Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-08-21

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 20.-Strang
and Zengel shared the honors of the
second day of the automobile race
meet on the new indianapolis motor
speedway Strang won the fastest
100 mile race ever held in this coun-
Try, while zengel established new
ten-mile record.
Not a single accident of serious
nature marred the days racing. The
only injury reported was a bruised
arm sustained by Barney Oldfield in
the ten mile free for all race in which
Zengel made the new record.
Larger Crowd Than Thursday.
Some $4,000 spectators crowded into
the two big stands and hundreds of
automobiles filled the parking places.
The crowd was considerably larger
than yesterday.
The feature of the day was the easy
victory of Strang with a Buick in the
100 mile race, the chief event of the
day. He won by about ten miles in
the exceptional time of 1.32.4S $40. At
first it was thought that this was a
new record for this country but the
officials decided to let the mark of
1878 80 made by Chevrolet in the
first 100 miles of the ESQ mile race of
yesterday to stand, despite the fact
that Chevrolet did not finish the race.
Strang, however, beat Chevrolet's rec
ords for nearly all the distances be-
tween twenty and one hundred miles.
No Stop in 100 Miles.
Dewitt in a Buick finished second to
Strang in the long race in 1.41.32 3-10s
and Stillman in a Marman was third
in 1.42.37 6-10. Harroun in a Mar
mon was the only other one of the
starters to finish. The Buick (Chev-
rolet) Marion (Monson), and Marion
(Stutz) dropped out early in the race.
Strang did not stop once during the
100 mikes, his car working excellently
all the way. He steadily increased his
lead.
Course as Safe a sPossible.
The American Automobile associa-
ton will not withdraw it's sanction for
the meet, for it's officials are satisfied
that the motor speedway owners have
done all in their power to make the
course safe. Every inch was oiled and
tarred today and the bad spots were
repaired as much as possible. The
absence of the sitting clouds of dust
thrown up the racers yesterday helped
greatly in the speed and also mini
mixed the chances for serious acct
dents.
Ten Miles in s23 2-1o Minutes.
Before Strang started on his wonder
full race the honors had gone to Zen
gel, who established a new ten-mile
record in his Chadwick. This is the
second time in the meet that this rec
ord has been broken. Chevrolet re-
duced Oldfield's old mark of 9.12 3-5
yesterday when he won a ten-mile
race in S.56 4-10 and Zengel cut this
to 1923 210 in the ten mile free for
all today.
Aitl1en in a National, who finished
second in that event, had the honor of
breaking Cheyrolet's old mark. for his
time was S.32 $40.
The fifty-mire race was a walkaway
for Wright and Schwitzer in the Stod-
dard-Dayton cars. They were the on
~ drivers out of the FIVE starters to
finish.
Closest Race of the Day.
The five mile free for al handicap
was the most closely contested race
of the day and resulted in a victory
for Menu, who drove a National. His
team mate, Aitken, finished one-tenth
of a second behind him. according to
the electrical scoring machine. There
were 10 starters.
The ten mile race for marines that
will compete in the 300 mile race to-
morrow resulted in another victory for