The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-13
Bruce Browns Wild Dash
At Savannah Captures
Grand Prize.
VICTOR HEMERY
FINISHES SECOND
Third HOnOrs and Special Prize Fall
to Marquette-Buick Car,
American Made.

SAVANNAH. Ga. Nov 13-David
Bruce Brown, the young millionaire,
is today the hero Of the motoring
world
Driving a Benz car, he won the sec
ond grand prize race on the Savannah
circuit yesterday, establishing a new
worlds long distance road record and
defeating one Of the classiest fields Of
racing machines ever seen in action.
He covered the AIS miles in hours 50
minutes and seconds. which is an
average OF 700 miles an hour.
Victor Hemery, the French driver, in
Benz, and who lost the race two
years ago to Wagner by the narrow
margin OF 80 seconds, again had TO be
content with second hOnOrs. As Brown
beat him by only l:4Z seconds, the
clOseness Of the great struggle put the
immense crowd IN a frenzy.
To Robert BUrman, plotting Mar
quette-BUick fell the honor OF being
the first American car across the nnisu
line. giving him third position and the
special prize of $1,000 offered Tor the
first American machine to hnlsh.
Finish Is Exciting.
The last moments Of the race, when
the powerful racing machines, which
had been driven around the lightning
fast course at terrific speed for hours
were let loose to do their utmost were
without equal in point Of excitement in
the annals of American motor racing.
Browns speed record of 700 miles per
hour is next 10 that OF Navarro, who
won the FIorio Cup In Italy in 1905 By
making 327.S miles at a speed or t45
miles an hour. In that case the course
was less by nearly IOO miles, than the
grand prize course Of this year. me
fe that " agner IN
the grand prize race at Savannah tWo
years ago, when he covered 4.2 miles
at a speed Of G5.u miles an hour.
AS the race neared the finish Ralph
DePalma IL a Fiat, was close TO Brown
when he dropped ont Hemery, who had
led the race in the early stages, had
dropped TO fifth place. with wagner
and Navarro. both In Flats, the i've
conteuderS were less than three minutes
apart. when Wagner's car turned turtle.
NazarrO broke a chain and was out
Two In Finish Struggle.
When DePalma disappeared on the
last lap, the fight was left TO Hemery
and Brown. At the beginning OF The
6nal lap the Frenchman was almost two
minutes behind Brown, but threw the
throttle wide open and the throbblng
racer gradually shortened the gap as
the two men dashed on.
He led Brown TO the tape, put troWn
had ADVANTAGE in time, as he st4rted
fifteenth, while Hemery got on IN ninth
place When Brown came down the
stretch the roar Of his engine could be
heard a mile. He received an ovation as
he finished.
The fact that there were only two
accidents indicated the care that had
been taken to put the course in fine
shape Louis Wagner and his mechanic,
Louis FerrO, were seriously injured
when their car turned over Willie
jIaupt and his mechanic, II. W. Feyhl
were slightly hurt when their car skid
ded and ran into a tree
As a result of his hard drive, Hemery's
hands were lacerated and he had 10 go
to a hospital for treatment.
The Savannah Automobile Club. under
whose auspices the race was run, has
formally asked the Automobile Club of
America TO sanction race for next
year