The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-20

I emergency hospital. Earlier III the Edtt
/ Strang's Buick caught fire in front OF
/ the grand stand, but the fire brigade
| eXtinguished the flames before the gas
/ cline tank was destroyed. Shortly be
] fore the finish Of the race McEllis,
1 driving a Jackson car, collapsed and
/ was taken from the car.
/ The drivers have demanded that the
| track be oiled and the turn which was
/ the scene of today's fatalities, be re-
paired. Whether tomorow's races will
/ be held depends upon the condition. of
the course n the morning.
Two Records Broken.
Two records were broken. Barney Old
| field driving a high-pOwer Benz, covered
! a mile in 43 ITO seconds. breaking DE
| Palma'S mark OF 81 seconds. and Louis
! Chevrolet in a Buick made ten miles in
$3.50 40, cutting Oldfields time of 9;l2,
| Robert Burman won the 25O-mlie race,
the feature of the day 1t was this con-
! test that cost BOurque and HOlcomD their
/ lives. The winners time was 1861 4-lO-
| slow because of the many accidents that
/ married the race. The STANDARDIZATION
Clements was second in 4;40;u 6-lo, ana
/ the National (Merz) finished third in
| 1929 7-10. Another National was the
only other car Of ten starters to finish.
/ The death of the two men caused the
American Automobile association to in
form the owners of the track that certain
changes must be made tomorrow or sane
ton for the remaining events will be
| withdrawn.
Inc aSSOGldIlOl ueulduutQ the ldIh DG
freed from its many dangerous ruts and
that every inch of it be thoroughly oiled
and tarTed. Today only short portion IN
front of the grandstand was oiled, and the
dust on the other parts is blamed for the
| collapse of the drivers in the long race
Louis Chevrolet and Fred Ellis-who were
blinded by the dense white mist that Gov
cred the major portion of tht track.
| Albert Denson, racing partner of
Bourque, collapsed after the accident.
The sight of the men laying dead was too
much for the friend of both, who had
been called upon so often to face death
in the same manner
Entries in Contest.
The following cars started in the $50
mile contest; Knox (BOurque), National
| (Kincaid) National CMorse), Stoddard-
Dayton OIiller), Buick (Burman), Buick
| (Suang), Buick Chevrolet, Jackson CEl-
lisD and standardization (Cleemnts)-
! Strang was the first to come to grief,
as his car caught fire before he had com
pleted one lap. He was delayed some
time by this, and the officials at first re
fused to allow him to continue as he and
his mechanician had been aided by the
track volunteer fire company in extin-
gushing the blaze. After a long discus
/ sion, Strang was allowed to continue, but
| the rtmainder of the field had then gained
about fifteen miles on him, and he dropped
out
Chevrolet dashed into the lead at the
start and held it for fifty-twO laps, OF
more than half the race, with the brief
| exception of the fifteenth and sixteenth
laps, when he relinquished it to his team
! mate, Burman, the winner. When he was
blinded by dust, he was leading the track
2 | and his car was withdrawn.
( | After ChevrOlet's withdrawal, Burman
d again went into the lead, with BOrque
second and Kincaid, in a National. third.
/ This order continued until the fatal acct
: dent to the Knox Kincaid then moved
into second place, and Ellis, in 8, Jackson,
! l..
| Burman led until the eighty-secOnd lap,
or about 205 miles, had been covered
! Continual trouble with the tires and ig-
milton caused him to lose his once COM
manding lead and drop back to second,
while Ellis, who had passed Kiucaid some
distance back, took theF1ead. with Bur
man second and Clements, in a Stoddard-
Dayton, third.
Jackson Car Quits Race.
Then the Jackson began to encounter its
string of mishaps that finally put it out
] of the race. A. J. House. the mechanician
2 was taken i'll and forced to leave the car
With the Jackson out Of commission, Bur
t man was able to regain his lead. with
Clements second and Kincaid third This
I order continued until the finish.
1t was in the second event-a ten-mile
race for stripped chassis-that the first
z record was broken. Chevrolet won easily
S and apparently had little difficulty in cut
To- ting Oldfields record from 9:12 3-5 tc
Z
- the Bucks, as Strang finished second and
] Burman third.
r The closest race came in the five-milt
{ | stripped chassis event, won by Burman in
g | a Buick after a fierce struggle with
, BOurQue The two mighty cars tore
1 ! around the track with wheels almost
| touching throughout the five miles.
I Summary.
t Event No. Five miles. stripped
y chassis, 161 to 230 cubic inch piston dis
[ Observation-Disclosures (Schadtzer)
T ! first: STANDARDIZATION (Wright), second
. | Buick CDewitD, third. Time, 5:13 2-5
I Veil (Stickney). also started.
. ! Ten miles. stripped chassis, 231 to so
S cubic inch piston displacement-Buicl
Buick CBurman), third. Time, $3.50. Mar
t mon (Stillman) MaTmOn (Barronn)
[ | Marion (Steily), Marion (MOnson). anC
s Marion CTinkler) also started.
| This is a new American track record
z breaking the former mark of 9:12, held by
p Barney Oldfield.
- Five miles stripped chassis, 9O1 to 45
r | cubic inch piston splacement-BuiCI
r. Burman). first. Knox Bourque), second
= Buick Chevrolet third, Time. AS 5-1O
e Buick (Strang), standardization Miller
Jackson (Ellis). and StGddard- Dayton de
70 ! HymD, finished as named.
- Ten-mile free-for-all handicap-Marmol
L ! (StillmaB). handicap 1:25. first; jackson
Uynch), handicap ago. second: Nationa
d (Aitken). handicap 20, third, Time
Il ! CElds), Lozier CHeinal Standardization
y | Miller C3urman), Knox Dennis), StOd
@ dard-Dayton CWrighD and Stearns Ford
= finished a named