Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
NEW AUTO
SPEEDWAY
BIG RACE COURSE FOR CHUGS
WILL BE BUILT
Thirty.two Mile Track at Ormonde
Beach to Be Ready for the
Mammoth Meet in
March

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S-Announcement
has been made by the Automobile Club of
America that the Ormonde Beach races,
in the week of March 2, 1908, will be held
over a thirty-two-milo course. made by
constructing loops at each end of six
teen-mile stretch of beach. The loops
will be built of two-inch planking Will
be thirty-two feet wide, and will provide
easy curves which will be banked six feet
at the outer edge. The grandstand and
timing board will be located at the club
house of "a Florida East Coast Automo-
bile association, at Daytonia, all of the
long distance events beginning and ending
at this point. The Automobile Club of
America contest committee has fixed the
date of the races for the week beginning
March 2. This week was selected be-
cause the tide conditions will be most
favorable, and the season will be at its
height. The committee has decided upon
the following rules;
Long Races-%wo hundred and eighty
eight miles nine laps of thirtytwo
miles, for the Automobile Club Of Amer
lea cup, for strictly racing cars, to run
under Vanderbilt cup race rules, with a
maximum weight limit of 2424 pounds; l2S
miles -four laps, invitation race for gen
tlemen amateur drivers, prize and condi-
tions to be announced later; 100-mile In
tefndIlOIdi championship AOi thO NAAAiA~
apolis trophy.
Short Races-One-mile international rec
ord for the Sir Thomas Dewar trophy;
minute rae; record speed
trials for one mile and one kilometer.
Eligibility for Short Races
In order to become eligible for the
short distance races cars will be required
to attain a certain minimum distance,
The Vanderbilt cup
race conditions, limiting the weight OF
cars to 2424 pounds, or hoo kilos' VIII gov
ern all events.
robert Lee Morrell, chairman of the
executive board of the automobile manu-
facturers' committee, which is 10 cohuuc'
the international stock car race LOT Tue
Briarcliff trophy on April "a, l"e, an ~
nonnces that all permits for the use OF
the curse in WIN WIN W mwm"hpIn
the course in Westchester county nave
heen secured The circuit over when tne
Skinned stock classes are 10 race 10
thirtv-five miles in length and passes
through the townships of Osslnlhs' 1orh.
town, Newcastle, North Castle' Moun'
pleasant and Greenburg and the lhcor-
porated village of BrlarcliH. IN e'e a.
stance with the sole exception OF the
town hoard of North Castle, unanimous
consent was given when Chairman MOT
roll anplied for the use of the roaos on
tba dav of the contest. At the nearing
before the North Castle board hve mem,
hers of the board voted III favor
granting permission, while one hleilnel
voted against 1t. The donor Oh t ,is5
+ronhv walter w. Lee of Brlarcliff
Manor Westchester county, is very en-
thusiasti over the prospects for an IN
teresting contest. Several local automo-
biiists EXPRESSED the opinion that the
projects to hold similar contests IN other
narts of the country should De doah-
doned now that the contest Tor the
Briarcliff trophy was assured ior west
chester county.
Third Event Likely
There is a possibility that a third Dig
outomobiIe event will be added at an
early date to the two important race
meets already arranged for the opening
months of this year. Ihese are Ihe
Ormonde Beach meet in March ana tne
stock car race in Westchester county dur
inc Anru Plans are now progressing
for a series of races, to which long
distance stock car event may be added al
Savannah, Ca, in March. The savannah
autoists and many of the leading citizens
have been anxious for some time TO IN"
vite the leading autoists of the country
to a race meet of stock cars in the spring
of the wear. The course Is now secured
not far from the city, and provided the
men with good racing cars consent 10
compete practically nothing remains put
10 announce the contest and conditions.
That the possibilities of Savannah as a
nonular automobile center are considered
seriously is evidenced by the fact that
Frank c. Webb of Brooklyn and mem
her of the American Automobile associa-
tion's racing board; N. H. Van Sicklen OF
Chicago and chairman of the American
Au+onobile associations technical board,
and secretary Frederick H. Elliott visited
savannah recently and inspected the pro-
nosed automobile circuit. They were
highly pleased with the roads, and the
interest of the citizens show that nothing
would be lacking to make the proposed
meet success.