Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
BIG AUTO MEET OVER
Track Records Smashed on
the Atlanta Speedway.
GREAT CROWD ATTRACTED
Two-H undred.Mile Contest for Stock
Cars Yesterday.
ELEVEN IN THE COMPETITION
But Four Make What Was Regard
ed as Normal Time-Sum-
maries Of Events.
ELEVEN IN THE COMPETITION

though American automobile track rec
ords were broken right and left. the first
meeting on the New Atlanta speedway.
which has been in progress for week.
was finished today without the loss OF
life and without an injury of more than
the slightest Importance. George Rob-
ertson. Lewis Strang. H. L. Fitzpatrick.
John Aiken and other drivers Of note de-
clared today that the track is proabbly
the safest in the world. The safety lies
largely in the asphaltum used in holding
the cement and dirt together. and which
forms the surface of the track.
That motor racing has taken a hold on
tie fancy of southerners is said to be in
Dictated very plainly by the attendance.
which steadily grew larger from the first
day and was at all times greater than
was to be expected OF city the size
of Atlanta.
Comes as Climax.
The climax Of the meet came in the
last race today, a 2OO-mile contest for
stock cars, which was won by l.. A. Dis
brow, driving a Rainier go The race
finished as follows:
First. Rainier Disbrow), 2.53.4s.32; sec
ond. Fiat (Robertson), 2.5I41.O5; third,
fourth. Renault IL. Basle), 3.13.41.S7.
Eleven cars entered the contest. but
those named were the only ones to finish
within anything like normal time. The
Marmon car driven by Ray Harroun com
pleted the course long after the others
had left the track.
Spectators generally were glad to ap-
plaud the victory OF Disbrow, as he has
had great deal Of Ill luck in being com
PEELED to withdraw from events in which
he was entered. Today his car, which
previously had developed unexpected de-
fects. behaved like another machine and
did not stop once throughout the entire
contest.
Broken Chain Beats Robertson.
Up to the 162d mile George Robertson
at the wheel Of a Fiat "6O' seemed a
certain winner. He was three laps ahead
Of all other cars when he broke a chain
and before he could resume he had lost
fourteen miles. DisbrOw had been follow
ing him and assumed the lead, follow
ed by Charles Basic In second position.
When Robertson resumed he quickly
overlook Basic, but the most brilliant
kind of driving which he exhibited and
the perfect response Of his car were in
sufficient in the time remaining to over
come Disbrow's lead, although Robertson
drove from thirteen to fifteen seconds
per mile faster than the Rainier man.
brow when he had repaired his chain, he
was but two in the rear when the Rainier
pilot crossed the wire.
Dingley's Chalmers-Detroit held third
position at the twenty-sixth mile, when he
lost a wheel at the first turn.
strang Drops to Rear.
At the ffty-eighth mile Strang like
Robertson. driving a Fiat go" changed
tires and dropped to the rear. relinquish-
ing third place in favor Of Harding in the
Apperson. On the 10th mile he came in
with a fiat tire and on the next lap
withdrew to the paddock. The sixty-sec-
ond mile saw the last of the Chalmers
Detroit entries. when Lorimer had engine
trouble and Joined the fast-increasing col
ony in the paddock.
Harroun. the Marmon driver. was seri-
ously delayed at the pit as the century
mark was being approached. and although
he did not go to the paddock, lost 50
much time that he ceased to be a con-
tender. Stillman. another Marmon driver.
retired considerably earlier in the race
with wheel trouble. Hugh Harding was
strictly a contender up to the one hundred
and twenty second mile. when a breakage
compelled him to leave the race.
Chevrolet. the Buick driver. followed at
Robertson's heels for eighty-six miles.
to withdraw.
Following are the summaries Of the
days events:
Ten miles: stock chassis, 231 to 300 cubic
inches; first price. 500; second prize. $50;
two entres-First. Chalmers Detroit
(Knipper). 1O.41 O6; second. Chalmers-De-
troit CMatsonD
Ten miles: stock chassis handicap, 161 to
go cubic inches; first prize. cup; second
prize. cup-First, Buick "a. Chevrolet,
9.1SO7: third. Chalmers-Detroit (Knip-
peri, 9.1S9.
Six miles: stock chassis handicap. 23l
to 300 cubic inches: first prize. cup: sec
ond prize. cup-First. Marmon (Harroun),
0.G5. 40S3 second. Chamers-Detroic (Knip-
peri. OO5.41; third, Chalmers-Detrot MAT
SOM. O.O5.5O91.
Twelve miles: stock chassis. 3ol to 40
cubic inches; first prize. 800: second
prize. $5O-Ffrst. Buick (Chevroleo.
1O.12.66; second, Chalmers-Detroit ding
ley). 1O2SS3: third. ChaImers-Detroit
Gorimer). 1O.37.16
Eight miles; free-for-alI handicap; first
prize. cup: second prize. cup-First. Ma
tional (Aiken). O.427; second. Rainier
Disbrow). O7.4s.63: third. Fiat Robert-
SOM, o.. $3.50.
Two hundred miles: stock chassis. 451 to
600 cubic inches: first prize. the City Of
Atlanta trophy and $1,000 in gold; Sec
ond prize $500 in gold; third prize. $500 In
gold; fourth prize. $50 in gold-F'irst
Rainier Oisbrow), 2.534S.32: second, Fiat
(Robertson}. 2.5L47.O5: third. Renault
(Charles l.. Basle). 2.5S 1895; fourth, Re-
nault IL. Basle), 3.1341.S7.
WARsHIPs FOR ARGENTINA.