Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-02
RACE DETAILS
ARE ADOPTED
CHAIRMAN HAMLlN'S IDEAS IN
THE MAIN APPROVED
TWO EVENTS OF 200 MILES ARE
ARRANGED FOR
Annual Road Event Promises to Be a
Classic, Toward Which Entire
Coast viii Turn Its
Eyes

July 10.
Two races of 200 miles each.
one race for light cars of $50 cubic
inch piston displacement
one race for heavy cars of over $50
cubic inch displacement.
First race to begin las early as pras-
ticable"
Competing cars to be of standard
stock cataloged chassis, with touring
or racing bodies.
Motors must be of stock bore and
stroke with no compression plates
The three winning cars in each event
shall be subject to a detailed examine
lion by a technical committee of three
appointed by the president Of the assoc
citation to see that the rules are strict
ly adhered to.
These three winning cars in each race
shall Immediately after the race pro-
coed to a suitable place, to be named
later where they will be placed under
lock and key until such examination.
Any car proving otherwise than
ssstocIx" especially in bore and stroke,
shall be disqualified and the entry fee
forfeited.
Location of motor, transmission, dash
per regular equipment; oil and gasoline
may be increased.
Location and angle of steering gear
optional ..1a
point downward.
shock absorbers optional.
All repairs, adjustments and replace
ments are to be made on running ums
and by the occupants of the car, IN
GLIDING tire changes.
Cataiogs or advance sheets must &C
company the entry
Drivers to compete must be residents
of California for at least one year prior
to July 10, 1909 e
Entries are restricted to members of
+be Southern California Automobile
Dealers' association in good STANDING
al least sixty days prior to July 10
FER Entries close May Is, entrance fee
5000. Of which SITS is to be returned IL
car completes the first lap.
In case the entrant prefers TO enter
nj later than June 1, he may do so
by forfeiting 500 of the entrance Zee
of 5000.
The foregoing are the salient features
Of the rules that will control the CON-
ing mammoth annual road race ol elle
Automobile Dealers Assoelat So1d a.
Southern California, to be held az
santa. Monica on July 10 next-the
yveat southern California classic To-
Tard which the entire Pacific coast
and the nation will this year turn theAl
eyes. 49, .a,,,,-
THESE rules were adopted at the resu-
lar meeting of the association iass
Thursday evening IN tne plIleee Iii
president w. e. Bush, which was Well
attended bv members. The rules were
moi adopted. however, without conslG-
ahIe discussion and rather Warmly
debated passages at arms between va
rious members ~.
The chief contention came over lile
question of discriminating between the
heavy and light car events, anu a.
solution of this question 1t was decldeu
IL make both races of the same DIS
.tance. 80, dow
n will he necessary to begin the flrst
race very early in the morning, per-
haps by o'clock, in order to allow Ihe
second race to finish before msht1all.
The people of Santa Monica are NOV
ing heaven and earth to make this race
a complete success in so far as good
course is concerned, men already nav
ing been put to work in Transforming
the road into a perfect boulevard
The policing of the course viii prove
one of the problems for the manage
ment to solve, but this will be taken
care OF Dy the presence VI q ie1i -
number of state militiamen, whose SER
vices have already been secured.
The entrants in both the events are
expected to exceed in number those OF
any other previous year, and already
the various committees are getting
busy in their respective directions,
Chairman Ralph C. Hamlin of the rae
ing committee having the larger de-
tails in hand, in company with his
associates, President w. e. Bush and
Ralph j. Leavitt