The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-10
SPOR IS
LOUIS CHEVROLET
WINS HARD RACE

Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 9.-Louis Chevro.
let, the sturdy Swiss pilot of Buick
car- who has leaped into racing prom
inence within the last year, annexed
a!.ylncr hard.earned victory here to-
day when he captured the 200-mlle
stock chassis race. averaging about
72 miles an hour
Chevrolet'S victory came as a climax
In a record breaking contest, in which
Atlauta's new two-mile speedway was
opened
Two of Barney Oldnelds records
were lowered, one OF them by Louis
Strang. who reduced Oldneld's one
mile mark of :4S;01 by moro than
Ave seconds. To do it, Strang used
the big 200-horsepower Fiat, which
made a worlds record OF twenty-eight
seconds over the 3 1.2 mile track at
Brooklands, England. last summer
Oldt1eld took the limit out Of his hith-
erto unbeatable Bense, and took near
ly three seconds off his own previous
record.
"Suang has the fastest car in tho
world at present" Oldield declared.
after the race
Two cars of greater power than
Strangs are said to be in course Of
construction abroad, one In italy, tho
other In Germany.
The second of Oldf1eld's records to
vanish was beaten in the ten-milc
handicap, when John Aiken, In 4 Ma.
uonal Sixty. starting from scratch.
forged ahead to third position In the
field of eight cars in :0S ;02 Al Old.
field. who made the distance In Indian
apolls in 0S is 90, also started
from scratch in this contest. but broke
a steering knuckle In the first lap and
was compelled to withdraw
George Robertson. who was 10 have
appeared in two events with his Flat
Sixty, broke an oil pipe before coming
TO the mark and was out all day. In
practice before the races, he made
the two-mile lap in 1872. a showing
that would have made him a competi-
tor in the big-car races,
Chevrolet's winning Of the 200-mile
race In .: 46 As was a brilliant eX.
ploIt, lowering Burman's record of
3;24:1 15 i-l0, made in a Buick at In
dianapolis. The big pilot stopped but
once In the 100 laps and then only
when his machine caught fire.
Chevrolet assumed the lead In the
first lap and increased it slowly but
steadily for ~ miles, Two Chalmers.
Detroit cars for time took his eX-
haust at distances that seemed to in
crease only by inches, but in the first
ten laps these inches had multiplied
into almost a mile.
AS the sturdy Swiss flashed past
the trained eye of Harding, the APP
person driver. who was In the press
box, detected what escaped the lay
observer Ignoring the thunder OF
cheers, which drowned all other
sounds. Harding cried in his excite
ment'
You're on fire; you're on fire.
Louis l."
Chevrolet apparently was ignorant
OF tho fact, but when he had gone
about a mile. the smoke belched into
his face. Then he experienced his
only delay The few minutes It re.
quired TO eXtinguish the blaze. Ding.
ley regained the last laps and took
the lead about thirty yards. His
triumph was shortlived. for Chevrolet
overlook him in the next lap. He
was never again In danger
No serious accident marred the
days sport The nearest approach 10
such an accident occurred In the
eighty-fifth lap when Harry Stlllman.
whose Mormon had not experienced
a single delay, ran into the inner gut.
ter of the track Neither he nor his
ASSISTANT were hurt beyond a few
bruises.
Three wheels flew off the car. one
Of them rolling two hundred yards. At
this time Stillman seemed certain to
beat out the Chalmers-Detroit drivers
for second hOnors. having worked TO
the fore of the machines, while ono
was replacing tire and the other was
renewing its fuel
Stillman's withdrawal left the two
Chalmers Detroits to fight 1t out for
second place.
Charles Basils Renault stayed hope,
lessly TO the finish. several miles be.
hind. but the other cars had grad.
ually been eliminated