Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-21

indianapolis. Aug. 21--At the clos
ing days races on the automobile
speedway Walter Christie in the freak
race drove Kilometre in rs 7-10 IN
a time trial. Zengel in a Chadwick
made il in 30 $40 and Oldfield i'll
:26 2-10
The 15-mile free-for-all handicap was
won by the National (Kincaid) handi-
cap of minuee, with Fiat .CDePalmal
scratch, second. Time, 1923 $40.
The 1O-mile amateur championship
was won by Fiat (Herne), Buick
(RyalD second. Time. 9:44 $40.
Nineteen cars started in the 300
mile race. At the end of 80 miles the
National (Aitken) was leading Time,
44:21 2-10.
No Tragedies Second Day.
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 21-The,e
were no tragedies on the fastest two
and-a-hlf-mile automobile speedway N
the world yesterday-only triumphs.
Eighteen thousand people saw the sec
ond days racing program, witnessed
the daredevil speed merchants burn
ing up the ellipse as though the track
had not reaped its toll of DEATH
cheered the humiliation of space as
the ten-mile record was reduced ta
such a low mark that it is doubtful
whether anything on wheels ever will
displace it and applauded when the
| fastest 100-mile race ever run in this
country was concluded by an automo-
bile that ran as if it were something
supernatural, and departed from the
100000 racing plant with small
thoughts for the dead. Not an acci-
dent had marred the afternoon of woa.
derful sport.
Strang and ZengIe star
Lewis Strang and Len Zengle
shared the record breaking victories
of the day. The former drove his
Buick winner in the century race
| without being headed, in the remark
| able time of 1:32:4S $40, his margin
of victory being about ten miles. But
| speedy as was this time, Strang was
deprived of official honor by the pro
sale judges. who decided to allow the
mark of Chevrolet, Strang's Buick
teammate. made in the 250-mile race
yesterday, 1:32:1S 9-10 despite the
fact that Chevrolet had not finish I'd
| the race-the one that resulted in the
death of Driver Bourque and Mechani-
clan Holcomb.
Zenslc Clips Old Mark.
Previous to the feat of Strang, zen
gle in a Chadwick had established 4
new record in the ten-mile free-for-all,
making the distance in S:23 2-10
Chevrolet Thursday reduced Oldfield's
old mark of 9:12, to S:56 40. Aitken,
in National, in the same event got
among the record breakers, for his
time was caught at S:32 Clio.
Two big stands were thronged al
the great meeting and hundreds of
automobiles filled every available park
ing area. 1t was generally believed
that morbid curiosity had drawn many
to the track. swelling the crowd TO
several thousands larger than on the
opening day If SO, said the experts,
the racing proved to be a reward.
The American Automobile associa.
ton will not withdraw its sanction
from the meet, as its officials are salts.
fled that the speedway owners have
done all in their power to make the
course safe. Every inch of 1t was
oiled and tarred and the bad spots re.
paired as much as possible. The alb
sence of the sitting clouds of dust
thrown up by the racers Thursday
helped greatly in the speed and alsa
minimized the chances for serious ac
!, cidents.
| The feature of the day was the easy
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