New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-21
AUTO RECORDS BROKEN
SHOPS THE T1Y
Track at Indianapolis blade Safer
After Fatal Opening Dan.

Indianapolis AUG m-StrsnE and ZengeI shared
,l' h''ors OF The second day OF the automobile
race meet on the new Indianapolis Motor speed
way stranE won the fastest Ina-rniIe raca o,.o-
driven in this country. while ZenseI es,shUshaa =
new ten-mile record Not a single accident -,
serious nature marred the days racing The ONLY
HlIury reported Was bruised arm sustained nv
barney Oldhed In the teu-mile free for all race
Some eighteen thousand spectators crowded ,ba
two big stands. and hundreds % automobiles hIled
the parking spaces. The crowd was cons,d.rshl,
larger than yesterday
III" feature of the dag was the easy victory Of
strang. with Buick in the loo-mils race the star
event OF the day StranE led all the way from, the
start and won by about ten miles I'm the exre,-
tionai time ~ lz2,is5- At first IL was tbourbt
this was new record for this country. but IN.
orfcias announced that they had decided 70 10,
the mark Of ls $40 made by Chevrolet in the
first 100 miles ~ tho 25n-rnile race OF yes,erdav
stand despite the fact that Chevrolet did not finish
the race
strsng. however. heat Chevrolet's records for
nearly all the distances between D and 1oo miles
strangs time was moro than Il minutes better
than the 100 mile track record made by thurman
on mile track AT Columbus. Ohio on July :
De Witt. IN Buick. finished second IN strapz
in the long race I'm 1,fl.s $40 and stillman in a
Marmon. third in 42,s7 s-lo Harroip IN q
Marmon. was the only other one of the seven
starters 20 finish
The American Automobile Association Will M,
withdraw its sanction from the meet as il. or4caIs
ere satisfied that the motor speedway owners have
done all in their power 10 make the course safe
Every inch was oiled and tarred to-day and the
bad spots were repaired as much az possibIa 77,a
absence Of the sitting clouds Of dust thrown NJ,
by the racers yesterday helped greatly IN the .as
and also mnimized the chances for serious acci
dents
Iengel established ten-nile record in his
na""lok- Ihls Is the second time in the meet that
mis- record has been broken. Aiken in a National
who finished second in that event had IN. boo
s52s-1o NE YIN" was
ne nVe-mile free-for- all handicap was the most
closely contested Of the dav and resulted q,
victory for Merz. who drove National His
teammate. Aitken. finished one-tenth Of a second
nehlnd him according 10 the electrical scoring
machine Aiken really made the better time as
MS handicap was 10 seconds while Merz had an
allowance Of % seconds Miller In a stoddard-
Dayton with a @-second handicap. was third
Thirteen cars faced the starter in this event and
they were divided into four classes according Ia
the hanoicaps
The ten-miie race for machines that will compete
IN the $e-mile race tomorrow resulted in another
great victory for the National This time ~ v.as
Aiken who ploted the car to victory in the cred
liable time Of 9:26 $40 Herbert Iyttle broke into
the imelight for the first time during meet by
finishing second in his Apperson nearIy ten seconds
behind Aitken. Milford. in a Lozier. was third
Atken drove a brilliant uphill race in this event
He was seventh AT the end OF the first lap but
moved up 10 fifth when the was half run A
good burst Of speed put him into second place at
the end OF the third lap. and continuance of the
pace landed him I'm front at the finish
The trial for a mile record was disappoint-
ing, Walter Christies freak racer was halky
and Christie finally up after being unable to
get the raksh machine around the track once I'm
warming up. Odheld carried off the honors of the
trials az ne covered the mile In 0;f3 2-0 only one
tenth OF "A second slower than the worlds record
made yesterday by him.
The summary follows:
Ten mles-Won by Aitken (NstonaD: Lytle CApperson)
second. milford G>ozer, third. Time, e:26ss.
Five mile handicap free alD-Won by Merz ma
tionab 70 seconds; Atken (NatonaD 90 seconds
ond (Soddard Dayton) ESQ secondsJ. third Time.
Ten miles free for aiD-won by Zengel Chadwickt:
Aiken (SationaD, second; Ford tSearns third Time.
s:23M.
Five miles stripped chassis; 27i to 800 cubic inch
tiston dsplacementl-WOn by Strang Buick:
tRuickp. second: Stutz tMarion), third Time 4:4s.
Ffftv miles stripped chassis; l6i 230 cubic inch
uiFton by Wright (Stoddard Dayton:
Schwitzer 1Stoddard Day toni second Time 1923 10
only finished
Ten miles stripped chassis: 30l to $50 cubic inch
niston dispiac by Merz tNationab Chevrolet
,I3ntclo second Hyme tstoddard- Dayton. third.
Time. 9:16 $40.
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE RESULTS.