holders being George Robertson and Frank Lescault l Strang will endeavor to cover 1200 miles in 24 hours in Birmingham.
 With Strang came his manager William H. Pickens, his mechanic. An derson, and another great driver. Emile Stricker. Mir. Pickens, Mr. Stricker and MT. Anderson are still in Birmin gham, and they will immediately begin the task of putting the track at the fair grounds in still better shape. Stricker has appeared in several great races himself, and formerly drove the great Mercedes, and the car of Harry Payne Whitney. Yesterday while in | Q oil af being able to smash the record of HIT miles. It is fact that in the race in which this record was established S'rang led the winners for 19 hours " hen his machine went to pieces, and cheated him out of a victory ali but won. The popular young driver, he is but 23 years old, is well remembered in Birmingham, in which city last fall he establishe ed a new record for a mile on circular track going the distance in 51 3-5 seconds Yesterday, hun dreds of people. seeing him on the street. expressed their pleasure at his return.
 "Tne local track" said Strang, "ls one of the best in the world. 1 am confident that | can break the worlds record for miles covered in A hours.
 There is just one other thing The record for the mile which I made in ] Birmingham last fall. has been beaten by DePalma in Minneapolis. DePaIma making the distance in 51 seconds Now, l do not intend to boast but on the day on which I went the mile in 51 3-5 seconds my machine was not | ,.I-s
 Der, when l attempted to lower this record, riding half the distance in less than "A seconds, my machine tank burst, and l was unable to finish the mile. Some of these days I am going to ride another mile in Birmingham
 and smash the record of DePalma" Strang did not make any predictions as to the outcome of the Savannah races on Thanksgiving Day. "The best riders , of Europe and America will enter the race" he said, "and l believe the event
 will be the greatest in the history of the south. The man who wins must have
 an excellent car, iron-bound nerve and
 draw every smile of fortune"
 Strang's car a Renaut, attracted a great deal of attention in Birmingham
 yesterday Strang states that the car Is not one of speed, 60 miles an hour being it's limit. The car which he will drive in the Savannah races is one of speed It is a 120-horsepower machine and is
 capable of going faster than 100 miles , per hour. But the car in Birmingham is one of great endurance, and was built for the purpose of continual and hard service. It is now two years old won
 the 24-hour event of season before last,
 and has appeared in several other of the long races.
 Strang and Stricker will begin the 24-
 hour race Monday evening. in case the
 weather Is good. They will drive all night, all the following day, and con clude Tuesday evening Strang, Intends