Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-10
CLIMAX TO SERIES OF
RECORD BREAKING RUNS
Lewis strsng Beats Barney oldfeid's
One Mile Mark BY Going II in Thir-
ty-eisht Seconds--No Serious Ac-
eidents Mar Opening Of New Speed
way. -

ATLANTA. GA, Nov. 9.-Louis
Chevrolet. the sturdy Swiss pilot oil
Euick cars who has leaped into prom
inence during the last year, annexed
enother hard earned victory mere 10
day when he captured the 200 mile
stock chassis race. averaging about ~
miles an hour.
Chevrolet's victory came as the cn
max TO the record breaking contests
with which Atlanta's new two milo
speedway was opened TWO OF barney
Oldfield's records were lowered. one
of them by Lewis Strang, who reduc.
ed Oldfield's one mile mark OF f5l
by more than five seconds. To do IL
Strang used the big 200 horsepower
Fiat which established worlds re-
cord Of IS seconds over the ia mile
track al Brooklands. Eng. last sum
mer. Oldfield took the limit out oil
his heretofore unbcaten Benz ana LOOK
nearly three seconds OF his own prev
ious championship record.
Fastest Car in the World
"Strang has the fastest car In the
world at present" OldfieId declared
after the race.
The second OF Oidfieid's records to
vanish occurred in the 10 mile nanoi-
can when John Aiken. in National
sixty" starting from scratch. 1oIseu
ahead to third position in the Held oil
eight cars in s:02.41. actual running
time. His elapsed time for the race.
including 20 seconds handicsp
was e.f4.4l. Oldfieid, who made
the distance at Indianapolis Ia
0S:15.9. also started from scratch in
\
knuckle in the first lap and was com
PEELED to withdraw.
George Robertson. who was to have
appeared in two events with MS FIAT
"sixty.- broke an oil pipe before COM
ing to the mark and was out OF the
game all day. In practice before the
races he made the two mile zap IN
1882.
ChevroIet's winning OF the big race
of 300 miles in 2:46:4S was a bril-
|, liant exploit. lowering Burman's re-
cord Of S:2i:1S.4 made In Buick at
( Indianapolis.
Stopped But Once.
The big pilot stopped but once IN
the 100 laps and that was when ms
engine caught fire The Buick driver
, assumed the lead in the first lap and
! increased IL slowly, but steadily tor 30
miles. The two Chalmers Detroit
cars took his exhaust at distances
which seemed to increase only by
/. inches. but in the first ten laps these
inches had multiplied into almost
mile.
No Serious Accident
| No serious accident marred the
/ cay's sport The nearest approach ~
| such an incident occurred in the
! eighty fifth lap, when Harry Stiiiman,
whose Marmon had not experienced
single delay. ran into the inner gut
ter Of the track.
| Neither he nor his assistant were
hurt beyond a few bruises.
| An overstrained rear tire scftrned
and sent the car into the ditch Three
wheels flew of. one Of them rolling
two hundred yards into the paddock
before its impetus was lost
At this time Stillman seemed Ger
tain to beat out the Chalmers-Detroit
drivers for second honcrs, having
worked to the fore Of these machines
while one was replacing a tire and
the other renewing its fuel
S;nlman's withdrawal left the two
Chalmers Detrcits to fight u out for
second place. Charles Basle's Re-
IrauIt stayed hopcIessiy TO the finish.
nav miles behid. but the Other cars
lad gradually been eliminated In tho
herceness of the struggle.
Both Nationals. Ciiquot's ReBauit
and the RANGER had been gradually
worn down and onit
Summary.
Ono mile. time trial. Ftrst-F1af
fSirangl. 577: second. Benz fOid-
fc.dD. 30 -. third. Christie. (Christie)
f3sz: fourth. Stearncs. fRuthcrford).
seS.
Ten mile stock chassis. f5i N 500
cubic inches. First-Nationai. fAikrn)
S:2722: SECOND. National fKinca'd},
s-z77i: third. kpperson tHardins)
S-s0e
Also ran-RenauIt. Plat. Sfearmes.
Ten mile race for light cars: FIRST
Chalmers Detroit fNatsonl 2:f9fs.
seconds. Chalmers. Detroit. fknippcrD
1885,: third. Buick. fNeison) s.so-is.
Also rzn-Whltc gasoline. Fuiier.
Ten nile free fer al handicap
First srmon. fstiilman) s.sf3ss