Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-23
BURMAN MAKES NEW RECORD
Hundred Miles on Circular Track in
Fast Time.
LOWERS FIGURE ELEVEN MINUTES
Previous Record Was Made by Glenn
ems I'm ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
wOmen's record Also


NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22.-R. Bun
man in his car broke the Worlds
record for 100 miles on a circular track IN
the feature event of the second day of the
Mardi Gras auto speed carnival. Burman
made the distance, after a most remark
able drive. in l;42iSs7s, this being eleven
minutes faster than the previous record,
made by Clemens, In indianapolis, In lyOo.
There were six other races, all OF which
were at short distances. The weather was
cloudy, but the track was in almost perfect
condition. In the first race Jimmy Ryall
made too wide a turn at the beginning OF
the stretch and, losing control OF his car
ittran into'tha fence. The machine was de-
molisheds beyond repair. Ryall's escape was
remarkable, as he was travelling faster than
a. mile a minute.
|. The 1Oo-mIie race, open to stock cars,
started with three entries: Burman CBuick(,
Robertson (Simplex) and Strang Usotta).
Robertson started off in the lead, with Bur,
man second and Strang third. At the end
of the first mile Burman had taken the
lead, which he held until the end OF the
race, with the exception of one mile. In
the seventy-fourth mile Strang was forced
to stop fov the second time, his steering
gear being out of order. II could not be re-
paired in time, so he retired permanently.
Burman's driving was the most sensa-
tional ever seen In this city. He drove
hard from start to finish, cut his turns
sharp and never once during the whole
race was he forced to stop for anything,
Burman drove alone, with the aid of a
mechanician, and his stock car was
stripped to a skeleton.
Inc MOIiQ . OIlld . ICCpiu AOl OiG AiiilC
on a circular track was broken by two and
one-fifth seconds in the sixth race, by Mrs.
Joan Cuneo, her time being 1:OOh. Mrs.
Cuneo drove a remarkable race in this
event, her daring In rounding the curves
causing great excitement.
The races, Monday include a five-mile
free-fof-all, stock cars, a nve-mile trial for
the worlds woman's record, a ten-mile
handicap, a five-mile for cars selling up to
5000. and a fifty-mile free-forSan. Sum-
maries:
First race. five miles. national amateur
championship for Klaw & Erlanger trophy:
Mrs. Joan Newton Cuneo (Knox Giant
won. Time: 5:Osh, Donnelly (Packard) Sec
ond.
Second race. ten miles, free-for-all. 500
cash to winner: Ralph De Palma (Fiat Cy-
elone) won. Timei 1O:OS2b. George Robert
son (Simplex) second. Time; 1906. Bur-
mar (Buick) third
Third race, one mile against worlds rec
first. Time: 0:b2M. Burman (Buick) second.
Time: o:5Sh,
Fourth race. ten miles. open to all stock
cars, for Klaxton trophy: Mrs. Joan New
ton Cuneo KnoX Giant won. Time: 10:12M.
Donnelly (Packard) second.
Fifth race. five miles, motorcycle: Jensen
won. Time: 6:22h. Others did not finish.
Track record, 61S&-
Sixth race. one mile. time trial against
worlds woman's record: Mrs. Joan Newton
Cuneo (Knox Giant) won. Time: 1:O0M.
Former record, 1sO2h.
Seventh race, 100 miles worlds champion
ship, open TO all stock cars. $40 gold medal
and trophy to winner, SOS to second: Bur-
man (Buickl won, Time: 1:42 1894. Robert
son (SimpiSNl second. Worlds circular
track record. l:53;2l45-