The San Francisco call., 1909-11-10
AUTO RECORDS ARE SMASHED
ON NEW COURSE AT ATLANTA

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 9.-Louis Chew
rolet, the sturdy Swiss pilot of Buick
cars. who has leaped into racing promi-
nence within the last year. annexed
another hard earned victory here today
when he captured the 200 mile stock
chassis race, averaging about ~ miles
an hour.
Chevrolet's victory came as a climax
in a record breaking contest in which
Atlanta's new two mile speedway was
opened
Two of Barney Oldfeld's records were
lowered, one of them by Louis Strang,
who reduced Oldfeld's one mile mark
of :43:01 by more than five seconds.
To do it Strang used the big 200 horse
power Fiat which made worlds rec
ord of 2S seconds over the three and a
half mile track at Brooklands. Eng,
last summer Oldfield took the limit
out of his hitherto unbeatable Benz
and took nearly three seconds off his
own previous record.
The second of Oldfeld's records to
vanish was beaten in the % mile handi-
cap when John Aiken in National so.
starting from scratch, forged ahead to
third position in the field of eight cars
in :0S:02 Al, actual running time. His
elapsed time for the race, which in
cluded 70 seconds handicap, was
:09 :12:41. Oldfie1d, who made the
distance in Indianapolis in :0S:15:09,
also started from scratch in this con-
test, but broke a steering knuckle in
the first lap and was compelled to
withdraw.
George Robertson, who was to have
appeared in two events with his Fiat so,
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 3D. showing that
would have made him competitor in
the big car races.
Chevrolet's winning of the 200 mile
plot. lowering Burman,s record Of
3:24:13 410 made in a Buick at In
dianapolis. The big pilot stopped but
when him machine Caught fire. Chev.
rolet assumed the lead in the first lap
and increased it slowly but steadily
for 72 miles. 1.-TWO Chalmers-D Detroit
cars for time took his exhaust at
distances that seemed to increase only
by inches. but in the first 10 laps these
inches had multiplied into alnot mile.
As the sturdy Swiss flashed past the.
trained eye of Harding. the Apperson
driver, who was in the press box, de-
tected what escaped the lay observer.
ignoring the thunder of cheers which
drowned all other sounds, Harding
cried in his excitement:
You're on fire. You're on fire LouiS!''
Chevrolet apparently was Ignorant of
mile the smoke belched into his face.
Then he experienced his only delay.
The few minutes it required to extin-
guish the blaze Dingley regained the
lost laps and took the lead by. about 80
Yards. His triumph was short lived,
for Chevrolet overlook him in the next
lap. He was never again in danger.
No serious accident marred the days
sport The nearest approach to such
an accident occurred in the eighty
fifth lap when Harry Stillman, whose
Marmon had not experienced a single
DELAY. ran into the inner gutter of the
track Neither he nor his assistant
was hurt beyond a few bruises.
Three wheels flew off the car one of
them rolling 200 yards. Stillmans
withdrawal left the two Chalmers De-
troits to fight it out for second place
Charles Basle's Renault stayed hope
lessly to the finish. many miles behind
but the other cars had gradually been
eliminated. Summary:
One time trial-First, Fiat (Strang). 37:1:
second. Benz toldfeld). 40:13 third. Christie
tChristieb. 43 80; fourth. Stearns tRutherford)
50:S5
Ten mile stock chassis, 45l to 500 cubic inches
piston dispIacement-First, National (Aikenl.
s % ID; second, National tkincaid). S:2T:11:
third. Apperson CHardingl. s:50.65. Also ran
Renanlt Fiat. Stearns.
Detroit tMatson) 9:49:46 second fhalmers
Detroit lKnipper, 9:49:S4: third Buick Mel
SOM, 9:50:1s Also ran--whte. Fuller.
Ten mile free for ALL handicap-First Marmon
(Stillnianp, S:54.e8: second. Marmon tParronn)
S.55: third National tAikenl. 9:12:41 Also
ran -Renaulf. Freres. Rainier Knox.
Two miles, free for all-first Fiat lStrapg1