The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
ANOTHER RECORD
MADE IN ATLANTA
John Aiken Sets New Mark In
1wenty-MiIe Race
GEORGE ROBERTSON WINS
Robertson Captures Ten Mile Stock
Chassis Race In Fast Time-Dis-
brow Takes First Place in
Robertson Wins at Last.
GEORGE ROBERTSON WINS

Atlanta, November 11.-John Aiken, at
the wheel of g. National Forty" lowered
another American track record at the
speedway today. In a furious drive of 20
miles, In every moment of which he was
closely pressed from behind, he set the
new mark of 16:4276 This Is 0:11.04 bet
ter than Oldfield's record at Indianapolis
George Robertson at last was able to
enter a race and finish it, Yesterday
and Tuesday he started In several events
but never lasted more than lap or two.
He spent his time searching for some
minute elusive defect which seemed to
keep in hiding during practice only to
bob up as soon as race was on.
The big blonde driver, smiling as he
had smiled all through his ill-luck, with
drew from the 2o-mile handicap at the
end of the first mile but came back
grinning and faced the wire in the 10
mile handicap, which he won In a hard
drive over Aiken and Harding, the lat
ter in an Apperson, In O7:47.41 He
promptly repeated this performance in
the 10 mile free-for-all handicap although
his time was slower-:08:39S.
Disbrow in his Rainier won the 20-mile
handicap In the elapsed time of :17:ss:15.
or :05.39 slower than Aiken's pace In
the stock car race for that distance.
Exciting Contest.
The 20-mile stock chassis, 3O1 to $50 cubic
inches, race furnished the most exciting
spectacle of the meet. In the first four
laps, Of two miles each, five cars were
only inches apart, and three of them
finished with only few feet of daylight
between them. Aiken driving a National
Forty led In the first and second laps,
closely pressed by his teammate, Kin
caid, and w. Dingley and Lorimer, the
Chalmers Detroit team close up. Dis
brow, at the wheel of Rainier finished
the race but was at no time a contender.
Although Aiken was sometimes slightly
headed he finished first in the new track
record of America of 18:42.76. The pre-
vious record was made by Oldfeld at In
dianapolis 16:53S.
On the third lap Kincaid took the lead
by the length of car over Aiken, but
in the next lap Aiken assumed the lead
and held it up to the twelfth mile. Here
Kincaid had trouble and withdrew and
Lorimer in his Chalmers-Detroit flashed
into the van ahead of Aiken. They cir
cled the track with only two or three
feet separating them at any time. Harry
Stillman in the Marmon car was at all
times close up. Lorimer held his ad-
vantage only one lap. For the conclud-
ing six miles of the race Aiken was
leader. Lorimer during this period lost
second place to Stilman, who finished
second.
Robinson Wins at Last.
For the first time during the meet
George Robertson was able to finish
race He won the 10-mile stock chassis
race with his Flat go in beautiful fash
ion. Harding in an Apperson and Aiken
In a National ran a bonnet to bonnet
race for second place, closely pressing
Robertson. Aiken finished with a lead
of about a wheel over the Apperson.
Aiken and Harding finished less than a
second apart, the former going the dis
lance in s:22.S7 and the latter in S:23.17.
Robertson's time was officially an
nounced as 7:E.1.
In the four-mile light car race Matson
teammate Knipper second, Nelson in
Buick finishing third. Matsons time was
4:05.5 and Knipper was but three sec
onds behind him. Yerger in an e. M. F.
also ran.
George Robertson in his Fiat, starting
from scratch won the 10-mle-free-for-
all handicap by the fastest kind of driv-
ing He conceded an extreme IS seconds
equal to about a mile. to Disbrow's
Rainer and came into the lead on the
seventh mile. Aiken in a National fin-
ished second, and Stillman in a Marmon
third.
: On the third mile Robertson passed
Whalen in a Matherson and in the fifth
and sixth miles he remained next to last
but gaining on the other. In the next
two miles he successfully forged ahead
of Harroun's Marnnon, Stillman's Mour-
nan and Aikens National The three
leaders finished as follows:
Fiat, s:3s.S.
National S5025.