The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-10
ATLANTA'S NEW COURSE IS THROWN OPEN TO A BUNCH
 OF CHOICE MACHINES.
Louis Chevrolet in a Buick Won the Two Hundred Mile Race, Going at the Rate of 72 Miles
 an Hour.

Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 9.--Lonis Chey- rolet, the sturdy SWISS pilot of Buick cars, who has leaped into racing prom thence during the last year, annexed another victory here today, when he completed the 200 mile stock chassis race averaging about 72 miles an hour
 Cheyrolet's victory came as the eli max to the record breaking contests with which Atlanta's new two mile speedway was opened.
 Two of Bamey Oldfield's records were lowered, one of them by Louis Ssrang, who reduced Oldfleldis one mile mark of 431 by more than five | seconds. To do it Strang used the big 200 horse power F. I. A. T. which | established a world's record of 2S sec onds over the three and half mile track at Bnooklands. England last summer Oldfield took the limit out of his hitherto unbeatable Benz and took nearly three seconds off his own previous championship record.
 "strang has the fastest car in the world at present" Oldfeld declared after the race.
 Two cans of greater power than Strang's are said to be in course of construction abroad, one in Italy, the other in Germany.
 The second of Oldheid's reconds to vanish occurred in the ten mile han. dicap, when John Aiken in a National ,"60," starting from scratch, forged ahead 10 third position in the field of eight cars in S:02:41.
 | Oldfeld, who made the distance at | Indianapolis in SIs:p, also started from scratch in this contest, but broke a steering knuckle in the first lap and l wa compelled to withdraw. George Robertson. who was to have appeared in two events with his F. l. 1 A. T. "6O," broke an oil cup before coming to the mark and was out of the game all day. In practice before l the races he made the two mile lap in 1:32. showing which would have made him competitor in the big car races.
 | Chevrolet's winning of the big race of 200 miles in 2:46:4S was brilliant exploit, lowering Burman's record of 3:24:f3 1416, made in a Buick at In- dianapolls The big pilot stopped but one in the 100 laps, and that time when his engine caught fire.
 The Buick driver assumed the lead in the first lap and increased it slow. ly but steadily for 72 miles.
 The two Chalmer-Detroit caus took his exhaust at distances which seem. ed to increase only by inches, but in the finst ten laps, these inches had multiplied to almost mile.
 As the sturdy Swiss flashed past the trained eye of Harding, the AID. person driver, who was in the press stand, detected what escaped the lay iobserve1 Ignoring the thunder of cheers which drowned all other sound, Harding cried in his excitement: l 'You're on fire, you me on fire, Louis.r
 l Chevrolet apparesFaly was ignonant of the fact at the time, but he had gone about a mile when the smoke belehed in his face. Then he expert enced his only delay. During the few minutes that it required to ex. tinguish the blaze. Dingley regained the lost laps and took the lead by about thirty yards. His triumph was short lived, for the Buick man took Il after him and passed him during the next lap. He was rever again in danger
 1 No serious accident marred the dayis sport The nearest approach tn such an incident occurred in the eighiyffth lap. when Parry Stillman. whose Marmon had not experienced a slngle delay ran into the inner gutter Of the track. Neither he nor his as- sistant were hurt. beyond few bruis- es. The accident occurred on the back stretch. when an overstrainei rear tire softened and sent the car into the ditch Three wheels flew off, one of them rolling two hundred yards into the paddock before it's impetus was lost
 l At this time Ssillman seemed car. 1 tain to bent out the chalmerDetoit dtiver for second honors. having work.