The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
RACING DRIVERS UHDERPAID.
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mo ,utomohti- ~a~inE driver - rtl-
-rsu-.i- hir profession - = strictly non-v
-asrs nussn~e- aside from tho fact that
b. never -ould have gone into ~ 4 10
h.tn no speed mania Almost any me
hs.- - a. fast IN an sutnmobtl. and che
sss-as- chauffeur -ho has god control
- - ar = mor- apt than not ~ Eratify
hrs i~-ir~
o. Easy 90 show that tho Dhaufeur-
snd ,'h~r employees ahout automobile
"a. .. Ike 20 ap~-i 4 man IN the suto-
r-rr.'. business says. i can g. into any
saras~ IN the city and get al the men
SAINT ~ drv. my cars In races They -
glad ~ 30 - for nothing They know.
ton that y they ever act regulations they
oil make q lot ~ money
II . interesting To $50 just what "A lot
81 money means In this business. which
certainly - dangerous enough. There
are three mon to-day Who are in the first
rank - money making automobile drlv
er- IN thus country. ~ these thr~- one
man almost never competsa IN races lie
- content 20 go about Swing exhibitions
He - not under contract Ia any one Arm
but has several cars ~ different makes
ana haA also q stable % followers - that
- and his men can give exhibitions. This
man taxing a week or several days %
tune a. fairs and other places where such
Ssnsations are IN demand. gives exhibit
tons but avoids races.
He has it hgured out that there 10 moth
ing IN racing whsn the money can be got
for speed trials. He makes his appear
Gnces on a contingent arrangement or
else taking a guarantee. Il Is likely that
this man. who IL playing the game safest
o. all Gill make $50 90 the hest year he
has
- much for this man. whose case -
unusual The men who actually take
chances. that -. who compete In road and
track races In competition, do not get
anywhere near as much The best 81 them
all probably makes S2OnO IN his hest
season. He gets contract from the
firm for which he drives h. gets pay from
makers Of Gals and tires. he receives APP
pearance money at places where his
being competitor would enhance the
meet, and there are other little peruui-
sites.
This IL what ne gets for risking ms neck
several times & year. lie DOESN'T have Ia
cnmpete a. often as the man who gives
exhibitions. but he runs greater risk
any time he does start. This man and
one other driver are m the front rank -
the racing Automobiles and they get
the top otch pay.
There h a very large contingent ~
ncing drivers who haven't arrived vet
They are getting from about S2OO To
q ON year for what they are doing and
probably consider themselves well paid
They have 20 take part in more races too
than do the top notchers. because the
other lads with the big regulations can
AFFORD 70 make terms as to how often they
shall race IN a season. In other words
this game II about az unrsUunerative a.
anything could vol he and still il On. OF
the ri-kiest forms 81 emplovr. art To f,a
found
Naturally the racing driver wouIdni
follow this IL he didn't hAs u The game
fascinAtes him and he likes L. g. AZ speed
He has always bei ore him the uoI.. that he
will get away up In the profession and col
let money enough a. retire on 'etore he
meets with an accident. although tor the
matter Of that the racing driver never
for q moment considers the chAnres 81
himself being hurt. II ne did he wouldn't
be- worth much a. a driver. lie wouldn't
have ginger enough
He does think. though. that the other
fellow 10 likely u get his and So sve
him a chance IL he happens 70 he falling
behind. II is a great deal that feeling
which makes folks say II some one who
hAs died, Isn't that too bad forgetting
that the same fate must inevitably over
lake the speaker.
The racing driver has too much 10 &C.
cIpy his mind while he IL driving, anyway.
q give him n chance To think about acci-
dents 70 himself. He has things - watch
slgns and marks along the road and he
Las the handling 81 the car 10 attend To;
- he sits tight and plugs away ana hopes
~ the hest.
~ for the mechanic. his case isn't quits.
- easy. He doesn't get paid anywhere
near ~ much a. the driver. but he IL likely
g. meet with the same disastrous fate II
an Accide mt happens He hasn't nearly
- much 70 attend TO as the other fellow.
ana 40 has moro time tn think about things.
There isn't any chance 70 talk because the
woe couldn't he heard. and his chief con
ce-r With the driver IL To grab the stresm-
srs 'roTl the others cap and wipe on the
: ggie- q the driver for him.
0Ns mechanic vas aaked ~ he wasn't
s'-a.d ~ an accident when going along
% e o.rtain daredevil foreign driver
-r' no he said. struggling his shout
ds-s The chauffeur looks out for him
So He doesn't want TO he hurt Thus
70 orss out for me Mt the same time
i's country has not produced 80 many |
- Known drivers A. are developed
z''nat chiefly for the reason that there /
are ~ enough good races here TO bring 1
'-s~ pIt The driver on the other side 4
~ sn' or ten great road races over long
o".r-... y a single season. and these are ,
TIE n - that encourage large number \
~ crr"rs To competition.
Her" although the number Of these
rA'"- - Increasing Il u still not large
s-u.gu and the conditions are not re-
Ra-fsd a. satisfactory 10y the men Who
s,n' ~ see motor racing flourish. The
So. rack races are not approved Of
ra-' LARRY. and the road races over small
'-".'- airo fail "a come up TO the stand
arfs 10Y have set Thsy do not believe
% .rrr sing the car past the grand stand
q. f'-r a. possible which seems to b.
-" t"a N many promoters These men
- Etnt 20 see better motor "a cling